ABOUT THE FILM
STORY
Tall Sad Girl and Short Punk Girl are Friends’ follows rebellious and outspoken 15 year-old Kat. After being bullied as a kid, she is led to believe that close friendships lead to disappointment and potential harm. That is, until she is paired up in class with the quiet girl, Amanda.
Amanda takes an interest in Kat’s lifestyle, and they form an unlikely friendship. As they spend more time together, Kat begins to learn the value of opening up to others but also begins to see Amanda in a romantic light.
One day, Ian invites the girls to have drinks at the park with his friends. When they arrive, Kat is surprised to see her former bully, Emily, among the group. As the night goes on, Amanda and Ian hit it off, and Emily calls Kat a lesbo. Scared she’d been outed and angry with Amanda for ditching her for the popular group, Kat storms off.
When Amanda comes looking for her, the two girls get into a heated fight, and Kat begins to cry. Amanda sits beside her, and they talk it out. Kat admits that she might be gay but doesn’t disclose her feelings for Amanda, as she’d rather preserve this new friendship than risk it all for romance.
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AMANDA
Tall Sad Girl's real name is Amanda.
Amanda lives at home with her two parents. They are both biologists. Amanda has always liked looking at the anatomical sketches and drawings that her parents had in their study, and which inspired her to start drawing. However, her parents think her sketches are a ‘nice hobby’ and won't take ‘drawing’ or ‘Art’ seriously as a career path. She’s been unintentionally dismissed or undermined by her parents, making her scared to speak up without sounding stupid.
At high school, nobody would notice if she was sick for the day; she knew just to get her books and get to class quickly so as not to bother anyone. She always sits at the back of the class, hiding behind her long hair and drawing in her sketchbook.
When she gets paired up with Kat in class, Amanda is fascinated by Kat’s nonchalant approach to life; she doesn’t care what others think of her. Amanda wants to be like Kat.
CHARACTERS
Short Punk Girl's real name is Kat.
When Kat started high school, she got bullied by her ex-best friend from primary school, Emily. Kat used to spend hours trying to work out what she did wrong and how she could get those girls to like her. Should she change her hair? the way she talked? Feeling helpless, she realised she didn’t care what Emily thought. In fact, she didn’t care what anyone thought.
Kat found solace in her dad’s vinyl collection, falling in love with punk and grunge music, especially artists like PJ Harvey and The Sex Pistols. Someone once told Kat she was mature for her age, and she has basically taken this comment and run with it. She sees herself as more mature than her classmates, isolating herself emotionally and believing friendships are pointless.
When she meets Amanda, she is scared to let her in, but she feels some kind of obligation to look out for her since she’s so meek. She thinks she’s protecting Amanda, but really, Amanda is protecting her. As they get closer, Kat learns the value of opening up to others and gets comfort and support along the way. However, she begins to develop romantic feelings for Amanda, which freaks Kat out a bit.
KAT
SECONDARY CHARACTERS
INSPIRATION & DESIGN
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