A recent scientific study has proven that artful film editing can have a potent effect on your brain. In a study by NYU neuroscientists, they studied the effect of different editing styles on your brain through MRI, fMRI and ISC analysis.
The subjects were shown various editing styles (Hitchcock Presents Bang! You're Dead, The Good The Bad and the Ugly, Curb Your Enthusiasm and unstructured reality footage).
It turns out Hitchcock's cinematic editing style had, by far, the most impact on the brain, effecting 65% of the neocortex.
It just goes to show you that good editing really does work.
In reaction to the study, a filmmaker recut Toy Story 2 to match the Dark Knight editing style and made a brilliant alternate version of the Toy Story 2 film.
Check it out. Regular def below. High def here.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Faith as Culture
American Christians have gotten lazy. Lazy about their faith.
This country was founded on Judeo-Christian beliefs and generations of Christians have followed suit. The problem now is that we've allowed our faith to become our culture.
Why is this a problem?
Cultures change. Faith should not.
An American bishop recently said Catholics should stop treating their faith as a family tradition and, instead, treat it as a belief system. The same could be said for all of the other Christian denominations.
The cultural revolution in the 60's is a prime example of how quickly our societal beliefs can change. The sexual revolution has led to a dramatic increase in unwanted pregnancies, divorce, single parenthood, broken homes, birth control, sexually transmitted diseases and a massive influx of fatherless prisoners in our penal system.
Our faith's beliefs should remain solid, etched in hard stone, immovable, at the core of our very being.
When we allow Christianity to become our culture, it is up for grabs, to be pulled and pushed and swayed and redefined by whoever is in power.
Our faith should remain founded on eternal truths defined by the Creator that never change, no matter the political party, the economic situation or whatever perverse cravings whet the appetites of the day.
We need to reclaim Christianity as our faith and leave the cultural changes where they belong, in the public square and out of our churches.
This country was founded on Judeo-Christian beliefs and generations of Christians have followed suit. The problem now is that we've allowed our faith to become our culture.
Why is this a problem?
Cultures change. Faith should not.
An American bishop recently said Catholics should stop treating their faith as a family tradition and, instead, treat it as a belief system. The same could be said for all of the other Christian denominations.
The cultural revolution in the 60's is a prime example of how quickly our societal beliefs can change. The sexual revolution has led to a dramatic increase in unwanted pregnancies, divorce, single parenthood, broken homes, birth control, sexually transmitted diseases and a massive influx of fatherless prisoners in our penal system.
Our faith's beliefs should remain solid, etched in hard stone, immovable, at the core of our very being.
When we allow Christianity to become our culture, it is up for grabs, to be pulled and pushed and swayed and redefined by whoever is in power.
Our faith should remain founded on eternal truths defined by the Creator that never change, no matter the political party, the economic situation or whatever perverse cravings whet the appetites of the day.
We need to reclaim Christianity as our faith and leave the cultural changes where they belong, in the public square and out of our churches.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
I'm tired...
I'm tired of arrogance fueled by ignorance.
I'm tired of self-righteousness stoked by insecurity.
I'm tired of the self-serving masquerading as the self-less.
I'm tired of the ill-informed demanding changes from the well-informed.
I'm tired of hypocrisy and stupidity and lunacy.
I'm tired... of being tired.
I'm tired of self-righteousness stoked by insecurity.
I'm tired of the self-serving masquerading as the self-less.
I'm tired of the ill-informed demanding changes from the well-informed.
I'm tired of hypocrisy and stupidity and lunacy.
I'm tired... of being tired.
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