Four characters, one turn
The treatment set up four everyday characters and the moment each one becomes a pole dancer, with the title itself sitting between both worlds: grey street, red neon.
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Allure Within
Four everyday workers step out of their routines and into the neon light of the pole. A music video made in AIT’s Commercial Film Lab.
Music video2024About 3 minutesSydney Pole
- Year
- 2024
- Format
- Music video, about 3 minutes
- Made for
- AIT Commercial Film Lab
- Augusto’s role
- Concept, co-director, co-producer, co-editor and costume designer
- Filmed at
- Sydney Pole and locations nearby
- Shoot
- Two days, five dancers
- Music
- An original track by Brayden Fabris
The idea
Everyday workers trade their grey routines for the neon freedom of the pole.
The idea
Two worlds, one change
The idea started with a contrast. A builder on site, an office worker, a chef in the kitchen and an artist at the easel each carry the weight of the day in muted, everyday tones.
As the music builds, each of them steps into the studio and becomes a confident pole dancer, and the colour shifts with them, from washed-out grey to purple and pink neon. The film celebrates pole as a place where anyone can feel strong, sensual and free.
Music video
From grey to neon.
The full film isn’t online
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How we made it
Concept
Pre-productionShoot
Edit and sound
ColourLocations, costumes and music
We found a construction site, streets, a park and a kitchen near Sydney Pole, so both worlds could be filmed in two days. Augusto designed the costumes, and composer Brayden Fabris wrote an original track of about three minutes for the film.
Two days, five dancers
In August 2024 we filmed the everyday scenes on location and the dance scenes in the studio. Slow motion, Steadicam and handheld camera give each world its own rhythm.
Cut to the music
Peter Liszka and Augusto edited the film to the track, so each cut and each transformation lands on the music. The sound design brings in the grip of hands and skin on the pole.
The grade tells the story
Everyday scenes stay muted and cool. The studio scenes open up into purple, pink and red neon, so the change is something you feel before you notice it.
Credits
Who made it
- Directors and producers
- Augusto de Freitas Alves, Peter Liszka and Sandhya Rai
- Cinematographer
- Anish Karki
- Editors
- Peter Liszka and Augusto de Freitas Alves
- Art direction
- Augusto de Freitas Alves, Peter Liszka and Sandhya Rai
- Costume designer
- Augusto de Freitas Alves
- Sound recordist
- Sandhya Rai
- Music
- Brayden Fabris
- Location
- Sydney Pole
The full film isn’t published online. Ask us if you’d like to watch it.
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