Nor'West News: November 07, 2017

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Young filmmakers show big potential
Fire rages, homes at risk
• By Julia Evans
NINA HOGG and Simon
Brown of St Margaret’s and
Christ’s colleges could soon be
following in the footsteps of Kiwi
filmmaker Taika Waititi.
While Waititi has been
smashing box offices records
with his new movie Thor:
Ragnarok, Nina and Simon have
written and produced the short
film A Perfect Child.
The students’ film won the
award for best senior fiction at
the Australian Teachers of Media
Awards in Melbourne.
It tells the story of Ava, played
by St Margaret’s student Tigerlily
Perry, a girl who has lost her parents
in a car crash and has been
sent to an orphanage.
She meets Madam Murphy
(Eilish Moran, of The Court
Theatre) who runs the establishment
in a disciplined and firm
manner. Ava soon befriends
Lauren (Alice Taylor, of St Margaret’s),
but finds out that things
are not what they seem at the
orphanage.
When Lauren suddenly turns
on her, Ava discovers a laboratory
full of clones which the
orphanage is trying to make into
perfect specimens so they can be
adopted more easily.
UP-AND-COMING: Students Simon Brown and Nina Hogg
collected the award for best senior short film in Melbourne.
Taking home an award didn’t
come easily.
The 18min film took a year to
produce from start to finish and
involved more than 65 students,
mentors and teachers.
Simon said the main challenge
came from the editing process.
A Perfect Child went up against
550 entries in the ATOM awards
from across Australia and New
Zealand.
“The prize-giving was very
nerve-racking, especially when
Nina and I had to go up on stage
to collect the award. We didn’t
realise that we were required to
give a short speech and had to
improvise but it was taken very
well, which was a relief,” Simon
said.
Nina said many students put
their life and soul into the film.
“I hope our two schools (St
Margaret’s and Christ’s) continue
this collaboration as a way
to foster interest in the film industry
and highlight the talent of
our friends and fellow students,”
she said.
The ATOM presentation
was hosted by Australian TV
presenter Walt Collins and was
followed by a screening of the
winning productions at the SAE
Institute, Melbourne. The awards
STARRING ROLE: Tigerlily
Perry played Ava in the award
winning short film, A Perfect
Child.
COMPARISON: Kiwi director
Taika Waititi is quickly making a
name for himself in Hollywood
with the release of his new film
Thor: Ragnarok.
are in their 35th year, the second
longest running in Australia,
and aim to recognise film and
media excellence in the education
sector and screen industry.
•To watch A Perfect Child, go
to http://atomawards.org/2017-
student-entry/a-perfect-child/
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