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“Think smaller?” A Very Lockdown Birthday is a short stop-motion animation film that depicts planning a birthday during the Covid-19 Epidemic. In a whimsically hand-made style, it shows how the plan evolves from a huge festival, to a big party, to camping, to compromise as restrictions increase. However, the day might not be so bad …
“Are you a cat, or a girl?” Aquaphobe is a short film about a young woman who used to be a cat who must conquer her fear of water in order to save her relationship. I was the first assistant director and worked a lot in pre-production on this project as a key collaborator with …
“It’s nearly mothers’ day.” White Lilies is a dark comedy short which I wrote and directed. The film was funded by the Media Resource Centre, Helpmann Academy and our Pozible supporters. The film screened at the Sydney Indie Film Festival. At the same time, it was taking out an audience award at the National Film …
“Do you think life will let you work in your pyjamas forever?” I produced Prefect Bunker, a promotional video for the state library of South Australia. The comical parody clip is a reference to popular meme Hitler’s Downfall and is intended to encourage students to use the library when completing their SACE research projects. It …
“I hate you.” “Try and be a little bit friendlier when you’re answering the phone.” Ink is about single mum and tattoo artist Toni (Eva Grzelak), who must hire her difficult teenage daughter Sam (Camryn Jordans) to work at her studio in order to stay afloat. I first assistant directed and designed this comical and moving …
“Welcome and congratulations, you have earned yourself a valued position in our society and we intend to look after you to the best of our ability…” W&C is a surreal dystopian universe with a clown-like dictator called Dr. Henry, where everything is pink, yellow or blue. I was the production designer on this unusual short …
“I think I just flashed someone.”“Lucky them, getting a free show.”“Yeah… if the show is maxi-pads fully loaded.” Jemima the Fish is an uplifting film about Jemima (Ellen Graham, an Adelaide College of the Arts Student in her final year), a girl in her early 20s. One day she brings home a pet fighting fish, …
This short experimental film was created to be screened as part of Adelaide’s OzAsia festival in the Continental Shift programme. It forms an attempt to understand the collective subconscious psyche of Asian Australians by uncovering what people dream about at night. This was created by asking the voluntary participants (who have lived in or descended …
A Short Film About Kissing was created as Jordan Pollock’s Honours film in 2015. As the Producer, I was present from the writing stage of the film during which time I witnessed first drafts. As the film grew and progressed I organised Auditions and casting, locations, extras, and much more. For this to come together I had …
The following is a short claymation which serves as an homage to Alfred Hitchcock. The piece recreates his shower scene in the 1960 film Psycho. The fast paced scene manages to convey the terror and vulnerability of the naked Marion Crane whilst avoiding any shots of actual nudity or gore. Much of this is achieved through jarring …