Aspiring screenwriter and RMIT University media graduate Olivia Jones reflects on co-directing and co-producing her first documentary short film, co-writing and starring in the comedy short film Trip, and writing the first draft of a feature-length screenplay.

Watch Life in Colour: https://www.mediafactory.org.au/2024-real-people-reel-lives/2024/10/22/life-in-colour/

Watch Trip: https://www.mediafactory.org.au/2025-beyond-a-joke-beyond-a-genre/trip/

Read the treatment for A Pastiche: https://bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/mediafactory.org.au/dist/7/2807/files/2024/06/Treatment-A-Pastiche-by-Olivia-Jones.pdf

Bachelor of Communication (Media) at RMIT University: https://www.rmit.edu.au/study-with-us/levels-of-study/undergraduate-study/bachelor-degrees/bachelor-of-communication-media-bp221

Follow Olivia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oliviaa_joness_/

Clips from Life in Colour, Pretentious Pleasantries, SYN 1700 and Trip used with permission.

Credits:

Host: Samantha Fremont

Guest: Olivia Jones

Production: Samantha Fremont

Recorded in Melbourne on 13 December 2025

Editing: Samantha Fremont

Acknowledgement of Country:

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners of the land on which this podcast was produced, and pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging.