Jesusland

Music video I made for visual rhetoric. It's a work in progress. Let me know what I can do to make it better!

Ben Folds - "Jesusland"

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• utc
• visual
• rhetoric
• ben
• folds
• jesusland
• street
• preachers
• gospel
• tracts

[marshamk]

Joel Osteen should appear in this video.

[thesassycynic]

Ha. That guy creeps me out.

[zanneish]

what a great video. I have seen people on the street corners with the hate posters. Why would anyone want to put their trust in a god that promotes hate. how is this spreading the "good news". i'm Christian and when i see the crap that people do "in God's name" i just want to throw up. Please remember that all that stuff in your video is extremism and not the way christians are supposed to be. thanks for making me think. i wasn't listening to the lyrics, just a response to the visual.

[thesassycynic]

Thanks. That was my point, really, to show the extreme side and all the hypocrisy. And the crazies (ie, the Jesus Camp kids).

[Roboboogey1990]

Pretty good video, but some clips and images didn't really resonate with me in a way where I thought, "Yes, that's what Ben Folds is talking about." For example, the tattoos of Jesus, the Baptism scene, the Jesus Camp kids. Also, the CCF, WWJD braclets.

I always felt that the song was about the appropriation of Christianity by neocons and the far right. Perhaps it's just me, but a lot of the images didn't show that.

[thesassycynic]

Well, the video was really more about what I wanted to say about religion, and less about what the song was actually talking about. Although, I feel like the line "Billboards quoting things you'd never say" pretty much sums up what I was going for. My main issue with religion is that people do it because it's trendy (hence the tattoos and the bracelets). The Jesus Camp kids just freak me out and I thought they were a great representation of the real fanatics of religion.

[thesassycynic]

Thank you. I think the creepiest part for me were the clips of the kids from the documentary, "Jesus Camp". They still make me shudder.

[CarvinKnowles]

Some of the ways that people have hi-jacked Christianity are downright creepy. "Free Thinkers Are Satan's Slaves" is so 1984. Cool video. Creepy, but cool.

[thesassycynic]

Thanks! And yes, it did!

[DailyDoseofOJ]

This is very interesting! I'm sure it took a lot of time for you to piece together!