Julia Cesare was an independent feature length film that I, along with my then working partner, produced under the auspices of our company, the now defunct Wilvin Media. Based on William Shakespeare's Julius Ceasar, Cesare was an updated version. I changed the setting and concept but not the language. Julius became Julia, a gender conversion, along with several other characters.  The setting was modern corporate Rome and Julia is killed by Brutus to stop her takeover. The plot and dialogue remained the same.

The film was shot on an ultra low budget. I handled scripting, directing, and editing, while others dealt with lighting, sound, and cinematography. The results was, admittedly, a mixed bag. However, many a valuable lesson was learned. Most notably, as a starting project, choose wisely. Cesare was a bit overwhelming to begin upon. Ambition is a double edge sword offering amazing success and absolute disaster at the flick of the wrist. A large cast, a complicated story, and a small budget do not often mix well. Although lighting and camera work were acceptable, the sound issues were daunting for us, the inexperienced. Ultimately the project collapsed and having so little budget (and quite frankly, not having any idea how to fix the problems), post-production resolutions were out of the realm of possibility. The result was a clever, well intention film with some great acting, pretty good direction and editing, fair shot and lighting quality, and poor sound. The script, however, was fantastic. Thank you Billy S. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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