Daisies
Valentine is a friendly yet unconventional computer scientist working under an antagonistic boss, Mr Salmon, at Tank Inc. Her brightness clashes with everything that Tank Inc prizes, and Mr Salmon can’t stand her – her happiness, her positivity or her garish accessories. Friendless and outcast in her sterile workplace, Valentine’s optimism is her only defence.
As a ploy to get her fired, Mr Salmon gives her a monumental task: creating a sentient AI from a decrepit old supercomputer. Her resolution is tested as she tries every trick in the book to gain an emotional reaction from the computer. All Valentine wants is to befriend it, but the task is proving harder than she thought … and, worst of all, Mr Salmon is watching. With the threat of losing her job looming ever closer with each failure, will Valentine make a breakthrough?
Unclassified 15+
Course: BFA Animation
Director Biography
Amelia McAloon has previously been featured in the Melbourne International Animation Festival with her film, Air Conditioner. Inspired by shows such as Gravity Falls and Hazbin Hotel, her most recent film, Daisies, is a tribute to her love of robotics and the unexpected connection between people and the world around them. She has directed and animated three of her own short films and animated from a script for a project for Wear it Purple. She has created collaborative works for the Planetarium and Science Gallery, worked on projects with the theatre and dance cohorts, and initial storyboarding work on the Walking with Lily pilot.