Rob Bell 1 Year Later & SYATP
Forgive me if this seems like self-promotion. It's not.
About a year ago, I was sitting in my Digital Video class trying to think of an idea for my first video project of the year. I was in my own group, and I was running out of time. Then it hit me: See You at the Pole was coming up. I decided I was going to make a video to promote See You at the Pole.
But since I had no footage of a crowd of people meeting around a flagpole, and since I was by myself, and since I wanted the video to be creative and amusing, I had to think of a way of presenting SYATP in a new way. I realized there was a way to do a video with one person that could still communicate what it was trying to say. Rob Bell does it all the time.
What happened from there was the Rob Bell video. It took two class periods to film, and another three class periods to edit. I showed to clip at VI the week before SYATP. Here it is.
Later, I decided to put the video on YouTube, as I only had a couple of videos to put up anyway.
I had no idea it would actually be seen by anyone.
11 months, 13,471 viewers, and 68 comments later, here' s what people have responded with.
"That was a pathetic piece of garbage. I don't even see the point in making fun of Rob Bell. and EVERYONE tries to say they love the person that they laughed at so much they made fun of him in a video, just so they won't get bashed. Shut up. "
"Apart from the spoofy part from the start I was actually quite encouraged by this. Did Martin Luther really pray extra when he had to time. Great idea. "
"you are pathetic...and iam hate myself for wasting 3 minutes of my life watching your garbage.i know this isn't the most chritian thing but i really hope you lose the ability to walk "
"Wow, maybe you should get a life. Rob Bell has great messages but you obviously can't see them for what they are. "
"if people would watch more than the first 30 seconds they'd see what you were doing with this video. It was good man. "
"Hey man i think you should take this down. Thats not really cool at all. He is a very good guy hes someone that will be reawarded in heaven. "
"It's okay friend, I still appreciate the art of impersonation. You did a great job. "
But here's the one I remember most:
"where do you get off making fun of a man of God?Isaiah 54:17"No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.""
This guy quoted the Bible, and hinted that my video was a weapon against God. According to him, God frowns upon those who lampoon other men of God.
It makes me think about Lee's lesson recently about words. There are those words designed to pick others up, and those designed to bring others down. There's a big difference between poking fun at someone and deliberately bringing them down. The problem comes when people step over the line that separates the two.
I sincerely doubt Rob Bell's feelings were hurt by the YouTube video of a 16-year-old. But I wonder, out of those people who commented negatively about the video... did I hurt them? Was it insensitive to poke fun at someone when it indirectly brought someone else down?
Regardless of that rant, the fact is that SYATP is September 26th. I always enjoy seeing who shows up @ the flag. There's usually two or three people who I never would have suspected would come to school early to take part in a prayer like that. So...
I'll see YOU at the pole.
Live big, stay classy.
About a year ago, I was sitting in my Digital Video class trying to think of an idea for my first video project of the year. I was in my own group, and I was running out of time. Then it hit me: See You at the Pole was coming up. I decided I was going to make a video to promote See You at the Pole.
But since I had no footage of a crowd of people meeting around a flagpole, and since I was by myself, and since I wanted the video to be creative and amusing, I had to think of a way of presenting SYATP in a new way. I realized there was a way to do a video with one person that could still communicate what it was trying to say. Rob Bell does it all the time.
What happened from there was the Rob Bell video. It took two class periods to film, and another three class periods to edit. I showed to clip at VI the week before SYATP. Here it is.
Later, I decided to put the video on YouTube, as I only had a couple of videos to put up anyway.
I had no idea it would actually be seen by anyone.
11 months, 13,471 viewers, and 68 comments later, here' s what people have responded with.
"That was a pathetic piece of garbage. I don't even see the point in making fun of Rob Bell. and EVERYONE tries to say they love the person that they laughed at so much they made fun of him in a video, just so they won't get bashed. Shut up. "
"Apart from the spoofy part from the start I was actually quite encouraged by this. Did Martin Luther really pray extra when he had to time. Great idea. "
"you are pathetic...and iam hate myself for wasting 3 minutes of my life watching your garbage.i know this isn't the most chritian thing but i really hope you lose the ability to walk "
"Wow, maybe you should get a life. Rob Bell has great messages but you obviously can't see them for what they are. "
"if people would watch more than the first 30 seconds they'd see what you were doing with this video. It was good man. "
"Hey man i think you should take this down. Thats not really cool at all. He is a very good guy hes someone that will be reawarded in heaven. "
"It's okay friend, I still appreciate the art of impersonation. You did a great job. "
But here's the one I remember most:
"where do you get off making fun of a man of God?Isaiah 54:17"No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.""
This guy quoted the Bible, and hinted that my video was a weapon against God. According to him, God frowns upon those who lampoon other men of God.
It makes me think about Lee's lesson recently about words. There are those words designed to pick others up, and those designed to bring others down. There's a big difference between poking fun at someone and deliberately bringing them down. The problem comes when people step over the line that separates the two.
I sincerely doubt Rob Bell's feelings were hurt by the YouTube video of a 16-year-old. But I wonder, out of those people who commented negatively about the video... did I hurt them? Was it insensitive to poke fun at someone when it indirectly brought someone else down?
Regardless of that rant, the fact is that SYATP is September 26th. I always enjoy seeing who shows up @ the flag. There's usually two or three people who I never would have suspected would come to school early to take part in a prayer like that. So...
I'll see YOU at the pole.
Live big, stay classy.
posted by drew.troller at
12:09 PM
2 Comments:
I will not see you at the pole Drew. But have fun!
Wow, has it seriously been a year already? It seems like yesterday that you made that thing. Some of those comments made me laugh, especially the person who wished that you would lose the ability to walk, hahaa.
Btw, what's the name of the song you used in your video? I like it.
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