Stare (2025)

Stare is a short-film directed by Daniel Wallis. The film is set in a fictional civil war in the UK, in the modern day. It follows the story of two soldiers who are also best friends, and they are on a stealth mission. They both have opposing views of the war, one who's pro-war, the other being anti-war. This causes a moral dilemma between both of them, leading to their own personal conflict that was devastating implications.

This was the first full short-film that I did sound design on, and I had a blast working on this project! Even though my role was mainly prominent and active in post-production, I made sure to thoroughly prepare for all stages of production.

Going into this project, I mainly wanted to utilize practical methods and effects to create my own original sounds for my sound library. For example, as we were filming this project in late November, I went out in the middle of a field on bonfire night and recorded sounds of distant fireworks going off, to imitate the sounds of distant gunshots going off in a battle from afar.

The result of the sound mix in the film was therefore a commination of practical effects and online resources in a 5.1 surround sound mix, and worked hard on it to create an immersive experience for the audience to further engross them in the story, characters, and world of the film. I was working with a passionate and hard-working crew, that made this experience a great one that I'll cherish for a long time!