Films
The prologue of Henry V.
"...O for a muse of fire!"
Describing to the audience whats to come and imploring them to use their imaginations. Something we all do when playing games, especially role playing games like DnD. In this short, the Dungeon Master is using the prologue to set up the game.
Credits
Director - Patrick Pizzolorusso
Writer - William Shakespeare
Associate Producer - Samantha Mason
Prologue - Patrick Pizzolorusso
Player 2- Julienne Irons
Player 3 - Kyle Kirkpatrick
Player 1 - Lauren Olipra
Cinematographer/Editor - Rodolphe Portier
Grip - Justin McQuaig
Director's Statement
Shakespeare is timeless and I wanted to create something using his text but present it all in a way that was accessible and relatable to modern audiences. I didn't want to take Shakespeare and "set his work on the moon." I wanted to take speeches and put them in every day situations but have them still make sense. This was a proof of concept for a longer series where we would hilight another speech each episode.
This was filmed and edited just prior to the Covid-19 outbreak. Unfortunately it didn't move very far but as a proof of concept, it's solid.