{"id":11314,"date":"2011-05-12T18:35:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-13T01:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/an-awe-inspiring-film\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T21:53:27","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T05:53:27","slug":"an-awe-inspiring-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/an-awe-inspiring-film\/","title":{"rendered":"An Awe-Inspiring Film"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n    \n                                \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n  \n  \n  <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n          <nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n        <ul>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\">News<\/a><\/li>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\/?category=student\">Student<\/a><\/li>\n          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Books by Alfred North Whitehead sat side by side with those by Albert Einstein, along with Houston Smith and texts on evolution and physics.<\/p>\n<p>That blending of religion and science inspired Bloch\u2019s ambitious religion honors thesis in USC Dornsife. His documentary titled \u201cAwe\u201d explores and merges scientific theories and religious pursuits.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old debuted his first film on April 26 at the Leavey Library Auditorium. The presentation was followed by a panel discussion moderated by USC Dornsife Professor of History and Religion Lisa Bitel and featured Office of Religious Life Dean Varun Soni and Nick Warner, professor of physics and astronomy, and mathematics in USC Dornsife.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAwe\u201d integrates interviews with Soni and Warner with Bloch\u2019s original music and animated representation of the creation of the universe. Bloch, a member of USC\u2019s Student Interfaith Council, is graduating this month with a bachelor\u2019s degree in religion and music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe film is not supposed to answer questions,\u201d Bloch said. \u201cIt\u2019s supposed to ask questions. I pitted science and religion against each other, and then showed their parallels. I strung the ideas together using the interviews and, at the end, established a relationship and used the animated music videos to feel a little bit of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His ongoing eight-month production and post-production process for the 15-minute film included developing the narrative with assistant director and USC business alumnus John Ma, storyboarding, shooting with dolly tracks and a crew of 15, some of whom were USC students and alumni, and working on the animation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJake is an extraordinary young man \u2013 passionate, inspired and engaged,\u201d Soni said. \u201cThis is totally out of the box for what an honors thesis traditionally looks like and he was willing to take on new challenges with this film. I\u2019ve been really impressed with how he had a particular idea and, despite the odds, really blazed his own path with it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe this kind of multidisciplinary honors thesis could only happen at USC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for his own religious beliefs, Bloch primarily identifies himself as a humanist. He joined the Student Interfaith Council after meeting Soni at an event last year and realized the group had a strong sense of what spirituality meant to him. The student group hosted His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet\u2019s visit to USC on May 3.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI consider myself a small being in the span of the universe,\u201d he said. \u201cI think it\u2019s empowering when you realize how simple and fragile we are as microcosms of the universe. I\u2019m happy to be a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Born and raised in Santa Monica, Calif., Bloch grew up playing piano, the drums and the saxophone. He decided to come to USC because he wanted to pursue academic studies in addition to music. He declared majors in religion and music \u2014 both of which inspired his film.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUSC is totally unique in that it has provided me with an opportunity to nurture my creative and intellectual pursuits concurrently,\u201d he said. \u201cThis university is a breeding ground for new thinking and innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bloch&#8217;s idea for \u201cAwe\u201d was in fact inspired by music. When recording songs with a friend in his basement a year and a half ago, Bloch had heard a new sound \u2014 \u201ca chaotic drum and bass electronic-acoustic crossover,\u201d he called it \u2014 and thought it sounded like the creation of the universe. He was also fascinated by Warner\u2019s lectures, featuring walkthroughs of stellar creation and the creation of the universe alike.<\/p>\n<p>Last summer, Bloch worked as a student research assistant for Bitel\u2019s forthcoming book about a woman in the Mojave Desert who has monthly visions of the Virgin Mary. He talked with Bitel, his religion honors adviser, about doing a traditional written thesis at first, but his vision evolved into two short films and then into \u201cAwe,\u201d a unique thesis format for the department.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe suggested to me that maybe written form wasn\u2019t the best for him,\u201d Bitel said. \u201cI really believe in multimedia scholarship and, since this film is about seeing and believing, I thought why not a visual medium? Jake is quite fearless, smart and able. If I\u2019m allowed to be, I\u2019m quite proud of his work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After graduation, Bloch will work an iPad application company called Miso Media, but he also hopes to work in film and will submit \u201cAwe\u201d to film festivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n  \n        \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-related-stories \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-related-stories\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n    \n                  <article>\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/5-kinds-of-american-evangelicals-and-their-voting-patterns\/\" \n                        class=\"\" \n      >5 kinds of American evangelicals and their voting patterns<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n        <\/article>\n              <article>\n              \n<div class=\"f--field 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