On October 18-19, 2015, the short doc will be presented at the McLuhan’s Faith and Works Conference, St. Paul’s College, University of Manitoba.  This is a joint conference of the International Institute for the Study of Technology and Christianity (IISTC) and The Marshall McLuhan Initiative.  The conference will explore the importance of Marshall McLuhan’s faith on his work.

The conference invited multimedia submissions in light of McLuhan’s interest and commitment to making sense of the impact of many kinds of media.  I will be presenting the film and making the case that if we harness some of McLuhan’s unique perspectives on faith, we discover a means of gaining particular spiritual insight into the use of the “oh my God” phrase in everyday talk.  McLuhan’s perspectives make a far more robust understanding possible.

When Was The Last Time You Said, “Oh my God”? won 1st place in the Short Doc category at the Winnipeg Real to Reel Film Festival. 

It was a real pleasure to interact with the audience in two screenings and to meet filmmakers like Catharine Parke, Very Good Dirt.  Thank you very much to Paul Boge and the festival team for creating this opportunity to share films!

Thanks Paul Boge

Talkback 1

DOP Grant Hoeppner

Favourite selfie

The hardware

Talkback 2

Acceptance speech

Filmmakers

I had the privilege of speaking with Matt Veith from CHVN 95.1 FM in Winnipeg right after the second screening of the film on Saturday, Feb 21, 2015.  Listen here

When you’re doing street interviews and documentary-style production, there’s intentionality mixed with a high degree of spontaneity.  Here are a few shots from behind the scenes.

This is one of my favourite moments, when a wedding couple agreed to give us an interview.  We’re just setting up the shot beside their wedding car.

If that looks like a super awesome microphone looking like it’s set up in someone’s clothes closet, then you’re right!  We laid down some voice-tracks at Grant’s place (Editor), and the best quality audio was if we diffused the space with lots of materials that can absorb sound.  Nice wardrobe, Grant.

The opening and closing of the short doc was shot at Canadian Mennonite University in the beautiful historic building on the north side of the campus.  Fun fact…the photo frames on the walls are of graduated classes from the founding colleges.  My Dad’s photo can be found in one of those frames from the late 50’s.  Kind of cool to be taping a film that leans on the legacy of creativity my parents instilled in me during their many years of radio broadcasting.