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- In Romania
  
  Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
  
  By Molly
  
  On Sunday, October 19th a team from City on a Hill comprised of Shane, Kevin, Cassie, Richie, and Meghan (Kevin’s daughter) set out for Romania. They are scouting locations for what will be our very first feature film!
  
  Why Romania, you ask? We anticipate gaining the amazing privilege of telling the story of Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand, founders of the ministry – Voice of the Martyrs. Theirs is an unusual love story. As their love for God and each other grew and was strengthened in the midst of being persecuted and imprisoned by the Communist government that was taking root in Romania. Richard was locked away twice for a total of fourteen years, three of which were spent in solitary confinement.
  
  Sabina was interned at a forced labor camp for three years and had to send their young son away to be taken care of by friends. While the City on a Hill crew is in Romania, they will be touring several of the locations where Richard and Sabina were imprisoned. Please pray for them as they travel through what were once the tortured footsteps of all those held captive by the Communist regime. Pray with us for their discernment as they analyze which locations will best tell the story of the Wurmbrands, as well as for their safe return to the U.S. on November 1st.
  
  To gain a more in-depth knowledge of the Wurmbrands’ story the books “The Pastor’s Wife” (Sabina’s story) and “In God’s Underground” (Richard’s story) are excellent resources!
  
  For many more photos and updates from the team while they are in Romania you can check out Richie’s blog.
  
  Tags: Romania, Underground Film, VOM
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- Editing - Color Effects
  
  Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
  
  By Shep
  
  So you wanna be a real editor… You want to take what Shane taught you, and go to the next level. You want to learn from us? Well Kevin steps up to the task with some instruction on color effecting in Final Cut, and how he edits with music in mind. Sorry we don’t yet offer credits. Coming next semester…
  
  Tags: editing
  POSTED IN Behind the Scenes | 1 COMMENT »
- Editing - The Basics
  
  Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
  
  By Shep
  
  You probably have a collection of tapes hanging around, collecting dust… What about breaking out a Mac and Final Cut Pro and editing those old home movies into something fresh and new?
  Well Shane is here to show you how we do our basic editing, and to let you check out an edited sequence from The Easter Experience!
  
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- The Sound Dude Speaks
  
  Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
  
  By Shep
  
  John Howard is our Sound Dude. (He personally requested that title and we try to pick our battles here at CHP, we call him “our skilled audio professional” behind his back.)
  
  You would never know it when watching the finished product, (or shouldn’t) but 90% of the audio recorded during production will never make the final mix. That’s where John comes in.
  
  Checking, 1, 2, 3, … Welcome to John’s world of audio…
  
  Tags: sound design
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- Meet The Director
  
  Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
  
  By Shep
  
  Ever have questions that you would love to ask Shane? (Outside of: What is your favorite food? or What’s your favorite TV show?)
  
  We are talking the serious stuff. Why was City on a Hill started? What is in store for the future? The deepest questions imaginable! (Sort of)
  Good news! Shane took a moment to talk about the focus of City on a Hill from its inception, and the very exciting future! It is all wrapped up in a nice little video blog complete with a sweet techno soundtrack…
  
  POSTED IN Behind the Scenes, Ministry | 6 COMMENTS »
- Kristy’s Office
  
  Thursday, June 19th, 2008
  
  By Shep
  
  Kristy has a typical day at the office! With love, from all her adoring co-workers.
  
  P.S. This video is based on what actually happened to Kristy and her office when we had a shipment of H2O arrive AND had to move a bunch of stuff around as we organized our mailing room…
  
  Tags: texas
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- The Office Tour
  
  Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
  
  By Shep
  
  This week we give you a run through tour (literally) of our new and exciting offices at City on a Hill!
  
  Oh, and Cassie has something to break to Shep…
  
  Did you notice how empty the offices are this week? Sheesh. Where did everyone go?
  
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- Goodbye Everybody!
  
  Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
  
  By Shep
  
  So Kevin is leaving for a whole month? What are we going to do…?
  
  Hmm… Party anyone?
  
  (We really will miss him, but we couldn’t resist having fun with this!)
  
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- We have a blog!
  
  Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
  
  By Shep
  
  Ever wonder what it would be like for all the staff of City On A Hill to get together over a web based conference to discuss our blog? Well, maybe it would be something like this…
  
  Tags: high fashion, holy blog search batman!, homeschooling, movies, spreadsheets, sunshine, taxes, texas
  POSTED IN Behind the Scenes | 1 COMMENT »
- Kevin’s Webcam: Special Effects
  
  Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
  
  By Shep
  
  Kevin gives an inside look at some of the cool (and special) effects that were created for the Easter Pageant.
  
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