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