Private Project

Butterscotch

Butterscotch is set over a period of 24 hours as Sam visits her Mother and younger sister.

It intricately weaves a small portrait of love as it grows, blossoms and withers across all ages, genders and sexualities.

  • Sarah Legg
    Director
    Cherubhead, Impression, Honeymoon
  • Chantelle Lucas
    Producer
    Meat, Beauty Mark, The Comedy Show
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    13 minutes
  • Production Budget:
    8,000 AUD
  • Country of Origin:
    Australia
  • Country of Filming:
    Australia
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Sarah Legg

Sarah Legg is an established emerging Boorloo filmmaker with experience in theatre, film, photography, freelance video and photo, film tutoring and teaching, academic writing and judging.
In 2017 Sarah wrote an academic paper Character Development Systems for Actors with professor Robin Pascoe, which was published in the ADEM Magazine in 2018.
She was awarded the Robin Pascoe scholarship for Innovation, Creativity and Imagination as well as the Bill Izett award for her work in film and theatre.

She then went on to write, direct, produce and act in her first feature Cherubhead, which shocked audiences at its March premiere at the WA Made Film Festival with four sold out screenings. The film then went to screen at the Revelation International Film Festival, was nominated Best Oceanic Film at the Septimius Awards, a finalist at the Boden International Film Festival and winning Best Director at the Black Hat Film Festival in Europe.
She has been a panelist for the Drug Aware YCulture Metro grants with propel Youth Arts WA and the Nedlands Youth Photography Competition.

She has tutored film and runs workshops with actors
using her approach to acting published in 2018.

She now runs West Mirror Media which has a short film 'Butterscotch' in post-production, a feature film 'Greenbushes' in pre-production while working as a freelance wedding videographer, partnering up with The Backlot Perth to have couples see their wedding films in a cinema.

Sarah is driven, innovative, forward-thinking and ambitious. She is passionate about telling stories that concern the youth of today and tomorrow, and fully believes in the power and influence of film and storytelling.

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