The Pool

The Pool was inspired by a creepy experience I had during an afternoon swim. Two days later I undertook a one woman guerilla film shoot to capture my ideas on camera. The challenge of filming only what I could without a second pair of hands, inspired cinematography that found space and emptiness, even within the confined location, and added a voyeuristic quality to the close-ups. The script came together throughout the editing process as the film itself showed me where the sound design needed to take over and drive the story forward. I was very fortunate to have many talented people contribute to post production and help shape The Pool into the thrilling and surprising film it became. The Pool is an exploration of how vulnerable we can make ourselves feel when we're completely alone.

The Bridge

Shortly after completing The Pool, I found myself in another location that inspired a similar feeling of solitude and sense of magical possibility. When crossing this bridge you exit an average suburban landscape and step into world where the unassuming grandeur of the surrounding nature makes you feel suddenly small and lost. Once on the other side, you feel as if you've resurfaced into reality again. This little pocket of wonder in the middle of Sydney inspired me to tell a story about the power the natural world holds over us, even when we're not paying attention.

I took on the challenge of making The Bridge as a one woman cast and crew again, which offered a wonderful opportunity to level up my filmmaking skills, and learn a lot of new ones along the way. I hope you enjoy crossing The Bridge as much as I did.

The Lift

I came up with the idea for this third and final instalment of my one-woman thriller series before I even filmed The Bridge. It felt like a natural progression to implant a confusing and disorienting situation into an environment that ought to be anything but. It came with the challenge of finding as many interesting camera angles as I could within a confined space and turning the camera itself into another character along for the ride. The Lift combines the visual language of both The Pool and The Bridge, with the shooting style of retro horror, to instil audiences with a feeling of inescapable discomfort.

The Lift questions whether we ought to trust modern devices of convenience as much as we do.

Through Door 108

Through Door 108 was created to not only work within the confines of the vertical format, but also take advantage of its association with social media and our tendency to enjoy peeks into other people's lives through our phones. The front door of Disorder Gallery becomes a vertical window into a microcosm of odd human interaction. The audience's point of view is that of another gallery goer, becoming privy to bits and pieces of other people's lives as they take a tour around the gallery.