shape of things to come

Hi 

Although things have been quiet on the blog this week, it's been busy behind the scenes.

The immediate aim now is to create a website.  

It will be many things, but at least these:

• a place for people to upload and view church related visuals - anything really, but with an emphasis on stuff that might fit into a documentary of the type that's been discussed in earlier posts

• a forum for floating suggestions for the type of stuff that the visuals might be about, as well as sharing ideas for composition etc

Although the uploaded material would be in compressed online-viewable format (like youtube), contributors would be encouraged to keep the uncompressed versions so that these are available for use in the film.

Responses to the uploaded material would help identify stuff that could be used in the documentary.

The website would serve the same purpose as the documentary - drawing attention to the band by highlighting the passion and diversity of the fans - but would also, over time, supply the content.  

Designing and setting up the website will take a while, but we are lucky enough to have someone on board who actually knows how to do that sort of thing. Any ideas about the structure and look of the site would be welcome.

Also, we will want the website to have content when it is 'launched' so there is no reason to hold off on preparing contributions. 

On that subject, we look like having something very special that will let us hit cyberspace with a bang.