Modernising Shakespears - Gnomeo And Juliet!

Mrs. Montague and Mr. Capulet (Julie Walters and Richard Wilson) are two elderly neighbors who despise each other. When they leave the garden, their garden gnomes come alive. The Montague garden is filled with blue-hat gnomes, and the Capulet garden has red-hat gnomes. Like their human gardeners, the gnomes also despise each other.


The gnomes hold a back alley lawnmower race, with Gnomeo (James McAvoy) driving for the blues and Tybalt (Jason Statham) for the reds. Tybalt cheats to win the race, destroying Gnomeo's lawnmower. Gnomeo and his best friend, Benny (Matt Lucas), are disappointed to see Mrs. Montague ordering a new "kitty" lawnmower.


That night, Gnomeo and Benny infiltrate the red garden in black disguise. Benny sprays Tybalt's well and accidentally triggers a security light. During the escape Gnomeo ends up in a nearby garden where he bumps into a disguised Juliet (Emily Blunt), the daughter of the red gnomes leader Lord Redbrick (Michael Caine). Juliet is attempting to retrieve a unique orchid, and the two romantically fight over it. They each discover the other's color before fleeing the garden. When they both go back to their own gardens, Juliet tells her frog-sprinkler friend Nanette (Ashley Jensen) about her newfound love. Nanette states that the relationship is romantically tragic.


Gnomeo and Juliet have secret meetings in the nearby garden, where they meet a pink plastic flamingo named Featherstone (Jim Cummings) who encourages their love.
Gnomeo's mother Lady Bluebury (Maggie Smith), is distraught after the reds infiltrate the garden and destroy the plant nurtured by Gnomeo's deceased father. The blues want Gnomeo to take revenge on the reds, and he realizes that he cannot refuse unless he tells his secret. Just as he is about to spray the prized tulips of the reds, Juliet sees him and he backs out of the attack.


When he and Juliet meet up again, they briefly fight until Featherstone stops them, telling them he lost his girlfriend when the two people living in the house, where the garden is, broke up and never saw each other again. Benny sees them and runs into the alleyway, where Tybalt is waiting with his lawnmower, attempting to run Benny down and chops off his hat. Gnomeo intervenes, and he and Tybalt fight on the red lawnmower until the lawnmower runs into the wall. Gnomeo jumps off last minute, but Tybalt crashes into the wall, destroying himself. The reds attempt to attack Gnomeo, thinking that Tybalt died because of him, but Juliet, to the surprise of her clan, defends Gnomeo, saying that she loves him. Gnomeo ends up on a road, and everyone believes he was run over by a truck. Lord Redbrick glues the heartbroken Juliet to her fountain because he does not want to lose her like he lost her mother.#


Gnomeo is still alive, eventually reaching a park where he climbs onto a statue of William Shakespeare (Patrick Stewart) and tells him his story. Shakespeare tells Gnomeo that his story is very similar to Romeo and Juliet and that it is likely Gnomeo's will have a sad ending as well.
Benny gets onto Mrs. Montague's computer and changes her lawnmower order to a powerful Terrafirminator unit, intending to get revenge on the reds. However, the Terrafirminator goes out of control and destroys most of the two gardens while the gnomes wage a full scale war. Gnomeo makes it back to Juliet with the help of Featherstone. However, when he arrives, the Terrafirminator then frees itself, sending it flying. He tries to try to un-glue her, but he is unable to. She tells him to go, but he refuses. The two share a passionate kiss just as the lawnmower crashes into the fountain, self-destructing in the process. When everyone believes that both are dead, Lord Redbrick and Lady Bluebury decide to end the feud. Miraculously, Gnomeo and Juliet emerge from the ruins and the two clans celebrate.


The film ends happily with the red and blue gnomes finally coming together to celebrate their newfound peace. Tybalt is revealed to still be alive having been glued back together, Featherstone is reunited with his girlfriend after Benny finds and orders her online, Gnomeo and Juliet are married on a purple lawnmower, which symbolizes the new union of both gnome clans.

Film & Tv. Filming Projects

Working with Yvonne Claudia prince and bicton, has been hard work. myself and prince and occasionally Claudia have been doing the work. Yvonne and bicton just disappear. in the week I was off because of my grandfathers passing I thought that they would of got some work done. but no, all the work wasn't even started me and prince started and we finished it Yvonne just leaves us to do it, and we havnt done the editing yet, because of Wednesdays child. but today I will be finishing off the project with prince since its basically our work. rant over.

what we are filming is a promotion for the college so we have gone round to all the departments and got some shots of students enjoying their work. we even got a science teacher to do a practical which was cool. and we got security helping out a student. its not gonna have a script its just gonna be words on the screen because I think its more effective and music will be played over it. the music I chose to be played over is Meat Loaf 40 Days. its a cool song and it fits to what we would like to achieve.

