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This section will regularly feature some of our screenplays, theatrical scripts, essays, recommended links and other reading material.

recommended links

• Atomfilms - best site for watching short films online
• Hope Arts - Arts page for Hope Chapel in Austin, TX
• Project Seven - the original film collective that spawned several short films
• Ragamuffin Film Festival - a film festival that features some of the best work from Christian filmmakers
• Old Fashioned Pictures - official site of Rik Swartzwelder's The Least of These, one of my favorite short films (look for my quote on the DVD cover!)
• FOX.com Creative Writer lab - where Jeffrey created his first TV pilot

commercial work

• Ragamuffin Film Festival 2004 trailer [Quicktime]

scripts

• TV pilot scenes of Except For Danny
• Short film "Elegy"
  ... more coming

We recently wrote a four-part series of provocative essays on films and filmmaking froma Christian perspective in Christianity Today Movies section. Check'em out:

What is a Good Christian Movie? (Part 1)by David Taylor
And why bad movies make for bad art: kitsch, cliche and disingenuous propaganda.

The Honest-to-God Truth: Truth & Honesty in Filmmaking (Part 2) by David Taylor
What's the difference? What does it matter?

In Defense of Mere Entertainment (Part 3)by David Taylor
An apologetic for films that are simply "fun for the sake of fun."

Nudity, Profanity and Violence: A Dialog (Part 4) by David Taylor & Jeffrey Travis
What is the Christian's responsibility in his or her depiction of these?