Films
Teaser for Voice of an Other
Voice of an Other
Voice of an Other is a short film that explores the art of lip sync as an expression of queer identity. In using another’s voice to express your own, queer voices are actualised and amplified, when they’ve historically been missing in popular culture. With the audience perspective shifting throughout, Voice of an Other tracks the journey of an ever-morphing voice that informs its environment.
The writing and work of British performer, Jacob Mallinson Bird, largely inspired the piece and his drag persona, Dinah Lux, takes centre stage. We follow the lone figure of Dinah, as she takes us with her, through the looking glass, to the suspended moment of on-stage glory; the queer safe-haven where joy is abundant, dreams are realised and “life is beautiful.” In the closing scene, Dinah addresses us for the first time. The excerpt, from the show Cabaret, is a nod of recognition to the fleeting nature of the night’s performance and a knowing warning of what lies beyond the stage door.
Jacob says of the project:
“If the film offers any answers to its questions, it’s surely that identity is anything but fixed, and, to what extent it is performed, it can be created as a work of art.”
Credits
Starring
Dinah Lux & Jacob Mallinson Bird
Created And Produced By
Jasper Jones And Emma Langguth
Director
Jasper Jones
Cinematographer
Emma Langguth
Co-Producer And Assistant Director
Hermione Lake
Editor
Lesley Posso
Composer
Alastair Mcnamara
Sound Design
Zoltan Kadnar
Stylist
Daisy Chalfant
Colourist
Nigel Tadyanehondo
DFX Design
Carina Carlsson
1st AC
Camilla Valli
2nd AC
Rebecca Doctor
Gaffer
Alejandro Restrepo Celis
Best Boy
Jero Cocquyt
Spark
Kian Altmann
Production Sound Mixer
Jonny Willea
1st Assistant Sound
Gus Puczyniec
Saxophone
Sam Rapley
Makeup Artist
Tillie Robinson-Smith
Photographer
Joy Maxwell-Davis
Art Department
Tina Langguth
Nicki Logue
Valentin Matrescu
Inhale
Co-Directors - Emma Langguth & Jasper Jones
Director of Photography - Emma Langguth
Model - Jasper Jones
Editor - Jasper Jones
Music - 'Inhale' by Hojo Kurosawa
Colours
Co-Directors - Emma Langguth & Jasper Jones
Director of Photography - Emma Langguth
Model - Jasper Jones
Editor - Jasper Jones
Music - 'Colours' by Zander