One Way Productions

A Dream Realized

2009-05-05T07:06:00.000-07:00

Godfellas from Radiance Creative Communications on Vimeo.

"GODFELLAS" is finally completed. What a joy working on this project. I, and everyone else believes this is one of, if not the, best movie we've made so far.
I love the moving making process. Godfellas started like this: Since the beginning of this ministry, I've wanted to make a sermon illustration movie in the "Mafia" genre. Last year (2008) while Pastor Timothy and I were traveling together to scout the location for "Two Wolves" Timothy came up with the idea of the "unforgiving servant" in Matthew 18. I agreed with him that it was a perfect parable to do. I then challenged Clarice, my writing partner, to come up with a basic script idea. She did. It was wonderful and only needed a little tweaking by me and the writing team. More creative input was added by the actors at the "table read." Then while out on the shoot, again the actors added little physical newances. Then the challenge of editing, music score and effects was my challenge.
Please enjoy watching this funny, entertaining video and share it with your friends, especially pastors and teacher of the Word.

Trading Faces 2 = Reality TV

2009-04-06T07:48:00.000-07:00

Trading Faces 2 from Radiance Creative Communications on Vimeo.

This idea from Pastor Timothy turned out to be our quickest production to date. After the pre-production work, it was shot in about 2 1/2 hours at Timothy's house with his wife, Tara, and his three girls. We all enjoyed some breakfast (featuring Timothy's famous chocolate chip pancakes, bacon and scrambled eggs) and then the pandemonium began — Action girls — then there was screaming and running...
Sorry, but no behind the scenes pictures yet. When I get the disk I will be back to edit this post.

I'm looking forward to our next project to be filmed on April 18 and 25. Using our new Jib Arm (crane), we will be shooting at Vinces restaurant in Elk Grove and then the following Saturday in Old Elk Grove, which will double for Chicago. This is a mafia genre that I hope everyone will love — being entertained plus packing a power message based on the parable "The Unforgiving Servant."

Two Wolves

2009-01-31T14:48:00.000-08:00

Two Wolves from Radiance Creative Communications on Vimeo.

What we thought would be a simple project, turned out to be quite challenging. Our first Saturday up at a ranch near Grass Valley got rained out. We got it in the can on the following Saturday night by the grace of God. Thankfully we were working with a great group of native Americans, who without their help and support with actors, authentic wardrobe, horses and location could not have been made.
Note: This video clip is from one of our new video networking sites called Vimeo. All future videos will be displayed with Vimeo on this blog.

The Picnic — our biggest challenge yet!

2008-10-15T17:32:00.000-07:00

I've waited a long time to make the "Biker" movie. It was the most exciting and challenging shoot so far and well worth it. It is very funny and has a great message. It no doubt will be our most entertaining video to date. First and foremost we put God and His message top priority. In doing so He watches over our productions from beginning to end. We can see His hand upon our ministry because we are faithful to Him and therefore He is faithful to us. I am not going to describe what it is about — you will find out by watching it. I recommend you go to www.filmsforchristians.com to view The Picnic in the best quality and largest size. If you don't care about quality or size by all means watch it here, or at www.maxcast.com/onewayproductions, or YouTube, GodTube, MySpace, PhotoBucket or www.reflecttruch.com. Yes, Pastor Timothy and I do a lot of networking and promotion.
By the time this gets posted "The Picnic" should be up on sermonspice for purchase by download.

Next up: "Two Wolves." Filming on November 8th and availability a couple of weeks after that. Then it's our Holiday break. In January we hit the canvas running....

Some Behind The Scenes Photo's:

Our internet commercial with Toast

2008-10-15T00:14:00.000-07:00

Behind The Scene Pics from "TOAST"

2008-10-14T10:30:00.001-07:00

TOAST is a post

2008-10-14T09:05:00.000-07:00

The brain child of Pastor Timothy Stewart is now posted up on sermonspice.com for download and is also designed as the online commercial for Radiance Creative Communications.
"TOAST or How I learned to stop hating and to love spreading the Gospel" was inserted into our schedule when doerstv.com requested a commercial of our ministry to put on their web site. I give all the credit to Pastor Timothy for the idea of taking a short one minute sermon illustration and tacking on our commercial information on the end. It turned out great and is very funny and to the point. We believe it will do well on sermon spice when we get a banner advertising it. There are so many videos on sermon spice that any video will get lost unless we promote it. You can check it out and all of our videos on www.filmsforchristians.com. That is a great way to find out about our ministry, etc.
Toast was shot in a few hours at night at my house, using my kitchen which was also use for the interior kitchen in "The Letter."
George Dunham is our star and he was perfect for the part. You will agree with me after you see TOAST.

