Watch a sample of Faithlife Kids video Bible stories!

Bob Pritchett

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We're all about helping people engage the Bible. For kids, study software may not be the best answer, so we're experimenting with video, too.

Take a look at this five minute prototype and let us know what you think.

(It's based on the classic Hurlbut's Story of the Bible Told for Young and Old.)

- Do you like it?

- Do your kids / grandkids like it?

- Would you purchase it if we sold it for download (and thus offline viewing on iPads, etc.) and/or streaming (via Faithlife TV on streaming devices)?

- Would you pay $20 / hour to purchase Bible story videos at this level of story telling and visuals?

Thanks!

Fred Chapman

Bob,

I watched this with my wife. She has been teaching children in church for many years. We discussed it and have the following ideas:

Do you like it?

Both of us love the concept and liked the prototype. I think the graphics and animation  need to be closer to the graphics children would see in a modern day video game or cartoon. She thought the graphics were okay, but thinks there needs to be something "pops". As an example she suggests instead of just saying "first day" a big colorful #1 fly's out to get the children's attention.

Do your kids / grandkids like it?

She thinks young children would like it, but believes that each segment should be no more than 5-7 minutes. Anything longer than that would likely loose the children's attention. My sense is that the better the graphics, the longer the children's attention span will be. Thinking as a children's Sunday school teacher she thinks the video would be best used to augment a lesson.

The narration should be a younger voice, with a lot of energy. In my opinion a woman's voice would be received better by young children.

Would you purchase it if we sold it for download (and thus offline viewing on iPads, etc.) and/or streaming (via Faithlife TV on streaming devices)?

- Would you pay $20 / hour to purchase Bible story videos at this level of story telling and visuals?

Because not all consumers are equal, we both think a variety of options for purchase / rental would be best. For example, large churches may have a sufficient budget for Sunday school teachers to buy or rent the videos. A teacher in smaller churches is often purchasing their own materials. $15 - $20 for a 1 hour video that contains 15 - 20 lesson segments would probably be an attractive price point. $8 - $10 per month would probably be an attractive subscription.

Many churches have internet connections, but a significant number (probably most in my area) do not. Therefore I would suggest offering a number of delivery methods (e.g. streaming, downloading content with an expiration for offline use, downloading for purchases, and maybe even DVD's)