And we also got some interviews with students from the performing arts department because even though its a big college and we do many fantastic courses. we want to do more about performing arts because there is no other college in London that does performing arts that professionally and with the big enrichment shows and the unit performances, many colleges don't put that much time and money into the arts but this college does which makes leyton's performing arts more unique than any other college in London.

Modernising Shakespeare - Macbeth 2006 film

This adaptation of Macbeth takes place in the terrifying Melbourne underworld. Macbeth (Sam Worthington), a humble drug smuggler to his crime boss Duncan (Gary Sweet), is told by teenage witches that he will one day have great power. Driven by their prophecy, his wife (Victoria Hill) plans to kill Duncan and take the leadership of the gang for herself and her husband.  Macbeth's compulsive love for her leads him to agree to her murderous plan, but he finds that maintaining his power will require a lot more from him than first thought.

The film opens in a cemetery where the Weird and crazy Sisters, (three school girl witches), are seen destroying and defacing headstones and statues, while close by Lady Macbet breaks down and crys beside a headstone marked "beloved son". Macbeth stands by. It is in this scene that the three witches make their plan to meet with Macbeth later, and leave the cemetery, smiling smugly at Macbeth from afar.

Macbeth leads Duncan's gang, in his absence, to do a drug deal with Macdonwald and his men. In a gunfight between the gangs, all members of Macdonwald's gang are killed. While chasing two gunmen, Banquo and Macbeth are led to the Cawdor Club. They seize the club. The current owner of the club is tied up and later killed.

Duncan officially hands the club over to Macbeth, and Macbeth and Banquo celebrate by drinking the club's alcohol and taking some pills found on a table. During this drug trip Macbeth meets the three witches, who prophesy that he will soon be in Duncan's position with total control over the gang. He tells his wife this, though she doubts he has it in him to take over Duncan's position. Later when she learns that Duncan will be dining and staying at their house, she plots with her husband to kill him, passing the rank of gang leader to Macbeth.

Lady Macbeth drugs Duncan's bodyguards, and while they sleep Macbeth takes their knives and kills Duncan, framing the guards. Macduff comes to Inverness and finds Duncan murdered in his bed. Before the bodyguards can profess their innocence Macbeth shoots them. Malcolm, Duncan's son, immediately suspects Macbeth as having something to do with his father's death and flees.
After Macbeth is hailed as the new leader by most of Duncan's gang Macbeth sends two murderers to kill Banquo and his son, Fleance. The murderers kill Banquo, but Fleance escapes. Macbeth holds a celebratory dinner, and after learning that Banquo has been killed, sees a vision of Banquo's ghost at the dining table.

Macbeth is becoming more shaken by his desire for power. Lennox, Ross and others now suspect Macbeth of killing Duncan and Banquo. Macbeth finds the three witches in his house that evening and, after drinking a nasty potion and engaging in an orgiastic sexual encounter with them, asks the witches of his future. He is told to fear Macduff, but no man "of woman born shall kill you". Later it is revealed that Macduff is not a natural birth, but a caesarean section, which is not "of woman born".

He is also shown a vision of Fleance being hailed as gang leader. These prophecies enrage Macbeth, as does the witches' quick disappearance, and he has the murderers go to Macduff's home and brutally kill Lady Macduff and her son.

Seeing this on the television, Lennox and Ross go to tell Macduff who has gone to his uncle Siward. Malcolm convinces him that Macbeth has gone much too far in his quest for power and must be stripped of his leader status. Meanwhile, Lady Macbeth has become more insane, to the point where she re-imagines the evening of Duncan's killing and continuously tries to wash off his blood from her hands.

A doctor sedates her, and Macbeth appears fairly indifferent to her instability. He prepares for the impending attack from Macduff, Lennox and Ross. Lady Macbeth commits suicide in a bath tub by slashing her wrists, enraging Macbeth. The two murderers, realising the unlikeliness of surviving the attack, swiftly flee Dunsinane leaving Macbeth with only Seyton, his main bodyguard, and two others.

 The murderers run into Macduff and his associates at the edge of Burnham Wood and are shot. Fleance looks on. Malcolm leads his men to Dunsinane where they ambush the house and a large gunfight ensues between them and Macbeth and his guards. Macbeth is chased to the cellar where he faces off with Macduff and is stabbed in the stomach.

