Eat The Meat

Logline:

“A Drag Queen finds herself at the centre of a homophobic conspiracy when she’s torn away

from her lover during a home invasion.”

What IS Eat the Meat?:

Eat the Meat is a queer dark-comedy short film currently in utero from the deranged minds of Perth students.

After experiencing a hard day of conservative protests disrupting a Drag Story Time at a local library, Notorious Drag Queen Brianna Splitz and her partner Alex later are attacked at home by mind controlled protestors, wielding fast food chickwiches, SPIKED WITH FREAKIN CHEMICALS THAT MAKE THE POPULACE STRAIGHT AND ANGRY. 

Will our protagonists make it out this debacle still fierce and fabulous?

With timely themes through a kitsch lense, reminiscent of a John Waters film, the transgressiveness of Gregg Araki and following the queer genre trend of Australian filmmaker Alice Maio Mackey, Eat the Meat is a fun, gooey commentary of conservative media outrage.

(Eat the) Meet our Cast!

Antony Press as Jordan (Aka. Brianna Splitz... Aka Boy Khaki)
(He/Him)

Antony Press, is a 24-year-old, proud bisexual, Burmese-Australian actor from Western Sydney. He has studied acting at Sydney Theatre School, creative writing at the University of Technology Sydney, and is in his final year of acting training at the Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts. He has acted in theatre since 2017 and has co-produced twice with Crashing Water Theatre Company. While he has previously acted in, written, and directed short films, he is excited to further hone his acting craft for screen.

Riley Warner as Alex Darkly
(He/Him)

Riley Warner (He / Him) is an Australian Pitjantjatjara actor from Scone NSW. Originally from a dance background, RIley has fallen in love with theatre and acting and is about to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in acting at WAAPA. Riley is excited to be a part of the Eat The Meat team as the film is somewhat foreign to him, but it will be incredible to work with all these amazing new artists and take on new challenges.

Sophie Hanley as "The Karen"
(They/He)

Sophie is an actor in their final year of studying at WAAPA, due to graduate with their Bachelors in Acting in 2024. They have worked extensively with DIRE Theatre Companies' Shakespeare Incursion program and recently played Banquo in Stephen Nicollazzo’s Macbeth. 

After graduating, Soph is excited to explore voice acting and directing alongside their theatre and screen work.  They have a passion for B-grade horror movies of the 70s and 80s and are overjoyed to be sinking their teeth into some classic camp horror hilarity for Eat The Meat. 

Alexandria Henderson as "The Religious Woman"
(They/Her/He)

Alexandria Henderson is in her graduating year from the BA acting course at WAAPA. 

Alexandria’s favourite films include (but are not limited to:) Mad God, Natural Born Killers and, of course, Twilight. Alexandria’s favourite colours are pink and red. 

They are very excited to be a part of the short film “Eat The Meat” and explore more screen work in future. 

Deep Sroa as Bill Burroughs
(He/Him)

Deep has been studying and working as an actor, singer and writer for over 10 years and is currently in his final year of Bachelor of Acting at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). During his studies at WAAPA, Deep has played King Leontes in Shakespeare's A Winter's Tale, Hugh Darcy in Harp in the South and has highlighted as Bobby Burgess in the most recent production, Beautiful Burnout.

Introducing... the Crew!

Co-Producer / Writer / Editor - Jacob Kemp 
(He/Him)

Since graduating with his Advance Diploma in the Director’s stream at the Central Institute of Technology in 2012, Jacob has produced, directed and edited close to a dozen music videos through LOSER UNIT GALLERY, created successful online advertising content for International Beer Shop, written stage shows for children’s entertainment and Fringe festival, and been a featured spoken word poet at Boorloo local events. Jacob is currently studying his Bachelors at West Australian Screen Academy at ECU to re-initiate himself into film storytelling. An avid fan of horror and transgressive cult cinema, Jacob is excited to see Eat the Meat shake up the 2024 WASA production slate. 

Director - Abbie Dans-Schunselaar
(She/Her )

Abbie is a recent North Metropolitan TAFE and WAAPA graduate, with more than half a decade spent working in broadcast television. Having a wide array of experience across many roles as a Producer, Director, Editor and Production Designer, Abbie has a passion for the weird and wacky and wildly political which is what makes Eat the Meat an appetising project. After graduating, Abbie is excited to start working on any set she can get her hands on.

Producer - Ying Chu

(She/Her)

With an unwavering passion for filmmaking and over six years of screen performance experience, Ying has produced two short documentaries and two short films during her undergraduate degree at Edith Cowan University. Her graduate short film, Ah-Ma: A Tale of Two Generations, won the Rami Award at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival in 2024. She is currently studying for a Master of Screen at the WA Screen Academy and is driven to create high-quality work that showcases a unique and captivating style.

Director of Photography - Juan Felipe Sarmiento
(He/Him)

Juan is an emerging Colombian Filmmaker with a background in Marketing and Business Administration. Originally, Juan came to Australia to pursue an MBA, but after completing his master's degree, he decided to follow his passion for film. He quickly fell in love with filmmaking and changed his career path completely. In his final year at WASA Juan joined the Eat the Meat crew committed to achieving the best-looking images and pushing the boundaries to bring the best story to the screen.

Alicia TUCKER - Sound Recordist 
(She/Her)

Alicia is in her final year of the Bachelor of Media and Communication program at Edith Cowan University, majoring in Screen Production. Throughout her course, she has recorded and mixed sound for various documentaries and short films. She is passionate about storytelling through sound and loves learning about sound-related things as she works through her degree.

Our Timeline

Mid June: After reaching our crowdfunding target of $2100, we'll be able to proceed with using funds to improve our intended production design and costume/hair/makeup (Drag ain't cheap, honey!). We'll also be using funds to secure needed locations. 

1st to the 5th of July: Production commences! We're slated to start shooting our short film that you've helped us bring to life.

Mid July to September: Our editor gets hard to work piecing it all together. Additional funds from the crowdfunder will enable us to bring our film to another level with post-production effects work. This is all leading up to...

October 24th: The fated premiere night at Luna Cinema's in Leederville, where all the 2024-slated WASA productions will be screening. One of our limited offered incentives for donations will be tickets for the aforementioned premiere. We'd love to see you there! 

Beyond: With the vast interest in genre storytelling, we're looking to submit our short film to a vast array of film festivals. Ranging from general, horror and queer specific film festivals, we wish to see our short film live on via screens national and international!

We are on a mission to bring Eat The Meat's unique and captivating story to life. By raising $ 2100, we can directly support the production of this one-of-a-kind film. Your contribution will create a genuinely engaging and authentic cinematic experience.

The funds raised will be allocated to the following areas:

• Production Design
• Hair and Makeup
• Costume
• Securing Locations
• Post-Production Processes
• Film Festival Applications

ECU acknowledgment

Eat The Meat is produced by WA Screen Academy (WASA) students, featuring third-year actors from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA).  By donating to this page, you are donating to the students involved in this project. No funds will be received by Edith Cowan University, WASA or WAAPA.