What is fear? What does it mean to fear God? Can Christians watch horror films? If so, could a horror film even point to Jesus? Join Nick Whitaker and Thomas Thorogood (stirandfry) as they discuss these questions and many more.

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Check out Nick's blog: https://nickjwhitaker.blogspot.com/

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Is it possible to teach yourself film scoring? That's what I want to find out. The aim is to compose 4 tracks to accompany the story of Balaam (found in Numbers 22-24 in the Bible).

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Ex-Catholic atheist YouTuber Mr Bear made a video answering my questions for atheists. Here, I go through his response and offer some thoughts. I recorded this on the 5th of August 2021.

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Today on Movie Thought I chat to my uni friend Dan Chapman about why the Old Testament is so exciting, especially in what it shows us about Jesus. This is the second part of a conversation we recorded on the 15th of May 2021 (#4 is the first part).

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Today on Movie Thought I chat to my uni friend Dan Chapman about the narrative arc in the Gospel of Luke and the character of Jesus. This is part of a conversation we recorded on the 15th of May 2021, and there is more to follow.

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Today on Movie Thought I chat to my friend Caterina Dixon about making video diaries and travel montages. We talk about digital filmmaking, tape recording, super 8 and why you should avoid handheld panoramic shots.

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I chat to composer Thomas Field about using Logic Pro X and real instruments to create short film soundtracks. We use our recent short film, 'Fight or Flight', as an example. We also talk about inspirational composers, whether film soundtracks should be noticeable and the use of temp tracks. Follow Thomas Field online: https://www.thomasfieldmusic.com/

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I chat to Will Ridgeon about the long-term relationship between radio and cinema.  You can listen to Will's radio show, 'Disco Ball Shindig!', at: https://www.mixcloud.com/will-ridgeon/

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