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History,
sourced line
by line.

Documentary episodes about the world before film. Every quote is checked against its source, and every line on screen says where it came from: scripture, a historian, tradition, or written for the film.

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Footage: Not One Stone, Episode 2

The sample

Not One Stone, Episode 2: Pentecost, the first arrests, and the stoning of Stephen, from the Book of Acts, in the voice of Flavius Josephus.

This Untoward Generation  ·  6:52 Spoken in Koine Greek, Aramaic and Latin, with English captions

Made with AI image, video and voice models, directed and checked by people. Scripture is quoted from the King James Version, with Greek from the 1904 Patriarchal Text.

Every line knows
where it came from

Four lines from the Episode 2 script, labelled as the script records them. Scripture is credited to its own book, never to the narrator. A line written for the film says so.

Stephen looks up as the crowd closes in
ScriptureActs 7:56 · King James Version · spoken in Greek from the 1904 Patriarchal Text
“Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.”
Stephen, before the council
Josephus at his desk in Rome, a scroll under his hand
HistorianJosephus · Antiquities 18.63 · Whiston's translation
“He drew over to him both many of the Jews and many of the Gentiles.”
Josephus, narrating
Pilate alone in a dark room at night
Church traditionEusebius · Church History 2.7
“Under Caius, Pilate fell into such misfortunes that he was forced to become his own slayer.”
On-screen card
The young Ananus in a shaft of light
Written for the filmIn Josephus's voice · reviewed before it was recorded
“Ananus the younger heard this. Thirty years later, he did not let them alone.”
Josephus, narrating

How it's made

Eight stages, the same ones Episode 2 went through. At five of them you see the work and say OK or Change before anything moves on.

  1. I

    Sources

    Public-domain texts and the sources you bring.

  2. IIYou approve

    Sourced script

    Every line labelled and every quote checked word for word.

  3. IIIYou approve

    Cast and boards

    Faces, costumes and sets held steady from shot to shot.

  4. IV

    Voices

    Narration and dialogue, in period languages where the story needs them.

  5. VYou approve

    Shots

    Generated shots or your own footage, with retakes until they're right.

  6. VIYou approve

    Edit and mix

    Score, sound and dialogue cut to the script.

  7. VII

    Grade and cards

    One look across the film, scripture and place cards, captions.

  8. VIIIYou approve

    Delivery

    Files for each platform, ready to post.

What you receive

The package Episode 2 shipped with, checked before it reaches you.

Pilot episodes

We're making a small number of pilot episodes, 5 to 8 minutes each, for history channels whose subjects come before film. Tell us about yours, and we'll reply with a script outline and a quote.

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