The making of “Good Friday Contemplative”
a short art film by Mark R. Turner with Donna L. Turner
Creation Time: February 16 – March 20, 2024
For more discussion of Jesus’ Passion and ours see the blog The Person from Beyond.
Tools
- PreSonus Notion 6 – music notation
- PreSonus Studio One 6 – music mixing
- Adobe Photoshop image preparation
- Wacom Intuos Pro tablet and stylus
- Adobe Premier Pro – film, motion graphics, and sound editing/mixing
- Adobe Audition – sound effects preparation
Music References
- Stravinsky “Rite of Spring”
- JSBach “Passion of St. John”
- Bartok “Concerto for Orchestra”
- Gregorian Chants
- Use of some passages of our past scores from over the last 20 years
Sound Effects
- Angry mob
- Gavel
- Urban traffic
- Crumbling, falling junk
- Explosions, gunfire, warfare
- Lightning
- Thunder
- Winds
- Volcano
Visual Conventions
- Use of some drawings and photos from past productions
- “Simon’s Rise” 1991
- “Street Passion Play” 1993
- Black & White to give a distance and perspective
- Neutral relief of purple crosses
- Hand drawing on the photos
- Mixing photographs with drawings
- Close Up and abstract details revealed as parts of larger scenes
- Views of the on-going passion of humanity in current day
- Social inequities
- Ecological abuses
- Consumerism and throw-away culture
- War and violence
- Climate change and natural disasters
Viewpoint of Jesus’ Passion
- Not overemphasizing the substitutionary redemption
- Jesus was in solidarity with Creation’s “Universal Passion”
- Jesus demonstrated the victimization of humanity and his trust that God’s Will brings forth life from the impossible stronghold of Death.
- Jesus revealed that God goes with us through the Passion.
- The Passion continues in the world, and we are all involved here and now.
- We want to put it all on Jesus, but we are connected: What will we do with our Gethsemane, our victimization, our crucifixion, our hope of life beyond the impossible finality?