Banners that have been on sermonspice.com

2008-09-06T22:33:00.000-07:00

"THE HEART" — Watch our latest video

2008-09-01T16:12:00.000-07:00

Behind The Scene Pics from "The Heart"

2008-08-17T18:41:00.001-07:00

The Heart — Touching and Poignant

2008-08-17T18:13:00.000-07:00

We finished shooting "The Heart" in about 11 hours. It required 4 scenes shot at 2 locations. By the graces of God and only God was this project completed. The enemy fought us all the way. I personally get excited when this happens because then I know that our sermon illustration will be a powerful one. One the enemy doesn't want made.
Without Nancy Kendall's clout at Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento, this project would not have been possible. We had to have a hospital to shoot in and up to the last couple of weeks before the scheduled shoot, we didn't have a location. God is good and made a way. He has done that on all of our movies, this one especially. A special thanks to Nancy.
It was a 2 day shoot and was completed on Saturday, July 26. One day because of our top notch production team and the incredible talent of our actors.
I am writing this Sunday night, August 17, the night before our Wrap Party (August 18) which is at Nancy's house starting at 6:30 pm. Thanks again to Nancy Kendall for her love for the Lord and hosting our get together. I'm sure it will be a blessing for her.
We have gotten great reaction so far and are very encouraged about how well this illustration will do. You can check it out at www.filmsforchristians.com. Or better yet buy it at sermonspice.com.

Our next posting will be about "The Picnic" our next project. Shooting will be on September 27. I"ll leave this one a surprise until then.

Behind The Scene Pic's of "Has Your Bible Verse Changed?"

2008-07-07T13:38:00.000-07:00

"Has Your Bible Verse Changed?" shot on May 24, 2008

2008-07-07T13:21:00.000-07:00

After a 12+ hour shoot on May, 24, 2008, we had all the needed footage except for the opening car scene, which we got a few days later. This is our second "drama" and after post production it's clocked in at just over 6 minutes. All of us involved feel this is the most powerful yet and know it is the right time for this contemporary story because it deals with issues that are prevalent today. It's timing could not be better. Therefore, we feel that it will do very well in regards to the download sales.
We have a new web site you can visit to view our movies in high quality if you are patient and can wait for the download times. Go to www.christianfilms.ws
Note: our next project is scheduled for principal photography on July 26. It's called "The Heart" and it will touch your heart.

Behind The Scene Pic's from Left Overs

2008-04-19T14:13:00.000-07:00

Left Overs is out there...

2008-04-16T22:26:00.000-07:00

We shot "Left Overs" on March 29 and will have our Wrap Party/Spring Fling combo get together April 20. As always you can purchase copies of all our sermon illustrations at www.sermonspice.com. You can get better viewing of them at www.maxcast.com/onewayproductions or www.myspace.com/georgebuttle or www.youtube.com (type in "radianceoneway" in the browser/search window).
Left overs is a humorous look at how some Christians prioritize God, especially in their prayer time. Gil Rodela plays the father (his third appearance — the other two are "The Whole World Stinks!" and "A Better Fit." Good work Gil. Theresa Martin plays the mother. Theresa has been with our crew since the 2nd video and has appeared as an extra in "The Letter" and "Trading Faces." As always Theresa is the consummate professional. The two teenagers were played by newcomers Vincent LaMar and Marcel Morris. Great work guys.
Our next project is called "Has Your Bible Verse Changed?" and will be shot on May 24. Kristin Klonowski is returning to play the mom in this touching and moving piece. Kristin is a tremendous actress and we are very fortunate to have her involved with us again. You will remember her as Ruth in "The Letter." We're having an audition on April 26 to cast for the boy part (age 6-8). If you know a good child actor who lives in the Sacramento area that might be right for the part please call me at (916)681-1114.
The future looks bright and I am extremely encouraged with our up coming films: "The Heart" scheduled for shooting in July and "The Picnic" scheduled for shooting in September. Look for more posts on these subjects and more.

