A documentary on Australia’s greatest speed painter, Sarah Rowan, answering questions as she paints her self-portrait.

Made as the - Director and editor

Made for - Gowan Media

Made during - January to July ‘21

I was selected to lead a production crew to create a documentary on artist, speed painter, and motivational speaker, Sarah Rowan.
We would ask her to make 2 portraits: The first interpreting herself where she was at mentally and spiritually 20 years ago, and the second interpreting where is at now.
I designed an initial floor plan for Sarah and the portrait which ended up changing completely during our test shoot because it didn’t fit the vision.
My pitch was to capture Sarah expressing her emotions of her personal and professional growth during a painting session of her self-portrait.
With this reflective tone in mind, we asked Sarah to not speed paint but to take her time as she paints and answers our questions.
The crew were awesome dealing with my last-minute directions with lighting and camera setups they didn’t practice during test shoot.
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But the next issue was that there was too much good stuff for both portraits so I ended up choosing her second portrait as she was more reflective and relaxed at this stage.
Sarah loved it! She shared it around her socials. My editing mentor called it “a fantastic accomplishment to be proud of”.
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