Changes
After Laura Neulip outs her bully she is cornered into lying about what really happened in order to save the reputation of the schools star athlete. In an effort to clear things up, the Neulip’s invite the family over for dinner, but find themselves in a messy situation. CHANGES is a spectacular, ambitious, and extremely satisfying short script written by Matthew Bryan and brought to life by Rhiannon Thomas, Stephanie Carpentieri, Gabriel Grier, Robinson Walsh, Julian Vlcan, and introducing Rayne Potter as the narrator.
Credits
Written by: Matthew Bryan
Directed by: Gary Jones
Produced by: Awfully Good Media
Cast
Narrator: Rayne Potter
Laura: Rhiannon Thomas
Alice: Stephani Carpentieri
David:Gabriel Grier
Tyler: Robinson Walsh
Ben: Julian Vlcan
Sound Supervisor and Editor: Ryan Gottshall
Recorded at Spacewalk Sound
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Music
Animal Assassins – Colorado 1864
Firework Festival – Game Changer ft. Robin Hawkin
Half Light – From Below
Joel Porter – St. Anthony
Girl of the Sky
A Ukrainian girl with an unwanted reputation is forced to stand up to her past.
Set within the Ukrainian ‘Urbex’ subculture (an extremely dangerous pastime for Ukrainian teens who climb up and hang off towers and bridges, popularised by YouTube), “Girl of the Sky” is an urban tale of teenage sexual expression, exploring the power dynamics between girls and boys in the aftermath of sexual encounters.
It's #TIMESUP Ukraine style.
A couple of years ago a stumbled across some YouTube videos of ‘Urbex’ teenagers climbing up and hanging off towers and cranes in Eastern Europe. They were so mind blowingly dangerous, literally hanging off a crane with one hand, or walking across a narrow beam, or literally dangling their girlfriend above the abyss… I was obsessed. I wanted to learn more about this Urbex subculture, and why it seemed to have such traction in Ukraine and Russia. I connected wth a couple of these ‘Roofers’ online and flew to Kiev to check out some of their favourite spots. While there’s plenty of raw footage online, I’d never seen this subculture brought to life in a narrative form, so I was just searching for a story to tell. In the end, writer Raphael Elisha and I created a simple story about a teenage girl who is forced to stand up for herself and reclaim the narrative about a past sexual encounter that’s being used to torment her.
With so much to leave us cringing and on edge, the film's never-ending rising suspense is literally cliffhanging. The storyline wonderfully switches from a cute romance to a thrilling power trip 1000 feet in the air. With #METOO and #TIMESUP so thunderous, the timing is perfect to tell a story like this with a strong female lead, played by an incredible young Ukrainian talent in Kireeva Alexandra. At the end of it all, we don't remember seeing a short with a more satisfying revenge.
We shot on the Arri Alexa camera, as well as the iPhone for some of the kid’s phone footage. We didn’t use lights, partly because of the budget and setup time, but I actually liked the soft natural light that Kiev provided in October. It’s certainly nicer in broad daylight over there than I’m used to in Australia.
Simon Says
The morning after the night before... Toby wakes up to memories which he's not proud of. With looming consequences for his reputation and relationships, he goes out in search of his buddy Simon, who is both the cause of, and solution to, last night's mistakes.
A comedy at surface level, but with a sordid twist which takes the viewer into an unpleasant and distressing world or misogyny and madness.
Gage
In 1848 Phineas Gage a railroad worker survives an awful explosion. Once the wounds heal the town notices his personality has been altered and his physician Dr Harlow has to choose to risk his reputation in the town or defend this disabled outcast.