https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat Please comment below after having watched the clip from the 2014 film 'Exodus Gods and Kings' en-us 2020-11-23 06:16:57 UTC 2020-11-24 11:51:58 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/953795529 It happens at night after a mudslide, the bush doesn’t talk but instead a small boy who looks like his son, gives his son his staff to look after while he’s gone]]> 2020-11-23 19:39:12 UTC https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/953795529 https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/953796890 Moses is portrayed as not having a religion at the beginning (or at least not the same as his wife’s) but then coming to God after his experience (maybe making it more relatable for a modern audience?)]]> 2020-11-23 19:39:37 UTC https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/953796890 https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/953797960 He seems to be close to his wife but there are tensions surrounding religion and the fact that he chooses to leave her to go on the voyage]]> 2020-11-23 19:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/953797960 https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/953799408 God is portrayed as a small boy, though there is a burning bush in the background]]> 2020-11-23 19:40:19 UTC https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/953799408 https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/953802643 It is very dark during the burning bush scene to add to the tension and change the mood, the music is non-diegetic and sparse so when it is used it has more impact]]> 2020-11-23 19:41:17 UTC https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/953802643 https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/953806873 The burning bush scene seems dark and foreboding and it is very unlike the telling from the Bible]]> 2020-11-23 19:42:28 UTC https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/953806873 https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/953807822 In this version there is an emphasis on the strength of Moses, and the idea that God works in ways we don’t always understand]]> 2020-11-23 19:42:45 UTC https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/953807822 https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/953808900 Moses' son is shown to look up to his father and is visibly angry when Moses tells him he has to leave]]> 2020-11-23 19:43:02 UTC https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/953808900 https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/955360675 God is a boy and at one point He talks through Moses' son]]> 2020-11-24 08:37:56 UTC https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/955360675 https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/955362487 He does not have a religion but he seems almost doubtful of his atheism (or other religion) at the start]]> 2020-11-24 08:38:41 UTC https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/955362487 https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/955365612 At the beginning it is Moses who seems to be rejecting the religion causing tension between the two of them, however when he tells her of his experience, she rejects it and tells him it was just his imagination, when Moses goes to fight for God's cause, she also seems to reject that ]]> 2020-11-24 08:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/955365612 https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/955369678 God is a boy and he seems almost ghost like, in a sense he is portrayed as 'scary', perhaps enhancing the aspect of 'God fearing']]> 2020-11-24 08:41:32 UTC https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/955369678 https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/955372969 He seems very strict towards his religion, although only a small boy, he knows the rules of the religion, such as when he tells Moses to not go up to 'God's mountain'. Perhaps this is why the directors chose to show God through his son]]> 2020-11-24 08:42:52 UTC https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/955372969 https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/955376638 It is fairly light throughout, however when it comes to the bush scene most of the colours used are either blue or black, the bush stands out with it being the lightest thing in the scene. The music especially makes a dramatic change when Moses' son turns round and it is actually God]]> 2020-11-24 08:44:14 UTC https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/955376638 https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/955382745 It is portrayed as almost like a nightmare, Moses is trapped in the mud and his leg has been damaged therefore he cannot move, everything around him is dark. Moses seems scared of the boy/God. When he wakes up, he is rather shook up and asks his wife not to leave him]]> 2020-11-24 08:46:37 UTC https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/955382745 https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/955391088 God is able to work through people, his commands must be taken seriously and you should believe what you see and hear if God has spoken to you (when Moses takes it as if it was just his imagination, God reappears through his son) and the power and strength of both Moses and God]]> 2020-11-24 08:49:56 UTC https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/955391088 https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/955788914 Moses becoming unconscious. ]]> 2020-11-24 11:36:44 UTC https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/955788914 https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/955809516 Moses is taken out by a mud slide; is this suggesting he might have been halucinating?]]> 2020-11-24 11:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/955809516 https://padlet.com/drdougingram/r2403jyp0qruclat/wish/955817807 Generally very dark, adding to the ominous feel of it all.

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