DRIVE IN PROJECTS
One family friendly and one deeply slutty.
An on-going obsession with the Drive In as a site of playfulness and hotness has manifested in two very different projects for the same Drive-In at Dromana, Victoria. The first ‘Finale’ is a large scale community filmmaking project starring motorcycle clubs, marching girls and a local hero. The second Deep Throat Drive-In was commissioned by the Rising Festival Melbourne and is an epic look at the film theorist Laura Mulvey’s seminal essay about the female gaze.
Finale
Deep Throat
DEEP THROAT
Co-Creators – Sandi Sissel, Willoh Weiland and James Brennan
Curatorial body and writers – Briony Kidd (Stranger With My Face), Tali Polichtuk (Sissy Screens), Dexter Rosengrave, Natasha Tontey, Njoki Ngumi (Nest Collective), Roisin Tapponi (Habibi Collective), CINEMQ Collective (Mathew, Xie Xiao, Ting, Xueqi, Xavier) and Louise Malherbe.
Composer – James Brennan
Screenwriter – Willoh Weiland
Performance Directors – James Brennan, Willoh Weiland
Performers – Emma Donovan, Kai Bradley, Marcus Ian McKenzie, Chanella Macri
Artists – Hacker, Anna Breckon and Nat Randall (Rear View), Cheryl Dunye (Watermelon Woman)
Story consultants – Briony Kidd, Peter Brennan
Film Editor – Peter Brennan
Designer – Megan Perkins
Online Editor – Ben Joss
Animators – Nick Fontaine and David Macarthur
Additional Editing – Lusy Productions
Additional musical arrangements – Jessica Wells
Produced by – Turning World
Executive Producer – Tam Nguyen
Producer – Laura Hale
Site and Technical Design – Paul Lim & Bosco Shaw (Additive)
Production Manager – Lauren Squire (Additive)
Stage Manager – Anna Pidgeon
Live Film Director – Rhys Graham (Daybreak Films)
Film Crew – Natalie Nalesnyik (Production Assistant), Hannah Palmer (Gaffer), Jessie Phillips (Assistant Gaffer), Fabrice Galli (Sound Recording), Jensen Cope (2nd Unit Camera), Bruce Armstrong (2nd Unit Sound)
Extras – Davina Adamson, Felipe Cely, Kelly Drummond-Cawthon, Natasha Jynel, Tori Mathison, Jessie Norman, Jasmine Proust, Cyler Weinert, Kira Zeldin
Consultants – Scarlet Alliance
This project was commissioned through RISING’s A Call to Artist initiative, a program supported by Creative Victoria, City of Melbourne and Besen Family Foundation.
FINALE
Directed by – Willoh S.Weiland
Written and created by Aphids Elizabeth Dunn, Lara Thoms, Tristan Meecham, Willoh S.Weiland
Cinematography – Andy Lane
Music Composition – Kelly Ryall
Art Direction – Elizabeth Dunn and Lara Thoms
Performance Direction – Tristan Meecham
Producer – Rosemary Joy
Production Manager – Tom Webster