Shakespeare Carnival

Last weekend Cranbrook filmmakers won the Shakespeare State Carnival for their film ‘Romeo and Julian’.

The film, an appropriation of Romeo and Juliet, created by 10 students Kevin Chu, Andrew Nguyen and Rupert Tait, was chosen above all other entries from schools across New South Wales. The film was praised by the judges for the way the varied camera shots created a sense of dislocation, the use of flashbacks heightened the characters’ sense of loss, and the smooth editing led the film to be coherent and compelling.

Cranbrook thespians from Year 11 also valiantly represented the School in the Group Devised category of the competition, having won their Regional heat. Their comedic scene, about six kings contesting their representation by the Bard, was scripted and performed by D’Arcy Richardson, Felix Malcolm, Thomas Malcolm, Alexander Greenhill, Matthew Lee and Sam Callaghan.

Hannah Thomas
Director of Professional Learning