Endymion Scene 5.1.10-152

http://youtu.be/7WboeWJm0vc

As a group we wanted to take advantage of putting a modern twist on the play. Endymion and Eumenides are best friends and Eumenides makes sacrifices for Endymion’s own happiness. As a group we noticed that it is like a wolf pack relationship. Wolves travel together and protect each other, it is a very strong bond. This is the reason for the wolf masks, however there needed to be some distinction between Endymion and Eumenides. At first the plan was to wear the same color clothing to represent a bond, however after realizing that both characters are quite different in the way they think and act we choose black and brown to create the difference between the two men. For Cynthia’s clothes and color choices, after research a moon goddess wears all white to literally represent the moon.

The setting for the scene was at madison park. The scene shows the Endymion is asleep under a tree and after Cynthia kisses him she needs to hide behind him. The park had many trees and benches for Endymion to lay on and it gave us enough room to move around and film freely. Also the park can be seen as a form of wilderness, an area in which wolfs would more or less roam around.

The scene study was definitely a fun and creative assignment but required a great amount of research and work to put a modern twist to the play. Some problems that we can across as a group was reading with a mask on. The mask however was necessary for the interpretation of they play we took as a group. Another problem we came across was having to film in the freezing cold weather. We researched and agreed on the type of setting we wanted but did not take into account how cold it might have been on the day we needed to shoot. The final problem is being able to film with the other people in the park. We had to do many takes because of the noise around us or people walking too close to the camera.

Some must haves for filming would be to plan out who would do the filming. We have three people in the group and three roles to take on but to be better prepared we needed to plan out who could help us actually shoot the whole scene. Also if anyone has an Ipad, it is a great way to film if you don’t have a camera. Our main worry was the sound quality however we were able to capture our voices perfectly with the Ipad despite the amount of sound around us. Overall the recommendations are minor things we overlooked which planning ahead would have taken care of.

Finally a few suggestions would be: rehearse and prepare! Rehearsing at the destination you chose as a group can prepare you on the level of sound and the amount of distractions you can expect. Prepare early in advance so you can avoid any minor mistakes and can have a successful filming session.

-Angelic Rivera, Briana Kaufmann, Shazia Ahmed