 He stumbles upstairs to his bedroom, where the body of Lady Macbeth lies, and dies at her side. As Macduff leads Fleance, now the inherited gang leader, from the house Macbeth's famous "tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" speech is heard.

CAST:

Sam Worthington as Macbeth Victoria Hill as Lady Macbeth Steve Bastoni as Banquo Lachy Hulme as Macduff

Bob Franklin as Siward Craig Stott as Fleance Gary Sweet as Duncan Matt Doran as Malcolm

Modernised versions of shakespeare! Romeo & Juliet

Romeo & Juliet - Directed by Baz Luhrmann.

This modernised version of William Shakespeare's plays takes place in the modern setting of Verona beach, where the Capulet's and Montague's are arch rivals. at the start of this modern version of the play the opening scene takes place in a petrol station where the Montague boys led by Benvolio, Romeo's cousin, and the Capulet boys led by Tybalt, Juliet's cousin. come face to face. they start to insult each other and one of the Capulet boys say to one of the Montague boys do," I bite my thumb at you", and that sparks a massive gun brawl between the two families which starts to cause chaos in the city. The Chief of Police, Captain Prince, reprimands the families, warning them that if such behaviour continues, their lives "shall pay the forfeit of the peace".

Benvolio meets with Romeo on a beach. Whilst playing a game of pool they learn of a party being held by the Capulet's that evening which they decide to gate-crash. Romeo agrees to come after discovering that his 'crush' Rosaline is attending the party.

The Montague boys meet their friend, Mercutio, who has tickets to the Capulet party. Romeo takes the Ecstasy pill Mercutio gave him and they proceed to the Capulet mansion. The effects of the drug and the party overwhelm Romeo, who goes to the rest-room. Whilst Romeo is in the restroom he fills up and sink and dunks his whole head into it. when he comes back up for oxygen he notices in the mirror an aquarium and he walks over to it. when he is there admiring the aquarium he notices Juliet on the other side. Tybalt spots Romeo and vows to kill him for invading his family's home, but Fulgencio stops him.

Romeo and Juliet sneak into an elevator and kiss. The nurse spots them when the doors open and drags Juliet away, while revealing to her that Romeo is a Montague. At the same time, Romeo realizes that Juliet is a Capulet. Mercutio takes Romeo from the party, but he sneaks back to the mansion, hiding under Juliet’s balcony. Juliet emerges into the yard and proclaims her love for him before Romeo sneaks up behind her. Juliet is horrified that he has risked death, but Romeo tells her he does not care whether he is caught. Knowing her nurse is looking for her, Juliet tells him that, if he sends word by the following day, they will be wed to each other. Romeo visits Father Lawrence, telling him he wants to marry Juliet. He agrees to marry the pair in hopes that their marriage will help ease the tensions between the families. Romeo passes the word on to Juliet’s nurse and the lovers are married.

Tybalt encounters Mercutio just as Romeo arrives. Romeo attempts to make peace, but Tybalt assaults him. Mercutio intervenes and batters Tybalt, and is about to finish him off by hitting him with a log when Romeo stops him. Tybalt slashes Mercutio with a shard of glass. Mercutio, in denial, laughs it off as a mere "scratch", but soon realizes that the cut is deeper than he thought. Angered over his pending death, Mercutio curses the warring houses. He storms off in anger only to die in Romeo's arms a few moments later. Angry that Mercutio, neither a Capulet nor Montague, has been murdered, Romeo chases after a fleeing Tybalt to shoot and kill him and he succeeds.

Captain Prince banishes Romeo from the city. Romeo, hiding with Father Lawrence, claims he would rather die than be banished. Father Lawrence, in turn, sternly lectures Romeo about the fact that the end result of his actions could have been his death as opposed to banishment. Father Lawrence treats Romeo's injuries and says that, after some time passes, he will help Romeo and Juliet return to the city and reconcile with their family and friends. The nurse tells Romeo that Juliet is waiting for him. At the Capulet mansion, Juliet prays, horrified by what has happened. When Romeo climbs over her balcony, she kisses him and they have sex. Fulgencio decides Juliet will marry Paris, the Governor's son.

