{"id":13716,"date":"2012-03-23T08:00:54","date_gmt":"2012-03-23T13:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.austincnm.com\/?p=13716"},"modified":"2012-03-23T08:06:08","modified_gmt":"2012-03-23T13:06:08","slug":"revisiting-what-can-catholic-new-media-learn-from-guerrilla-filmmaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atxcatholic.com\/index.php\/2012\/03\/revisiting-what-can-catholic-new-media-learn-from-guerrilla-filmmaking\/","title":{"rendered":"Revisiting What Can Catholic New Media Learn From Guerrilla Filmmaking?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote this<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicwarthog.com\/index.php\/2010\/11\/10\/what-can-catholic-new-media-learn-from-guerrilla-filmmaking\/\" target=\"_blank\"> blog post <\/a>a couple of years ago but in light of the OSV article\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.osv.com\/tabid\/7621\/itemid\/9124\/Catholic-media-matters.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Catholic media matters<\/a>, I though it was worth revisiting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.austincnm.com\/index.php\/2012\/03\/revisiting-what-can-catholic-new-media-learn-from-guerrilla-filmmaking\/rebelwithoutacrew\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13717\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-13717\" title=\"RebelwithoutaCrew\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.austincnm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/RebelwithoutaCrew.jpg?resize=226%2C350\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a>Several years ago the concept of Guerrilla Filmmaking was brought to the forefront of media when Robert Rodriquez created \u201cEl Mariachi\u201d for $7,000 and parlayed that into a career in Hollywood.\u00a0 If you watch the movie you\u2019d never know that the budget was so small and if you read Rodriquez\u2019s book\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rebel_Without_a_Crew\">Rebel Without a Crew<\/a><\/em>\u00a0he explains rather simply that \u201cCreativity, not money, is used to solve problems\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Now all of us that work in the realm of Catholic media weather it be new or traditional can relate to working on a shoestring budget.\u00a0 Weather you are producing a radio show, podcast, TV show or YouTube video, just because you don\u2019t have a large budget or any budget for that matter doesn\u2019t mean the quality and content have to reflect that fact.\u00a0 If we are to succeed in answering the call of the New Evangelization we have to do more then just \u201cdo the work\u201d. We have to do it in a way that doesn\u2019t look or sound like it should be featured on public access television.<\/p>\n<p>So what lessons can we take from people like Robert Rodriquez and Spike Lee?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Set expectations and play to your strengths<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Understand that you aren\u2019t going to create Avatar or produce The Tonight Show, but that doesn\u2019t mean the quality has to suffer. Determine what you are best at and focus on making those areas the most polished and refined, it\u2019ll make the rough edges seem less so.<\/li>\n<li><strong>No money, no problem<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0This is where creativity and resourcefulness comes into play. Just because you can\u2019t buy the best microphone or video camera on the market doesn\u2019t mean you just shouldn\u2019t do anything. Find a way to make what you have on hand work. For example, if that means recording in a closet to create a more soundproof environment for your podcast then that\u2019s what you should do.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Don\u2019t be afraid to ask for help<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 This is the purpose of group such as the Austin Catholic New Media group and Atlanta Catholic Media Users Group. If you don\u2019t have a group in your area, start one!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Time to call in all those old favors<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Remember all those times that you helped your friends move or did a solid for someone?\u00a0 Well it\u2019s time for everyone to make good on their promises. Weather that means being a co-host on your podcast, running the camera for your on your Vlog or just being there to bounce ideas off of for your latest blog. \u00a0This could also be an opportunity for evangelization to those of your friends that might be struggling in their faith.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pray<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 This isn\u2019t actually taken from guerilla filmmakers but from Our Lord. Ask The Spirit to guide you, call on the intersession of the Saints and always trust in Christ.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote this blog post a couple of years ago but in light of the OSV article\u00a0Catholic media matters, I though it was worth revisiting. Several years ago the concept of Guerrilla Filmmaking was brought to the forefront of media when Robert Rodriquez created \u201cEl Mariachi\u201d for $7,000 and parlayed that into a career in&#8230;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/atxcatholic.com\/index.php\/2012\/03\/revisiting-what-can-catholic-new-media-learn-from-guerrilla-filmmaking\/\">[Read&nbsp;More]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-blog","entry","has-post-thumbnail"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":609,"url":"https:\/\/atxcatholic.com\/index.php\/2011\/02\/keep-austin-catholic\/","url_meta":{"origin":13716,"position":0},"title":"Keep Austin Catholic","author":"Laura Gonzalez","date":"February 28, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I remember my first impression of Austin Catholic New Media. 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