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The Top Producers of Church Media

Greg Atkinson - Originally posted Thursday, November 1, 2007 -

With all the media available to the Church these days, and with more than 60 different producers creating media, it can be difficult to quickly find the right piece of media. When I’m looking for a resource to support a particular theme or sermon, I often like to begin my search with my favorite producers.

While there are several producers I love, use, and respect, what follows is a list of my top-10 producers. There are several other companies that could’ve easily made this list, or someone else’s top 10, so it was difficult to narrow this list down. Given the number of quality producers out there, you should have no problem finding usable media for your worship gatherings.

AngelHouse Media
www.angelhousemedia.com
(Mini Movies, Loops, Stills, Countdowns)
AngelHouse has been around longer than most and helped set a quality standard for other companies. AngelHouse features a variety of types of videos—including Molecules, which are both editable and loopable and Interludes, which are short, visual Scripture presentations—each of which can be used in a different way within the context of a service.
Recommended resources:
• The Sharable Parable series
• “Psalm 22”
• Interludes Volume 3

eleven72
www.eleven72.com
(Mini Movies, Loops, Stills, Countdowns)
eleven72 has quickly risen up the best-selling charts on most clearinghouse websites. Their useful Programming Packs contain one or two sermon illustrations, one or two countdowns, some loops and a few stills—all based on a particular theme.
Recommended resources:
• “For Mom: A Breakfast Story”
• “For Freedom”
• Prayer Volume 1

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Flashlight Films
www.flashlightfilms.com
(Mini Movies, Loops, Stills, Countdowns)
Flashlight is beginning to take on new and varied projects that showcase their amazing eye for media and storytelling. These guys are film school grads, and it shows. They offer collections—similar to eleven72’s Programming Packs—which feature a sermon illustration, a countdown, a loop, and stills, all based around the illustration video’s theme.
Recommended resources:
• Flashlight Films Volume 1
• Jesus Stock Footage 01

Floodgate Productions
www.floodgateproductions.com
(Mini Movies, Loops, Stills, Countdowns)
Floodgate is a relatively new company that offers, in addition to traditional types of church media resources, Media Kits, which give you the tools to integrate a complete media package into your seasonal sermon series. These guys have ministry experience, a heart for worship, and good insight into producing creative resources for the Church.
Recommended resources:
• “Gift of Worship”
• “Doubter’s Confession”
• Floodgate Volume 1

Highway Video
www.highwayvideo.com
(Mini Movies, Loops, HD)
HIghway has been around longer than anyone else. The Highway team are true pioneers and have unquestionably shaped the world of church media.. I know I can always count on something solid from Highway each Christmas and Easter.
Recommended resources:
• “Come and Listen”
• “Our Hero Lives”
• “Erase”

Igniter Media
www.ignitermedia.com
(Mini Movies, Loops, Stills, Countdowns, HD)
Igniter Media Group’s product lines include Igniter Videos, IgniterBacks (in my opinion, the best stills, countdowns, and loops around), Igniter Bumpers (for announcements and sermon intros), and an assortment of seasonal resources.
Recommended resources:
• “That’s My King!”
• “99 Balloons”
• IgniterBacks Volume 3

NOOMA
www.nooma.com
(Mini Movies)
NOOMA simply makes amazing videos. Rob Bell and the team at NOOMA really broke the mold when they launched their revolutionary series of thought-provoking, conversational videos. Rob Bell is an amazing communicator, so making an interesting video from his teaching wouldn’t be too difficult. But to the credit of the NOOMA production team, they edit and cut their videos in a powerful way. They are extremely creative and artistic in their approach to visual storytelling.
Recommended resources:
• Dust
• Lump
• Rhythm

Radiate Film Studios
www.radiatefilms.com
(Mini Movies, Loops, Stills, Countdowns)
Radiate recently added short films to their product lineup, but I’ve looked to them for years to provide cutting-edge and cool-looking backgrounds. They are also offer custom videos and logos for your ministry.
Recommend resources:
• “Jesus Over Brazil”
• Xtreme Sacrifice Backgrounds

SermonVideos.com
www.sermonvideos.com
(Mini Movies, Loops, Countdowns, HD)
SermonVideos.com (a.k.a. Visual Reality) has been around longer than anyone other than Highway. SermonVideos.com has definitely produced some of the best man-on-the-street videos and some of the best countdowns around.
Recommended resources:
• “Be Still”
• Visual Reality Volumes 5-8
• Chronografix Volume 1

WorshipFilms
www.worshipfilms.com
(Mini Movies, Loops, Stills, Countdowns, HD)
The team at WorshipFilms has produced a huge variety of media resources, including Devotional Discoveries (call to worship videos) and Long Plays (extended video backgrounds). WorshipFilms has it all. They also deserve praise for being the first church media producer to offer their products in an HD version.
Recommended resources:
• “A Legacy”
• Long Plays Volume 1
• Free to Worship Volume 1

FIVE UP AND COMING PRODUCERS TO KEEP AN EYE ON: 
• Difted Films 
• FortyOneTwenty 
• Media Fuel (Gorilla Pictures)  
• Restoration Videos 
• Steelehouse.Productions  

Greg Atkinson lives in Dallas with his wife and their three children. Greg is currently the Technical Arts Director at Bent Tree Bible Fellowship and continues to consult, teach, and write about worship, media, and creative communication. You can connect with him through www.ChurchVideoIdeas.com or the Creative Synergy podcast.