Modern Creative Interpretation of Romeo and Juliet

My group was attempting to show how ridiculous Romeo and Juliet is. To effectively show that, I firstly changed the time setting into modern setting because I thought the story was unrealistic from the modern perspective. Therefore I thought it will be really good to set in the modern time period. Automatically my group did not need to use any special costumes or props just like the original Romeo and Juliet play. However, sometimes using the things that were in original setting such as a sword and balcony helped me make the scenes hilarious. It could be funny through sarcasm, irony, or exaggerating action. Surely, I struggled and agonized with this for a long time because, unlike other groups, I had to completely change the scenes to make them as a comedy. As my group's task required a good amount of creative works and teamwork, we were gathered at the library during the study hall to work on together. Although my group almost had an official note regarding the improper behavior at the library, we somehow discussed about the scenes and finished outlining them. The good thing was that deeply figuring out how to act and direct was really hard but fun and actually worth doing it. I enjoyed it!

Eventually it turned out to be great! I was so glad that my group made others laugh. It felt like my group members' and my hard work paid off. Especially when people laughed at the scenes that I intended to make them laugh, I could not be happier than that. My group work seemed to be pretty satisfying for me and also had improved when comparing to the first rehearsal, yet there are quite many ways it can be improved. For the final filming day, my group tried to memorize all the lines to make the scenes flow smoothly. However, because of our insufficient performance ability, it did not work that well. We sometimes forgot the lines or mumbled it. If we get the next chance to try, we definitely need to speak up when saying lines and enunciate clearly. At least trying to memorize might have improved our ability though. Also one more thing I wanted to improve was for the first scene, which is the first meeting of Romeo and Juliet, could be more funny. I could add some more movement and interactions between Juliet and Romeo or Romeo and his friends. I felt like comparing to the size of the setting, I did not use all the stage to act. 

I think the one thing we were truly good at was music. We found some really good music for the scenes and used exactly as a tool of making a comedic aspect. There are still a lot more things that could be better, which make me really try one more time, I am so proud of my group's improvement. Also, I think my acting skill changed a little bit too. I became more confident about standing in front of audience and less awkward speaking up than before. I am so happy about this project and it was a lot of fun doing works.