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LDS people love the media because it particularly allows them to be able to share the particular message of the gospel and also tell the stories. Before the VCR, DVDs and other types of media were available, the members and missionaries of the Mormon Church used a simple type of the technology to tell their stories; this media is called the filmstrips and ad strips. Filmstrips are the 35mm rolls of the film that are being projected through an absolutely simple projector. The projector sends the light through the film and the images is being projected on the wall or the white screen. When the slide needs to be changed, you turn a dial on the projector. The audio is being provided by an audio cassette tape or a vinyl record. When the slide needs to be changed you hear a small beep. The Filmstrips and the ad strips were used by the Mormon Church from the 1960s until the 1990s. However, the filmstrips began to lose their popularity when the LDS meeting houses began the purchasing of the VCRs and televisions in the late 1980s. Many of the films were converted to the filmstrips because it was significantly cheaper than a moving picture system. Some of the most notable films that were converted to the filmstrips were the movies such as, the Mormon classics "Johnny Lingo" and "Windows of Heaven". Gordon Jump, the actor who starred in the television sitcom "WKRP", was featured in a filmstrip called "It All Started with Thad". The filmstrips are a forgotten LDS Art. The technology is so old that the modern youth find it quite fascinating. In the 1970s or 1980s this technology would have been common place in a Mormon Sunday school class. In the Mormon stage play film "Saturday's Warrior", the Missionaries use a filmstrip or ad strip projector to share a missionary discussion in front of the audience. Elder Kestler projects the filmstrip onto the portly stomach of Elder Green. The filmstrips or the ad strips were used to tell the Mormon message; they told Book of the Mormon Stories, Church History Stories, and also taught lessons to youth, teachers and leaders. This technology was extremely popular among the members of the Mormon faith, and many of the public schools used this technology as well. This form of the art and media has been lost due to the rapid availability and the convenience of the modern video equipment; however, you can still purchase or find the filmstrips or ad strips that have been converted to the modern recording devices, such as DVDs, at the Mormon Church Distribution centres in very limited availability. Mark Leader is the author of this website and writes articles for his own website. For further Details Film Leaders and AD Strips please visit dancan.dk
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