We are pleased to welcome Steve Morales to the Franklin Springs team. Steve is a faithful husband and father, and has seven beautiful children. Steve is also an accomplished businessman with many entrepreneurial endeavors to his credit. As we excitedly look forward to our expanding production slate, Steve is serving Franklin Springs as investor relations manager and executive producer. We look forward to his valuable contribution to the team.

As always, we ask for your prayers as we expand our business and our ministry to families.
Jimmy Gentry has received a lot of accolades for his well-lived life. Now there’s one more. Our new film, An American Adventure: The Living Legacy of Jimmy Gentry, was just awarded a Gold (first place) Crown Award for Best Documentary at the 2008 ICVM event in Orlando.
Congratulations, Mr. Gentry.
There’s a new Franklin Springs DVD taking shape at the moment…




The recipe calls for it to come out of the oven in 4-6 weeks…
We shot another piece for the Gideons last week, this time for their Auxiliary…

We pitched them on having principal talent “floating” in front of a row of other talent in the background. They said yes; then we had to figure out how to execute the shot. So we laid two sets of dolly track, putting the camera on one dolly, and the featured talent on the other….

We then lined up the other talent in the background…


And to assure a smooth and consistent move, we tethered the two dollies together…


It was a complicated move, but it gave the dolly grips the best chance of helping us to deliver the shot we needed…

Stay tuned for more cinema tips and techniques in our forthcoming Young Filmmakers DVD.
He donned his office attire, joined his father for a day of work at Franklin Springs, and even accompanied him for afternoon coffee (decaf, of course)...

But within minutes of returning home, Bennett came around the corner, having stepped fully back into the adventurous world of a nine year old boy…

Throw in a few chores around the farm, family worship, and play time with his siblings, and hopefully young master Bennett experienced one more good day of preparation for the years ahead…