The Star Of Bethlehem Film Analysis

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The documentary of The Star of Bethlehem was very impactful. As a whole, the documentary was excellent in many ways. To begin with, the message wanting to be showed was very successfully delivered. Mr. Larson had strong supporting evidence to his side, and he also avoided being bias by including other sides of the argument. Also, the content of this documentary was very interesting. I was quite impressed with the findings about the star. Lastly, the journey this guy went through to find out what he needed to know was a very neat story. Overall, the documentary was quite interesting to me, and the guy did a very good job explaining his side of this argument. Throughout this documentary Mr. Larson uses ethos in order to get his points across. Using ethos he appeals to the morals of people. The way he does this is through religion. The morals of a Christian would be to believe what the bible says. Personally, I think he uses ethos as a hook to get people on his side. If you …show more content…
Larson is able to share his information very easily with the audience. He shared his information in an effective way. He shared his information in many ways, some include audience involvement, charts of the sky, passionate voice, and supporting evidence. The methods of Larson were very essential in the success of expressing his information. Another reason I believe Larson was so successful in sharing his information was due to the fact that he brought in another side. In the beginning he mentioned the counter argument to his beliefs, by stating this he avoided being bias. However, his success came throughout the documentary when he would continuously supply supporting evidence that proved the counter argument wrong. By showing a different side and proving it wrong, more people would believe in what he was preaching. Larson does not harsh on the views, he just proves them wrong. The documentary was very deep and most definitely had an effect on my

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