Magazine article contents

One of my ancillary tasks is to make a magazine article which is talking about my short film. While I have my plans for the design of the article ready, (which can be seen here), I have only recently decided what the article itself will be saying. I found this difficult to do because I was writing a review type thing about my own film, so it just feels weird. However, I think the following paragraph will do just fine.


Dying Denial is an independent short film that looks of the process of dying. Now, while you would expect this short film to be quite depressing, it's surprisingly not. The film is about the Grim Reaper 'collecting' a young man who has recently died and guiding him to the afterlife. 

During their little walk, the two talk about the meaning of life, religion, and even about what happens to animals after they die. For such a depressing subject, the film takes quite a light-hearted and calm approach to it all. The Grim Reaper is a kind and funny character, not what you'd expect from the incarnation of Death himself.

Overall it's a nice little film. It just skims the surface on what could be discussed, leaving a lot to the imagination. The idea actually has quite a lot of potential. While the film as a whole is pretty clear cut, it is still open to interpretation.  The laid-back approach towards the subject matter is certainly a strong point of the film, with the two actors making it all feel very real. It's a reassuring look at death as a whole, almost to say, 'don't worry about it, it'll be fine.'

That's it for now. I'm still not quite sure how to finish it up, but I have time. Once back at sixth form I'm going to start creating the magazine article, because at this moment I actually have everything I need.

Reflective Comment:
The Magazine article is probably my least task from the brief, however it probably is the most simple. I'm almost finished with it now, I just need to actually assemble it. Like the poster, I'm setting myself the deadline of the end of January to finish.