Urban Myths: F for Fakenham (Orsen Welles in Norwich)

SPS were engaged by Absinthe Film Entertainment to provide final post-production on ‘F For Fakenham (Orson Welles in Norwich)’ – a 22-min episode of the ‘Urban Myths’ strand, that follows a little-known story of the time in the 1970s when Orson Welles (played by Robbie Coltrane) was working on his acclaimed film documentary ‘F for Fake’. The brief was to create a high-end product, within a limited budget (much like the story), that brought the true tale back to life with a pinch of fiction.

We chose a talented team that would showcase SPS’ technical & creative abilities, form a good relationship with production, and facilitate the director and producer by giving them the look and style they required to emulate the era. In addition to workflow supervision, editing & onlining, grading, and mixing, our team carried out ambitious VFX work (bringing non-working windmills seamlessly back to life), which was integral to the script & storyline and added a new dimension to the overall project.

Edited in Avid Media Composer & Symphony (w/ Baselight Plug-In), visual effects created in Adobe AfterFX & Cinema 4D, given a Baselight grade and a Pro Tools audio mix, the project was completed in 9 workdays and delivered for transmission on Sky Arts.