World of Shakespeare:

Much Ado About a Shakespeare Movie Project:

Over the next three exciting weeks, you will be working within 3 groups to produce a modern/classical version of your selected play. Most will choose to make into a movie, but you can also elect to perform these live on stage. We will be breaking this assignment into three parts. At the end of each week, I will be asking each group to evaluate their performance, and I will also be giving you a weekly grade based on observations. Translation: If you do nothing your grade will reflect this.

Each group should have the following parts assigned:

Director: Overseas all elements of production.
Actors: Must learn lines, and have acting ability, write script You will need to play multiple parts.
Camera/filming/sound person, writes script.
Editors (knowledgeable in imovie, Final Cut, or other video editing program)


Week One: March 29-April 5: Script Construction:
Over the next week, you will have one day to convert each scene and make your master cue-card script. Each group will be given a large over-sized note board to write your lines. You will need to keep on task to complete this in the week given. Please read one act per night for HW and be prepared to work converting as a group.

March 29: Agree to parts. Decide whether you are doing a modern or classical version, or something in between. Practice story board construction for Act 1. You may wish to utilize a storyboard for each scene. It is more work upfront, but it pays off at the end. Your storyboard will count as a quiz.

March 30: Act 1 script construction. Each group will be given an oversized sticky note board. You must have a script that is followed 100%. You can change your script, so make sure that you create a strong one. If you are making these modern, you will most likely need to convert the lines. If you choose to do these with the original language, you will need to decide what to keep and what to cut. Do not cut anything that fundamentally changes the play.

April 2: Act 2 Script construction. Act 1 + 2 due at the end of class.

April 3: Act 3 Script

April 4: Act 4 script

April 5: Act 5 script All script writing is due at the end of the block.