Dayna McLeod

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A split-screen image with a close-up of David Bowie's old character in The Hunger on top, and 'Blade Hunger' written in the fonts from the films The Hunger and Blade Runner' underneath.

Blade Hunger (video essay exercise)

Catherine Deneuve kisses an extremely old and unrecognizable David Bowie in The Hunger.

You said forever (video essay exercise)

A punk dj behind a cage at a dark club with blue lighting.

The Hunger Pecha Kuchas (video essay exercise)

A layered image of various scenes from Desert Hearts (1985).

Feathered Desert Wipes (video essay exercise)

A 4-part reflected image of an explosion behind 2 figures in a convertible

screens touching (video essay exercise)

Two people driving in a convertible and the sun is reflecting on the camera lens

landscape cameo (video essay exercise)

Thelma and Louise standing in the moonlight with their backs facing us

interior monologue (video essay exercise)

Thelma and Louise posing for a Polaroid camera outside a house in front of a car from the back

Thelma Louise: ‘every time they touch’ Supercut (vide essay exercise)

Desert Hearts Montreal dreaming (video essay exercise)

Desert Hearts Montreal dreaming (video essay exercise)

Bet on Red

Place your bets on red (video essay exercise)

Caring is Anxious

Anxious Caring (video essay exercise)

A brunette and a blonde woman in a cowboy hat walk with 2 horses in Nevada. From Desert Hearts.

Desert Hearts Pecha Kuchas (video essay exercise)

A bird's eye view of the 2 main characters from Wild at Heart dancing in the dusk beside their convertable.

Wild at rhythm, reds, and body pans (Pecha Kucha)

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