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About Me

A natural curiosity for storytelling and a fascination with music has lead Claire down a path towards composition for the moving image.
She is now holding (yes, right now) a masters in screen composition from the Australian Film Television & Radio School in Sydney. Before starting up at AFTRS, she attained a degree in Composition and Musicology at the University of Western Sydney and had composed for several award-winning short films, installations, theatre and dance productions.
Claire enjoys the freedom that cross-disciplinary art offers. She is interested in exploring the relationship between sound and image and is keen to be a part of filmmaking that encourages integrity, depth and imagination.
This was the blurb she submitted for something else.
She also digs kitty-cats, lichen, blood, fruit herbs & vegies from the garden, the beach in winter, handmade chocolates, kids jokes, cocktails, baths with a soundtrack in the dark, inventing things but never making them, swimming in salty-muddy-fresh river water, cowboys and cowgirls, love stories, ridiculous puppets, mythology and history- especially when they chance to meet, drawing in pen & ink/conti/graphite, remaining permanently wedged in her own little dreamland.
Your Birthdate: June 23

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/22/2006
Band Members: Claire Deak- everything & anything

Pink-Washing&Ready (from the short film "My Sister & I") features Carl Dewhurst on his sexy handmade guitar and Gustav LindstrÃ¶m on his hot vintage 1950's drum kit! (I think it was from the '50's)

Kindle end credits (from the short film "Kindle") features the mellifluous vocals of Freya LindblÃ¶m from Elf and Juliah Boehm and Alex Kaye from Kaya.

Think About It: Cue 18 (from the hour long documentary "Think About It") was a crazy feat... an hours worth of music mused/sketched out/recorded/edited/mixed in around 7 days. Its a beautiful little film! Keep an eye/ear out! http://www.thinkaboutitmovie.com

To Be Or Not To Be (from a comedy workshop at AFTRS) features the vocal stylings of he who shall remain unknown. Thank you.

The first 2 tracks were beautifully brought to life by the genius that is Geir Gunnarsson (aka- Pearldivers of the Subconcious). What miracle mixing he does!

I am graciously thankful for the sweetness and precision these artists brought to my scores xx
Influences: ...items that wash over sublimely and make me feel something new, make me think...CURRENT MOON lunar phase:
Sounds Like: Most of the files uploaded here have been conceived/played/recorded within a very short space of time, so are occasionally messy and unrefined... but sometimes thats how I like things to be. Authentic, straight from an inpulse...

At the moment, all compositions are from films or somesuch that I have had the pleasure to work on.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Claire news flash

Claire news flash2 of the short films I worked on from last/this year have been accepted into this year's Melbourne International Film Festival, that makes 2 out of the 4 AFTRS films which will also s...
Posted by The Bridesmaid on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:05:00 PST

Riding along on my pushbike, Honey

When I ride each afternoon, I ride around to the river... (these were from yesterday):Nelly's Rock...Lovely little homes.... River clouds at 'the barge'...A random puppy going for an afternoon dipFunn...
Posted by The Bridesmaid on Wed, 16 May 2007 06:58:00 PST

whoops....

I just organised my photobucket pics into albums and have consequently stuffed up any links to my darling pictures....
Posted by The Bridesmaid on Tue, 08 May 2007 11:28:00 PST

...for the ladies

I am in the process of 'recruiting' a team of women who would want to work with me on a performance project/installation. It will start up around the closing of this year... thats the current plan. Ho...
Posted by The Bridesmaid on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 04:50:00 PST

I've been wandering

With a little help from my friend Paddy, I have been to and seen so many glorious places in the past month or so.Valleys of gum trees making a minty haze and gorgeous intoxicating scent. Waterholes an...
Posted by The Bridesmaid on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:15:00 PST

New Music Soon

Little lovelies,I'm in the process of posting up some more recent files from films I've completed lately.Some soft ambient rocky stuff (for MY SISTER & I, dir. Paola Morabito) to french & spanish insp...
Posted by The Bridesmaid on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 09:40:00 PST

Attentioné all drummers

I am looking for a drummer for a short film score.Rocky yet soft and sensitive.It will probably be a reduced kit (no toms?)- with brushes.We're having a bit of a jam on the 1st of December out at AFTR...
Posted by The Bridesmaid on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 04:29:00 PST

Take me to Paris

I am going to see Yann Tiersen in concert tonight...This is the man who re-inspired me many years ago after finding and taking a chance on his CD in a second-hand bookstore in Newtown.I took it home, ...
Posted by The Bridesmaid on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 05:49:00 PST