Short Cuts depicts a group of students in a media studies class facing the challenges of growing up and using a camera to express themselves for their schoolwork.
Location
The series was filmed at Fitzroy High School in the inner north of Melbourne.
One series of Short Cuts was filmed, and comprised 26 episodes.
Season 1 (2001)
Episode
Airdate
Prod. Code
Title
1
15 July 2001
101
Action! Oscar and the rest start school on the first day. Fiona and Ruth want to make a video of Laz Papasavas however Fiona embarrasses herself and no longer speaks to Ruth.
2
16 July 2001
102
Wheels on Fire Ross wants someone to film his soccer match after school and asks his mate, Sophie, to help him out however they end up fighting because Ross accidentally tips her out of her wheelchair.
3
17 July 2001
103
Money or the Box Ruth and Fiona finally make amends after their fight when they go to an International Oyster gig. Ross is no longer able to blackmail Oscar due to him knowing his little secret.
4
18 July 2001
104
Au Naturel Mr. Long gets the whole class to do a nature video after Ross disses Anna's nature video in front of the class.
5
19 July 2001
105
Crash and Burn The twins, Tim and Tom witness a car accident and videotape it thinking it is funny to put sound effects as well however, Sophie doesn't find it funny since she lost her dad in the accident that put her in the wheelchair.
6
22 July 2001
106
Home and Away Laz Papasavas is moving out of home for three weeks and Ross is enjoying the smothering by his mum until she takes it too far.
7
23 July 2001
107
Wonder Twins Activate Oscar is sick of the twins bullying him all the time and decides to take action. Ruth also wants some attention from Kurt by making a personal video of him at home which ends in disaster.
8
24 July 2001
108
Burn, Baby, Burn Ruth's mum makes her go on a diet with her because she thinks she is gaining weight. Little does she know that she's pregnant. Ruth however breaks the diet by eating food from her friends.
9
25 July 2001
109
My Funny Valentine Kurt is jigging school ever since Ruth's video and he needs to hand in his video assignment. His next door neighbour, Mrs. Green volunteers to be his subject even though he hates her.
10
26 July 2001
110
The Grass Is Greener Kurt is still making his video of Mrs. Green however doesn't finish it due to Ross using the video camera to film Fiona's ballet lessons.
11
29 July 2001
111
Super Geek
12
30 July 2001
112
The Thrill of the Chase
13
31 July 2001
113
A Fete Worse Than Death
14
1 August 2001
114
Anarchist's Convention
15
2 August 2001
115
Eye of the Tiger
16
5 August 2001
116
What a Feeling
17
6 August 2001
117
Every Vote Counts
18
7 August 2001
118
The Night of Nights
19
8 August 2001
119
Splitting a Tom
20
9 August 2001
120
Mummy Dearest
21
12 August 2001
121
Party on, Rhys
22
13 August 2001
122
Fight the PowerThree of the students are involved in a protest. Oscar gets arrested after he tries to save his mum and sister from getting arrested. Sophie feels strongly about the cause and claims to have gotten arrested to seem tough. Kurt gets pulled into it by his father after the bass player for his band was in a skiing accident, he was very embarrassed.