Well, since I played Leonato on stage in Much Ado About Nothing,  I wanted to leverage all the memorizing I did so I made a little movie. Got our babysitter Charlotte Buck to sit in on Hero, and Christopher Lukas played The Reverend. Mr. Lukas is a noted expert on shooting, acting, and editing films thus Chris was thrilled when the experience turned into a master class on all three arts. One thing I learned: filmmaking is hard! But fun. I certainly still see problems with this piece, but I also see things I like, so I think I’ll release it to the waiting world. I rather doubt this was what William Shakespeare had in mind when he wrote this, but everything can benefit from a little updating now and then, can’t it?

A film by Chris Carroll

Starring:

Christopher Lukas as The Reverend

Charlotte Buck as Hero

Chris Carroll as Leonato

Music by Kevin Macleod

Vivian Jastrzebski. Mark that name, this girl’s going to be huge, though probably under a different name, I mean, come on. We worked with her on a “How To” video but she was so awesome, so fabulously talented, we couldn’t resist having a little fun with her. So check out our latest ad...

Written and directed by Chris Carroll

Starring: Vivian Jastrzebski

Music: Kevin Macleod

I’ve taken photos for CST for years, and my kids have acted in at least a dozen productions. I was so struck by this production of The Scottish Play that I decided to make a movie of it. That of course was insanely over-ambitious, so I scaled down to just a minute of my favorite part. Ladies and Gentlemen, The Witches!

Directed by Chris Carroll

Directed for the stage by Diana Green for Children’s Shakespeare Theatre

Starring:

Jenna Wecht, Alec Tucker, Ellie Kitman, Rachel Weinstein, Tess Kelly, Tui Generalli, Zoë Tsakos, Charlotte Buck, Natasha Sarna, Maya Martin, Alan LaForest, Ryan Larkin , Louisa Fenichell, Isabelle Howard, Jonah Levine, Colby Cohen, Jaclyn Wecht

When I got my new Canon 5Dii I, like most everyone, was excited to shoot some video with the same axe I used everyday for photos. Coincidentally, I was shooting a book cover and the publisher suggested I shoot some video footage for a book trailer. I learned many things shooting this, as I seem to with each of my video projects.

Look at Flower, by Bob Dunn, Coral Press 2011.

Directed by Chris Carroll

Starring Talia Mendillo

Voiceover by Dan Cohen

Music by Smart Bunny

You can view a larger version on youtube here.

The Sonnet Project is

Directed by Christopher J. Carroll

Starring Jennifer Lim

Photographed by Jonathan Bell

Produced by the Sonnet Project NYC, for Shakespeare Exchange.

Music by Kevin Macleod

The Sonnet Project is

Directed by Diana Greene

Starring Alec Tucker

Photographed by Christopher J. Carroll

Produced by the Sonnet Project NYC, for Shakespeare Exchange.

Music by Kevin Macleod