What is the length & format?
What is the length?
Each show features one personality and is constructed to fit within a thirty-minute
broadcast television time slot. The initial series run is being created for a full season of twenty-six shows.
What is the format?
The format of the series is narrative and documentary in style. The narrative is told primarily
by the featured personality, specifically focusing on their relationship with Christ. Supporting interviews give additional details and color to the story. This minimal
narration approach differentiates Testimony from other biographical shows and serves to maintain the essence of an individual telling their story how God has impacted
their life - a Christian testimony. Each show seeks to thoroughly examine how a relationship with God has impacted the individual over the course of their entire life.
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1. A series open utilizing the theme song. The
series features a reoccurring series open that establishes the look, feel
and tone of the series. The open weaves key imagery obtained from
the various shows of the series into a visual tapestry of warmth, realism,
and inspiration.
2. Biographical information including a "show" open and show body.
Biographical information and supporting visuals are used in the show open
and the show body to focus on specific instances in the featured personality's
life where their relationship with God has made a difference. The
open for the show consists of a brief thirty second narrative
summary of the individual's spiritual life story. A narrator's voice is
utilized only in the show open and the show bumps and teasers. The
narrative for other portions of the show is told completely in the words
of the featured and supporting personalities.
3. An interview with the featured personality. The featured personality interview is
conducted in a single camera documentary style in which only the statements of the featured personality are used.
The questions by the interviewer are not used.
4. Supporting interviews to back up the main interview.
The supporting interviews are extremely important to each show's narrative as they
serve to add additional context to the story. They are also shot in a single
camera documentary style in which only the statements by the person being interviewed
are used. Supporting interviees include the featured individual's spouse, child, mother,
father, pastor, friend, mentor, teammate, etc.
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5. Spiritual Perspective. The spiritual perspective is the key element
of the series that differentiates Testimony from other types of biographical series.
The main objective is to get real people to tell real stories about how God has tangibly worked
in their life. By joining the featured personality's interview statements, with remarks from the supporting
interviews, a cohesive and powerful story is told. This narrative combined with
high quality relevant imagery makes the individual's story come alive on the screen and gives the viewer a
unique glimpse into the spiritual life of the featured individual.