Dressing Room

'Dressing Room' follows Margot, a burlesque dancer in the 1980s, struggling with the mounting pressure of being a woman performer. Due to looming realities she's facing in her personal life, as well as an unfavourable view of herself in comparison to her fellow dancer Penny, Margot worries about the future of her career. This short is where the male gaze, body image, womanhood, and the spotlight all come to a head.

  • Charlotte Button
    Director
  • Charlotte Button
    Writer
  • Ethan Lawrence
    Producer
  • Georgina Cowan
    Key Cast
  • Sofia Albano
    Key Cast
  • Ruaidhri Guest
    First Assistant Director
  • Ellie Seaborne
    Second Assistant Director
  • Louis Volker
    Director Of Photography
  • Fynn Moran
    Camera Operator
  • Lewis Rothwell
    Grip
  • Jack Kershaw
    Gaffer
  • Rowena Lamb
    Production Designer
  • A.E. Shay
    Production Designer
  • Hana Cox
    Graphic Designer
  • Rosanna Thomson
    Set Decorator
  • Roben Gallagher-Peer
    Set Decorator
  • Milly Jones
    Costume Design
  • Maisie McKenna
    Hair & Makeup Artist
  • Breeshey Shaw
    Sound Design
  • Charles Carr
    Editor
  • Luci
    Editor
  • Jamie Broughton
    Composer
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Drama, Psychological, Feminist, Period
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 19 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 17, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    350 GBP
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.85:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - (METFilm) Screen and Film School Brighton
Director Biography - Charlotte Button

I’m Charlotte Button, a 24 year old filmmaker from Luton, currently studying at Brighton Screen and Film School. Film is a culmination of my creative interests; storytelling; music; visual art; performance; writing; design. Finding ways to connect stories, characters and intriguing visuals has come to me naturally since I began practising in theatre, and is a skill I take pride in. It is intuitive to me, much more than anything mathematical or scientific. I just want to work with talented people, to make cool looking films that mean something.

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Director Statement

Dressing Room is an expression of how women expect to be treated by their society once they're no longer deemed 'valuable' i.e. past the point of attractiveness. I wanted to localise this experience within a period setting wherein two women are paid to display their bodies, exploring what this would do to the psyche if their body where to change.