CREATIVE PARAMETERS FOR THE SONNET PROJECT:

• New York Shakespeare Exchange will assign the sonnet location, the actor, and a text coach.
• The "starring roles" in each video are Shakespeare's language, the specific NYC location, and the director's interpretation.
• Director is responsible for equipment needs.
• Director requests for basic actor type (e.g., gender, age-range, etc.) will be taken into consideration when possible. Requests to work with a specific actor will be taken on a case-by-case basis.
• All secondary or extras casting are the reponisibility of the film maker.
• The NYSX text coach will work with each actor on interpreting the language, and will be present "on set" to assist with rhetorical technique and clarity of Shakespearean thought. The text coach will also be available to the director for any textual analysis questions.
• Video length must be 4 minutes or less.
• Submitted footage must be fully edited and in an "audience ready" form. NY Shakespeare Exchange will provide logos and specifications for titles and credits.
• The delivery format is 1920x1080, progressive scan, 23.98FPS.
• Two versions of the finished film are required: 1) YouTube ready; 2) full quality.
• Video must be delivered within two weeks of the shoot date. Scheduling exceptions will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

• Enter your Initials to signify agreement with these parameters  


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• Camera brand and model I intend to use
• Video editing software I will use
• Qualifications and links (you must include at least one link to work you have directed). Please also include information about your collaborators and any pertinent detail about your vision of the piece.
If accepted to participate in The Sonnet Project, a formal contract will be executed between you and NY Shakespeare Exchange. To view the contract, click here.

Sonnet 84

Who is it that says most, which can say more,
Than this rich praise, that you alone, are you,
In whose confine immured is the store
Which should example where your equal grew?
Lean penury within that pen doth dwell
That to his subject lends not some small glory;
But he that writes of you, if he can tell
That you are you, so dignifies his story.
Let him but copy what in you is writ,
Not making worse what nature made so clear,
And such a counterpart shall fame his wit,
Making his style admired every where.
    You to your beauteous blessings add a curse,
    Being fond on praise, which makes your praises worse.