A collection of in between moments after a lonely twenty-something dancer in rural Victoria meets a tradie at sunrise.
An experimental film drawing on traditional artistic techniques to explore a young person's first experience with time. Pastel Hell incorporates stop-motion, live-action and VFX to build a multi-dimensional space where characters can develop while implementing a forced perspective. The film is set inside the mind of its lead character, a young woman who has spent the night partying a bit too hard. Her consciousness takes an exciting turn when she decides to call it a night, but things start to catch up with her. The concept of time appears in an embodied form, luring her in so she can't turn away. It causes her to spiral deeper into a world full of anxiety and paranoia - that of her inner self. Our protagonist is forced to face the fears of not only herself, but those of a generation coming to the realisation that time is endless, and we are stuck in a world without choice.
Jacquie celebrates graduating high school, but when a boy breaks her trust at a party it shatters her sense of self. She begins her process of healing by connecting with loved ones and nature, finding the strength to move on.