The next morning, Romeo narrowly escapes as Juliet's mother tells her that the family has promised she will marry Paris. She refuses to marry, so her father threatens to throw her out. Her mother and nurse insist it would be in her best interest to marry Paris. Juliet sees Father Lawrence, imploring him to help her and threatening to commit suicide. The priest proposes she fake death and be put in the Capulet vault to awaken 24 hours later. Romeo will be told of the plot, sneak into the vault, and once reunited the two can travel to Mantua. He gives her the potion which mimics death. After saying goodnight to her mother, Juliet drinks the potion. She is found in the morning, declared dead, and placed in the vault. Balthasar, one of Romeo's cousins, learns that Juliet is dead and tells Romeo, who is not home when the messenger arrives to tell him of the plan.

Romeo returns to Verona, where he buys poison. As he goes to the church, Captain Prince finds out he is back, and tries to capture him, without success. Father Lawrence learns that Romeo has no idea Juliet is alive. Romeo enters the church where Juliet lies and says a farewell speech. She awakens just as Romeo takes the poison. The two then see each other before he dies. After he dies, Juliet picks up Romeo's gun and shoots herself in the head.( dying instantly). The two lovers are discovered in each other's arms. Prince condemns both families, whose feuding led to such tragedy, and coroners are shown removing the two bodies.

The House of Montague Brian Dennehy as Ted Montague: Romeo's father Christina Pickles as Caroline Montague: Romeo's mother Leonardo DiCaprio as Romeo Montague Dash Mihok as Benvolio Montague: Romeo's cousin Jesse Bradford as Balthasar Montague: Romeo's cousin Zak Orth as Gregory Montague: Romeo's cousin Jamie Kennedy as Sampson Montague: Romeo's cousin

The House of Capulet Paul Sorvino as Fulgencio Capulet Diane Venora as Gloria Capulet Claire Danes as Juliet Capulet John Leguizamo as Tybalt Capulet Vincent Laresca as Abra Capulet Carlos Martín Manzo Otálora as Petruchio Capulet Miriam Margolyes as Nurse

Others Harold Perrineau as Mercutio Escalus Pete Postlethwaite as Father Lawrence Paul Rudd as Dave Paris Vondie Curtis-Hall as Captain Prince M. Emmet Walsh as Apothecary Quindon Tarver as Choir Boy Edwina Moore as Anchorwoman (Narrator)

 

Modernising Shakespeare - Macbeth - duncans death - Establishing shot!

Myself and Claudia came up with the idea of setting our scene in the college. Basically Gary the head of our department is king Duncan and Alex and Yusuf are his guards. So earlier in the play lady Macbeth drugs his guards so they fall asleep so Macbeth can go kill the king without any issues.

the establishing shot is going to work like this. Gary is sitting at his desk with the camera facing him so he is facing the camera. like this -

 

 

the camera angle that says eye level is the angle we wish to use.

so Gary is doing his work the behind him. and in an unfocused shot, I walk in slowly holding a glass bottle. I then slowly walk up to him and hit him over the head, but as I go to hit him with the bottle the camera blacks out. then the next shot is gonna be as if its through Gary's eyes so the camera will be on the floor facing up the its gonna see as if im hitting it. and blood is going to be splashed over me as im doing it. then as I walk of the camera will be facing the door as I leave, then as I leave Gary's hand is gonna come from the bottom of the camera covered in blood then suddenly drop to the floor the next shot will be Claudia in the foyae downstairs wating for me.

review is coming very soon! as i was in and out because i couldnt stop coughing i did not get a chance to see it all. so it is coming. just i need a bit of time

Macbeth Synopsis! Ayo helped me with this.

