A2 Media Short Film: "Confessions of a Sock-a-holic"

Brief summary of my role in this production

• After group sessions where we brainstormed ideas and plans for the idents I created them using After Effects and royalty free sound found online
• I acted as the main character Paul Smith
• I helped set up all shots Paul was in along with the rest of the interview scenes and directed Duncan Rowe on what to say and how his line should be delivered
• After group sessions where we brainstormed ideas and plans for the poster I created the poster using Photoshop
• After group sessions where we planned and brainstormed the magazine review I created the magazine review using InDesign and Photoshop. I also slightly edited the text in this to fit and so that it worked better with the photos etc
• Worked with my group to create the plot, script and storyboards

Our Final magazine review

This is our final magazine review. We changed ours massively from our previous attempt. We reverted back to a white background to match the conventions of other magazines. We also noticed how we forgot to put the name of our magazine, page numbers or any kinds of twitter accounts or websites on it. So we added those, changed the pictures to ones much more related to the film. I felt one large photo and a few smaller matched the conventions of a magazine review and was also more pleasing to look at. Feedback upon our film said how Duncan Rowe was by far the best actor yet our magazine review had no mention of him so I edited the text so that there was more emphasis on him.

Personally I think that this looks much more professional than our previous attempt and I am happy with the layout.

Finished poster

After reviewing our old poster we decided that there was a few sloppy mistakes, such as socks not completely edited out in the top so they had to be changed. Then we moved A Synergy Film to the top as we felt that a film company wouldn't have any of their name covered up. We also wrote "Synergy Films Presents" instead of "a synergy film" as we felt this sounded more professional and matched the conventions of other film posters. Finally we added the the #lostsock and the bottom as this matched the conventions of the modern film posters.