Christian kids song Thank you Jesus

While we're working on season two it's nice to not that things are picking up on the Youtube channel.

We're getting a great response from one of our most popular song 'Thank You', it's a lovely song about the simple beauty of a 'Thank You' prayer, when you just don't know what to pray about!

We're getting some positive feedback and good audience retention (the amount of people who watch the videos to the end) on the other Creation Crew stuff too.

Technically of course, 'Thank You' might not be part of the show, it was produced between seasons and hasn't yet appeared in the show, and there are none of the Creation Crew characters.  But it is of course done entirely in the spirit of the show and due to it's popularity I'm sure we'll end up smuggling it into season two somewhere!

Give it a listen, and share this bit of fun with your kids.  Don't forget to share on your facebook too! x

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Christian kids TV production

Producing a Christian Kids TV show on a tight budget.
All work and no chuckling makes Jovis a dull boy!24.06.2013 Jovis Bon-Hovis and the Creation Crew Christian kids" TV show production diary.
How do we know if we're getting a script right for the show? There are a number of things we're trying to achieve; we want the show to be edifying, we want it to encourage children to engage with the faith on a personal level and on their own terms in a way they can relate to, we want to tackle issues which 3-7 year olds are going to find relevant to them in their everyday lives. We want to offer a viable alternative to secular television which the children themselves will choose into.

And we want it to be funny!

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And a good measure surely has to be whether or not it's making me laugh as I write. If I don't find it funny, how can I possibly expect anybody else to?

I must admit, I have an awful lot of fun writing for the show. Most of the actual 'writing" time isn't spend actually typing words on a keyboard, it's spent staring into space, getting distracted, snapping back into 'Creation Crew" mode and drifting back out again. The most successful writing times are when I'm almost dreaming; I'm in the house with the characters watching a scenario play out in my head, then I can rewind it, play it out again, tweak and adjust, and when it's right I just know. I'll often say out loud 'YES!" and quickly start writing. And that may only be a paragraph or two, and then I have to stop typing, and drift off again!

I should also point out that the whole process is covered by a lot of prayer, and it has been since the beginning. We pray daily for the show and its success generally, we pray morning and evening for the specific area we are working on, and on a more intimate level I pray privately as I am working for God to lead me in what to share with the children and what I should open up to them in any given show.

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The Lord is very faithful in his walk with us on this programme.

On Friday I had quite a block, I found that I was drawing a blank everywhere I looked. From quiet thinking time, aimlessly drifting through facebook time, re-reading old scripts and visualising was all coming to nothing. But when I lifted this up to the Lord my mind brightened and cheerful, relevant and funny ideas began blossoming in my mind. That has now become part of episode four and will be appearing on your screen soon!

I hope you're enjoying my insights into this production, I have begun this diary quite early in the process so I will be posting on the whole journey from filming to song writing to editing and launch!

In the meantime enjoy this sweet picture of Charlie, who you will have seen guest appearing in the show on the VTs. Just a little puppy here, we can be pretty certain he was asleep!


God bless you all. x

Jovis Bon-Hovis and the Creation Crew production Diary

Jovis Bon-Hovis and the Creation-Crew season two production diary:

Things are all getting rather suspicious in episode four. Not only is Mr Bon-Hovis being nice to Woody Louse, but Woody Louse seems to find the experience rather touching!

What's going on in the Creation Crew house? All will be revealed at the proper time.

And I imagine some people have wondered if we were ever going to get to meet the mysterious Mrs Bosanti-Crayco, and exclusive news, YES!

Mrs Bosanti-Crayco herself will begin making regular appearances 
from now on adding an extra dimension to the show!