Music in garage band

I created the music for our movie using garage band, playing the notes in through the keyboard. The main instrument I used was an organ and piano, although there were others added every now and then for background effect.

Research into fonts for title

We went on DaFont and browsed for some fonts that we could potentially use for our title sequence. In the end we went with "Christopher Hand" because we think it suits the films simplicity.

Research on film titles

These are some already existing film titles. We looked at these ones because we think that our target audience are likely to watch these films. Film titles tend to be in bold and they must contrast with their background.

Our Ident

Here is the ident for our production group- THT Productions. The idea of THT is based on the last names of the members of our group, Thornton, Harrop and Tsang. 

The ident is quite simple, and it suites most of the genres of films, but mostly thriller. We made use of smoke, glittery, and a rough texture so that the animation becomes more lively and mysterious, rather than a boring plain background with plain text. The title at first appears to be shattered pieces which then combine to form the name of our production company 'THT productions'.

Creating our ident

Before we start to create the ident of our movie Faded, my group and I needed to learn how to use after effects, so we went on to video copilot and looked at the Aftereffects tutorials.

Filming in school

My group and I went to the care centre at school to film a scene where Karen is in a coma, lying on the hospital bed. The setting of the room is really clean and tidy, with the white bed and red blanket, so it looks very much like a real hospital room. This scene is a part of the flashback in our film opening and it will make our story more complete because it links everything together and creates enigma because it makes the audience wonder what had happened to the girl and what has the guy done to her, so they will be interested and will want to keep watching.

Researching idents

My group and I looked at different idents of production company, for example Lionsgate and Sony Pictures. We believe that the ident of a production company should somehow shape the image of that company or even films that it produces. However most of them have an universal appeal so that they can be used in all genres of films. We decided that we would create a simple ident for our production company, perhaps with some smoky effects to make it mysterious.

Rich Mix

Tomorrow we are going to the Rich Mix in London for a TV drama study day.


This event will take a close look at how the key elements of camerawork, editing, mise-en-scène and soundtrack construct representations of different social groups. I'm hoping to learn something form the speaker about camera work and editing for our movie.

Blogger App

I have just downloaded a blogger app for my iPhone, which will allow me to make posts on the move. This could be useful for making posts from on set for example, since I can include pictures

As a group, we have decided to use Metrodome Distribution ( features films and home entertainment in the UK). The distributed films like The Secret in Their Eyes, The Scar Cow, In Darkness and Shifty. They  don't distribute big Hollywood movies Spiderman or 2012 but they mainly distribute small scale British films, so Metrodome would be a suitable distributor for Faded.
They believed that good films don't have to be big Hollywood blockbusters, don't have to be about high-flying culture but instead, can be set in places we live in, and the people can be the kind of characters that we know. Just like our film, nothing fancy, not many special effects, just a simple but thrilling story that attracts the audiences and might even make them think about their lives.


Here is the link of Metrodome Distribution on Imdb

Colour correction

I had to do colour correction for our film in Adobe Premiere, since some parts of the film that were meant to be at the same time of the day were not filmed at the same time of day and this was noticeable. So I made some shots lighter and some darker.

Research on distribution- Shifty

Shifty- produced by Rory Aitken and Ben Pugh

From imdb:

Shifty, a young crack cocaine dealer in London, sees his life quickly spiral out of control when his best friend returns home. Stalked by a customer desperate to score at all costs, and with his family about to turn their back on him for good, Shifty must out-run and out-smart a rival drug dealer, intent on setting him up for a big fall. As his long time friend Chris, confronts the dark past he left behind him, Shifty is forced to face up to the violent future he's hurtling towards.

 See trailer

Metrodome is the distributor that picked up Shifty for release in the UK. There's a lot of urban films made, films like Kidulthood, Adulthood, Bullet Boy. 

As Jezz Vernon, the head of marketing at Metrodome said " I think one of the most important things we want to say in these screenings is that cinema can be about so much more than Spiderman and Star Wars and Hollywood blockbusters, there is some really fantastic cinema being made in Britain today and I think Shifty is a fantastic example of that."

We realised that it doesn't have to be set in London, it doesn't have to be about high-flying culture, it can be set in places you're from, the people in the movie can be the kind of people you know and the kind of stories that the movie focuses on could be familiar to you so we really hope in these screenings that you get an idea of how diverse cinema can be, and you can really enjoy film that comes from right here in the UK, it doesn't have to be an American view of the world.

Here are some of the films that Metrodome distributed :

From Imdb