Romeo And Juliet's Recruitment

Sophomore year of high school, the ‘big’ video project was assigned. It would determine 25% of my grade in my honors class, and I knew I was going to get an A. The prompt: re-create Romeo and Juliet’s love affair though modern context. We were given the chance to pick our groups, and we were off. The recruitment. I consider myself to be a very smart person, which led me to immediately think of the members this project. I rounded six of my classmates, and decided we would film our re-creation and compare it to the film Twilight. I came up with this idea, figuring the characters would grasp the attention of my classmates, and then reel them into understanding Romeo and Juliet as characters. The script. While I love working in groups, I tend to take charge. Being a leader is something I was born with, and something I am good at. My classmates and I sat around a table, and began the long journey of the writing process. The trick was to try and teach elements from William Shakespeare’s play, and combine it with something students would grasp. It went pretty smoothly, my friend and I were the ones writing while everyone threw ideas. Many, many cups of coffee later we finished, and I was proud. The setting. My friend, Skylar, who I asked to be a part of

The actual filming of this was the hardest part. I made sure everyone’s schedules were clear on the day of production; however, there’s always that one person who goes M.I.A. After sending many frantic test messages and calling him 12 times, he showed up and we began. I was a character in the film, and I was also the director. Yes it was tricky, but I knew I could do it. I remember having to film my friend, Selom, a total of 19 times because he kept laughing. At first I was angry, but then all I could do was laugh. The script seemed endless that day. The sun began setting, and we had lost our light. Every started panicking, but I managed to calm everyone and reassure them that we could finish. And we