Video

2011

v04

Smoulder

Synopsis: Smoulder is a film about a teenage girl, Jacquelyn, who has a very controlling, conservative mother and struggles with her sexuality. Jacquelyn uses her friend's bonfire party to break free of her mother's control and explore having fun as a teenager and her desire for her best friend, Vivian; but, Jacquelyn's mother haunts her subconscious and small town mentality oppresses who she really is further. Jacquelyn is a shy, repressed person, while her best friend is popular, mature, and individualistic. The people at the party also overshadow Jacquelyn, and she must build up her confidence. She makes a move on Vivian, reveals her feelings, and crosses a line in their friendship upon which she can't return from. The film approach is surrealistic.

Smoulder was made January - April 2011, film over 35 hours in 2 days on a budget of $1000. The film was shot for the Film 2 course at NSCAD University taught by Sol Nagler. The story is inspired by personal experiences with inherent homophobia and negative parental and social attitudes towards adolescence and the exploration of sexuality.

This film is presently only viewable at screenings and film festivals. To find one when it might be playing, keep an eye on the news.

2009

v04

Mother

Final film project for Intro to Film with David Middleton. This is based on a dream about a single mother named Gin. Shot on the Panasonic DVX100, editted in Adobe Premiere 7, Adobe Audition. Music and sounds are generally from freesound.org.

v04

Sleep Animation

This is a William Kentridge type animation done for David Middleton's Intro to Film class. It is part of a stew-like documentary project about the strangest places we have ever slept. This is an animation to illustrate a part of one of the stories, where a man is asleep on a bench in Venice and wakes up to find a bum sleeping underneath him for shelter from the rain. Charcoal on cartridge paper. 24"x18", photographed with a Canon Rebel 300D Kiss and editted in Adobe Premiere 7. Sound from freesound.org, editted in Adobe Audition.

v02

How to Make Fish the Lazy Way

In-camera assignment for David Middleton's Intro to Film class at NSCAD. Shot on Canon XL2.

Comic Strip

Project to film an original comic strip as if it were the script and storyboard. I had to cut mine exactly, as it was my comic strip that was filmed. Filmed on a Canon XL2. Assignment for Intro to Film at NSCAD with David Middleton.

v01

Lumiere Sequence

Project for Intro to Film at NSCAD. The objective: film in style of the Lumiere Brothers. Located in Halifax, NS, Canada. The streets in the video are Barrington, Hollis, Lower Water, and then the last scene is the Farmer's Market located in the Brewery on Lower Water. Panasonic handycam.

2008

v01

Telephasic Workshop by Boards of Canada

Recording and editing by Karolina Szablewska and John Wasteneys. This is our music video to this BoC track. Originally for a grade 12 Com Tech assignment.

Chris Woods

An assignment to document a performance while documenting a person for Foundation Video with Craig Leonard at NSCAD. Chris Woods, my Drawing II instructor.

Acupuncture

An assignment for Craig Leonard's Video class to 'document' myself participating in an event.