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Noah and Saskia – Tomorrow Never Knows (2004)

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clip Make your avatar – meet Indy education content clip 3

Original classification rating: PG. This clip chosen to be G

Clip description

As her cranky self, Saskia (Hannah Greenwood) had no success trying to talk to online to Max Hammer (Cameron Nugent), who is using her music without her permission. This time she creates an avatar to get his attention. 'Indy’ is gorgeous, sexy and friendly. It works and Max wants to talk. Back in the real world Saskia continues her online discussion with a ‘real’ looking Max representation that ‘appears’ in her room and they come to a deal.

Curator’s notes

by Annemaree O'Brien

Indy is gradually revealed, from her legs up, increasing anticipation about what she will look like. In contrast to the paper bag look in clip 1, the shape of Indy’s body, clothes, eye colour, her name and her attitude say a lot about her. It also says a lot about who Saskia might like to be.

Saskia uses her imagination to construct a fantasised image of who Max is in real life. Although we hear their voices, in reality all communication between Saskia and Max would be through typing and this leaves the imaginative Saskia to create her own idea of how Max really sounds. The use of an Australian actor to play Saskia’s image of Max is clever example of the layers of meaning hidden in this series. Indy is Saskia’s projection of who she wants to be, and Max is her projection of how she wants to see him. It could be very confusing but it’s not. This intriguing story works on many levels.

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