Be Zilberman

(they/them)

I’m a non-binary autistic filmmaker from Brazil, doing my Masters in Documentary Filmmaking. I’m also a drag queen and a circus artist. I’m currently doing a short film about queer neurodivergent experiences.

Drag Scene

Be sits cross legged, they have short curly hair that is pinned away from their face. They are wearing multicoloured striped trousers, with a vest top that’s deep red. They are wearing a sunflower lanyard and sit in front of a progressive pride flag and have bags piled up next to them. 

0005 They stretch their neck shoulders and hands 

0010 The scene changes and they are doing their makeup, stamping a yellow white foundation on their face 

0016 Close up of their table containing lashes, glue a phone with a pride case and elf ears

0025 They pick up a pot of black eyeliner and brush. They use it to draw an exaggerated winged eyeliner that flicks up towards their temples  

0038 They overdraw their lip in red 

0046 and start contouring their neck with the same peachy pink they have already used to carve out their cheeks and nose with

0057 sharpening up their eyeliner 

0103 a closeup of the elfears on the table they are the same shades as Be’s makeup.   

01015 they finish tidying up their eyeliner and contour. 

0128 they hold the elfears to their own breaking into a broad smile and giggle 

0132 the elf ears have been affixed and they add pink glitter above the eyeliner – which is where they have hidden their brows.

139 a close up of pots of glitter makeup and bright pallets 

0156 – Be connects 2 stars made out of bright bold colours together with fishing line

0205 

More pink glitter is added to the newly created eyelid.creating an exaggerated shape that goes into Be’s nose contour 

0221 Pinky red glitter lip is applied  

0225 selecting a new brush they adult the highlights on their face. A bottom lash line and lashes has been drawn on under their natural water line. Their contour has been deepend to a rich purple 

0308 exaggerated rainbow lashes at least an inch long settled on their lid. adjusting them they pout and flutter their lashes 

0331 they smile into the mirror then batting their eyelashes they grin into the camera

0347 Cut to the view of a stage, glass bricks behind it and a human with short hair, exaggerated eyebrows and drawn on tash wearing an impressively orange suit – holds a microphone they make an announcement and leave the stage

357 Cut to Be in their room, wearing a purple and red spiked fairy wig. Pride coloured leggings and leotard they pull up an origami pointed skirt over their leggings and adjust the fishing line holding the stars around their neck 

0401 They enter the stage front he right drifting to the centre of the stage. 

0406 They’re in their bedroom talking smiling and playing with a toroflux a whirling silver helix that is being rolled from one arm onto the other 

0413 Cut to them on the stage doing the same motion then back to their room 

0429 Back onto the stage they have taken the origami off, to show pride coloured one piece, they’re moving around the stage swirling with their bright orange poi around themselves

Logically Be

Be’s hands are holding a baby blue fidget toy made out of interconnected cubes. Be’s hands are infront of a satin pink cloth. Be folds and and unfolds the fidget toy

A close up of the toy showing the pink connections between the small blue cubes

Be is now holding an origami fidget toy, a ring of interconnected spikes as they roll the ring, a kaleidoscope of different colour paper spikes 

A close up of the ring, 

A = a in white text

B = b

A fidget spinner made with 6 long legs of purple and grey with black ends. The centre of the fidget spinner is black and yellow

Adjusting the legs they then spin the fidget spinner

As they do this the = disappears and the fonts change rapidly 

More B’s appear in different fonts over the screen 

More

Rapidly dancing around the screen as the fidget spinner spins in the background 

A close up of the fidget spinner slowly spinning

The b’s disappear

Change in scene . Be’s hands infront of a wood background with the progressive pride flag underneath. They hold a black cardboard box

With a twist they open the box revealing a yellow paper attached to the 2 sections of the box

With another twist a blue section orange, purple green extending it fully showing a pink section before the yellow

With a twist they start compressing the sections back closing the box up fully 

A face picture of Be in drag 

Their face is painted a light yellow with delicate pink contour. Overdrawn eyeliner changes the shape of their eyes, white highlights the eyeliner and their eyemakeup is in blue on one side and purple the other. Big drag eyelashes,an overdrawn cartoon glitter purple lip, a purple B on each cheek. A pink and purple spiked wig on, mini rubics cubes as dangly earrings finish off the look 

Another origami fidget toy, this time made of interconnected triangular boxes, the paper is yellow with black squiggles. 

