Behind the Scenes: Russell & Jameela

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0:00:09 > 0:00:11I remember the first time somebody sent me LOL,

0:00:11 > 0:00:13and I didn't know what it meant at all.

0:00:13 > 0:00:16It's like a second language pretty much.

0:00:16 > 0:00:19LOL. Yeah - laugh out loud.

0:00:19 > 0:00:21ROFL - roll on the floor laughing.

0:00:22 > 0:00:24WBU. Which is - what about you?

0:00:24 > 0:00:28JK I use quite a lot, which means just kidding.

0:00:28 > 0:00:31CBA. You know - can't be...

0:00:31 > 0:00:33bothered!

0:00:33 > 0:00:37BRB, LOL, LMFAO, PMSL...

0:00:38 > 0:00:39Erm...

0:00:41 > 0:00:45SYL. I'm just making some of these up now!

0:00:48 > 0:00:52The film is a modern version of Romeo And Juliet.

0:00:52 > 0:00:55Technology is quite prominent.

0:00:55 > 0:01:00Russell, who's Romeo in this film, is obsessed with technology.

0:01:00 > 0:01:02He knows how being on Facebook...

0:01:02 > 0:01:04Name dropping all these sites.

0:01:04 > 0:01:07We thought it would be more tongue-in-cheek

0:01:07 > 0:01:10if there was a phone breaking instead of noses breaking.

0:01:10 > 0:01:12Is there a problem here, ladies?

0:01:13 > 0:01:14'It's as if when the phone breaks,'

0:01:14 > 0:01:18you're life's over so it's as if you've died,

0:01:18 > 0:01:20and it's really good to see how

0:01:20 > 0:01:24they've adapted the original Romeo And Juliet script to this.

0:01:25 > 0:01:27It's tongue-in-cheek, it is comedy.

0:01:27 > 0:01:30When you look at it and you look at the people using their phones

0:01:30 > 0:01:33every day, that's actually how much you are on your phone.

0:01:33 > 0:01:36It's quite surprising, when you take a step back and look at it.

0:01:40 > 0:01:41To be or not to be, that is the question.

0:01:41 > 0:01:46What is done is done and cannot be undone. I think that's one.

0:01:46 > 0:01:48Some are born great, some achieve greatness

0:01:48 > 0:01:50and some have greatness thrust upon them.

0:01:50 > 0:01:53One from Macbeth. The night is long that never finds the day.

0:01:53 > 0:01:55I really like that one.

0:01:55 > 0:01:57Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?

0:01:59 > 0:02:01We've got a narrator, which has been beamed forward

0:02:01 > 0:02:03from Shakespearean time.

0:02:03 > 0:02:06Because his language he uses contrasts differently

0:02:06 > 0:02:08with all the other dialogue,

0:02:08 > 0:02:13it's given us that licence to have a bit of fun with that character.

0:02:14 > 0:02:18Just the narrator, he's stuck in times, two times.

0:02:18 > 0:02:21The Shakespearean times and Facebook times.

0:02:21 > 0:02:26He also uses the Old English and a little bit of today's English.

0:02:26 > 0:02:32I do actually have a dictionary in my bag where I just had to check,

0:02:32 > 0:02:34just constantly check, what this word means.

0:02:34 > 0:02:37I didn't know what "pernickety" meant.

0:02:37 > 0:02:38HE LAUGHS

0:02:38 > 0:02:42A pair of star-crossed lovers take a chance

0:02:42 > 0:02:45Bringing families and friends to blows.

0:02:45 > 0:02:47'I knew nothing about Shakespeare.'

0:02:47 > 0:02:50From researching him, he comes across as someone'

0:02:50 > 0:02:54who just understood life.

0:02:55 > 0:02:58Everything that he had written back in his own age

0:02:58 > 0:03:00is relatable to the people then.

0:03:00 > 0:03:03So, definitely, if he can do it then

0:03:03 > 0:03:05he would certainly be able to do it now. Yeah.

0:03:06 > 0:03:10He'd probably be turning in his grave right now at any abbreviations.

0:03:10 > 0:03:13But then, on a complete opposite hand,

0:03:13 > 0:03:15he did make up stuff himself.

0:03:15 > 0:03:18Maybe these days he'd give social media

0:03:18 > 0:03:21some new, decent abbreviations.

0:03:21 > 0:03:23Kids still study Shakespeare at school.

0:03:23 > 0:03:26I think his work has stood the test of time.

0:03:26 > 0:03:29So, I'm sure he'd be the same as everyone.

0:03:29 > 0:03:31He'd be using Twitter, I think!

0:03:34 > 0:03:36'The way people actually use social media

0:03:36 > 0:03:40'and messaging as a tool for, sort of, romance rather than'

0:03:40 > 0:03:45having to come out in person and say, I really like you, or whatever,

0:03:45 > 0:03:48they're able to show their feelings without actually having to

0:03:48 > 0:03:51confront them and being at risk of being put down straightaway.

0:03:52 > 0:03:55'I definitely know that I'm more connected with people

0:03:55 > 0:03:57'through internet.

0:03:57 > 0:03:59'If you haven't seen that person in a long time'

0:03:59 > 0:04:02or you just want to catch up, it's easy to do that

0:04:02 > 0:04:05because everyone does it. It's just the regular thing.

0:04:08 > 0:04:14Russell uses social media to get revenge at who my cousin is, Tahir.

0:04:14 > 0:04:18He wants everyone to film him bullying him, basically.

0:04:18 > 0:04:20It's awful, it's really bad.

0:04:20 > 0:04:24People online, kind of, do hide behind their screen

0:04:24 > 0:04:27because not much things are said face to face in real life.

0:04:27 > 0:04:29Whereas online, a lot of things are said

0:04:29 > 0:04:33that are really offensive and hurtful.

0:04:33 > 0:04:35I think we know more about each other because people post

0:04:35 > 0:04:39more online about what they've done today, their animals, their family.

0:04:39 > 0:04:43But in person, I think we're more isolated.