Thursday 20 December 2012

That Nativity Factor...


Yep, would you Adam and Eve it, there's been a competition to find a short 3 minute film about the Nativity. You can check out all the entries on The Nativity Factor website and although, in my not always very 'umble opinion, I think some of the entries are a bit naff, I can understand why they picked the winner. However, prompted by His Opinionated Vicar(age), I tracked back the link to the original slightly longer version of the runner up, The Christmas C(h)ord, and also concur with David Keen's view that this one is a bit good! I definitely prefer this longer version, all credit due to the Going Public Theatre Co., written and performed by Dai Woolridge, flmed and edited by Andy Toovey.

Of course, there is a very strong link to another theme from our book, The Secret Chord, it would be wrong not to mention it ;-) In fact, we researched a section about the link between the word 'cord and 'chord' which was edited out, maybe in the next mini-tome?

And now for something completely different, this stunning film has so much context, clarity and authenticity it would be even more wrong not to include it:


First spotted on my buddy Phil Ritchie's blog

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3 comments:

Erin said...

The second video is wonderful. Thank you for posting it!

Peter Banks said...

Many thanks Erin, absolutely! All the best for the Season... PB

nevell said...

Maybe we need more of this kind of perspective.(2nd video)

And...possibly, the editor of your book knew what he was doing?

I could do with a chordless mouse....