A screenplay for a short film.

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Create a screenplay for a short film. This screenplay should be 7 pages or less, so you will need to adjust
the scale and scope to fit into this limitation. Below, I am linking to some resources that will teach you how
to go about this process. Please read all of this before beginning your screenplay. You may refer to your
treatment (if you completed Alternate Project 1) and this screenplay can tell that story (or a portion of that
story, if your treatment was larger in scope). If you have access to word-processing software, you may
follow the guidelines for formatting in the linked guide entitled “How to Write a Movie Script.” If you do not
have access to word-processing software, you may try downloading free software like WPS office. If you
are working on a phone, you may simply type your screenplay as a text submission.
After reading the links below but before you begin writing the actual screenplay, you will want to brainstorm
and organize your thoughts. I personally find it helpful to use pen and paper during the early stages of
writing. Create an outline and give yourself some time to play around with your ideas. Before you actually
write the screenplay, you should know who the characters are, what their motivation is, and what is
happening in this scene. Once you have a solid understanding of those elements, think about how you are
going to tell this story. What is the sequence of events and how would you like this to play out on screen.
What does the camera see? Where are the characters? How fast does it move along? A 7-page script
would usually translate to less than 7 minutes on screen (depending on how it is written). Consider how
much of a story can be told in that amount of time. In approximately 5 minutes, we can come to learn a lot
about a character if that time is used wisely. If you try to write too many characters or propel the story too
far in that short span of time, you may find yourself wrestling with too many technical details; making this
task much more daunting.
Please read the following before beginning:
https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/how-to-write-a-screenplay/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hepINkxlkc

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Dante Alighieri played a critical role in the literature world through his poem Divine Comedy that was written in the 14th century. The poem contains Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. The Inferno is a description of the nine circles of torment that are found on the earth. It depicts the realms of the people that have gone against the spiritual values and who, instead, have chosen bestial appetite, violence, or fraud and malice. The nine circles of hell are limbo, lust, gluttony, greed and wrath. Others are heresy, violence, fraud, and treachery. The purpose of this paper is to examine the Dante’s Inferno in the perspective of its portrayal of God’s image and the justification of hell. 

In this epic poem, God is portrayed as a super being guilty of multiple weaknesses including being egotistic, unjust, and hypocritical. Dante, in this poem, depicts God as being more human than divine by challenging God’s omnipotence. Additionally, the manner in which Dante describes Hell is in full contradiction to the morals of God as written in the Bible. When god arranges Hell to flatter Himself, He commits egotism, a sin that is common among human beings (Cheney, 2016). The weakness is depicted in Limbo and on the Gate of Hell where, for instance, God sends those who do not worship Him to Hell. This implies that failure to worship Him is a sin.


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God is also depicted as lacking justice in His actions thus removing the godly image. The injustice is portrayed by the manner in which the sodomites and opportunists are treated. The opportunists are subjected to banner chasing in their lives after death followed by being stung by insects and maggots. They are known to having done neither good nor bad during their lifetimes and, therefore, justice could have demanded that they be granted a neutral punishment having lived a neutral life. The sodomites are also punished unfairly by God when Brunetto Lattini is condemned to hell despite being a good leader (Babor, T. F., McGovern, T., & Robaina, K. (2017). While he commited sodomy, God chooses to ignore all the other good deeds that Brunetto did.

Finally, God is also portrayed as being hypocritical in His actions, a sin that further diminishes His godliness and makes Him more human. A case in point is when God condemns the sin of egotism and goes ahead to commit it repeatedly. Proverbs 29:23 states that “arrogance will bring your downfall, but if you are humble, you will be respected.” When Slattery condemns Dante’s human state as being weak, doubtful, and limited, he is proving God’s hypocrisy because He is also human (Verdicchio, 2015). The actions of God in Hell as portrayed by Dante are inconsistent with the Biblical literature. Both Dante and God are prone to making mistakes, something common among human beings thus making God more human.

To wrap it up, Dante portrays God is more human since He commits the same sins that humans commit: egotism, hypocrisy, and injustice. Hell is justified as being a destination for victims of the mistakes committed by God. The Hell is presented as being a totally different place as compared to what is written about it in the Bible. As a result, reading through the text gives an image of God who is prone to the very mistakes common to humans thus ripping Him off His lofty status of divine and, instead, making Him a mere human. Whether or not Dante did it intentionally is subject to debate but one thing is clear in the poem: the misconstrued notion of God is revealed to future generations.

 

References

Babor, T. F., McGovern, T., & Robaina, K. (2017). Dante’s inferno: Seven deadly sins in scientific publishing and how to avoid them. Addiction Science: A Guide for the Perplexed, 267.

Cheney, L. D. G. (2016). Illustrations for Dante’s Inferno: A Comparative Study of Sandro Botticelli, Giovanni Stradano, and Federico Zuccaro. Cultural and Religious Studies, 4(8), 487.

Verdicchio, M. (2015). Irony and Desire in Dante’s” Inferno” 27. Italica, 285-297.

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