PERSONAL WORK
Cultural Impact (2025)
PERSONAL WORK (Cultural Impact)
JPG
MOV
4m:36s
BURST
Till Death
Official Selection
| Title of Piece: | BURST |
|---|---|
| Production Company: | Till Death |
| Director(s): | Melle Branson |
| DoP: | Tim Fitzgerald |
| Director of Photography: | Tim Fitzgerald |
| Editor: | Denzil Heeger |
| Creative Director: | Melle Branson |
| Music Composer: | Louis Freye-Harvey |
| Instagram Tag: | Starring Danisa the Serpent @serpentesssss_ Directed by Melle Branson @_tilldeath_ Cinematographer Tim Fitzgerald @tim.s.fitzgerald Choreographer @bobby_knox__ Edit & Colour Grade @denzilheeger Composer & Sound Designer @louis.frereharvey |
| Short Synopsis: | Inside their streetlamp-lit car, we meet Danisa “the Serpent” Martis, an Australian-South East Asian drag and performance artist. We learn that in the beginning, this car is where they used to apply their makeup before gigs - under a streetlight in a deserted carpark, for doing this in their family home was never an option. As Danisa emerges from their car, they transform into a golden, shimmering entity. Channelling their internal struggles through expressive movement, we watch as they’re liberated from fears of familial perception, change and consequence; the car from which they once hid is now their stage, where they metamorphosise and assume their final form as a bursting light, a star. A journey of freedom through the language of movement, BURST is a short movement film directed by Melle Branson in collaboration with cinematographer Tim Fitzgerald, editor Denzil Heeger and composer Louis Freye-Harvey, choreographed by Bobby Knox and commissioned by the Minderoo Foundation Artist Fund. |
