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THE ASSUMPTION OF SAFFI
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A genre-bending short drama exploring power, desire and moral ambiguity through restrained visual precision and psychological tension.
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SYNOPSIS
SYNOPSIS
In a far corner of the woods, a young teenage metal scavenger stumbles on a stranded socialite by the side of the road. Desperate to escape, the older woman imposes herself on the girl, but neither of them are as they seem in this genre-bending drama about getting what you want.
In a far corner of the woods, a young teenage metal scavenger stumbles on a stranded socialite by the side of the road. Desperate to escape, the older woman imposes herself on the girl, but neither of them are as they seem in this genre-bending drama about getting what you want.
About
About
This project was an opportunity to create an authored piece of narrative work built around tone, performance and dramatic control rather than client communication objectives. The story was designed around instability, misreading and shifting power, using a tightly controlled dramatic structure to explore what people want, what they project onto one another, and how quickly those assumptions collapse. The creative approach was deliberately minimal and controlled: performance-led, visually disciplined, and grounded in psychological realism.
This project was an opportunity to create an authored piece of narrative work built around tone, performance and dramatic control rather than client communication objectives. The story was designed around instability, misreading and shifting power, using a tightly controlled dramatic structure to explore what people want, what they project onto one another, and how quickly those assumptions collapse. The creative approach was deliberately minimal and controlled: performance-led, visually disciplined, and grounded in psychological realism.
CATEGORY
CATEGORY
Drama, Narrative
Drama, Narrative
ROLE
ROLE
Writer, Director, Producer
Writer, Director, Producer
Writer, Director, Producer
Credits
Credits
Credits
Client:
Client:
Client:
Agency:
Agency:
Agency:
Production Company:
Production Company:
Production Company:
PART-OUT FILMS
Creative Director:
Creative Director:
Creative Director:
Writer:
Writer:
Aaron Bensaude
Director:
Director:
Aaron Bensaude
Producer:
Producer:
Alex Gillespie, Blake Curtis, Aaron Bensaude
DP:
DP:
Simon J. Walsh
Production Designer:
Production Designer:
Karli-Rose Laredo
Costume Designer:
Costume Designer:
Andrew Infanti
Editor:
Editor:
Aaron Bensaude
Composer:
Composer:
Sound Designer:
Sound Designer:
Dominik Avenwedde, Josh Peters
VFX Supervisor:
VFX Supervisor:
Cast:
Cast:
Shannon Barker, Veronica Thomas, Syd Brisbane
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