The Siren's Call II

Laura Jean Healey

The Siren’s Call was made in response to Laura Jean Healey's original holographic film installation, The Siren.

The three filmed performances return to the clichéd image of the 'mythical temptress' to explore how women continue to be represented within art and to question how such representations are used to draw the audience into actively watching. By playing to the preconceived perceptions of the Siren, the three performances transcend the sexual clichés attached to the ultimate 'femme fatale' - beautiful, dangerous and always naked - and once again questions who is in control of the gaze: the watcher or the watched?

The three performances are to be read as one single piece, where each film gives each Siren a unique and distinct voice, but when played together as one, their individual songs become one haunting melody, designed to both entice and disturb their audience.

CREDITS

THE SIREN’S CALL Conceived, Directed and Produced by Laura Jean Healey


CAST

The Siren Performed by Gemita Samarra


CREW

1st Assistant Director: Roisin Marie Griffin

Underwater Cameraman: Mark Silk

Gaffer: Bernie Prentice

Phantom Operator: Liz Hoar

Underwater Housing Technician: Hugh Fairs

Musion Representative: Oliver Gingrich

Production Assistant: Cheryl Fenn-Healey

Hair & Make Up Artist: Claire De-Graft

Hair & make Up Assistant: Kat Wenham


POST PRODUCTION

Post Production by The Moving Picture Company

Post Production Producer: Thomas Cole

Colourist: Matt Osborne

Composer: Sam Bucknall


A SPECIAL THANKS TO

Mark Silk

Bernie Prentice

The Underwater Studio

Dave Haupt, Thomas Cole & The Moving Picture Company

Rosin Marie Griffin, Oliver Gringrich & Musion Systems Ltd.

Adam Coles, Tony Samuals, Peter Swarbrick & Panavision London

Total Editions: 20