production_design_>

i_am_not_a_butterfly_(short_film)_> 

my_role_>
production designer

commissioner_>
odeya laske (director)

the_context_>
an experimental film that explores a woman’s journey to self realisation, using the life cycle of  an insect as a metaphor to deepen themes of sexuality, alienation and rituals.

the_approach_>
operating within the strict economic limitations of an independent experimental project, i leveraged an end-to-end creative workflow to transform resource scarcity into a stylistic asset. this hyper-hands-on methodology allowed me to construct a surreal, fantastic space that fluidly bridges camp artifice and subversive humor with the profound emotional gravity of the sapphic experience. exercising total authorship over the film's visual ecosystem, i personally executed every granular detail of the production design - from physical set construction to the actors' makeup - proving that tactical DIY intervention can weaponize a limited budget to create a rich, visceral, and uncompromised queer reality.