The play begins with amidst thunder and lightning and the Three Witches decide that their next meeting shall be with Macbeth. In the following scene it opens with a wounded sergeant who reports to king Duncan of Scotland that his generals- Macbeth, who is the Thane of Glamis and Banquo have just defeated the allied forces of Norway and Ireland who were led by the traitorous Macdonwald and the Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth, the King's kinsman, is praised for his bravery and fighting prowess. Following their pitched battle with these enemy forces, Macbeth and Banquo encounter the witches as they cross a moor (A broad area of open land). The witches prophesy that Macbeth will be made thane (a rank of Scottish nobility) of Cawdor and eventually King of Scotland. They also prophesy that Macbeth’s companion, Banquo, will beget a line of Scottish kings, although Banquo will never be king himself. The witches then vanish and Macbeth and Banquo treat their prophecies skeptically until some of King Duncan’s men come to thank the two generals for their victories in battle and to tell Macbeth that he has indeed been named 'Thane of Cawdor' and that he shall "be King hereafter." Macbeth appears to be stunned to silence. When Banquo asks of his own fortunes, the witches inform him that he will father a line of kings, though he himself will not be one. While the two men wonder at these pronouncements, the witches vanish, and another thane, Ross, arrives and informs Macbeth of his newly bestowed title: Thane of Cawdor as the previous Thane of Cawdor shall be put to death for his traitorous activities. Macbeth is intrigued by the possibility that the remainder of the witches’ prophecy that he will be crowned king—might be true, but he's  uncertain what to expect. Later on he visits King Duncan and they plan to dine together at Inverness, Macbeth’s castle. Macbeth writes ahead to his wife 'Lady Macbeth', telling her all that has happened. Lady Macbeth suffers none of her husband’s uncertainty. She desires the kingship for him and wants him to kill Duncan in order to gain his throne. As soon as Macbeth arrives at Inverness, she overrides all of her husband’s objections and persuades him to murder King Duncan on that very night. So Macbeth and Lady Macbeth plan to get Duncan’s two chamberlains (an officer who manages the household of a king) drunk so they will black out; Next morning they will blame the murder on the chamberlains, who will be defenseless as they will remember nothing. While Duncan is asleep, Macbeth stabs him, despite his doubts and a number of supernatural portents, including a vision of a bloody dagger. When Duncan’s death is discovered the next morning, Macbeth kills the chamberlains—ostensibly out of rage at their crime—and easilyassumes the kingship. Meanwhile Duncan's sons Malcolm and Donalbain flee to England and Ireland, respectively, fearing that whoever killed Duncan desires their demise as well.

Feared that the witches’ prophecy that Banquo’s heirs (Legally entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death)  will seize the throne. Macbeth hires a group of murderers to attack Banquo and his son Fleance, suddenly Fleance escapes and Macbeth becomes furious and fears that his power remains insecure as long as an heir of Banquo remains alive. At the banquet, Macbeth invites his lords and Lady Macbeth to a night of drinking and merriment. Banquo's ghost enters and sits in Macbeth's place. Macbeth raves fearfully, startling his guests as the ghost is only visible to himself. On the other hand the others panic at the sight of Macbeth raging at an empty chair, until Lady Macbeth desperately tells them that her husband is merely afflicted with a familiar and harmless malady. The ghost departs and returns once more, causing the same riotous anger and fear in Macbeth. This time, Lady Macbeth tells the lords to leave, and they do so. Macbeth, disturbed, visits the three witches once more and asks them to reveal the truth of their prophecies to him. To answer his questions, they summon horrible apparitions, each of which offers predictions and further prophecies to allay Macbeth’s fears. First, they conjure an armored head, which tells him to beware of Macduff . Second, a bloody child tells him that no one born of a woman shall be able to harm him. Thirdly, a crowned child holding a tree states that Macbeth will be safe until Great Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane Hill. Macbeth is relieved and feels secure, because he knows that all men are born of women and forests cannot move. Macbeth also asks if Banquo's sons will ever reign in Scotland: the witches conjure a procession of eight crowned kings, all similar in appearance to Banquo, and the last carrying a mirror that reflects even more kings. Macbeth realises that these are all Banquo's descendants having acquired kingship in numerous countries. After the witches perform a mad dance and leave, Lennox enters and tells Macbeth that Macduff has fled to England. Macbeth orders Macduff's castle be seized, and, most cruelly, sends murderers to slaughter Macduff’s wife and children. Everyone in Macduff's castle is put to death, including Lady Macduff and their young son.

As soon as the news of his family execution reaches Macduff in England , Macbeth is stricken with deep sorrow and vows revenge. Prince Malcolm (Duncan's son) has succeeded in raising an army in England, and Macduff then joins him as he mount's to Scotland to challenge Macbeth's forces. Scottish nobles are appalled and frightened by Macbeth's  tyrannical and murderous behaviour and the invasion has support of the Scottish Nobles. Meanwhile Lady Macbeth becomes plagued with fits of sleepwalking in which she bemoans (Express discontent or sorrow over something), what she believed to be bloodstains on her hands. Before Macbeth's opponent's arrive, he receives news that she has killed herself, this causes him to sink into a deep and pessimistic despair but nevertheless, he awaits the English and fortifies Dunsisnane to which he seems to have withdrawn in order to defend himself, certain that the witches’ prophecies guarantee his invincibility. Macbeth is struck numb with fear, however he learns that the English army is advancing on Dunsinsnane shielded with boughs cut from Birnam Wood. Birnam Wood is indeed coming to Dunsinane, fulfilling half of the witches’ prophecy.