Dark Water
excerpts from Dark Water
Dark Water
Erin Coates and Anna Nazzari, 2019
15 minutes
2K video with stereo sound
Dark Water focuses on the narrative of a deep-sea environment that unexpectedly manifests in the walls of a grieving woman’s suburban dwelling; an impossible, flooded inner-architecture. It explores familial trauma through the darkly surreal tale of a woman who discovers an ocean within her house. The life forms that dwell in this space are both real and a manifestation of the resident’s internal psychological state, as she comes to terms with the death of her mother. Dark Water is underscored by both a sense of human loss and contemporary concerns around habitat loss within our oceans.
Written, directed and produced by Erin Coates and Anna Nazzari
Director of Photography - Dion Borrett
Sound Editor - Glenn Martin
Composer - Cat Hope
Editor - Merlin Eden
Lead Actor - Alexandra Nell
CAST:
Gemini
Eric
Casting
Script Editor
Set Builders
Practical Effects
Scenic Artists
Set Dresser
Makeup Artist
Prosthetics Designer
Special Effects Artist
Gaffers
Sound Recordist
Sound Assistant
Camera Assistants
Data Wrangler
Production Runners
Post Facility
Visual Effects
Music Recording
Musicians
Graphic Designer
Stills Photographers
UNDERWATER UNIT:
Camera
Prop Operators
Safety Diver
Underwater Location
Alexandra Nell
Zachary Drieberg
Annie Murtagh-Monks
Renée Webster
Neil Aldum
John Coates
Erin Coates
Anna Nazzari
Kate Driver
Jess Day
Michelle Becker
Pip Waller
Ali Knapton
Mercyll Cooper
Jacob Morgan de Laine
Johnny Ma
Alex Blocher
Gavin Repton
David Duong
Daniel Holliday
Saxon Wright
Kirsten McManus
Pedro Alvarez
Siamese
Andrew Buckley
Dana Harrold
Ivan Rojas
Francesca Hope
Wil Manning
Kristen King
Caitlan O’Connor
Stuart James at Soundfield Studio
Decibel
Loren Holmes
Yvonne Doherty
Dion Borrett
Jasper Silver
Yvonne Doherty
Steve Pratt
Mark Strickland
Gerard Capporn
Perth Diving Academy
Dark Water has been supported by the Australia Council for the Arts and the Western Australian Government through the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries.
Dark Water was included in the 2020 Adelaide Biennial: Monster Theatres at the Art Gallery of South Australia, and was an Official Selection in the following film festivals:
