VCA DESIGN & PRODUCTION
GRADUATE SHOWCASE
GRADUATE SHOWCASE
Upon the Southern Winds, 2025
Vietnamese set build at VCA studio 2- A set that was transformed into a living room, bedroom, prayer room and included a hallway section for the film shoot.
Film Still : Living Room
Upon the Southern Winds, 2025
Custom built Vietnamese-indo-french architecture styled window
Film Still : Living Room
Upon the Southern Winds, 2025
Set Build Process : Colour and Ageing guide for Wall, Window, Architraves, Skirting and Floor
Set : Living, Prayer and Bedroom
Upon the Southern Winds, 2025
BTS : Living Room Set
Upon the Southern Winds, 2025
BTS : Living Room Set
Upon the Southern Winds, 2025
Hand stenciled 4 layers of floor tile design on 4.5x5 meter squared plywood set. The tile was custom-designed to reflect middle-class Hanoi, where the film is set.
Film Still : Prayer Room
Upon the Southern Winds, 2025
1x1 meter square real tiles hand-stenciled with layers of design for close up shot
Film Still : Living Room
Upon the Southern Winds, 2025
BTS : Closeup tile shot - movable 1X1 msq tile with attached wall and skirting to ease shoot and lighting process
Upon the Southern Winds, 2025
Film Still : Prayer Room
Upon the Southern Winds, 2025
BTS : Prayer Room Set
Upon the Southern Winds, 2025
BTS : Prayer room set
Upon the Southern Winds, 2025
Film Still : Bed Room
Upon the Southern Winds, 2025
BTS : Bedroom set
Upon the Southern Winds, 2025
BTS : Bedroom set
Upon the Southern Winds, 2025
Film Still : Hallway
Upon the Southern Winds, 2025
BTS : Hallway
Tejal is an emerging production designer who recently graduated from the Master of Design and Production (Screen) program at the Victorian College of the Arts. She previously studied Fine Arts at Griffith University’s Queensland College of Art, where she built strong foundational design and artistic skills. Her design practice now is deeply rooted by a sensitivity to colour, materiality, and emotions in visual storytelling.
Tejal has lived and worked between India and Australia, contributing to the Indian film and media industry within the art department on projects for Netflix and Disney+ Hotstar. More recently, she completed placements on Australian productions including 'Leviticus', 'Gnomes', and 'Bad Company', further expanding her understanding of production design in the local screen industry.
Now based in Naarm/Melbourne, she is focused on growing her practice within the Australian screen landscape—driven by a love for imaginative storytelling and a passion for crafting rich, immersive visual worlds, particularly within sci-fi and fantasy genres.