Frontier Media
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School of Frontier Media (SFM)
29 June - 14 December 2012
The School of Frontier Media [SFM] is a six-month, second-level YWAM school, devoted to training individuals in using visual arts to communicate the Gospel in ways that are both innovative and culturally relevant.
We can equip you in your endeavor to make Christ known through means that not only allow the least reached to hear, but see and experience the truth.
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What’s it like?
The school starts with three months of training in Chiang Mai, Thailand. While gleaning from professionals coming to you from all across the globe, we’ll be diving into various visual art forms and learning how to effectively communicate through media. You will also be studying how specific people groups communicate while forming strategy on how to put that information into an audio/visual action plan.
We’ll then head out on the “Media Safari” assignment for four weeks. Together, with the Create staff, students will work on an actual media project with the missionary or organization we are serving. We will be putting principles of cross-cultural communication to use as we write, direct and film an evangelistic film, create mobilization resources, capture photographic images, and more! In some cases, you will be making the very first film ever made in that language!
Back in Chiang Mai, it’s full speed ahead to two months of post production. You will get a glimpse of what the life of a media missionary entails as you piece together projects and share space with our Create staff. Both students and staff participate as a team putting together all the resources required in the form of print media, digital design, or video.
Do you have a passion for media? Want to use your skills to share the gospel via mass media tools? Whether you are new to media or a skilled professional, if you want to use media for missions then the SFM is made for you!
The SFM is accredited with the UofN and is an elective of the College of Communications and the College of Christian Ministries. The outreach is an internship with Create Int.
How to Apply: SFM 2011
The School of Frontier Media will help you gain skills in audio-visual communications which can be directly applied to frontier missions worldwide. Lectures and workshops will be conducted by teachers who are considered cross-cultural specialists or media professionals in their field of expertise.
- Biblical Basis of Missions/Cross Cultural Communication
- Media in Missions/Media Strategy
- Video Production & Lighting
- Story Development/Scriptwriting
- Directing Evangelistic Drama/Films
- Field & Studio Photography/Visual Communication
- Photo Editing & Digital Illustration
- Ethnomusicology & Indigenous Arts for Evangelism
- Using New Technology for Missions
- Mobilization Documentary Production
- Digital Video Editing Techniques and Tools
- Preparation for Field Media Practicum
School Dates
1 July - 16 December 2011
Applications close the 31 May 2011
Costs
These are broken down into Lecture Phase + Outreach
World A: THB 90,000 + Outreach (costs to be determined)
{USA, Canada, Australia, NZ, Europe, South Korea, Singapore}
World B: THB 50,000 + Outreach (costs to be determined)
{Thailand, South Africa, Malaysia, Brazil, Mexico, Eastern Europe}
World C: THB 33,500 + Outreach (costs to be determined)
{Indo-china, Indonesia, Phillippines, India, China}
Prerequisite
All students must have successfully completed a YWAM Discipleship Training School [DTS].
See our CIDTS webpage here.
The Application
To download the application package click here. The application package is a zipped file containing three PDF forms which you may either print, fill out, and post, or submit digitally.
