Poster Boy
Fiction, Short, 2025
Sound Designer & Re-Recording Mixer
Dir. India Opzoomer
5.1 Mix
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Fiction, Short, 2025
Sound Designer & Re-Recording Mixer
Dir. India Opzoomer
5.1 Mix
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In the cutthroat world of '90s boy bands, a desperate 16-year-old dancer betrays his best friend and bandmates in a misguided attempt to secure his spot in the limelight, only to discover the true cost of fame.
World Premiere: Toronto International Film Festival Official Selection 2025
UK Premiere: Encounters Film Festival Offical Selection 2026
Nantucket Film Festival Official Selection 2026
Maryland Film Festival Official Selection 2026
Dallas International Film Festival Official Selection 2026
Santa Barbara International Film Festival Official Selection 2026
Sound Designer’s Note:
India
A key dynamic in the film is between the protagonist’s internal, solipsistic view and the cold reality of the audition process. The balance between the music video feel and the ugly acoustic of the hotel lobby turned audition hall helps to shift the tone of boy band’s performance. This element of the mix was the one we revisited the most to try and find the exact moment to undermine their performance and introduce the stark reality of the audition process.
A Notable Sound:
The foley movements for the boyband’s dances move was an important component to the soundtrack but a difficult one to get right. However one element that I found particularly effective was adding the squeaking shoes. The high frequencies easily cut through the worldised music, and effectively undermined their performance, adding a self-consciousness and further developing the starkness of the audition room.
World Premiere: Toronto International Film Festival Official Selection 2025
UK Premiere: Encounters Film Festival Offical Selection 2026
Nantucket Film Festival Official Selection 2026
Maryland Film Festival Official Selection 2026
Dallas International Film Festival Official Selection 2026
Santa Barbara International Film Festival Official Selection 2026
Sound Designer’s Note:
India
A key dynamic in the film is between the protagonist’s internal, solipsistic view and the cold reality of the audition process. The balance between the music video feel and the ugly acoustic of the hotel lobby turned audition hall helps to shift the tone of boy band’s performance. This element of the mix was the one we revisited the most to try and find the exact moment to undermine their performance and introduce the stark reality of the audition process.
A Notable Sound:
The foley movements for the boyband’s dances move was an important component to the soundtrack but a difficult one to get right. However one element that I found particularly effective was adding the squeaking shoes. The high frequencies easily cut through the worldised music, and effectively undermined their performance, adding a self-consciousness and further developing the starkness of the audition room.
About:
Simon is a sound designer, dubbing mixer and field recordist. His work spans across fiction, documentary, animation, commercials and podcasts. He graduated from the MA in Sound Design for Film at the National Film & Television School in 2023.
Simon’s approach to sound design is always in service of the storytelling. His ambition is to weave his soundtrack into the fabric of every project. As such he is dedicated to field recording during production, collaborating across departments and is keen to experiment with new workflows and techniques.
In 2023 Simon was awarded the MPSE Verne Fields Golden Reel for Outstanding Sound Editing in a Student Film for his design and mix of Dive.
In 2024 Crab Day, which Simon was the Sound Supervisor for, won the BAFTA for the Best British Animated Short as well as the RTS Award for Best Postgraduate Animation, where Simon’s sound design was also recognised for an RTS Craft Award.
He has also sound designed films that have won at the British Animation Awards and been nominated for Young Arrows and Best Short at London Film Festival.
Alongside his film work Simon is a regular mixer for the Financial Times podcasts and has worked with brands such as Google Pixel, Channel 4, Burt’s Bees, Herd and beyond.
He is proudly an assosiate artist of Brain Audio and a BAFTA Connect Member.
Simon is a sound designer, dubbing mixer and field recordist. His work spans across fiction, documentary, animation, commercials and podcasts. He graduated from the MA in Sound Design for Film at the National Film & Television School in 2023.
Simon’s approach to sound design is always in service of the storytelling. His ambition is to weave his soundtrack into the fabric of every project. As such he is dedicated to field recording during production, collaborating across departments and is keen to experiment with new workflows and techniques.
In 2023 Simon was awarded the MPSE Verne Fields Golden Reel for Outstanding Sound Editing in a Student Film for his design and mix of Dive.
In 2024 Crab Day, which Simon was the Sound Supervisor for, won the BAFTA for the Best British Animated Short as well as the RTS Award for Best Postgraduate Animation, where Simon’s sound design was also recognised for an RTS Craft Award.
He has also sound designed films that have won at the British Animation Awards and been nominated for Young Arrows and Best Short at London Film Festival.
Alongside his film work Simon is a regular mixer for the Financial Times podcasts and has worked with brands such as Google Pixel, Channel 4, Burt’s Bees, Herd and beyond.
He is proudly an assosiate artist of Brain Audio and a BAFTA Connect Member.