If you hadn't caught on, I am a film major specializing in documentary and cinematography. My idea for a final project is to document the other group that is planning on presenting a Shakespeare play.
This mini-documentary would consist of the filming of rehearsals, interviewing and just capturing all aspects of the how the production is put together -learning lines, analyzing the text, staging and putting on the performance.
We would need someone filming with a DSLR, capturing sound, interviewing and then editing the piece together.
I think it could be really interesting because there are bound to be many great moments of frustration, excitement, surprise and hopefully some great performances (!).
I am reminded of a documentary which can be viewed on netflix called OT: Our Town where a group of high school kids who had never before done any drama, set out to modernize and present an old play entitled Our Town. It's really great if you want to have a look and get a feel for perhaps how it might look visually. The documentary will be very observational and will feel like the camera is merely an onlooker to the action.
Please! Build on this! suggestions? comments? Want to do it?
I think this is a great idea. It would be a lot of work, but I'm sure a lot of people in this class would enjoy it. And the group putting on the performance would love to have a documentary about them.
ReplyDeleteI hope you can get with the production group ASAP and start filming. There certainly were several interested in assisting you on such a project. Don't forget to review the project criteria that I posted.
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