Sumners Posts British Film for BBC
Sumners have completed the Post Production on the BBC’s ‘British Film Forever’ project. This 7 x 90 min documentary series is the pivotal programme within the ‘Summer of British Film’ season. This major project was fully project managed through post production by the Sumners team, who coordinated the management of over 1000 hours of source material across multiple edit suites. The project was online edited by Matt Brown and graded by Jamie Parry. Audio post was carried out by Ashley Jane Armstrong and Lindsey Green.
The Pies the limit!
Sumners have entered into a joint venture with Mediacity:UK site owners Peel Holdings to operate the Pie Factory studio complex on Salford Quays. The vast empty space is now undergoing a major transformation to incorporate a full costume department; make-up rooms, dressing rooms, production office space and five sound stages. The stages range in size from 3000 to 8000 sq ft and are already in production with Drop Dead Gorgeous for Hat Trick and Smalltime for BBC Comedy.
Sumners Graphics get mapping !
Sumners graphics department has recently completed the CGI for BBC 2’s Comedy Map of Britain series. Graphic artists Anthony Scott & Alan O’Brien created the animated journey around the UK, pinpointing the special places that have inspired and affected our major comic talents. This major brief required over 100 locations to be modelled and animated in 3D, which was primarily realised using Lightwave. The second series is already scheduled to return later in the year.
Sumners hits the Top 10
Sumners is one of the Top 10 Facilities houses in the UK according to the latest annual league table produced by trade title Televisual. Sumners charted at position No 10 in this years chart, a rapid advancement since first making the league table at Number 50 in 2000. Even more impressively, Sumners made Number 6 in the magazine's peer poll, competitors citing Sumners client care and talent pool as being particularly worthy of admiration. Sumners’ position in the Top 50 demonstrates how Manchester is growing in importance in TV and film post-production.