FILM 255 - Seven-Minute Shakespeare

FDR: HA Fine Arts Distribution
Credits: 4

Prerequisite: completion of both the FDR:FW and FDR:HL requirements. After intensive collective reading and discussion of three Shakespeare plays in the first week, students organize into four-person groups with the goal of producing a seven-minute video version of one of the plays by the end of the term, using only the actual text of the play. The project requires full engagement and commitment, and includes tasks such as editing and selecting from the text to produce the film script, creating storyboards, casting and recruiting actors, rehearsing, filming, editing, adding sound tracks and effects. We critique and learn from each other’s efforts.