Friday 14 October 2016

Online Christian Filmmakers Academy - Homeschool Review Crew


I was so excited to get a chance to review the Online Christian Filmmakers Academy from Family Gravity Media, a division of Families For Christ Ministries, Inc. Sunflower is doing an arts award in film and has been begging for a programme like this, in fact she squealed when I told her what we were going to review.



The Online Christian Filmmakers Academy has been created by Ken and Zac Lawrence, a father and son team who have been producing, acting and directing since 2004 and have run numerous film camps. They took their combined experience and created an amazing online film school.

The course starts with an introductory video and is then broken down into 5 modules


  • Camera - broken down into six lessons, it starts by introducing you to the camera, educated you on lenses, frame rates, shutter speed, tripods and more.
  • Cinematography and Lighting - consists of 15 lessons and covers topics including; hard & soft light, types of light, painting with light, framing, depth of field, green screen, setting up an interview and more.
  • Sound - has 6 lessons covering sound equipment, microphones, field recorders, location recording etc.
  • Pre-production - this has 5 lessons covering various aspects of writing the Screenplay, paperwork, creating the team etc.
  • Production - this is a 5 lesson module covering; the crew, set management, how to direct, filming step by step and more.

They are currently creating additional content that will be added throughout the year. 
The Modules are easy to navigate (and are even marked off when you have completed them) and each lesson ranges in length from 2 - 25 mins and show some great hands on examples and tips. Once a lesson video has been watched there are various download bonus templates, documents and interviews with a quiz at the end of each module.


The lessons are packed full of information but so easy to follow that even a novice like me has improved. I loved that you can move through at your own pace and that the entire family can all use the same subscription (lovely cost saving). They really impressed me with the level of examples shown and that they have even thought about the type of basic equipment you would have available at home (camera and lights) and included suggestions for how to improve basic equipment (plans for a PVC shoulder rig anyone?). 

Sunflower loved that the lessons were so engaging and especially loved the tips they gave, in her words 'this is the best school work I've ever done'. She has been working on several story boards and its been lovely to see her enthusiasm and excitement for the work. She has even tried to incorporate a 'green screen' into her background.
The Online Christian Filmmakers Academy is available for $299 for a 12 month subscription. but until November 30th, 2016 They are offering a $100 discount with the code FALLCREW16  

You can see what my crew mates thought over at the Homeschool Review Crew

5 comments:

Belzi said...

What good timing :)

Unknown said...

Wow! This is a really cool course. I like the courses like this one because it is not an mandatory part of the educational program and it means that all members sit there because they want it. It is very important when people know why they are here and what they want to get from these lessons. Because I don't understand the modern position when all you need for the home assignment is to choose this site and your work will be done. Everybody who has enrolled in this course will do his homework by himself. And this is a point of education, as for me.

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Susan said...

I couldn't find any knowledge on this matter prior to. I was impressed on The Online Christian Filmmakers Academy. So creative and we can easily follow without coming film studio. My site also public in all over the world, visit
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