I love making films; I have love editing clips into random videos, of crazy or interesting stuff. This project turned out to be a huge struggle due to a lack of adequate technology. In the past I was lucky enough to have access to adobe premier though my school which allows a huge advantage in editing options. I do enjoy projects like this but I did wait till the last minute, and I was on the retreat all weekend so feel like I was not able to put my full effort into the video.
However the process and idea behind the project is superb, I wish I could have more final projects like that. It was really interesting to see what people learned and gained from this class. I feel like I could have expanded more on the topic had it been something more like “the most fascinating aspect of this class was…”, not because I didn’t like the topic that was given, rather I felt like my experience in the class was one of review. I feel that had this class been my first exposition of the synoptic characteristics of the Gospels it would have been very life changing. I do remember what it felt like to learn that most of Jesus’ followers immediately believed him to be more humanistic and more of a teacher. I was surprised to learn the historical context of Jesus’ life. He was not the only man attempting to reform Judaism and call people to love. He was present among man self proclaimed prophets and teachers who held similar convictions, as well as some other radical ones.
I did learn from this class that there was a larger population of Jesus scholars who did not belong to the Fundamentalist movement; scholars who had actually attended prestigious universities. I knew of a few in the past I’ve read a book by a Jesuit scholar, Pierre Tielhard de Chardin, who did his work to rectify religion and the evolution of Humanity. I have also read the work of Karen Armstrong her recent book titled “The Case for God” in her novel she discussed much of the early life and evidence for the historical Jesus. Shortly after she dove into the metaphysical and faith based ideas surrounding faith life.
My video project was interesting because I had to choose an aspect of the class that didn’t truly stem from the content of the class but rather the arrangement of the assignments. It was very unconventional and I liked it. I admit some weeks the thought of a blog post made me cringe, however some weeks I feel that I could pour out ideas into my blogs. I was largely dependent on how I was feeling that week. Unfortunately my Video essay did not come around at a good time for me. However I still feel like I was able to turn a good result despite the complications.
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