It’s 2021. Of course Romeo and Juliet would fall in love over text, FaceTime, and Instagram. In 2018, filmmaker Carey Williams was approached by the leaders of a growing filmmaking movement. They offered Williams a challenge: create a film for their canon that was told entirely through computer or phone screens. No exceptions! Williams took the challenge. The result is R#J, the retelling of star-crossed teenagers—as seen through their smartphones. How does it work? Why do you do it? And how do you storyboard for smartphone Shakespeare? On the eve of the premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, Williams spoke virtually with No Film School to answers these questions and more. NFS: Why did you decide to tackle the material of Romeo and Juliet? And did you know from the beginning you were going to tell the story through the frame of phone screens? Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Wednesday, 3 February, 2021