Want to create better testimonial films for your church?
Fifteen years of documentary experience packed into one online course.
LEARN NEW SKILLS
INSPIRE YOUR CHURCH
CHANGE THE WORLD
Making a powerful testimonial film for your church can feel so challenging, especially when you’re dealing with:
💸 Small (or non-existent) budgets
📆 Crazy deadlines
🤷🏻♂️ Unrealistic expectations
🤦🏻♂️ All of your other responsibilities
but there’s good news!
I can show you how to fast-forward past years of mistakes and frustration so you can start making more powerful testimonial films that will inspire your congregation today.
Hey, I’m Chris Francis 👋🏻
Over the past 15 years of my church filmmaking career I’ve had to deal with every challenge imaginable, but through hundreds of video productions I've learned so many game changing lessons that can drastically improve your films and I want to share them with you.
"This course was truly like drinking from a fire hydrant. After taking this course I was blown away by how easy it was to achieve the results I had been missing. Man, I could go on and on. Just thank you."
–Nick M.
How it works
This course is divided into 4 thoughtfully crafted sections that will give you the tools you need to make your next film connect more deeply with your audience and make a greater impact on their lives.
1. Pre-Production
First, we’ll uncover the obstacles that are secretly trying to sabotage your testimonial films. Then I'll show you how to overcome them as you prepare yourself, your team, and your subject for an amazing interview.
2. Production
Intimidated by the interviewing process? Not to worry - I'll show you what to do and what NOT to do so you can CONFIDENTLY knock your next interview out of the park and get the authentic and compelling content your film needs.
3. Post-Production
We believe in second chances, right? Well editing is your second chance at directing your film. Working with what you’ve already shot I’ll show you how to captivate your audience and fix problems in your stories without anyone noticing.
4. Virtual Job Shadow
Theories are great, but do they work in real life? Come on set with me to see how all of this works on real church testimonial film projects. In these behind-the-scenes documentaries you’ll get to see how my team and I problem solve on the fly and work to overcome challenges in real-time.
"I was the lone video guy in my church with very little access to learn how pros achieve their results, but Chris's course really helped me up my game - I still use these techniques today! Totally worth it!“
–John C.
Are your church's films as good as you want them to be?
Never in the history of civilization has there been so much competition for people’s attention and to make matters worse, that competition is getting stronger and stronger each day.
In order for your films to make the kind of impact you want, they first have to cut through all of the noise, grab (and keep) your audience’s attention and then - and only then - can they touch someone’s heart.
In other words, your church’s next film can’t just be a God Story, it needs to be a GOOD God Story.
And that’s where you come in.
God has gifted you with the passion, desire, and talent to impact so many lives by sharing his stories and I want to give you the resources to take your films to the next level.
Right now is the perfect time to invest in yourself and grow in your storytelling ability:
🎬 You can gain years of valuable production experience in just a few hours from the comfort of your home.
🙌 Despite all of the bad news around us, God is doing amazing things in your church and your community and those stories need to be told.
😔 People have never been more isolated and in need of encouragement.
📲 It’s never been easier to share your films with them.
How To Make Better Testimonial Films For Your Church will teach you the most important and often overlooked nuances of testimonial filmmaking.
"This course highlighted problems within my filmmaking methods that I didn't even realize were issues. I literally had an "aha!" moment in every lesson."
–Jameson E.
Ok, I’m gonna be real here:
❌ You can spend a ton of money to learn inspiring, but not-very-relevant filmmaking lessons from top pros
AND
❌ You can spend a ton of time trying to piecemeal tips and tricks together from YouTubers (who may or may not actually make films themselves)
AND
❌ Still feel unprepared to tackle this week’s project for your church.
On the flip side:
✅ What I’m teaching is a master class jam packed with practical lessons specifically for church filmmakers that you can actually use every single week for your church.
Regardless of the size of your audience or the size of your budget, what you’ll learn in this course will work on every type of testimonial film you can think of (you can even use these methods to produce an entire film remotely via Zoom, I’ve done it!)
Now this course won’t teach you the “Top 5 Cinematic Gimbal Moves” or “How To Make Six Figures As A Filmmaker”, but it will teach you more important things like:
🤲 How to encounter God during production
📝 How to systematize your pre-production process to get consistent results
😢 How to get vulnerable and authentic responses from your interview subject
🏚 How to maximize the filming location that you’re stuck with
🖥 How to structure your edit and shape the story
🙅♀️ How to kill bad habits and improve on each and every film
“Such a great online course”
"I typically work in environments where I'm a camera operator and I never felt I could handle an interview by myself. This course has changed that for me. I got more than knowledge from the course, I got confidence."
–Brandon D.
"I want to be a better storyteller and really in every lesson it felt like I learned the next most helpful thing in the world, haha."
–Joshua W.
"I struggled with how to effectively interview people and then make it compelling for others to watch and your narrative and introspective lesson was quite a wake up call for me."
–Jessie W.
Are you ready to get started?
If you want to make emotionally honest films like this one 👇, THAT is what my online course is all about.
Not only will you learn how to get authentic and emotional responses from the people you interview, in this course you’ll also get a 25-minute complete project breakdown of this exact film where you’ll learn:
🎥 My cinematography approach
💡 My lighting design
🚚 What gear we used (and what we left in the truck)
⏱ How to save time and money on location
🛋 How we re-designed the room we were in
📹 How I chose & shot the B-ROLL
✂️ What didn’t work and got cut out of the film
🙋🏻♀️ Access to ask any questions you’d like about the making of this film