seven deadly sins?

Question

i am a film student and i have an assignment to make a short film about the seven deadly sins..but at the moment im kinda having a creative block..

Any ideas? I would appreciate any help *keep a college students budget in mind*

the only thing i know i want to do is make it kind of modern..

Answer 1

I suggest you show both the virtues and the sins. Or just select one matching pair.

Here are the seven holy virtues as opposites to the seven deadly sins. According to Dante's The Divine Comedy the sins have an order of greatness, and the virtues a respective order of greatness as well. This order is shown below from the lowest to the highest.

+ Holy Virtues +
Chastity (purity)
Moderation (self-restraint)
Generosity (vigilance)
Zeal (enthusiasm)
Meekness (composure)
Charity (giving)
Humility (humbleness)

+ Deadly Sins +
Lust (inappropriate desire)
Gluttony (over-indulgence)
Greed (avarice)
Sloth (laziness)
Wrath (anger)
Envy (jealousy)
Pride (vanity)

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

You might want to have a look at the text of Christopher Marlowe's play "Doctor Faustus." There's a scene in there where Mephistopheles stages a pageant for Faustus' entertainment, and the 7 Deadly Sins are the characters in the play-within-a-play.

Answer 3

Since the idea came from the Bible and was augmented throughout the Dark Ages, that is a good place to look but I will try from memory:

lust
gluttony
greed,
hatred
envy
emulation (not so different from envy but is more like imitating someone while hating them --that happens)

I am forgetting one but the lists vary a bit in the Bible..

We could try whoremongering if they let me use that word here.

Answer 4

Dude...if you can't find the Seven Deadly Sins on one floor of a college dorm on a Friday night, you're not trying...

Answer 5

it would be cool (and modern)to set the movie in an office ... have seven main characters who all sit in their cubicles or offices. One character could even be the janitor. His sin would be ENVY. And the boss could be LUST because he lusts after the hot secretary, who represents GREED because she'd a gold digger ... you get the idea. I think it could work.