{"id":35254,"date":"2015-09-15T17:14:22","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T00:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=35254"},"modified":"2015-09-15T17:29:15","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T00:29:15","slug":"exclusive-two-clips-on-the-making-of-the-gospel-of-john","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2015\/09\/exclusive-two-clips-on-the-making-of-the-gospel-of-john.html","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Two clips on the making of <i>The Gospel of John<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2015\/09\/lumoproject-deconstructingascene.png\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2015\/09\/lumoproject-deconstructingascene-1024x369.png\" alt=\"lumoproject-deconstructingascene\" width=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-35259\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/tag\/lumo-project\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Gospel of John<\/a><\/i> comes to DVD <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B012O29H3C\/petertchatta\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">next month<\/a>, and today Lionsgate released two new clips from the disc\u2019s bonus features, showing how the filmmakers drew out the drama implicit in the text and also how they built first-century Jerusalem in a computer.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The first clip, from the featurette \u2018Deconstructing a Scene\u2019, looks at how Jesus and Nicodemus seem to be \u201ccasing each other out\u201d when they meet at night, as per John 3; the clip includes comments from director David Batty, actor Selva Rasalingam, cinematographer Ben Hodgson and theological consultant Ray Bruce:<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-video-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t<video controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"640\"\n\t\t height=\"380\"\t><\/video>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2015\/09\/GOSPEL-OF-JOHN_BTS_DECONSTRUCTING-A-SCENE_280p.mov'>The Gospel of John - Deconstructing a Scene (excerpt)<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"video\",\"tracklist\":true,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":true,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wp-media.patheos.com\\\/blogs\\\/sites\\\/227\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/GOSPEL-OF-JOHN_BTS_DECONSTRUCTING-A-SCENE_280p.mov\",\"type\":\"video\\\/quicktime\",\"title\":\"The Gospel of John - Deconstructing a Scene (excerpt)\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"meta\":{\"length_formatted\":\"1:31\"},\"dimensions\":{\"original\":{\"width\":472,\"height\":280},\"resized\":{\"width\":640,\"height\":380}},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patheos.com\\\/blogs\\\/filmchat\\\/wp-includes\\\/images\\\/media\\\/video.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patheos.com\\\/blogs\\\/filmchat\\\/wp-includes\\\/images\\\/media\\\/video.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<p>The second clip looks at how Jerusalem was reconstructed digitally for the film:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-video-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t<video controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"640\"\n\t\t height=\"380\"\t><\/video>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2015\/09\/GOSPEL-OF-JOHN_BTS_BUILDING-JERUSALEM_280p.mov'>The Gospel of John - Building Jerusalem (excerpt)<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"video\",\"tracklist\":true,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":true,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wp-media.patheos.com\\\/blogs\\\/sites\\\/227\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/GOSPEL-OF-JOHN_BTS_BUILDING-JERUSALEM_280p.mov\",\"type\":\"video\\\/quicktime\",\"title\":\"The Gospel of John - Building Jerusalem (excerpt)\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"meta\":{\"length_formatted\":\"1:31\"},\"dimensions\":{\"original\":{\"width\":472,\"height\":280},\"resized\":{\"width\":640,\"height\":380}},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patheos.com\\\/blogs\\\/filmchat\\\/wp-includes\\\/images\\\/media\\\/video.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patheos.com\\\/blogs\\\/filmchat\\\/wp-includes\\\/images\\\/media\\\/video.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<p>In the latter clip, Bruce mentions that there are something like three different temple sets in Ouarzazate, Morocco, which is where the film was shot. Presumably one of them is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2015\/03\/visiting-the-cast-and-crew-of-killing-jesus-in-morocco.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">the set that I visited<\/a> when <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/tag\/killing-jesus\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Killing Jesus<\/a><\/i> was being shot there last year.<\/p>\n<p>Check out earlier trailers and other videos here:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2015\/04\/watch-five-videos-on-the-lumo-project-and-its-word-for-word-adaptation-of-the-gospel-of-john.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The \u2018What Is the Lumo Project?\u2019, \u2018Translation Sample\u2019, \u2018Anatomy of a Scene: John 3:1-21\u2019 and \u2018Filming the Gospels\u2019 featurettes, and a trailer<\/a> (April 3, 2015)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2015\/08\/watch-three-clips-and-a-trailer-for-the-gospel-of-john.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The \u2018In the Beginning was the Word\u2019, \u2018The Vine and the Branches\u2019 and \u2018Jesus Appears to His Disciples\u2019 clips, and a trailer<\/a> (August 17, 2015)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2015\/09\/watch-jesus-breaks-the-sabbath-and-calls-god-his-father-in-a-new-clip-from-the-lumo-projects-the-gospel-of-john.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The John 5:14-23 clip<\/a> (September 10, 2015)<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One looks at how the filmmakers drew out the drama implicit in the text, the other looks at how first-century Jerusalem was reconstructed in a computer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1116,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2904,2901,1603,2903,2471],"class_list":["post-35254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-ben-hodgson","tag-david-batty","tag-lumo-project","tag-ray-bruce","tag-selva-rasalingam"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Exclusive: Two clips on the making of The Gospel of John<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"One looks at how the filmmakers drew out the drama implicit in the text, the other looks at how first-century Jerusalem was reconstructed in a computer.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2015\/09\/exclusive-two-clips-on-the-making-of-the-gospel-of-john.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Exclusive: Two clips on the making of The Gospel of John\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One looks at how the filmmakers drew out the drama implicit in the text, the other looks at how first-century Jerusalem was reconstructed in a computer.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2015\/09\/exclusive-two-clips-on-the-making-of-the-gospel-of-john.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FilmChat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-09-16T00:14:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-09-16T00:29:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/files\/2015\/09\/lumoproject-deconstructingascene-1024x369.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Peter T. 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