Friday, February 17, 2012

Final Project Ideas

For the final project in this Shakespeare endeavor, I really like the idea of doing a small documentary about a "new-found Shakespeare play."
The outline of the documentary would look something like this:
1- Show the finding of a forgotten play.
2- Show some credible analysis to prove that it is real Shakespeare.
3- Show the decision to make it into a movie.
4- Show the preparation for the movie.
5- Show the finished trailer.

I think this would be a really good group project because it has so many different things that we could do with it. There would be some Iambic pentameter writing, critical analysis, filming, editing, and acting. There would of course be plenty of room for creativity in step 4 where we show the preparation for the play. This is where story boarding, music, casting, costuming, etc. would happen. This way, there is some real acting for those who are comfortable and some behind-the-scenes work for others. We can show people drawing the storyboard or writing the music, and others can actually act as a Shakespeare character for the trailer in step 5.
Please look forward to a more in depth post to come about how this will actually brake down. I'm hopping I can explain this well and show you some brief ideas about what I have in my head.
Please also feel free to comment with anything you think I could add, especially if it is something you would like to do personally.

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