Pray & Prepare - Week 9 Begins

We only shot one day last week because of complications with peoples schedules, something that will get harder to deal with as time goes on. This week we will be shooting thurs, fri, and sat. Saturday will be our second attempt at the parking lot shoot and once again the weather is forecasted against us. Please pray that DOES NOT HAPPEN! It's also supposed to rain on thurs. and fri. This week is extremely important to the quality of the film, and some of the most intense scenes of the film will be shot. Not something you want ruined by rain :) Pray that all goes well and that if it does rain that it would be minimal and that the sun would break through those annoying clouds!

For those of you who don't know already, the new film FIREPROOF from Sherwood Pictures now has an Official Trailer. Visit http://www.fireproofthemovie.com to watch!

Also for those of you with a Facebook account, join our Group for the film here. We want to grow that group to the fullest extent. If you join, invite every friend you got! Don't be shy to do that. The worst they could do is ignore it but its a great way to spread the word without a lot of effort.

Another thing that can be done if you have the time is just do a mass email to friends and family on your email list and send them the website URL. It doesn't take long and could help us a lot if enough people do it. We're getting closer to the completion of shooting, we need your prayers! May God use this film in a might way for His purpose!

One last thing! New items have been added to the Press Room for those interested. Visit the press room here.

Bits & Pieces (W8:D1)

Today was an interesting day. Slow to start but at the end of the day we got some nice stuff. One of those days where we couldn't complete a scene but instead got bits and pieces of things that we need for other scenes, montage, etc. Overall we pulled off some awesome stuff that I'm very proud of.

One thing that I'm excited about overall on this production is the fact we are attempting and completing things that will be in the film that are VERY RARE in productions of this size, budget, and with this amount of crew members. It's exciting to see just whats possible when God is behind the wheel. He's Blessed us so much in this process and it seems like it's getting better and better the more we move along. Hopefully in the end, the film will live up to what you all hope it could be.

Beat the Weather (W7:D4)

Well today at about 11am it looked like we were sunk since the days shoot required sun and not just sun but it had to be similar to yesterday. The weatherman however painted a darker picture for us. Luckily the weather cleared up just in time and everyone rushed to the location in an hours time, setup, got ready, and we shot and finished the sequence scheduled in about an hour. We also had an approaching storm coming (we had been Blessed with a hole in the sky big enough to shoot in, thanks God). So we got things shot and went home. Glad we were able to finish what we needed. Special thanks goes out to the Byron family who let us take over their home and property for 2 days and allowed us the use of their white van as a vehicle "prop."

Change of Scenery (W7:D3)

Today we moved to a new home to shoot all scenes there in one day. The character of Sarah is played by Joan Golda, a member of Niagara Frontier Bible Church. She did a great job, we burned through her scenes fairly quickly. WE also shot quite a few scenes today, more than usual. Although there was one scene we were unable to shoot. Weather has been a problem this week and today was a beautiful day, perfect outside. Unfortunately its supposed to rain tomorrow and the only thing left to shoot is outdoors so we'll see but it doesn't look good. Either way our speed so far has been great this week, regardless of what we did get to or didn't get to shoot. We shot about 11% of the film this week so thats pretty good considering our previous speed over the last 6 weeks.

Fun & Productive (W7:D2)

Today was more productive than the last. We did a scene in a basement where there was all sorts of dust and chips of wood and anything you could think of all over the place. It definitely looked like a construction site. We finished a good size conversation down there between Dave & Shawn and all went well. The end of the day provided an opportunity for everyone to have a bit of fun shooting Scene 56. Why you'll find out when you see the film but lets just say it was chaos. Tomorrow we plan on shooting a large chunk of the film in one day, pray that all goes well. Lots of tough stuff to finish tomorrow.

Tough Start (W7:D1)

Today was tough, and it was our first day without three of our crew that had to leave for other things. So the day went relatively slow, everyone getting back into the swing of things, limited help, and other things that couldn't be avoided. We attempted to shoot the scheduled scenes for outside today but weather far off in the distance made sound a nightmare as did lots of other background noise that isn't normal for where were shooting right now. Either way we only got one scene shot today but we'll get on our feet tomorrow and speed things up. God is good, we'll pull through...just gotta get the ball moving.

Teaser Trailer Now Available!

For those of you who have been anxiously waiting, you can finally see some footage from Standing Firm! The teaser trailer is now available for viewing at Youtube.com Quicktime HD versions of the film will be available in the near future.



We have lots more to shoot, and we are down a few crew members. Pray for a speedy finish as we move into the second half of production. Thanks to all who have been supporting us with prayer, financial giving, and all things in-between. This movie wouldn't exist without all of you. Don't forget to spread that Youtube link to your friends and family!