Some "Behind The Scenes" pic's from POWER BAR

2008-02-01T11:51:00.000-08:00

Christianity Lite POWER BAR

2008-02-01T11:32:00.000-08:00

On January 19, 2008 we shot the sequel to "Christianity Lite." This time the product is a power bar. The location this time is a gym. This take off of a commercial is in some ways similar to the original, and in other ways different. We're very proud of it and hope it does as good as the first one. The good people at Gold's Gym in Elk Grove were very generous and made us feel right at home. Our Wrap Party is the night of February 4 and we have another creative writing meeting at Panera Bread in Elk Grove on February 9 at 10:00 am (Saturday).
Our next feature is to be shot on March 29. We will be deciding which one to do at the writers meeting. Most likely will be one called "Leftovers." We've got several scripts in the wings and will be making a total of six sermon illustrations this year as well as working preproduction on a short that will be shot in 2009.
Following this post will be some more pictures from behind the scenes of the shoot at Gold's Gym.

Pics from behind the scenes of Trading Faces

2007-11-08T15:35:00.001-08:00

Trading Faces is in the CAN

2007-11-08T12:34:00.000-08:00

On a beautiful Saturday, October 13, we shot "Trading Faces". We all believe this one will do extremely well. Maybe surpass christianity Lite one of these days in the future. We will not have it available for download on Sermonspice.com until January. We're waiting for the holiday to be over. We don't want our latest to be buried under all the Thanksgiving and Christmas video's. That's what happened with "The Whole World Stinks".
Pastor Timothy and I are learning more and more about marketing. We may offer "Trading Faces" on other web sites like sermonspice.com and not take the exclusive 55%, 2 year contract and settle for 33% and spread out with other sites that do the same thing and see if that works better for us or not.
Back to our shoot: it was awesome. We worked about a 12 hour day and yet everyone keep up the energy. We worked with two new actresses, Leslie and Annie. They were wonderful to work with. Enjoy a few of the pictures from the shoot.
In January we will be shooting our sequel to Christianity Lite — "Power Bar". Something to look forward to at the beginning of 2008.

Two More By The End Of This Year

2007-08-27T11:04:00.000-07:00

Here is an update on our next two sermon illustrations. We are in pre-production on what we feel are two of our most powerful and funny movies yet. We are scouting locations and getting ready props and equipment needed for these shoots. We are also having our first open "auditions" for the actors parts for both of them on September 15. The two titles are "Trading Faces" and "Power Bar". The Power Bar is a sequal to Christianity Lite and Trading faces is a hilariouos look at how a particular family acts on their way to church and how different they behave once they get their by putting on masks. You'll have to see it to fully understand it. The date for our shoot of Trading Faces is October 13. It may take two Saturdays to pull this one off since is involves creative camera set ups and four main actors and many extras. Plus two locations. No date for the Christianity Lite Power Bar has been set yet, but it will be finished by the end of this year to be submitted to SermonSpice.com for January, 2008.

I'll keep you informed. Until the next post — God bless.....

Two more from A Better Fit

2007-07-07T15:10:00.000-07:00

More pics from "A Better Fit" (I can only load 2 per post)

2007-07-07T14:55:00.000-07:00

More pics from "A Better Fit"

2007-07-07T00:48:00.000-07:00

"A Better Fit" is in the can

2007-07-07T00:04:00.000-07:00

"A Better Fit" was shot on June 23rd, a Saturday. We started setting up and shooting around 6:00 pm. Our location was at Grand Illusions in Fair Oaks. A big thanks to Steve Johnson, owner of the best magic, costume, puppet, juggling store in all of northern California. We finished and were out of there at 10:50 pm. It was a fun shoot, as usual, however, a little stressful because of the time restriction. Thanks Steve, you had a busy, busy day and still had enough energy to entertain our crew and actors with incredible magic. You are the best.
"A Better Fit" is a sermon illustration about how most Christians don't want to wear Christ all the time and look somewhere else for a better fit. It's a comical yet powerful truth that we believe will go far in helping pastors preach the message that we are to take up our cross daily.
Our next scheduled script writing/decision making meeting to decide which project to do next will be at our combined Wrap Party for "A Better Fit" on July 8th.
Look for our next post as to what is coming up next.

Behind The Scene Pic's From "Church On A Dime"

2007-05-10T10:59:00.000-07:00