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

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