{"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":"

I wrote this blog post <\/a>a couple of years ago but in light of the OSV article\u00a0Catholic media matters<\/a>, I though it was worth revisiting.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/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\u00a0Rebel Without a Crew<\/a><\/em>\u00a0he explains rather simply that \u201cCreativity, not money, is used to solve problems\u201d.<\/p>\n

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

So what lessons can we take from people like Robert Rodriquez and Spike Lee?<\/p>\n