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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 …
“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, …
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 …
The music video None of Rub was a clip I made for a client, the musician Taiaha. This required me to be a creative collaborator as I made a stylised video to a brief. I also budgeted the video, allowing us to gain a grant from Carclew. Filmed in the picturesque McLaren Vale wine region, the film was …
I worked as the Production Designer on Yichang Huang’s short Honours film titled Happy New Year. This was a collaboration between local and Chinese International students. Watch the trailer here:
In 2015, I took a class on Advertising. As a part of this topic we had to undertake a Community Voices assignment, the goal of which was to create a short Online Video Advertisement for a client which had to be a community engagement organisation. I had the opportunity to direct and design this fun …