Macbeth Scene Production Task

Bringing Shakespeare to Life: A Film Festival
Rationale:
Shakespeare once said:
All the world's a stage, and all the men and
women merely players: they have their exits

and their entrances; and one man in his time
plays many parts, his acts being seven
ages.
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We have studied Shakespeares Macbeth over the last few weeks, learning to
appreciate Macbeth through the eyes of audience members, understanding context
and literary techniques in a text that is more than 400 years old. We have taken on
the roles of actors, bringing characters to life through our own interpretations. Now,
we will continue to study how theatre lives in the real world through the roles of
writers, directors, and critics.
Essential Questions:
How can we connect personally to Shakespeares Macbeth? How can we make
Macbeth meaningful and relevant to us?
Production Plan
We will produce and film our own versions of Shakespeares play

We will launch our films in a film festival and share our work through an online platform
to connect authentically with our audience
Our films will imaginatively and artistically capture the characters, events, and themes
and literary techniques found in Macbeth
Process:
Goals:
Appreciate, interpret, and connect Macbeth to our personal experience to

create our own meaning
Critically appreciate Macbeth and assess the quality of production and text
interpretation made by ourselves and others.
Develop a controlling idea for each scene that will communicate our purpose
to our audience
Authentically connect and collaborate with our audience
Process:
1. Plan
a. Production Plan
b. Script Writing
c. Storyboard
2. Film Production
3. Film Festival
Important Dates:
Wednesday, April 1: Production Plan Feedback Day

Wednesday, April 8: Script Feedback Day/storyboarding
Monday, April 13: Video Production Feedback
Wednesday, April 15 and Thursday, April 16: Film Festival
Friday, April 17: Reflection
Detailed Process:
Stage 1: Planning
o A. Production Plan
With your group, choose a scene (First come, first served; let Ms
Larocque know)
Read your scene carefully and pay attention to:
Characters, Events, Themes, Literary Devices and Techniques
Develop a production plan
Determine a target audience (Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, etc)
Determine a purpose for your scene (will it be to explain, inform,
entertain, inspire, etc.)
o What key message do you want your audience to
understand?
Stage
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Stage
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Decide on how you will bring the scene to life in a way that will
engage your audience and best communicate your key message
and scene
o Some ideas:
Modernize the text and base it on your own life or
situations you have seen on TV
Keep the traditional language and bring the text to
life using creative methods
Act out the scene yourself
Animate the scene (whiteboard erase techniques)
Other ideas!
B. Script
Develop a controlling idea and purpose for your production
Develop your own original interpretation of the scene (be creative!)
Develop content:
Pull examples and quotes from the text to support your ideas and
provide evidence from the play
Write a detailed script that demonstrates the key events,
characters, and your interpretation
Your script must incorporate your personal experience
Your script must integrate your purpose and audience
Engage in peer review and incorporate feedback into your script so that
your script achieves the desired effect and communicates your key idea
to your targeted audience
C. Storyboard
Create a visual storyboard that visually demonstrates your scenes
intended purpose, sequence, controlling idea, content, and methods to
engage your audience
You must receive peer feedback and teacher approval on your storyboard
before continuing.
2: Video Production
Choose a medium that makes sense for your purpose, audience, and content
Incorporate video production factors:
Voice: volume, tone, stress
Non-verbal factors: Gestures, expression, etc.
Visual: Color, contrast, imagery
Engage in peer and self-assessment using the feedback form. Incorporate
necessary revisions
3: Film Festival
Launch your video on social media and invite audience participation (feedback)
Reflect on audience engagement
Critically appreciate and engage with each others work
Write/Record a reflection on your groups experience during the production
experience
Stage 1: Production Plan

Competencies
& Outcomes
Comprehend
Descriptors
Collaboration
Feedback: Where is
revision needed?
Teacher
Sign Of
Feedback: Where is
revision needed?
Teacher
Sign Of
Our production plan includes:
A controlling idea based on the characters,

events, themes, literary devices, and techniques
found in your scene
An understanding of our time limits, expectations

and resources
We determine roles for our group members and a
schedule for our work
Our production plan collaborates with our target
audience and communicates our:
Unique way to engage our target audience
Address audience factors that can affect the

production of our scene and script
Stage 2: Script
Competencies
& Outcomes
Create
Collaborate
(peer feedback)
Descriptors
We create a script that has:
An effective controlling idea
Content based on accurate interpretations and

relevant examples/quotes from the scene that
support and connect to the controlling idea
Connections to personal experiences and

interpretations
We revise our script so that it demonstrates our
scenes intended purpose, sequence, controlling idea,
content, and methods to engage our audience.
Stage 3: Storyboard
Competencies
& Outcomes
Comprehend
Descriptors
Collaborate
Feedback: Where
is revision needed?
Teacher
Sign Of
We create a visual storyboard that visually

demonstrates our scenes intended purpose,
sequence, controlling idea, content, and methods to
engage our audience.
We revise our storyboard so that it demonstrates our
scenes intended purpose, sequence, controlling idea,
content, and methods to engage our audience.
Stage 4: Video Production

Competencies
& Outcomes
Create
Descriptors
Collaborate
We use video production technology and techniques

that are appropriate to our purpose and audience
We have an effective opening, content, transitions,
and closing
We revise our video production so that it demonstrates
our scenes intended purpose, sequence, controlling
idea, content, and methods to engage our audience.
Feedback: Where is
revision needed?
Teacher
Sign Of

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Bringing Shakespeare to Life: A Film Festival

women merely players: they have their exits

We will produce and film our own versions of Shakespeares play

Appreciate, interpret, and connect Macbeth to our personal experience to

Wednesday, April 1: Production Plan Feedback Day

Stage 1: Production Plan

Our production plan includes:

A controlling idea based on the characters,

An understanding of our time limits, expectations

Unique way to engage our target audience

Address audience factors that can affect the

We create a script that has:

An effective controlling idea

Content based on accurate interpretations and

Connections to personal experiences and

We create a visual storyboard that visually

Stage 4: Video Production

We use video production technology and techniques

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