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DRAG IS THE WORD

From the rhetoric of Frankie Valli but in a different time and place, ‘drag has meaning, drag is a motion, drag is the way we are feeling.’ For some, drag is a necessary form of artistic self-expression; a visible, fun and flamboyant spectacle of queerness. For others, drag is more pointedly a movement and the birthplace for otherised identities, to question the heteronormative ideas that fly in the face of gender’s proven complexity. But discovered, is that the history and landscape of drag artistry is far more diverse and complex than it may appear… Drag artists, queens and kings, transgender and non-binary persons alike, discuss their journeys from amateurism to stars, from small-town to centre stage; and come together to dance, bend and blur the very beautifully flimsy lines that exist between antiquated gender stereotypes

HERE & THERE

Here & There is a short film I made in my second year at uni, it follows a girl as she daydreams her way through her daily routine. Stuck in a rut, the girl goes about her mundane everyday tasks while simultaneously daydreaming of a cottage core escape from her reality. Reflective on the impacts of 2020 and quarantine, Here & There speaks to those that used their mind to escape from the uncertainty and fear the pandemic inflicted on all of us during 2020. Utilising abstract editing techniques to establish a firm distinction between reality and dream, Here & There provides a dream escape from the confines of normality.

VINTAGE VIXEN

Vintage Vixen is a short interview I made with my good friend Hannah Wyatt who manages a vintage store in Newtown. We speak about her obsession with vintage clothing and how it contributes to her individualism and fuels her self-expression.

PASSION

Passion is a documentry film I made in collaboration with Taryn Castle about the passions of five young women in Wollongong. Commenting on the struggles of how women are treated and recieved in the world of sport and how these young women pervail archatic stereotypes.

REDHEAD

Redhead is an experimental found footage film that allowed me to express my creativity through editing. Through the use of heavy overlaying using 35mm film that I’d physically scratched and flicker film editing techniques I made a film exploring the idea of the male gaze in mainstream media. The male and then female character’s thought process is represented quickly to reveal some insight into the undertones of a conversation in the film, that goes beyond its surface-level meaning and uncovers how they may be geared toward the male gaze. By diverting the attention toward the character’s thought process the film reveals the prevalence of the male gaze in cinema.

PARADOX

Myself and two of my classmates, Taryn and Kyra, created a short film titled Paradox, it explores the unleashing of creativity during and post lockdown by utilising our skillsets in filming, editing, animation and creative writing. The mixture of these skills has developed into a video that juxtaposes film and written word to create an experience of lockdown and post lockdown that allows for the viewer’s interpretation. The short film acts as a visual journal, giving the audience insight into the lived experience of the journal’s owner with visual representations as well as journal entries that unleash the hidden thoughts behind the experiences of the videos to the audience. I wrote all the journal entries and edited and filmed the vintage sequences of the film. 

RUGRATBRAIN

This is my most recent post to my Instagram page RUGRATBRAIN, I have an assortment of short videos on the page demonstrating how I establish a nostaligic mood in my work. I capture footage of my friends and scenes from my travels to make into these vintage style videos. I filmed all videos on my camcorder and edited them. Explore more of these videos on @rugratbrain or on my TikTok where I post similar content @rugratbrain.

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