Adding My Thoughts
Posted by: Denelle
Thanks Kent for your comments and the link to article about Christian film making.
You are dead on in your comments about people turning out sub-standard work and then claiming that it was "divinely inspired." That's the creative equivalent of breaking up with someone and then claiming it was because God told you to. In short, it's a cop-out. It may take a lot of blood, sweat and tears and yes, even a lot of hard work, but there is no reason that Christian works should be inferior to what the world has to offer.
I was especially intrigued by Nicolosi's comments regarding violence and evil in films. That is one issue that we have continually encountered in working with AEM (specifically on an upcoming full length film project that is in the planning stages). As Christians we don't promote violence and in fact we believe that violence and certain other immoral behaviors are wrong. But what happens when it becomes essential to a character's development to show that sort of violence; to depict his change (or conversion if you will) from one lifestyle - of sin and heart ache, to another - of redemption and Christianity. Does the violence then become acceptable? Is it ok to strongly imply or infer violence without actually showing it? Or is there an acceptable level of violence to show. If so, where do you draw the line? It is certainly not a black and white issue.
Thanks Kent for your comments and the link to article about Christian film making.
You are dead on in your comments about people turning out sub-standard work and then claiming that it was "divinely inspired." That's the creative equivalent of breaking up with someone and then claiming it was because God told you to. In short, it's a cop-out. It may take a lot of blood, sweat and tears and yes, even a lot of hard work, but there is no reason that Christian works should be inferior to what the world has to offer.
I was especially intrigued by Nicolosi's comments regarding violence and evil in films. That is one issue that we have continually encountered in working with AEM (specifically on an upcoming full length film project that is in the planning stages). As Christians we don't promote violence and in fact we believe that violence and certain other immoral behaviors are wrong. But what happens when it becomes essential to a character's development to show that sort of violence; to depict his change (or conversion if you will) from one lifestyle - of sin and heart ache, to another - of redemption and Christianity. Does the violence then become acceptable? Is it ok to strongly imply or infer violence without actually showing it? Or is there an acceptable level of violence to show. If so, where do you draw the line? It is certainly not a black and white issue.
