Screenplays

These two screenplays obviously were written by two students with a strong understanding of gospel principles. What a relief that they didn't need to be didactic in nature to convey a strong moral message. Yet, the ideologies of the perspective authors were very clear in their works. Take A Todd's for example. He obviously believes strongly in receiving inspiration from living life. That we can only learn about ourselves by going outside of ourselves. Outside our comfort zone. You don't learn how to apply the gospel by sitting in your house studying the scriptures all day but by going to some foreign land and trying to teach it to strangers. And suddenly we have a gospel principle oriented theme.

This is how I'd like to someday convey the gospel in my own media. I'm to much of a fan of force feeding my audience a message. I like the idea of letting them get there on their own. Chloe's screenplay could be interpreted thousands of different ways. What does Grace's hair symbolize to you? The natural man? An addiction? A negative relationship? Our own interpretation of the symbol ends up telling us more about ourselves than about Chloe.

I want this someday for myself. As a writer by nature (maybe someday by career) I make a constant effort to write something that is received differently by everyone. To incorporate gospel principles on any level is to invite antagonists from across the demographic spectrum. You'll have some of the church's worst enemies and best friends banging down your door to call you out. Yet I plan to try and express the ideology I have inherited from the church as much as possible.