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“we’re also optimistic that production teams will want to be amongst peers and creatives in a post house environment.” Clients will still demand that post


house culture, says Company 3. “We will look at how we use our space and continue to explore remote working possibilities but, as commented by one of our clients recently, ‘nothing compares to being in the suite,’ so we will certainly be looking forward to inviting clients back, on a more regular basis, into our specialist environment.” “Clients ultimately like the


direct interaction with talent,” adds Pinewood, although “we will continue to see increased use of remote review technology to speed up processes and decision making.” The future will be a hybrid one,


with various tasks either completed in house or remotely depending on the process, the project and the client’s preference. “It will probably look like the model we had before but with the opportunity for remote working added on,” says Clear Cut. “Clients definitely prefer to be on site. Appropriate suites, built for the purpose, help deliver the best creative result for each project. Production and post production teams work collaboratively and, as humans, that is best achieved in teams working together and communicating directly. It can be done remotely but it requires more effort and input.” Coffee and TV similarly says


the post house of the future will be “nearer to ‘normality’ than some people imagine, but with an increased blend of remote work. Meetings,


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pitches and presentations may be done in person, but a lot of the actual content will be produced by remote teams.” As Unit puts it “You can never


underestimate the inertia that is normality. Covid has been an absolute wrench like nothing I have experienced before but my experience of living through several crises, be it Brexit, Covid, Swine Flu or various recessions is that the actual end result is rarely as transformative as everyone thinks. But it is going to force us to offer more flexible working for our employees. Probably a good thing as some have enjoyed home working and in certain respects they have become much more efficient.” Molinare too says the post business


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in years to come will look “very similar from the outside!” However, “inside it will need to be a technical masterpiece capable of handling huge volumes of data securely and instantly across multiple geographical working areas as remote working becomes even more the norm.” The Farm also says that “on the


surface,” a future post house will be “not entirely dissimilar but with smarter use of space and enhanced use of technology to enable seamless working from home or from another facility.” Whether work is done remotely


or in-house will depend on the task at hand. “Post finishing needs to remain in house due to the high end equipment required,” says Core. The physical post house will likely be used more for finishing and high end


1 Suite posted the BBC’s Mandy


2 Films at 59 posted ITV’s Mcdonald and Dodds


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