Beyond The Reel (2024)
'Beyond The Reel' talk show is all about filmmaking and industry insights, with series two featuring interviews with graduate filmmakers from the BA (Hons) Film Production course at the University of Salford.
Type: TV Series
Genre: Talk Show
Production Company: Memorisica
Role: Producer, Editor
Cast & Crew:
Host: Max James Walker
Guests: Ella Day, Theo Borzsony, Callum Jones
Audience Coordinator: Diana Mihailescu
Bricked Up (2024, in production)
Award-winning Best Film and Best Edited graduate short film from University of Salford BA (Hons) Film Production class of 2024, winner of Outstanding Achievement in Editing award.
When hungover Milo stumbles upon a kilogram of cocaine, he's forced to return it to a ruthless kingpin, Big Addy. Meanwhile, two bumbling cops finally find themselves in the heat of action. With friends partying recklessly and danger closing in, can Milo survive the chaos in this gritty action-comedy?
Type: Short Film
Genre: Crime, Comedy
Production Company: Memorisica
Role: Editor, Producer
Cast & Crew:
Director: Max James Walker
1st AD: Diana Mihailescu
DP: Tom Carrick
Lady of the Garden (2024, in production)
Type: Short Film
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Production Company: Coach House Pictures
Role: Dailies Technician
Managed on-set data workflow for ARRI Alexa Mini LF, ensuring data integrity via secure ingest, backup, and duplication, achieving 100% accuracy with MD5 checksum verification using DaVinci Resolve.
Synced sound and delivered colour-corrected dailies to director, DP, and editorial crew by the next morning for immediate review.
Implemented secure cloud-based proxy uploads, accelerating the editing process, contributing to the project's on-time delivery.
Cast & Crew:
Producer: Jake Stanway
Director: Geoffrey Wilson
1st AD: Jeanette McNichol
Liquid Architecture (2023)
My experimental film delves into the mesmerizing marriage of skin, light, and architecture, exploring their visual allure and connection to the human experience. It also challenges the limitations of technology and its attempts to mimic the natural world through the integration of slow motion and AI-generated frames.
Type: Short Film
Genre: Experimental
Production Company: Memorisica
Role: Editor, Producer
Cheap Lousy F*ggot (2022)
A short film about a gay couple around Christmas time as they deal with the ramifications of a hate crime, directed by Sam Liddell. Editing, colour and sound by Xavier Soński.
Type: Short Film
Genre: Drama
Production Company: Style & Substance
Role: Editor, Colourist, Sound Recordist
Cast & Crew:
Starring; Harry Jenkins, Max James Walker
Director: Sam Liddell
DP: Dominic Maloney
Mission: Clean-up (2022)
A light-hearted journey of a clumsy spy who just wants to prove himself.
Type: Short Film
Genre: Quirky Spy Comedy
Role: Editor
Skin (2022)
An experimental short film on visual expressiveness through abstraction of skin.
Type: Short Film
Genre: Experimental
Role: A film by Xavier Sonski
Little Pockets of Joy (2022)
An indie short film that tells a heartwarming story of overcoming isolation and finding happiness in life's little moments, directed by Liz Morrill, produced by Jack Young, edited by Xavier Soński.
Type: Short Film
Genre: Drama
Role: Editor, Colourist
Foreign Expectations (2021)
A story that retells the emotional trauma of leaving your home, friends and family in search of better prospects like moving away to university — which might be more relatable than we initially expected.
Type: Short Film
Genre: Drama
Role: Cinematographer, Colourist
In production...
Bikini Shark (2024, in post-production)
Type: Feature Film
Genre: Horror
Production Company: Champdog Films
Distribution Company: ITN Studios
Role: Editor
Cast & Crew:
Producer: Louisa Warren
Writer: Harry Boxley
Alan Shearer (2024, in post-production)
Type: Short Film
Genre: Drama, Slice of Life
Role: Editor
Cast & Crew:
Director: Gareth McCann
DP: Steven Wyatt
Bleaching (2024, in post-production)
Type: Short Film
Genre: Drama
Production Company: 0151 Productions
Role: 2nd Assistant Camera
Cast & Crew:
Director: Freddie Gollins
Producer: Will Gollins
DP: Evan Bridges
1st AC: Curtis Tyson
Bruised Souls (2024, in post-production)
Type: Short Film
Genre: Drama, Sport
Production Company: SHU Productions
Role: 2nd Assistant Camera
Rigged the ARRI Alexa Mini from initial setup to full operational configuration, cutting setup time by 30% on location.
Maintained technical image integrity by precisely adjusting exposure and contrast using false colour and histogram tools.
Quickly identified and resolved technical issues on set, minimising downtime.
Streamlined post-production by accurately operating the clapperboard.
Cast & Crew:
DP: Nikita Sniezhkov
1st AC: Isaac Nash
Spark: Julia Rudd
Anything else...
Salford Vs. Liverpool (2022)
The thrill of British university basketball multicamera production that captures every angle of the action, produced and edited by Xavier Sonski. Watch the players compete, the cheerleaders dance, and the interviews unfold.
Genre: Sports
Role: Producer, Editor