Eyring laid out the stylistic aim of the new project: The departure from previous stylistic practices is evident in more than the changed mode of distribution in his announcement of the new videos at the 2011 First Presidency Christmas devotional, President Henry B. These videos are based on short passages from the New Testament, filmed as vignettes, and uploaded to popular video-sharing websites, such as YouTube. Perhaps the most intriguing shift away from DeMille and towards Schrader came during the announcement of The Life of Jesus Christ Bible Videos (2011). Stylistically, many of these films decline from the intensity of the DeMillian aesthetic present in Testaments, though there remains much that hearkens back to Hollywood’s aesthetic in general. In the decade since Testaments, the Church has begun numerous new media initiatives, including but not limited to short documentary profiles of individual members a feature film focused on Joseph Smith and short, shareable vignettes depicting the life of Jesus Christ. Though seemingly etched in stone, the prevailing status quo for religious filmmaking in Latter-day Saint culture need not belie an inability for aesthetic exploration. DeMille, Paul Schrader, and the Evolving Spiritual Aesthetic of the Institutional films of the LDS Church, Part 2 In Hollywood but Not of Hollywood: Cecil B.

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