Event Website
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gG5o7uN8rqJZlSkXIiHuBhLHi6D0rxkdI6BwZQ-40Zg/edit?usp=sharing
Start Date
17-12-2021 9:10 AM
Description
Stories are how we communicate with each other, and are a big part of the entertainment world today. Religious texts such as The Bible contain stories that have shaped entire civilizations and deeply impacted the minds of billions of humans. Directors and authors take inspiration from their own life experiences when writing their stories. And naturally, storytellers with strong religious beliefs will either intentionally or unintentionally allow those beliefs to affect the content of the stories they create. The purpose of this study is to analyze to what extent the religious beliefs of a storyteller affect the stories they tell, as well as audience perceptions of those stories. This analysis will be conducted through direct analysis of stories and their creators’ religious beliefs, traveling to film festivals (both religious and nonreligious in nature), and interviewing creators and audience members at those festivals. The product will be a paper that compiles my findings, as well as a compilation and analysis of the interviews I conduct.
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Storytellers and Their Religious Beliefs: Fact or Fiction?
Stories are how we communicate with each other, and are a big part of the entertainment world today. Religious texts such as The Bible contain stories that have shaped entire civilizations and deeply impacted the minds of billions of humans. Directors and authors take inspiration from their own life experiences when writing their stories. And naturally, storytellers with strong religious beliefs will either intentionally or unintentionally allow those beliefs to affect the content of the stories they create. The purpose of this study is to analyze to what extent the religious beliefs of a storyteller affect the stories they tell, as well as audience perceptions of those stories. This analysis will be conducted through direct analysis of stories and their creators’ religious beliefs, traveling to film festivals (both religious and nonreligious in nature), and interviewing creators and audience members at those festivals. The product will be a paper that compiles my findings, as well as a compilation and analysis of the interviews I conduct.
https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/honors-research-and-exhibition/2021fall/section-01/2
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Mentor: Matthew R. Petrusek