Conference News

LOGO CONTEST

Thank you to everyone who entered the Gideon Media Arts Conference & Film Festival 1st annual logo contest. The talent and creativity of all those who entered, made our decisions very difficult for us to choose. But after much deliberation, we've made our selection.

Congratulations to all the winners! Yes, we said winners! And we given the reasons why they were chosen.

Kevin Tucker-This entry was a no fuss approach. Simple, concise, and easy to read at a glance. Kevin also made it possible to alter the logo slightly to distinguish between the conference track of the Gideon and the Film Festival events. This will be used as a letterhead, hopefully on t-shirts for Gideon 2010 and used as Rodney's profile pic for facebook, twitter, etc. At times this logo will be used in cross-promotions with the 168 Film Project and the Biola Media Conference.

Terenia Autrey-Terenia's was bold in color and depicted all the elements of our Gideon tracks. Although it will be hard to tell as Lori uses this for her facebook, twitter, etc. pics, this entry shows Gideon going into battle as well as the symbols for theater, film, music, writing, etc. But one will appreciate all of these elements when this is used as our program book cover as well as the cross-promotions mentioned above. 

Analicia Davis-Analicia was an intern in 2008, a Captain to assist the directors of the intern program in 2009, and has now had her logo chosen for all intern correspondence for Gideon 2010. She was clever in how she used each letter in the name Gideon to depict all the arts/tracks that will be offered next year.

Kevin, Terenia and Analicia will have their conference fees waived as they attend the Gideon Media Arts Conference & Film Festival for 2010. Over a $300 value! Congratulations again to these three! As soon as we get all the images in a jpg format, we'll post them on the website.

We hope to have this contest annually, so start thinking about a logo for Gideon 2011...

 

SHORT FILM CONTEST WINNERS

The winners for the Tangle.com Short Film Contest are :

1st Place-Jason Hildebrand - The Prodigal Trilogy: Part I-The Sons

2nd Place-Jason Hildebrand - The Prodigal Trilogy: Part II-The Father

3rd Place-Vanessa Ore - Purpose Driven

Congratulations to all who entered!  This was an excellent first year for the Gideon Film Festival short film competition.

All entries are still on our Tangle.com page, www.tangle.com/gideonmediaarts

CONTEST WINNERSS

WinePress Original Screenplay Winners

1st Place-William McCann - The Liberator

2nd Place-Beverly Varnado - Give My Love to the Chestnut Trees

3rd Place-Earl Nulton - A Night In Shining Armor

In Jesus' Name Productions Adaptation Screenplay Winners

1st Place-LeAnn F. Morris - Captain Percy

2nd Place-Maria Lennon - A Rose by the Door

3rd Place-Rusty Whitener - Leprous Leopards

Congratulations to our winnerss and again to all those who entered both Original & Adaptation Screenplay Competitions - you are turning Hollywood on it's head by showing the industry, you don't have to live on the west coast to be a talented screenwriter. And you can be successful if you persevere.

NEW CONVENTION CENTER

The Johnson Spring Convention Center is almost complete, actually, everything is ahead of schedule. The Gideon will be one of the first conferences using the new facility. Lori and I toured Johnson Spring a couple of weeks ago and it is absolutely beautiful. Check out the pictures of the new convention center.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEW PARTNERS

We have partnered with Christian-Movie.com (HOSFU-His Only Son For Us) to promote the conference. Go to their forum pages and find out what's being said about the Gideon and learn from others about screenwriting, acting, marketing, distribution and many other aspects to filmmaking. If you attended the Gideon in 2008, let others know what you learned by posting there.

 

We have also partnered with SeaChanger. They are on the cutting edge of lighting and are going to be at the conference to demonstate what they can do for your production. Check out their video...

 

SPONSORS FOR CONTESTS

In Jesus' Name Productions will be sponsoring the Adaptation Screenplay Contest.

 

WinePress Publishing will sponsor the Original Screenplay Contest.

 

GodTube is now Tangle. GodTube.com, the world's
largest Christian social network, has a new name -- tangle.com!
We have the same great vision, with a new name that allows us to
reach out to the world in more ways than ever before.

Tangle.com has come onboard to sponsor the Short Film Contest and we have extended the deadline to March 31, 2009

 

Please refer to our Contests page for guidelines, deadlines and prizes awarded. And don't forget we've added the Published Novelist Contest for this year. The Gideon would like to thank GodTube, WinePress and In Jesus' Name Productions for their help in making Gideon '09 the best conference yet.

JELLY TELLY

Gideon faculty member, Phil Vischer, founder of Big Idea and Jellyfish Labs and creator of Veggie Tales is starting his newest venture, Jelly Telly, an interactive website that he hopes to bring to television one day. Jelly Telly uses games, puppets, animation and live action to teach children about God, Biblical principles and the Bible. But Phil can only do so much, so he is looking for creative minds to help him out, you could be a grandmother of 12 or a newly graduated film student. Go to www.jellytelly.com to watch Phil's introduction of Jelly Telly and find out more. And if you have an idea or a show to submit, send it to:

Jellyfish Labs LLC

401 S. Carlton Ave, Suite 200

Wheaton, IL 60187

 

REALITY TV SERIES

Inspired Ambition is a reality television show following Erica Lane, an aspiring Christian singer trying to make it into the big time of Christian music. Each episode shows what she endures trying to get into the industry and sign with a major music label. Watch the episode filmed at the Gideon Media Arts Conference & Film Festival.

Inspired Ambition-Gideon Episode

Check out the website for the show at www.inspiredambition.com