Why No Video Tapes?
by Sherry Kirton
15 October 2002

Q  
Why are the human video scripts not offered in a video tape format?

A  

Two things would be jeopardized if we did: the quality of your presentation and the freedom of the price of these materials.

When Directors use a video tape of another team’s presentation of a script their own actors will feel required to give the same presentation as the one they are viewing and, therefore, never really connect with their own feelings or their own ideas about how their character should respond. These scripts are flexible and they work best when each actor uses his/her own life experiences (even when only six years-of-age) to understand why the characters feel and respond the way they do. This includes Biblical characters, in which case I expect team members to research the actual stories from which these scripts are derived.

Your actors need to connect with the characters they will portray and “be” their own part so that individual people watching the presentation will be reached by connecting with at least one character, hopefully, the main character, so that their own life may begin to change toward God. This doesn’t happen very well when actors mimic someone-else’s presentation of a character.

Plus, the KDB intends to keep all of our materials free and effective, and that would be jeopardized if we added a focus to produce/mail cassette tapes. We will answer any script questions you have, so, please feel free to email your script questions to the author.