Shauna O'Meara
@shaunaomeara.bsky.social
Screenwriter 🇦🇺
Science fiction / horror / thrillers
Love 70s and 90s films.
Soundtrack lover.
https://writers.coverfly.com/profile/writer-c9bc3b3d3-97305
Aurealis/Ditmar/NKH awards
Launchpad Finalist / Script Pipeline Runner-up
2024 SBS EWI recipient
Science fiction / horror / thrillers
Love 70s and 90s films.
Soundtrack lover.
https://writers.coverfly.com/profile/writer-c9bc3b3d3-97305
Aurealis/Ditmar/NKH awards
Launchpad Finalist / Script Pipeline Runner-up
2024 SBS EWI recipient
A friend is in northern Queensland (Australia) and sent me photos of some of their birds.
Look at these incredible creatures!
Brush turkey
Bush stone curlew
Look at these incredible creatures!
Brush turkey
Bush stone curlew
September 3, 2025 at 3:49 AM
A friend is in northern Queensland (Australia) and sent me photos of some of their birds.
Look at these incredible creatures!
Brush turkey
Bush stone curlew
Look at these incredible creatures!
Brush turkey
Bush stone curlew
Your Friends & Neighbors
A show that explores a universal truth: no matter how successful you are, it is always possible for the rug to be pulled out from under you in the most unexpected of ways.
"There's a world of difference between working hard and fighting for your life"
Great show!
#tvsky
A show that explores a universal truth: no matter how successful you are, it is always possible for the rug to be pulled out from under you in the most unexpected of ways.
"There's a world of difference between working hard and fighting for your life"
Great show!
#tvsky
August 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Your Friends & Neighbors
A show that explores a universal truth: no matter how successful you are, it is always possible for the rug to be pulled out from under you in the most unexpected of ways.
"There's a world of difference between working hard and fighting for your life"
Great show!
#tvsky
A show that explores a universal truth: no matter how successful you are, it is always possible for the rug to be pulled out from under you in the most unexpected of ways.
"There's a world of difference between working hard and fighting for your life"
Great show!
#tvsky
What I love about this film is how, through clever use of background screens (to make for big objects against which the live-action could be set), real animals could be used, instead of reverting to constructed beasts.
Thus, Scott interacts with a real spider, keeping believability.
#filmsky
Thus, Scott interacts with a real spider, keeping believability.
#filmsky
August 3, 2025 at 4:51 AM
What I love about this film is how, through clever use of background screens (to make for big objects against which the live-action could be set), real animals could be used, instead of reverting to constructed beasts.
Thus, Scott interacts with a real spider, keeping believability.
#filmsky
Thus, Scott interacts with a real spider, keeping believability.
#filmsky
New watch for me: The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957).
Am still thinking of this movie days later and how they ever managed to get some of the shots and angles and size-differences they did. The set design is stellar. As is what it has to say about masculinity and our place in the cosmos.
#filmsky
Am still thinking of this movie days later and how they ever managed to get some of the shots and angles and size-differences they did. The set design is stellar. As is what it has to say about masculinity and our place in the cosmos.
#filmsky
August 3, 2025 at 4:39 AM
New watch for me: The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957).
Am still thinking of this movie days later and how they ever managed to get some of the shots and angles and size-differences they did. The set design is stellar. As is what it has to say about masculinity and our place in the cosmos.
#filmsky
Am still thinking of this movie days later and how they ever managed to get some of the shots and angles and size-differences they did. The set design is stellar. As is what it has to say about masculinity and our place in the cosmos.
#filmsky
One Hour Photo
This was a rewatch after a long time between drinks, and wow. Had forgotten just how accomplished this thriller is.
It is all great, with Robin Williams by equal turns heartbreaking and sinister. The framing and cinematography in particular are meticulously executed.
#filmsky
This was a rewatch after a long time between drinks, and wow. Had forgotten just how accomplished this thriller is.
It is all great, with Robin Williams by equal turns heartbreaking and sinister. The framing and cinematography in particular are meticulously executed.
#filmsky
July 27, 2025 at 5:28 AM
One Hour Photo
This was a rewatch after a long time between drinks, and wow. Had forgotten just how accomplished this thriller is.
It is all great, with Robin Williams by equal turns heartbreaking and sinister. The framing and cinematography in particular are meticulously executed.
#filmsky
This was a rewatch after a long time between drinks, and wow. Had forgotten just how accomplished this thriller is.
It is all great, with Robin Williams by equal turns heartbreaking and sinister. The framing and cinematography in particular are meticulously executed.
