In 2010, the Australian Government introduced a series of legislative reforms aimed at increasing the moral fiber of the nation. This included amending laws regarding abortion. However due to a printing error, the new laws in fact allowed for the abortion of any individual, before or after birth.

Facing rising youth unemployment figures, and not wanting to be seen as soft on dole bludgers, the Government decided not to correct this error.

After Birth: A Black (and White) Comedy.

One of my major editing projects for my Honours year.

Written & Directed by Luke Marsden.

We managed to get a cut down to the required 7:30. Huzzah. We’re at the pretty annoying point right now that we’ve watched our cuts over and over again in such a variety of different configurations that it’s getting hard...

Today was a shortened day, since there was the class in the morning to discuss the end-of-year screening. That’s going to be a lot of fun. With the assembly out of the way it was time today to start making...

Another day, another shitty headcold determined to stop me from breathing. First thing this morning was to burn off the rushes DVD. That went fine, then we screened it in the DOS lab. It seems the scene/shot numbering is a...

So starts the full-time edit of After Birth. Of course, I had to start this process by getting a cold the weekend before. Fortunately I still have another day to recover, as the thinking work of the edit won’t start...

I found myself at Uni on Friday with not a whole lot to do. It’s an hour each way getting to campus, so when I only have a 5 minute task to take care of it all feels pretty stupid....