I've begun teaching a class at Gracepoint Fellowship Church called Life Matters. In particular, I'm teaching a section called "Are you there God? - Media." Honestly while preparing for the class, I wasn't sure there would be any clear answers. However, to my surprise, there are some solid books on this topic such as Catching Light: Looking For God In The Movies by Roy Anker. I structured the class similar to some movie commentaries that Pastor Ed Kang and Kelly Kang have done at Gracepoint Fellowship Church where we covered movies such as Lord of the Rings and Evan Almighty. However, in my class, I wanted to delve deeper into more thematic issues that weren't as clean cut. We went through The Day After Tomorrow and Superman (1978). Verdict is still out what I'm going to next, but it's quite a ride teaching this class.
Here's a video I spent a week and a half working on with the help of my buddies Abe, Paul, Richard, and Kevan.
I posted hi-res versions as well as our project files on our Tech Arts page at Gracepoint Fellowship Church. I also explain some of the reasons why we used After Effects over Apple Motion, which is kinda interesting.