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broadcasters will respond to this by also wanting more of these services, maybe not noticeably in next twelve months however...”
FEELING THE SQUEEZE This desire for more high-end services costs though, and it’s not clear that budgets are able to accommodate it across the board. Molinare says that “rates will need
to increase in order to support cost increases through the industry. These increases will range from power to staff to kit costs.” And while Axis Studios says that
“ambitions and budgets have certainly increased in terrestrial TV as they compete with the better financed streaming services offering a higher aesthetic and production value” this isn’t echoed across the board. In fact, there’s evidence of a
growing two-tier system between streamers paying for high-end finishing and PSBs seeming increasingly cash strapped. Blazing Griffin says: “We are seeing more flexibility in budgets for HETV, but continued pressure from factual/entertainment. As Covid contingency funds for productions are removed, we expect to see even greater pressure.” Cheat too says it’s seeing “an
increase in the top end but a decrease in the low end. It has a positive effect from a high-end TV production perspective but means we have to be more selective in taking on lower end jobs.” As Doghouse Post says: “We are
seeing an increase” but that’s only “in some genres.” But something has to give. As
Pinewood points out: “We expect budgets to increase steadily over the next few years as demand is outstripping supply.” And, as Halo points out: “If budgets don’t rise but costs of providing the services required do, there will be problems ahead.” If demand does outstrip supply,
then “UK broadcasters’ budgets will need to increase to stand a chance of getting access to the appropriate facilities,” says Cinelab. Because otherwise, “top talent may be tempted to work on productions for streamers
How much are you planning to invest in the coming year?
KIT INVESTMENT £0-99k (17%)
£100k-£499k (37%) £500-£999k (11%) £1m+ (35%)
instead due to better budgets,” says Roundtable. “Talent will continue to move to brands and streamers,” if that is where the budgets are more feasible,” says Green Rock. “It seems silly with such high demand that rates aren’t increasing,” says Mission. And there is a budget point where
it becomes simply unprofitable for post houses to take on work. “The budgets from the UK broadcasters keep going down, making it almost impossible to make certain jobs profitable,” says Run VT Some say it’s getting to the point
where taking on unscripted PSB work requires ever greater inventiveness. “Our remote offering is allowing us to drive revenue outside of our property footplate. This also gives us flexibility to work with more challenging budgets where necessary,” says Evolutions. Splice says that it “will look at ways
to work with our respected PSB’s budgets, whether that be by clever budgeting on traditional workflows or by employing new workflows to make budgets go further.”
IN AND OUT What seems pretty set in stone is the continuation of hybrid on prem/remote working, particularly for offline. Company 3 says “this will continue
to work on a hybrid basis, some remote and others in facilities.” And that’s because it “benefits clients and facilities alike,” says dock10. The Finish Line says that “flexible
workflows are here to stay - it’s much more cost-effective for clients. The vast majority of our clients are happy to work remotely.” There’s evidence that virtualised
workflows will become more common too. Outpost VFX says it is “something
Winter 2021 F22
TOP KIT INVESTMENTS 2020/2021 CONTINUED
MISSION £635K Digital dailies/ grading theatre Shepperton
Studios, Near Set Dailies Labs, On Set DIT & Data Management, Video Playback, new offices at Shepperton Studios and Garden Studios
SERIOUS £500K
Dolby Atmos, , Edit Suites, Storage, one new building and taking another in the new year
CLEAR CUT £470K Storage, More offline devices, Remote services,
Cyber security, ADR, 4K rollout, Regional growth in Birmingham
GORILLA £455K
Additional sound dubbing and grading suites, HDR Monitoring, Edit and nearline storage, IT
infrastructure, New additional premises in Bristol LIPSYNC £450K
Projectors, Flames, Infrastructure, 4K Monitors PINEWOOD £450K
3 AVID S6 consoles, Complete Machine Room overhaul in Pinewood Post, KVM System
BLAZING GRIFFIN £420K
3 x Sound Studios (full set up, Alcons etc), Upgrading MCR capabilities, including MacPro, New Offline Suites on prem, including remote stations and additional QC Room
DIRECTORS CUT £400K
Storage (ISIS replacement 1 PB) Workstations & Avid Licenses
UNIT £400K
Pixit, VFX Machines, Resolve Grade TIME BASED ARTS £350K
New machine room infrastructure, render farm, workstations etc. Further software and hardware
upgrades throughout, added 4000 sqft to current site VIRTUAL POST £350K
Private Cloud Infrastructure - More remote offlines, supporting systems, remote kit, security, New premises – Brighton
GREEN ROCK £300K
All cloud technology infrastructure. No on prem investments.
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