They play with opening and closing the toy, making large rings and then compressing them into different shapes. 

A star made out of multicoloured papers, a close up of the star showing the valleys of each fold 

A close up of neon squares and B’s glitter purple nails. They rotate the squares like a rubics cube 

A black multi faceted polygon each made out of paper resting on a terracotta floor. Colour peeks out between the gaps in the sides of the polygon. Be moves the sides, allowing crowns of coloured paper to pop out of the polygon. White pink yellow blue red green 

The polygon is turned into a multi coloured spiked flower that is gently turned in their hands before closing each section back up to a polygon of black with colour peeking between each side. 

A 4 legged fidget spinner, in blue, pink and orange. Its spun and a close up of bes finger and the mechanism  as it spins in slow motion

A spiked lotus flower of multicoloured paper its turned inside out showing a kaleidoscope of tie dyed paper. Be rotates the paper flower, turning it inside out until it reforms into the flower. Spiked stars forming and unforming 

Be, in their drag persona has the flower in their hands, they have a large version over their arm. They grin impishly as they show off the small flower and how it can be manipulated. Then show off the black box, with a twist coloured pannels appear. Then disappear 

They wiggle in a shimmery dark green cowl neck dress. With origami stars on their chest. 

Be’s hands are holding a baby blue fidget toy made out of interconnected cubes. Be’s hands are infront of a satin pink cloth. Be folds and and unfolds the fidget toy

A close up of the toy showing the pink connections between the small blue cubes

Be is now holding an origami fidget toy, a ring of interconnected spikes as they roll the ring, a kaleidoscope of different colour paper spikes 

A close up of the ring, 

A = a in white text

B = b

A fidget spinner made with 6 long legs of purple and grey with black ends. The centre of the fidget spinner is black and yellow

Adjusting the legs they then spin the fidget spinner

As they do this the = disappears and the fonts change rapidly 

More B’s appear in different fonts over the screen 

More

Rapidly dancing around the screen as the fidget spinner spins in the background 

A close up of the fidget spinner slowly spinning

The b’s disappear

Change in scene . Be’s hands infront of a wood background with the progressive pride flag underneath. They hold a black cardboard box

With a twist they open the box revealing a yellow paper attached to the 2 sections of the box

With another twist a blue section orange, purple green extending it fully showing a pink section before the yellow

With a twist they start compressing the sections back closing the box up fully 

A face picture of Be in drag 

Their face is painted a light yellow with delicate pink contour. Overdrawn eyeliner changes the shape of their eyes, white highlights the eyeliner and their eyemakeup is in blue on one side and purple the other. Big drag eyelashes,an overdrawn cartoon glitter purple lip, a purple B on each cheek. A pink and purple spiked wig on, mini rubics cubes as dangly earrings finish off the look 

Another origami fidget toy, this time made of interconnected triangular boxes, the paper is yellow with black squiggles. 

They play with opening and closing the toy, making large rings and then compressing them into different shapes. 

A star made out of multicoloured papers, a close up of the star showing the valleys of each fold 

A close up of neon squares and B’s glitter purple nails. They rotate the squares like a rubics cube 

A black multi faceted polygon each made out of paper resting on a terracotta floor. Colour peeks out between the gaps in the sides of the polygon. Be moves the sides, allowing crowns of coloured paper to pop out of the polygon. White pink yellow blue red green 

The polygon is turned into a multi coloured spiked flower that is gently turned in their hands before closing each section back up to a polygon of black with colour peeking between each side. 

A 4 legged fidget spinner, in blue, pink and orange. Its spun and a close up of bes finger and the mechanism  as it spins in slow motion

A spiked lotus flower of multicoloured paper its turned inside out showing a kaleidoscope of tie dyed paper. Be rotates the paper flower, turning it inside out until it reforms into the flower. Spiked stars forming and unforming 

Be, in their drag persona has the flower in their hands, they have a large version over their arm. They grin impishly as they show off the small flower and how it can be manipulated. Then show off the black box, with a twist coloured pannels appear. Then disappear 

They wiggle in a shimmery dark green cowl neck dress. With origami stars on their chest. 

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