Christian Film Festival
Who
What
Film Ideas
When
Where
Why
How
News
| Film Ideas |
| Here are some 5 minute film ideas ... |
| 1. The priest putting on his vestments before
Divine Liturgy. 2. An explanation of the Orthros Service. 3. Getting ready (out of bed) for church on Sunday morning. 4. An explanation of Vespers. 5. Acolytes and priest preparing for the Great Entrance. 6. Narthax duties. 7. An explanation for why we kiss icons. 8. An explanation for why there is an iconostas separating the altar area from the nave. |
10. Easter egg hunts.
11. Christmas pageant highlights.
12. A listing/study of all the special things that need to be donated for Easter.
13. Stories from elders about the history of the parish.
14. A study of a picture from the history of the parish.
15. All the priests singing together one or more hymns at one of the southeast Massachusetts and Rhode Island Pan-Orthodox Vespers on Lenten Sunday evenings.
16. An explanation of Byzantine chanting (with an example).
17. Family prayers (with lighting of incense etc.).
18. Comparing holiday traditions between ethnic groups (e.g. lamb on Easter if Greek - ham if Slovak - pysanky if Ukrainian, etc.)
19. Personal family holiday traditions such as the use of an Advent calendar.
20. Showing someone writing Christmas cards.
21. The interaction in the car on the way home from church, often the time when family members teach younger members of the family about what was discussed in the sermon etc.
22. Filming the Christmas season before and after: setting up decorations and then taking them down; putting out presents and putting away gifts; cooking a feast and washing dishes; going out the house door to church and returning from church.
23. Baking prosfora.
24. New treatments of already covered topics such as
a. Easter Week
b. visits to monasteries
c. visits to religious places and events in Greece
25. Newscasts/interviews with the priest or council members about parish news and projects.
26. Anything which normally goes into the paper bulletin.