Short Film Inspiration #1: Spider

Spider is a brilliant Australian produced short film directed by Nash Edgerton. The atmosphere and story are creepy and thought provoking and the ending is one of the most shocking revelations I've ever seen in a short film. The dark humour that resonates throughout the short film is perfectly balanced between the sombre moments which all work together to creating a truly exceptional piece of work.

From Spider I tried to replicate the humour, without making it seem as a complete comedy.

Inspiration for Magazine Review Page

To create my magazine I used a review for inspiration from the popular film magazine, Empire. I will insert said review here. You can spot many similaraties between the reviews, I tried to make it as authentic as possible without it appearing as a complete copy.
I chose this particular review to mimick because of the genre similarities. Also, I believe the simplistic design and overall modern feel lends a certain authenticity to any review design. My plan is to use certain elements of this review design/style whilst trying to make it my own by using a slightly different colour scheme with different fonts.

Troubles with Audio on Preparations

Whilst editing my short film I encounted numerous issues. One of the main concerns I had was that I recorded two seperate audio tracks, one from a microphone and one from the Blackmagic camera. When it came to editing I discovered that portions of the audio recorded through the seperate microphone had corrupted and were unusable. This meant that I was forced to use portions of the inferior audio. This created another problem for me, how do I make all audio tracks appear seamless?
I achieved the best sound I possibly could by individually tweaking each audio track and inserting a ambient sound track.

Three Finished Ancillary Texts

Preparations - a short film

Preparations - Billboard Movie Poster. Made using Adobe Photoshop.

Preparations - Double-Spread Magazine Review Page - Based Upon Empire Magazine.

Photoshop - Creating a Magazine Review Page

Whilst creating my magazine page, I came across a few issues that needed addressing. First of which was choosing an appropriate fonts. My first port of call was DaFont, where I found an amazing font for 'InCinemas' which I believe works well. Secondly, choosing a stock image for my review that I hadn't already used in my poster became a difficult task. Ultimately, I decided on the shot that I used because it features both protagonists.