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An interdisciplinary study of film and religion: exploring evangelistic films and audience interpretation in Hong Kong via the case study of a local evangelistic film the Miracle box.

Ho Wing Ki. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 128-135). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- LITERATURE REVIEW / Convergence of Religion and Media --- p.4 / Three Conventional Approaches to the Media of Popular Piety / Current Trend of Religion --- p.7 / Characteristics of Film --- p.9 / Rich Resources --- p.10 / Liminoid Consciousness --- p.11 / Transcendence --- p.12 / Engaging the World Through Images --- p.13 / An Interdisciplinary Endeavor --- p.15 / Understanding Audiences --- p.20 / Applying Generic Film Analysis --- p.22 / Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- OBJECTIVE OF STUDY / Objective of Study --- p.23 / Background / Local Christian Visual Media Before / Evangelistic Films --- p.24 / Evangelistic Feature Films --- p.25 / Research Methods --- p.32 / Outline of The Miracle Box --- p.36 / Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- "THE G.P.A. OF EVANGELSITIC FILMS: THE GOAL, THE PERCEPTIONS, AND THE ADVANCE" / Establishing the Goal of Evangelistic Films --- p.44 / Conventional Perception about Evangelistic Films --- p.47 / Advance: Narrowing the Gap --- p.48 / Watching for Leisure --- p.53 / Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- THREE DEVICES FOR RELIGIOUS MEANING GENERATION / Device 1: Genre --- p.55 / Chapter (1) --- Genre Label and Sensitization --- p.58 / Chapter (2) --- Docudrama and Testification --- p.62 / Chapter (3) --- Melodrama and Toning --- p.65 / Summary --- p.69 / Device 2: Symbols --- p.70 / The Box and Hand Over --- p.71 / Suggested Meaning --- p.73 / Compatible Meaning --- p.75 / Ignorance or Opposite Meaning --- p.79 / Nature and God With Us --- p.81 / Summary --- p.84 / Device 3: Critical Moments --- p.86 / Christian Viewers --- p.90 / Non-Christian Viewers --- p.94 / Projection from a Distance --- p.98 / Summary --- p.99 / Chapter CHAPTER 6 --- CONCLUSION / Conclusion --- p.106 / Limitations and Further Research --- p.112 / APPENDIX I Informants Profile --- p.115 / "APPENDIX II Excerpts Where ""The Box"" is Featured in The Miracle Box" --- p.116 / "APPENDIX III Excerpts Where ""Nature"" is Featured in The Miracle Box" --- p.125 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.128

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_325405
Date January 2005
ContributorsHo, Wing Ki., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Communication.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, ii, 135 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
CoverageChina, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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