Soho media and post-production community
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Much of the British independent film, television and post-production
industry is based around London's Soho
area. Many of the people who work in the industry form a village-like community, with the various companies hiring and re-hiring one another's employees, and, like many other villages, having a lively social life based around gossip
and the eighty or so pubs in Soho.
Post-production companies in Soho include:
Post-production
Post-production is part of filmmaking and the video production process. It occurs in the making of motion pictures, television programs, radio programs, advertising, audio recordings, photography, and digital art...
industry is based around London's Soho
Soho
Soho is an area of the City of Westminster and part of the West End of London. Long established as an entertainment district, for much of the 20th century Soho had a reputation for sex shops as well as night life and film industry. Since the early 1980s, the area has undergone considerable...
area. Many of the people who work in the industry form a village-like community, with the various companies hiring and re-hiring one another's employees, and, like many other villages, having a lively social life based around gossip
Gossip
Gossip is idle talk or rumour, especially about the personal or private affairs of others, It is one of the oldest and most common means of sharing facts and views, but also has a reputation for the introduction of errors and variations into the information transmitted...
and the eighty or so pubs in Soho.
Post-production companies in Soho include:
- Ascent MediaAscent MediaAscent Media Corporation is a holding public company whose primary subsidiary is Ascent Media Group, LLC. Ascent Media Group is a Delaware limited liability company , which provides creative and technical services to the media and entertainment industries. Ascent Media was a wholly owned...
- CinesiteCinesiteCinesite Ltd is a digital visual effects and post-production facility in London and one of the largest such companies in Europe...
- Double NegativeDouble Negative (VFX)Double Negative is a British full-service visual effects/computer animation company located in Soho, London. The company was set up in 1998 with a team of 30 staff and has since grown to over 900 staff, making it one of Europe's largest provider of visual effects for film.In 2009, Double Negative...
- ENVY Post Production
- Framestore CFCFramestore CFCFramestore is a British Oscar-winning visual effects company based near Oxford Street in London. Formed in 1986, it acquired the Computer Film Company in 1997. The company works across several different areas of the media: feature films, commercials, music videos, feature animation and digital.The...
- Goldcrest Post-Production
- M2 Television
- The MillThe Mill (post-production)The Mill is a post-production and visual effects company launched in 1990 with offices in London, New York and Los Angeles.The Mill's Film special effects subsidiary, Mill Film, won an Oscar for its work on the film Gladiator. The Mill was the first UK-based post-production company to set up...
- Molinare
- Moving Picture CompanyMoving Picture CompanyThe Moving Picture Company is a post production facility creating digital visual effects and computer animation for feature films, commercials, music videos and television...
- Evolutions TelevisionEvolutions TelevisionEvolutions Television, commonly known as Evolutions , is a television post-production company in London, England. It has three sites across Soho: Berners Street, Great Pulteney Street, and a design facility on Wells Street called Earth. Evolutions has been used for programmes including The...
- Pepper Post
- Pink Pigeon ltd
- Prime Focus GroupPrime Focus GroupPrime Focus Group is one of the largest film, advertising and television post-production and visual effects companies in the world. It is the result of a number of acquisitions and mergers by Prime Focus Ltd.-Prime Focus Group:...
- Run Productions
- RushesRushes (company)Rushes Postproduction is a post-production and visual effects company based in London.It has a world wide reputation for producing commercial and pop-promo projects. The company was formed in 1977 and its staff have spawned many successful spin-offs, including , Main Frame, and...
- Soho Studios Audio Post
- Smoke and Mirrors
- The YardThe YardThe Yard is a six-part half-hour miniseries that originally aired on HBO Canada.-The Good Guys:*Nick - played by Quintin Colantoni, the eleven-year-old Capo of The Yard, quintessentially cool and a hard-nosed realist, he is also an astute reader of human nature. He is wise beyond his years, and is...
- The Tape Gallery
- UNITUNIT Post ProductionUNIT is one of the UK’s leading post-production and creative services companies. Housed in a new 9,400 square foot facility, it is in the heart of Soho on Great Marlborough Street....
- VTR plc
- @Voytek
- Aspect Film and Video
See also
- Groucho ClubGroucho ClubThe Groucho Club is a well-known private social club located at Dean Street in Soho, London. Its members are mostly drawn from the media, entertainment, arts and fashion industries....
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