SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Independent low-budget feature film based on As You Like It. "Students from a city high school are on a field trip when the suspended Rosalind and her friends decide to gatecrash the party to win the heart of the school’s new wrestling champion, Orlando. But, to ensure that no one recognises them for who they really are, the fallen queens of the schoolyard disguise themselves as chavs - and male ones at that. Out in the sticks the field trip turns into a collision of sub cultures as emos, geeks, ‘It’ crowd, goths and now chavs are all forced together". [Summary from BYFA website].

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Film

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

2011

Duration

90 mins

Availability

No distributor known (5/2013).

Credits

Director

Andrew Walkington

Producer

Matthew Deeley

Cinematographer

Stephen Webster

Production Design

John Roberts (2)

Art Direction

Tom Preece

Cast

Imogen Greenwood	Rosalind
Andrew Eeles	Orlando
Jonathan Burniston	Touchstone
Jasmine Sumner	Jaques
Carol Harrison	Le Beau
Charis-Elizabeth Deighton	Phebe
Christopher Ellison	Duke Frederick
Jake Lyndon	Oliver
Jeremy Gittins	Corin
Lee Potts	Silvius
Lewis Grainger	William
Norman Lovett	Adam
Sophie Fitzpatrick	Audrey
Sophie Spencer	Hymen

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

As You Like It

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Gender-blind casting; Student productions

Notes

Notes

Estimated budget £20,000.

Production Company

Name

Co-operative British Youth Film Academy