#filmsky
Some absolute scores at the reuse-shop today.
I have been wanting to check out The Incredible Shrinking Man since Stephen King discussed it in his book "Danse Macabre" (terrific book on horror craft).
And Vanishing Point has been on my list since watching Tarantino's Death Proof.
#filmsky
I have been wanting to check out The Incredible Shrinking Man since Stephen King discussed it in his book "Danse Macabre" (terrific book on horror craft).
And Vanishing Point has been on my list since watching Tarantino's Death Proof.
#filmsky
July 16, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Some absolute scores at the reuse-shop today.
I have been wanting to check out The Incredible Shrinking Man since Stephen King discussed it in his book "Danse Macabre" (terrific book on horror craft).
And Vanishing Point has been on my list since watching Tarantino's Death Proof.
#filmsky
I have been wanting to check out The Incredible Shrinking Man since Stephen King discussed it in his book "Danse Macabre" (terrific book on horror craft).
And Vanishing Point has been on my list since watching Tarantino's Death Proof.
#filmsky
DEVIL'S REACH
A veterinarian must fight for her life when a night-call to a remote mountain cattle farm puts her at the centre of a terrifying hunt.
Deliverance meets James Herriot.
Written by a veterinarian.
#ScreenPit #Fea #Th #Ho #CFin (runner-up Script Pipeline) #scriptsky
A veterinarian must fight for her life when a night-call to a remote mountain cattle farm puts her at the centre of a terrifying hunt.
Deliverance meets James Herriot.
Written by a veterinarian.
#ScreenPit #Fea #Th #Ho #CFin (runner-up Script Pipeline) #scriptsky
June 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM
DEVIL'S REACH
A veterinarian must fight for her life when a night-call to a remote mountain cattle farm puts her at the centre of a terrifying hunt.
Deliverance meets James Herriot.
Written by a veterinarian.
#ScreenPit #Fea #Th #Ho #CFin (runner-up Script Pipeline) #scriptsky
A veterinarian must fight for her life when a night-call to a remote mountain cattle farm puts her at the centre of a terrifying hunt.
Deliverance meets James Herriot.
Written by a veterinarian.
#ScreenPit #Fea #Th #Ho #CFin (runner-up Script Pipeline) #scriptsky
DEVIL'S REACH
A veterinarian must fight for her life when a night-call to a remote mountain cattle farm puts her at the centre of a terrifying hunt.
Deliverance meets James Herriot.
Written by a veterinarian.
#ScreenPit #Fea #Th #Ho #CFin (runner-up Script Pipeline) #scriptsky
A veterinarian must fight for her life when a night-call to a remote mountain cattle farm puts her at the centre of a terrifying hunt.
Deliverance meets James Herriot.
Written by a veterinarian.
#ScreenPit #Fea #Th #Ho #CFin (runner-up Script Pipeline) #scriptsky
June 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
DEVIL'S REACH
A veterinarian must fight for her life when a night-call to a remote mountain cattle farm puts her at the centre of a terrifying hunt.
Deliverance meets James Herriot.
Written by a veterinarian.
#ScreenPit #Fea #Th #Ho #CFin (runner-up Script Pipeline) #scriptsky
A veterinarian must fight for her life when a night-call to a remote mountain cattle farm puts her at the centre of a terrifying hunt.
Deliverance meets James Herriot.
Written by a veterinarian.
#ScreenPit #Fea #Th #Ho #CFin (runner-up Script Pipeline) #scriptsky
This interactive artwork at Dark Mofo is a whole damn mood.
The art is dozens of people kneeling and screaming into the night. An eerie backdrop to the festival. And yet so fitting.
Artwork: Neon Anthem
Art by: Nicholas Galanin
#DarkMofo #InstallationArt
The art is dozens of people kneeling and screaming into the night. An eerie backdrop to the festival. And yet so fitting.
Artwork: Neon Anthem
Art by: Nicholas Galanin
#DarkMofo #InstallationArt
June 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM
This interactive artwork at Dark Mofo is a whole damn mood.
The art is dozens of people kneeling and screaming into the night. An eerie backdrop to the festival. And yet so fitting.
Artwork: Neon Anthem
Art by: Nicholas Galanin
#DarkMofo #InstallationArt
The art is dozens of people kneeling and screaming into the night. An eerie backdrop to the festival. And yet so fitting.
Artwork: Neon Anthem
Art by: Nicholas Galanin
#DarkMofo #InstallationArt
I was fortunate enough to attend a cinema showing of "The Survivors" this week with other cast and crew.
