Highly Strung (1996)
A surreal psychodrama dance film featuring a child's relationship with a marionette puppet. Inspired by Maya Deren's Meshes of the Afternoon, this 4 minute film explores multiple personalities, control, spontaneity and inhibition. Shot on 16mm film with a Bolex camera, this film incorporates sequences of stop-motion animation, pixillation, and projected imagery.
Cage (1996)
A short magical-realist film about an 11 year old boy's grief after burying his mother. As the boy comes to understand the loss of his mother, he forms an attachment with a dead bird. But reality is not what it seems in this surreal world where dreaming and waking become confused. This film was shot on 16mm film in the stunning hilltops of Raglan, New Zealand.
About Me
- lisaperrott
- I am a filmmaker and lecturer at the Department of Screen and Media Studies, The University of Waikato, where I was awarded a PhD in 2007 for my research into documentary and cultural memory. I specialize in teaching animation and digital media production, however my research interests include; East European animation, visual music, music video, animated documentary, cultural memory, cross-disciplinary media arts and surrealism.