Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Flash Mob Shakespeare

I've been thinking this whole semester that it would be kind of cool if I could do a little Flash Mob depicting a specific scene from one of Shakespeare's more well-known plays. I'm not too sure which one could be done, but I think it'd be awesome to try and do it. I'm friends with the guy who plans all the BYU flash mobs on campus and so I asked him about the possibility of doing one. Basically, he said that it would be a neat thing to do but more difficult to do. Most flash mobs allow for people to just randomly join in on the fun while this kind of flash mob would require a select group of people who all had certain practiced roles to follow and perform together. 
With that in mind, sure it may be a little trickier and not the typical flash mob, but it would be a fun experience. This would be great as a final project, or for just a fun thing to do with a small group of people in class. So, what do you think? 


Btw, this is what I think of when I think of flash mobs, and I think it's hilarious:

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  1. I think this could be really fun. I can see that it would most likely be more like a spontaneous short performance of Shakespeare rather than a flash-mob.
    I still think that we could involve other people though if we picked a scene that used a lot of people - Perhaps a masquerade like from Romeo and Juliet or Much Ado, or a fight scene from one of the histories. Then while that is going on with some random volunteers, we could have just a few people from the class act the characters and say a few lines. It would be tricky to pull off just because of how many people would be involved, but it would make the scene realistic.

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    1. I really like this idea. I think I might do something like this on my own after I get back from my mission!

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