The show (based on the Jane Harper novel) is out on Netflix, so get on it, especially if you like Australian crime dramas with wild and striking coastal scenery. It looks gorgeous.
#filmsky
The show (based on the Jane Harper novel) is out on Netflix, so get on it, especially if you like Australian crime dramas with wild and striking coastal scenery. It looks gorgeous.
#filmsky
June 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I was fortunate enough to attend a cinema showing of "The Survivors" this week with other cast and crew.
The show (based on the Jane Harper novel) is out on Netflix, so get on it, especially if you like Australian crime dramas with wild and striking coastal scenery. It looks gorgeous.
#filmsky
The show (based on the Jane Harper novel) is out on Netflix, so get on it, especially if you like Australian crime dramas with wild and striking coastal scenery. It looks gorgeous.
#filmsky
Managed to hit my development deadlines last week so having today off to eat a scone the size of a building (from the gorgeous crepery at Oatlands) while I drive the four hours to Launceston to see the "Gentle Protagonist" exhibition of Michael McWilliams. Then it's four hours back.
#scriptsky
#scriptsky
May 25, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Managed to hit my development deadlines last week so having today off to eat a scone the size of a building (from the gorgeous crepery at Oatlands) while I drive the four hours to Launceston to see the "Gentle Protagonist" exhibition of Michael McWilliams. Then it's four hours back.
#scriptsky
#scriptsky
I cannot wait for Zootopia 2.
I also can not wait for The Bad Guys 2.
Imagine if Disney and DreamWorks teamed up and brought us a third crossover installment "The Bad Guys take Zootopia" done in mixed animation stylings (ala something artsy like Into the Spiderverse). This would rock.
#filmsky
I also can not wait for The Bad Guys 2.
Imagine if Disney and DreamWorks teamed up and brought us a third crossover installment "The Bad Guys take Zootopia" done in mixed animation stylings (ala something artsy like Into the Spiderverse). This would rock.
#filmsky
May 21, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I cannot wait for Zootopia 2.
I also can not wait for The Bad Guys 2.
Imagine if Disney and DreamWorks teamed up and brought us a third crossover installment "The Bad Guys take Zootopia" done in mixed animation stylings (ala something artsy like Into the Spiderverse). This would rock.
#filmsky
I also can not wait for The Bad Guys 2.
Imagine if Disney and DreamWorks teamed up and brought us a third crossover installment "The Bad Guys take Zootopia" done in mixed animation stylings (ala something artsy like Into the Spiderverse). This would rock.
#filmsky
"There's someone in the back seat!"
Just watched Urban Legend for the first time and loved it. Knew nothing about it going in and legit thought it was going to be supernatural or prophesy stuff. I tend to be more satisfied when it's people being frightening.
Great setpieces. Very fun.
#filmsky
Just watched Urban Legend for the first time and loved it. Knew nothing about it going in and legit thought it was going to be supernatural or prophesy stuff. I tend to be more satisfied when it's people being frightening.
Great setpieces. Very fun.
#filmsky
May 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"There's someone in the back seat!"
Just watched Urban Legend for the first time and loved it. Knew nothing about it going in and legit thought it was going to be supernatural or prophesy stuff. I tend to be more satisfied when it's people being frightening.
Great setpieces. Very fun.
#filmsky
Just watched Urban Legend for the first time and loved it. Knew nothing about it going in and legit thought it was going to be supernatural or prophesy stuff. I tend to be more satisfied when it's people being frightening.
Great setpieces. Very fun.
#filmsky
Just revisited Bladerunner (1982)
What struck me most on this rewatch was the sheer quality of the composition, cinematography and lighting here. The whole thing is luminous (even in the dark) with every framing and angle of shot thoughtfully conceived.
#filmsky
What struck me most on this rewatch was the sheer quality of the composition, cinematography and lighting here. The whole thing is luminous (even in the dark) with every framing and angle of shot thoughtfully conceived.
#filmsky
May 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Just revisited Bladerunner (1982)
What struck me most on this rewatch was the sheer quality of the composition, cinematography and lighting here. The whole thing is luminous (even in the dark) with every framing and angle of shot thoughtfully conceived.
#filmsky
What struck me most on this rewatch was the sheer quality of the composition, cinematography and lighting here. The whole thing is luminous (even in the dark) with every framing and angle of shot thoughtfully conceived.
#filmsky
1984
For me, John Hurt has one of the best faces in cinema. A wounded gravitas that just holds you.
Released in 1984, the movie still holds up as one of the more socially-prescient, UK-set/UK-feeling dystopias depicted on film. I also like Brazil, V for Vendetta, and Never Let Me Go.
