Under the Greenwood Tree - song from "As You Like It" short film final scene

This is the finale scene from a short film I worked on in college, which was based on the first few Acts of Shakespeare’s play “As You Like It." The film was directed by Lindsay Thompson. I did the cinematography and the film editing. The film featured the singing, songwriting, and acting talents of Amy Scheide, and the acting talents of Chelsea Hunter, Meaghan Crockett, and Paul Lascara.
This scene was shot over four takes (or was it five? six? It’s been 6 years!), using a single Canon XL1 camera with a shotgun microphone. There is no audio dubbing in the scene; everything you hear was heard by the actors and crew the day the film was shot. The only audio editing was to adjust the volume levels between takes.
Amy’s singing and guitar playing is also not dubbed. She sang and played the entire song for each take, as well as portions of it for filler shots. (Side note: it was 40 degrees the day of shooting). Then, the multiple takes were painstakingly edited, frame-by-frame, so that when cuts were made between them, Amy’s guitar strums and singing would match perfectly between shots.
Everything about this scene happened spontaneously and magically. From the birds singing, to the train whistle, to catching the sunset after the last scene was shot, on the last day of shooting. Even the coy smile by Amy's character at the end wasn’t scripted, it was Amy staying in character when Paul unexpectedly threw the coins into the guitar case with a little more force then we'd rehearsed.
It was an honor and a privilege to have been able to make this film. I wish I could share more of it, but for legal reasons I can’t share the entire film without an extensive re-edit; which I both don’t have the time to do these days, and I don’t want to do, because it would ruin the magic of the original.
Please enjoy this small piece of a wonderful, beautiful thing.
You can follow a few of the crew on Twitter:
Lindsay Thompson - @SuchTallTales ( / suchtalltales )
Jonathan A Daley - @JonathanADaley ( / jonathanadaley )
*A few things of note: The uploaded video is in 480p because that is the resolution at which it was originally shot in 2008. The video was pulled from a render initially meant to be uploaded to Vimeo (back when Vimeo had higher file size limits then KZbin). It is the exact same render that appeared on a limited run of DVDs made of the film shortly after its completion. The entire film has been shown only once in public, and a handful of times in private. There are only 6 copies of the film known to exist on DVD.

[@Mari_Ember]

Lovely!

[@JudgeJulieLit]

"Under the Greenwood Tree," under a green brick house: lutely lovely.

[@user-mm2ms2mt2j]

Oh you are talented

[@ar514n]

Loved it

[@khushisingh-zl9io]

Wow ☺☺☺☺

[@poormeowjoudy]

9 years🥺

[@AlwaysNextGen]

This was originally shot in 2008, so it was 15 years ago. I only uploaded it 9 years ago. Still… it has been a long time.

[@poormeowjoudy]

@@AlwaysNextGen Memories always Stay. I hope you are all well now. 🥺💞

[@al-hannasi5745]

Wowwww

[@alonahojnacke3123]

Does anyone happen to know what the guitar chords are for this?

[@laibahamid35]

Is this the scene of any movie?

[@AlwaysNextGen]

This is the final scene of a short film adaptation of the first few Acts of Shakespeare’s play “As You Like It." I uploaded it because it features an original song which would otherwise have not been widely available.

[@laibahamid35]

@@AlwaysNextGen Oh!!! Thank you actually its the first poem from my english book and i liked it so much since i heard this song👍