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
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 …
Camouflage (Self-Portrait)
Camouflage is a short experimental piece I made as a self-portrait. It explores one’s image and how that impacts on identity formation, expression, suppression and oppression. Appearance is a factor that impacts heavily on one’s identity, so the image that we project outwardly affects how human beings see one another. Some elements of appearance, such as …
A Tale of Two Tents
As part of the final year of my Undergraduate Degree, I got the opportunity to work with 16mm film. To learn how to use the medium we first got to make a short film using 100ft rushes as a practice. I designed and directed the short below. After making this, we were prepared to move …
Shower Time at the Bates Motel
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 …
Taiaha: None of Rub
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 …
Happy New Year
I worked as the Art Director on Yichang Huang’s short Honours film titled Happy New Year. This was a collaboration between local and Chinese International students. As the production designer on such a short film I was responsible for overseeing all aspects of the design. This means that I was responsible for all the …
Long Gone Lonesome Blues
After learning a lot creating my claymation Shower Time at the Bates Motel, a classmate asked me to help him design and create the sets and costumes for his claymation Long Gone Lonesome Blues, a tribute to Hank Williams. Using mixed media I was able to create a surprising level of depth in the image considering …
Aldinga Community Centre
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 …
Lonelyspeck: Nurture
As a music enthusiast, I often collaborate with local musicians in Adelaide. This is necessary to find soundtracks that are composed specifically for my works. Sione Bouts Teumohenga (Lonelyspeck), is one of these individuals. As an exchange for all their help I directed a music video to coincide with the release of one of their EPs, …