The scenes below are from an exclusive Directing Actors for the Camera class I had the privledge of getting into my senior year at DePaul University. I got to work with MFA DePaul Theatre School Actors, one of the most comeptive acting programs at a US university. We'd read the entire script to Casablanca and use DePaul's Cinespace stage sets to rehearse and film scenes. It would be rehearsal one week, and then shoot and edit the footage before the following week. We ultimately did five scenes: Standard scene, Action Scene w/(stunt choreography), Dolly Scene, Directors Become Actors, and standard scene. The idea is that the last standard scene would showcase all the work I had put into the other projects.
Casablanca Scene #34
Ilsa enters Rick's Cafe for the first time since they broke up.
Casablanca Action Scene
INT: Rick's Cafe, Ugarte gets arrested.
Casablanca Scene #14
Ugarte speaks to Rick in his cafe so Rick can keep his travel papers.
Acting Scene
I was partnered with an MFA Actor and we switched roles where i acted and she directed.