I'm helping out with the student production of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. The play is going to take place on a beautiful lake in Worcester College in early June. I am in charge of making the 'behind the scenes production diaries, short videos released every week to stir up some pre-performance excitement. 

Yesterday, we shot the trailer for the play. Actors dressed up in colorful Tudor costumes to reenact one of scenes of the actual play. Although it was physically exhausting (shooting from 7AM to 5PM non-stop) I felt energized and strangely at home. Nick Lory, our DOP did an amazing job capturing and blending in the gorgeous scenery with the ambience of the Venice. 

It's a lovely feeling, to be part of something bigger, something that matters to a lot of people, something that makes them happy. I'm very fortunate to work alongside passionate students who care and give the play their all; Oxford will become more dear to me because of this experience.