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Jacqueline Donchi
Photographer / Scriptwriter (North Fitzroy, VIC)
Photography has been the chosen focus for this journalist,
screenwriter and design student. It has been the story in the image
that she has always pursued - something that's come out of years of
professional writing.
Trained in Visual Arts, New Media, Professional Journalism and Children's
Book Writing, Jacqueline was hand picked for tutelage at the Royal
Melbourne Institute of Technology's Professional Screenwriting Program
in 2001. Her feature length script The Misadventures of Ramona Dinner
is still remembered as one of the most original works to emerge from
her graduating year.
While studying at RMIT, Jacqueline undertook a role with Palace Films
Australia as a script editor where she would write in-depth reports
on incoming feature length screenplays. She also worked as a primary
research assistant and assistant editor to International Script Analyst,
Dr Lisa Dethridge. The pair continue to collaborate on journalistic,
stage and screenplay projects and worked together to draft and promote
Lisa's recently published book Writing Your Screenplay (Allen & Unwin).
As Production Co-ordinator on Dethridge's self-produced political
satire The War Against Short Trousers, Jacqueline worked alongside
Kaaren Fairfax, Nancy Cato and Anthony Breslin to bring together a
stage play that was a critical and box office triumph.
Earning a role as Copywriting / Producer in Channel Nine's WIN Television
studios, Jac was introduced to the high paced world of commercial television.
This led her to fulfil a position for as Public Relations Manager for
Australia's largest and most renowned reclaimed timber company, Nullarbor
Forest Timber Industries.
In 2003, Jacqueline was commissioned to research, write and direct
an hour long piece of live theatre that would re-tell the story of
her hometown's controversial settlement. Echuca / Moama, Two Towns
Are Founded (currently being developed into According To Flocker Liz)
was
championed by veteran stage and screen actor Charles Bud Tingwell who
played the role of Narrator in the re-enactments. The plays attracted
a 6000-strong crowd on the banks of the Murray River and made royalty
of the historical figures presented in the story. Jacqueline is currently
writing a feature film based on the local research she undertook on
settlement era Bordello Girls.
As a journalist, she worked for three years writing for independent
music journal Forte. Recently she's been published in Cream, Frankie,
Coast&Country, Voiceworks, Catalyst, Vogue (sub-editing) Marie
Claire (sub-editing)has had works published in and is an occasional
contributor for the online music site, OzMusicProject. She was the
Founding Editor, part-owner and senior journalist for Mess+Noise, a
glossy pop culture zine which hit the streets on her birthday, April
13, 2004.
Jacqueline is an avid supporter of the Beyond Blue and Black Dog Initiative
and has spoken on numerous occasions at public forums on Understanding
Dysfunctional Neurotransmitter Syndrome and Anxiety.
An aesthete in the broadest sense of the word, Jacqueline worked as
a personal assistant and stylist for Homme Menswear for three years
and can spot a dodgy tie and suit a mile off. Collections of Jacqueline's
photographs and life drawings are exhibited at various restaurants
and getaways around Victoria. Her fine art disciplines are complimented
by occasional band photography assignments, make-up art, graphic design,
short film art direction, visual merchandising and lipstick graffiti.
All photos on this website, unless otherwise specified, are original
photos from Jac's portfolio.
She is currently working on her second screenplay, According To Flocker
Liz and her first novel, From Persian Yasmine, an A-Z anthology which
describes the female figures who have influenced her 29 year old life.
In 2006, Jacqueline was accepted into The International College of
Creative Arts in South Melbourne and is currently studying commercial
photography.
Artists Statement :
I am far too impatient to be a formal photographer.
Persistently, I need to change angles, switch lighting set ups and
move locations when I shoot in order to completely open things up.
For me, photography is not unlike screenwriting in that its success
is dependent upon traditional structures upholding experimental intervention.
Therein lies the magic.
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