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Tuxedo_Mark
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Hi, I’m new here, and apologies in advance for starting off with such a very specific question. 
I’m writing a screenplay for a fan film that I hope to shoot someday based on a video game. Yeah, a bit of a lofty ambition, considering I have yet to make even an original short film or anything, but this is kind of a passion project of mine. (If anyone cares, it’s “Castlevania Legends” for the original Game Boy.)
Anyway, the story occurs from 1433 to 1450 (mostly the latter) and centers on a female protagonist (Sonia Belmont) that, because of her name and my research into the history of names, I’ve decided is half-French and half-Russian and was born and raised in Transylvania.
Sonia was raised Catholic, and, according the the storyline found in the game’s Japanese instruction manual, she’s the daughter of aristocrats and lives in a mansion, so I’m using this as an excuse for her to do some snobby rich-people activities and kinda have fun with her character and give her more leeway to get away with things that a peasant girl couldn’t.
Anyway, I want to sprinkle some historical realism into the story, so I’ve got some questions:
Sonia will be taught reading and writing. Is the Latin Vulgate Bible the one that was in use by the Church back then? What form did a pre-printing press Bible take?
What sort of backlash (if any) would Sonia encounter from wearing pants, whether in public or, more specifically, in the local church?
There’s a scene where she’s just survived an attempted rape by local ruffians and stops in her local church on the way home when she sees the place has a visitor (from Rome, no less). Her fancy dress shirt has been ruined, and she basically has to fold her arms over her chest area. Would she get a scolding for that or a pass if she explained her situation?
Is she allowed to enter the church during a non-Mass time without covering her head?
There’s a scene where she stops in the church at night to pray before going off to fight Count Dracula. Would the church be open to the public at night, or would it be empty and locked?
How would the church have been laid out? What sorts of things would one notice outside and inside?
What would the text and motions for the rite of baptism, a funeral, and the liturgy have been in that time and place? I’ve tried looking for specific information on this but have been unable to find it.
Any help would be appreciated.
I’m writing a screenplay for a fan film that I hope to shoot someday based on a video game. Yeah, a bit of a lofty ambition, considering I have yet to make even an original short film or anything, but this is kind of a passion project of mine. (If anyone cares, it’s “Castlevania Legends” for the original Game Boy.)
Anyway, the story occurs from 1433 to 1450 (mostly the latter) and centers on a female protagonist (Sonia Belmont) that, because of her name and my research into the history of names, I’ve decided is half-French and half-Russian and was born and raised in Transylvania.
Sonia was raised Catholic, and, according the the storyline found in the game’s Japanese instruction manual, she’s the daughter of aristocrats and lives in a mansion, so I’m using this as an excuse for her to do some snobby rich-people activities and kinda have fun with her character and give her more leeway to get away with things that a peasant girl couldn’t.
Anyway, I want to sprinkle some historical realism into the story, so I’ve got some questions:
Sonia will be taught reading and writing. Is the Latin Vulgate Bible the one that was in use by the Church back then? What form did a pre-printing press Bible take?
What sort of backlash (if any) would Sonia encounter from wearing pants, whether in public or, more specifically, in the local church?
There’s a scene where she’s just survived an attempted rape by local ruffians and stops in her local church on the way home when she sees the place has a visitor (from Rome, no less). Her fancy dress shirt has been ruined, and she basically has to fold her arms over her chest area. Would she get a scolding for that or a pass if she explained her situation?
Is she allowed to enter the church during a non-Mass time without covering her head?
There’s a scene where she stops in the church at night to pray before going off to fight Count Dracula. Would the church be open to the public at night, or would it be empty and locked?
How would the church have been laid out? What sorts of things would one notice outside and inside?
What would the text and motions for the rite of baptism, a funeral, and the liturgy have been in that time and place? I’ve tried looking for specific information on this but have been unable to find it.
Any help would be appreciated.
