The following collaborations were facilitated by the Queensland University of Technology as a part of the graduating year of the Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drama).
ScratchThat Magazine
The following works were published through Aimee’s contribution to the ScratchThat Content team.
Printed Zine – Labour
FEATURED SUBMISSION
AN EXCERPT FROM OUR HOUSE – A ONE-ACT PLAY
SEPTEMBER
ED is painting the walls a nice base colour. TOYA is watching him, periodically pouring out tins of paint into the cauldron, tasting it—frowning. Dropping guns into the mix. The empty paint tins are overtaking the full ones. ED begins to doodle a little flower.
ED I wanted to be a painter, before. Sometimes I still think – I should have.
TOYA is pulling guns in all different colours out of the white paint: pink, green, yellow, blue. Black guns go in, colourful guns come out.
ED Do you think I should have?
TOYA You can be a painter, Ed. You’re painting now.
ED I know, but—well, in the end it didn’t make any money. And I wasn’t extraordinary enough. To be a successful painter, you have to be ex-tra- ordinary.
TOYA I think you just have to do an apprenticeship. And painters get paid just fine.
ED Not a house painter—I mean an artist. I wanted to be an artist.
TOYA holds up two colourful guns to the light, inspecting them closely.
TOYA Oh.
ED I thought it didn’t matter to me, the success. I thought if I loved it enough— that I was an artist, and that’s who I was. But I’m not an artist, I’m an animal. I need food more than I need painting.
TOYA Maybe art’s unnatural then if you can’t survive on it.
They taste the paint again, screwing up their face.
TOYA If you can’t eat it.
ED I don’t want to think that.
TOYA I don’t want to have to kill you before you finish painting this wall, but it seems I might have no choice.
ED Sorry.
He resumes painting.
TOYA pauses, watching him. They soften. A flick of paint hits ED’s shoulder. It’s pink. He frowns.
ED You missed.
TOYA No, I didn’t.
They flick him again. Green. The guns are paint guns, with paint to match their exterior.
ED I’m not a wall. You’re meant to be painting the wall.
TOYA flicks him again, blue, getting closer to his cheek. ED turns, noticing for the first time—colour. He looks down at his tin. White.
TOYA turns to draw out an orange gun from the bin.
TOYA There seems to be paint on the wall to me—
TOYA is cut off by a HUGE bucket of paint right in their face. Silence. ED covers his mouth.
ED Oh. My. God. I don’t know what I was thinking I’m so so sorry holy-
TOYA laughs. They laugh and laugh and laugh and the two engage in a paint-fight, multi-coloured, guns everywhere. Where ED touches a gun, it bursts into paint. Where TOYA touches his tins, they erupt in different colours. The fight culminates with ED picking TOYA up, TOYA unmanning him and slamming him against a wall – for real, this time.
A moment.
They look at each other, breathing heavily.
They kiss.
TOYA [Whispering] Now build me a shower and fuck me in it. And maybe clean off all this paint.
ED You know I don’t know how plumbing works.
TOYA Mmm, plumbing. Talk to me. You’ve got a filthy mouth, full of plumbing, and shit—
ED I don’t think I like this—
TOYA cuts him off with a hungry kiss.
CONT. IN OUR HOUSE
Newsletter – Spilled Ink
FEATURED SUBMISSIONS
The following works were published alongside art produced by the ScratchThat Art team. This was a rewarding and unique collaboration, and an exciting opportunity for Aimee to have artists respond visually to her writing.
Film Studio
The following projects were delivered through Aimee’s collaboration with the Film Studio project, and saw her undertake different roles within different creative teams to produce work for a variety of stakeholders.
Music Video – Time
1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
In collaboration with local band, Elsewhere, Aimee operated as 1st AD on set for the music video production of their debut single, Time, directed by Caitlun Dwyer.
Fortitude
CO-PRODUCER | MARKETING
Working alongside Maxine Schmid as a producer on the short documentary Fortitude, directed by Al Singh, Aimee had the opportunity to step into the world of the powerlifting community, and to strengthen her marketing portfolio through the development of their social media promotion.
Location Shoots – QUT Acting
1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Taking advantage of the multidisciplinary opportunities available to her, Aimee was able to collaborate with the QUT Acting program and operate as 1st AD on the set of their Location Shoots. The opportunity to work with an industry professional – director Mairi Cameron – alongside dedicated emerging actors, was an invaluable experience.
AIMEE TACON 