Rebecca Gauci

When six-year-old Noah is bullied at school for his head lice infestation, his elderly neighbour Antonio teaches him the true meaning of the saying “what goes around, comes around”.

"The Nit Note" is a comedy-drama shot on 16mm film that will run for approximately eight minutes, produced by five young, female filmmakers from Swinburne University of Technology.

SYNOPSIS

It’s 3:30pm at Greensborough Primary School and the final school bell of the day has rung.  A crowd of students aged six years old come streaming out of a classroom, waving bright, yellow notes for their parents who stand chattering amongst each other.  Detached from the main group of students, a blushing, young Noah, walks out of the classroom a few steps behind, holding a pink note with the words 'Dear Parent: During a screening examination, your child has been detected with head lice' visible at the top of the page.  

This film follows Noah and the judgement that he experiences for having head lice from both the children at school and their gossiping mothers. Overwhelmed by the bullying that he faces at school, Noah visits his elderly, Italian neighbour Antonio to ask him for advice. It is here that Antonio relies upon his Italian heritage to amuse Noah in the best possible way he can think of - working together to harvest the grapes from his garden and crushing them to make homemade wine. During this process, Antonio attempts to connect with Noah and offer him some advice about his bullies at school. When Noah misinterpets this advice however, his actions have vengeful consequences.

The Nit Note Team

The Incredible Cast

The Fabulous Crew

The Amazing Acting Extras

~ Behind the scenes photography

Being students, our bank accounts are quite bare, so all donations made will help us greatly in alleviating the financial stress that comes with making a film.

Pre Production 

Ordering Film - $450
Film Processing - $500
Film Scanning - $200

Production

Production costs (eg. costumes, props etc.) - $200

Fun fact: Boxes of grapes are actually really expensive

Post Production

Colour Grading $300

Our target goal would cover the cost of the majority of our pre-production expenses - a huge help for us financially struggling students!

As we are taking on the exciting challenge of working with 16mm film, we are also burdened with the processing and scanning expenses that are associated with using this beautiful medium. It's a privilege to be able to capture our film on such a high-quality format, giving a completely new aesthetic feel to our film which perfectly encapsulates it's themes of childhood and nostalgia.

Composed of a small group of five young, female filmmakers, The Nit Note Team are immensely passionate about bringing this film to life, and it is through your generous support that we will be able to achieve this. Whether it be big or small, every contribution made brings us one step closer to making this film a reality.

Thank you for your generosity! (And we apologise if this had you itching and scratching!)

Love, The Nit Note Team xx