Absolute Post

We've got some ✨ BIG NEWS ✨ We're moving to Noho! 📍After just shy of 20 years on Poland Street, we're getting some new digs... and some new team members.

🤝 Absolute are delighted to be joining forces with ENVY Advertising to form an unparalleled creative facility. We'll still be offering the award-winning editorial, colour, VFX and animation you know us for, but from our new home on Mortimer Street.

🔊 And what's more, our team will be bolstered by ENVY Advertising’s established, award-winning sound team. ENVY Advertising will be operating under the Absolute banner, whilst ENVY’s broadcast facility will continue to operate its long-form business under its existing identity.

💨 Clients will benefit from the full gamut of craft via a new, super-speedy . And the building will undergo a total renovation! The new facility will boast:

✨ Three state-of-the-art sound studios, two of which licensed by Dolby for Atmos
✨ Three grading suites
✨ Multiple VFX suites
✨ A cinema room
✨ A rooftop terrace/bar

Did we mention the rooftop terrace?!

💥The joint venture is a timely meeting of minds and heralds a commitment to world-class and state-of-the-art from both Absolute and the ENVY group.

🗣 Absolute's CEO and Founder, David Smith, comments: "We’ve rapidly expanded over the last few years – in fact, our headcount has more than doubled since the start of the pandemic! We’ve continued to acquire some of the industry’s most proficient talent at such a rate that we’ve outgrown our current home.

"As a company, we want to mirror this evolution on a broader scale, not only in terms of space, but also via an investment in tech, development, and the future. What better company to partner with than ENVY, who share our morals and long-term goals."

Read more: https://www.lbbonline.com/news/absolute-announces-partnership-with-envy-advertising-and-relocation

2 truths and a lie with Absolute Post's VFX Supervisor, Mark Pinheiro:

👉 He used to live and write with Russell Brand
👉 He organises his own surprise birthday parties
👉 He directed a 3D stereoscopic feature length animation released in cinemas nationwide across China

Plot twist: they're all true. Find out so much more about Mark via shots.net's 'On My Radar' feature: https://shots.net/news/view/on-my-radar-mark-pinheiro

On My Radar: Mark Pinheiro | shots Mark Pinheiro, Visual Effects Supervisor at Absolute London, gives some love to a TV show that often attracts derisions, a football tournament that welcomed back the world, and a piece of tech that helps with 'Wacom shoulder'.

New team member alert! ⚡️ Meet Gustavo 'Gus' Ribeiro, who joins us as our new Lead Compositor.

Originally from Brazil, Gus has held previous Compositor roles at Untold Studios, The Mill and Framestore, and has worked on award winning TV shows like 'The Crown', as well as BAFTA/Oscar nominated movies like 'Avengers: Infinity War'. In adland, his portfolio is equally as impressive - he's collaborated with directors such as Dougal Wilson, Sam Pilling and Chris Balmond on notable projects including John Lewis & Partners’ ‘Excitable Edgar’ and Amazon.com’s ‘An Unlikely Friendship’.

Gus comments: “Having freelanced at Absolute previously, it was clear that this was an environment I could easily make a permanent home.”

Welcome, Gus, we're so happy to have you onboard.

https://lbbonline.com/news/absolute-appoints-gustavo-gus-ribeiro-as-lead-compositor

MEET THE ARTIST | Risto Puukko, FX Supervisor at Absolute Post. 👋 VFXwire

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