Nash caught up with writer, director, and UNSW student Madeleine Mallis to discuss the creative process and challenges faced producing 'Hair'

SHOW NOTES:

• When people ask you about Hair what do you tell them the film is about? [0:22]

• Coming from the Video Project course, you had to work within a theme. Can you tell us what that theme was? [0:55]

• On taking a literal approach to the theme [1:30]

• Elaborating on the film's narrative [2:08]

• On shocking the audience [3:25}

• When you screened your film to an audience for the first time, were you watching the film or the audience? [4:20]

• On remaining objective during post-production [5:56]

• On making hard decisions in post-production [6:30]

• On creative collaboration [7:08]

• On balancing creative intentions whilst respecting the original work [8:14]

• Do you find your musical background has helped as a director? [9:11]

• What drew you to film? [9:45]

• Do you remember the first time you went to the movies? [11:08]

• On Disney Film obsession [13:33]

• On creative constraints vs. complete creative freedom [14:26]

• On the value of Deadlines [15:31]

• On finding the soundtrack for Hair [16:26]

• On syncing choreography with the soundtrack in post-production [17:48]

• On technical difficulties on-set [19:04]

• What were your expectations coming into this production vs. the reality? [21:14]