#filmsky
For me, John Hurt has one of the best faces in cinema. A wounded gravitas that just holds you.
Released in 1984, the movie still holds up as one of the more socially-prescient, UK-set/UK-feeling dystopias depicted on film. I also like Brazil, V for Vendetta, and Never Let Me Go.
#filmsky
May 9, 2025 at 9:01 AM
1984
For me, John Hurt has one of the best faces in cinema. A wounded gravitas that just holds you.
Released in 1984, the movie still holds up as one of the more socially-prescient, UK-set/UK-feeling dystopias depicted on film. I also like Brazil, V for Vendetta, and Never Let Me Go.
#filmsky
For me, John Hurt has one of the best faces in cinema. A wounded gravitas that just holds you.
Released in 1984, the movie still holds up as one of the more socially-prescient, UK-set/UK-feeling dystopias depicted on film. I also like Brazil, V for Vendetta, and Never Let Me Go.
#filmsky
May 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Australia voted today and polls have just about closed.
Make no bones about it, this is Australia's Tr*mp moment where we either stay the course or go very dark. I am praying we voted against hate and division. Wish us luck.
My count-stress snacks are Poolish Bakery and Spreyton Cider.
#auspol
Make no bones about it, this is Australia's Tr*mp moment where we either stay the course or go very dark. I am praying we voted against hate and division. Wish us luck.
My count-stress snacks are Poolish Bakery and Spreyton Cider.
#auspol
May 3, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Australia voted today and polls have just about closed.
Make no bones about it, this is Australia's Tr*mp moment where we either stay the course or go very dark. I am praying we voted against hate and division. Wish us luck.
My count-stress snacks are Poolish Bakery and Spreyton Cider.
#auspol
Make no bones about it, this is Australia's Tr*mp moment where we either stay the course or go very dark. I am praying we voted against hate and division. Wish us luck.
My count-stress snacks are Poolish Bakery and Spreyton Cider.
#auspol
Today's tip-shop haul:
The Crazies (1972) - I like Romero, so pretty chuffed to find one I have not seen.
Eagle Eye - I didn't mind this neat little high concept thriller the first time I saw it.
Odd to see TG: Maverick second-hand, so a nice score.
Not bad for three bucks.
#filmsky
The Crazies (1972) - I like Romero, so pretty chuffed to find one I have not seen.
Eagle Eye - I didn't mind this neat little high concept thriller the first time I saw it.
Odd to see TG: Maverick second-hand, so a nice score.
Not bad for three bucks.
#filmsky
April 27, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Today's tip-shop haul:
The Crazies (1972) - I like Romero, so pretty chuffed to find one I have not seen.
Eagle Eye - I didn't mind this neat little high concept thriller the first time I saw it.
Odd to see TG: Maverick second-hand, so a nice score.
Not bad for three bucks.
#filmsky
The Crazies (1972) - I like Romero, so pretty chuffed to find one I have not seen.
Eagle Eye - I didn't mind this neat little high concept thriller the first time I saw it.
Odd to see TG: Maverick second-hand, so a nice score.
Not bad for three bucks.
#filmsky
March 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
In my happy place today visiting Yayoi Kusama art at the National Gallery of Victoria. This is just a tiny taste of some 200+ artworks on display.
Fave moment was when a little boy saw the purple-and-white triptych and went "Tadpoles!" And his dad, without missing a beat went, "Yep. Tadpoles, son."
Fave moment was when a little boy saw the purple-and-white triptych and went "Tadpoles!" And his dad, without missing a beat went, "Yep. Tadpoles, son."
March 6, 2025 at 9:47 AM
In my happy place today visiting Yayoi Kusama art at the National Gallery of Victoria. This is just a tiny taste of some 200+ artworks on display.
Fave moment was when a little boy saw the purple-and-white triptych and went "Tadpoles!" And his dad, without missing a beat went, "Yep. Tadpoles, son."
Fave moment was when a little boy saw the purple-and-white triptych and went "Tadpoles!" And his dad, without missing a beat went, "Yep. Tadpoles, son."
March 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Two pretty moths I saw last night. Moths are some of my favourite insects and this green one was a first for me.
February 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Two pretty moths I saw last night. Moths are some of my favourite insects and this green one was a first for me.
My Easter lilies are out. First time they have popped up.
They have a faintly delicate scent.
They have a faintly delicate scent.
February 5, 2025 at 4:39 AM
My Easter lilies are out. First time they have popped up.
They have a faintly delicate scent.
They have a faintly delicate scent.