Director & Production Designer
A postmodernist short film broken into seven episodes each in different filmmaking styles, Diaspora aims to visualize the formation of identity through racial micro-aggressions.
Diaspora
Master of Fine Arts: Creative Practice Short Film
Episode One - ShameAnnika Peterson, Pia Bryant, Irene Siu
Episode Two- Box Girl
Animator - Anna Gan
Episode Three - Sorry, Aunty
Samie Knegt, Geline Lim, Carmen Tan
Extras - Brendon Tipene, Tamati Kawha, Elyse Phee, Kate Pomeroy
Episode Four - Dedicated
Samie Knegt, Jacob Masters
Episode Five Goodnight, xx
Animator Anna Gan
Episode Six - The Disoriented
Samie Knegt, Rozarka Lebovic, Jacob Masters
Episode Seven - Mia Wong Li Fen
Samie Knegt
Crew
Animator Episode 2 & 5 - Anna Gan
Director of Photography:
Episode One & Four - Elyse Phee
Episode Three & Six - Caleb Corlett
Episode Seven - Brendon Tipene
1st Assistant Director - Tamati Kawha
1st Assistant Camera - Angelu Cayanan
Set Dresser - Kate Pomeroy
Recording Engineer - Shayne Ragg
Boom Operator - Duncan Phillips
LX Assist - Finn Holland
Unit Assist - George Wright
Script Advisor: Paul Wolffram, Melissa Chin
Editor - Kristin Li
Colourist - Caleb Corlett
Composer - Duncan Phillips
Musicians - Chris Bernik, Dexter Stanley-Tauvao, Duncan Phillips, Louisa Williamson, James Guilford-Smit, Leonardo Coughing
Recording Artist - Richard Cairo
Sound Designer Editor - Benjamin Peter Beckers
Sound Mixer -Bernard Blackburn
Special Thanks:
Jim B. Yang, Little Penang Restaurant, Mary Phee, Portsmouth Rentals, Coffee Supreme