Zachry Kincaid
Time, if nothing else, makes a veteran out of all of us, a veteran of one thing or another. I’d like to think my career is marked by mostly vocational work - people work - more than trying to keep a roof over my head, let alone a shelter for my wife (now of 30 years) and our three boys (now grown up).
I’m a filmmaker and writer now, the shadows of both go back a ways. For example, in high school (early 90s) I put together a video yearbook, and I went on to college to major in English Literature and then to seminary for a degree in church history.
Along the way, I started to work in marketing and communications. I was privileged to work with Rich Mullins, Steven Curtis Chapman, and others. I also began to work with education and film: Disney’s first Narnia film, United 93, and Rocky come to mind. As a result of being in the right place at the right time (nothing more than God’s providence), I edited three books of C.S. Lewis’s work for HarperOne: a devotional for Lent, a book about prayer, and one about living the Christian life. I also have a children’s book I hope to publish, called Roadsign Gospel. It tells the story Luke’s Gospel using road signs as guides.
There’s more. The Matthew’s House Project is where I mostly write - commentary on the world, devotional material, and a very slow going series on the Psalms.
I started a film company in 2016 called Redhill Town Films. We do a lot of NGO and education work in the DC area. We also try to present our own projects to like-minded investors. Currently, we are working on a Revolutionary War drama series that accents faith. It’s called An Appeal to Heaven and we shot a short pilot last August. We are also beginning a documentary project called “Stories of Conversion” that showcases where Jesus is changing lives, one by one, all over the world. We just shot several stories in Berlin, the heart of atheism, to begin.
Finally, Work Out Your Faith is a non-profit just now beginning to walk after some years of me tinkering with an idea to help alleviate the dreadful reality that the church doesn’t know those who have shaped and formed her from its beginning.
I know. All over the place, but vocation nonetheless. I hope you’ll click on the links above to find out less about me and more about what I hope I’m busy about doing - finding joy in the journey.
Our Process
No matter the project, we take into account a checklist that helps everyone involved shoot great material and organize it into a compelling film.
Schedule a creative meeting.
Identify the objective, desired results, budget, and timeline.
Begin to storyboard the moments that help tell your story.
Plan out days of work, crew, and necessary gear list (see below) to accomplish shots.
Make every second count on shooting days.
Provide a first draft and subsequent drafts within the expected timeline.
Collect feedback so we can do it even better the next time.
Partial Gear List
A lot of people want to know what we use so they can gauge the kind of film work we can provide. We’ve listed some of our gear below. This is certainly not an exhaustive list but one that you might find helpful.
ARRI Alexa 35 Camera
ARRI Signature Prime Lenses
ARRI Artemis 2 Stabilizer System
ARRI Sky Panels
Small HD Cine7 Monitors
Professional Sliders
DJI Ronin 2
DJI Inspire 3 Drone*
Sound Design mixer
Sennheiser and Tascom microphones
Sony cameras and Zeiss cp3 Lenses
*We are Part 107 certified with all the proper paperwork and licenses to fly.
What’s in a name?
Film is about telling stories, whether it's a client needing a commercial, a testimonial that unpacks some deeper truth, or a documentary that lands between education and drama. We are a company that wants to tell good stories. And we’ve been telling them for more than 20 years.
Redhill Town Films gets its name from what is now an iconic song from U2's The Joshua Tree album. It's a song of redemption and hope in the midst of life's reality: "We're wounded by fear, injured in doubt. I can lose myself, You, I can't live without. You keep me holding on in Red Hill Town..."
Growing up, this song and the whole outlook of a band singing about so much more than rock and roll, shaped us. Bringing the Redhill name into a creative company means bringing both a sense of drive and inspiration to every project.