About this Short Film
Murder' on the Dance Floor: A 'Killer' Parody (Charters Towers State High School, Australia, 2024) is a short film that brings dance and parody into a school setting. It highlights a group of teenagers, including performers with intellectual disability, and showcases their creativity, teamwork and passion for performance. The film is part of the Focus on Ability International Short Film Festival and sits comfortably within the program's aim to highlight the abilities, experiences and achievements of people with disability. Warm, lively and inclusive, it offers audiences a chance to see young talent from a regional school celebrated on the festival screen.
Film Details
Film Transcript
"I... I have no idea. It looks creepy."
"You think so?"
"Yeah. It's got a note on it. Let's go read it."
"Stop the game."
"Oh—'You're next.'"
"What do you think that means? You think the killer could be—"
"I don't know. Probably Adam or Ryan."
"Yeah, it could be Ryan."
"Who do you think it could be?"
"Gray 11."
"Okay, fair enough."
"But isn't Adam kind of creepy, though?"
"Sort of. I've just dealt with it for the rest of my life."
"Hasn't he looked at you weirdly once?"
"But after I told him to stop, he stopped."
"Well, I've told him to stop and I reckon you guys are related too."
"We probably are. He listens to me more than anyone else."
"Yeah, so I'm guessing you guys are related, probably brothers or sisters or cousins. It doesn't really matter."
"Yeah, probably. He looks at me weird too, including Darcy. That's kind of creepy."
"Fair enough. But he does have a disability."
"Yeah, but that doesn't give him the right to look at people weird like that."
"Okay, fair enough. And I'm pretty sure he also looks at Darcy like that too."
"Maybe he's trying to figure people out. He doesn't really have many friends."
"Well, he's got you."
"Yes, but I barely hang around with him. I always hang around with you."
"Yeah, fair enough. And I don't think he hangs out with Darcy either."
"He does. He does."
"Well, there you go. He hangs out with her."
"Okay, fair enough. I just hope he has friends."
"Yeah, more than one friend."
"Like, people say you can have two really good friends and that's it. You can even have one really good friend."
"Since what happened to his father, he doesn't really talk much."
"Since that accident happened he thinks it could be one of the kids from school who killed his father. Probably—that's why he killed someone, probably. But we still don't know who did it."
"Where were you the day of the murder?"
"I was in my class, doing my schoolwork."
"Well, it says here that you were absent during class."
"I don't know. The teacher must not have seen me then."
"Did you see anything suspicious the day of the party?"
"Not really. The lights were out. When the lights turned back on there was a note."
"What did the note say?"
"'You're next.'"
"Were you friends with William outside of school?"
"Not really. I got rid of him and I... I didn't do anything. It wasn't me. I did not do it. Why the hell would I kill him? I didn't do anything."
Filmmaker
Charters Towers State High School is the filmmaker behind this entry. See every Focus on Ability entry from Charters Towers State High School.
