Celebrating our work in 2023Massive thank you to all our clients and our entire team!For more see thefinishline.pro/our-workEdited by Patrick BellMixed by Zack MarshallEpic thanks to Vaudeville Sound Group

Welcome to the latest instalment of our meet the team series, where we get to know the amazing people behind The Finish Line. This time, we’ll be chatting to our Finishing Assistant, Gemma Comber. Gemma has always had a passion for film and TV. Inspired by Tarantino and the Lord of the Rings trilogy, she jumped at the chance to do a media studies course for her A-levels. It was there that she realised she was happy to let everyone else fight over directing and camera roles – while she took her seat in the editor’s chair. It was the beginning of a passion for post production that continues to this day.

At The Finish Line, we are all about delivering the best images possible and the key to doing this is our approach; having incredible Finishing Artists who take full ownership of picture from a finished conform right through to the final review. But what is a Finishing Artist? We couldn’t explain this more eloquently than Maggie did in her recent Post Perspective interview:

Welcome to the latest installment of our meet the team series, where we get to know the amazing people behind The Finish Line. This time, we’ll be chatting to our new Finishing Artist Peter Wilson, who had 13 years of experience working in TV post-production before joining The Finish Line.

It’s official! The Finish Line is one of the best places to work in the UK broadcast industry. Not just our words, but those of Broadcast magazine, which just gave us several accolades at their annual Best Places to Work in TV awards! (We came 3rd for Training, Development and Resources; and won first place for both Leadership and Planning and for the Non-Indies category.)

Our Founder, Zeb Chadfield, recently spoke to the team at Broadcast Tech about how producers can overcome common post-production hurdles while maintaining quality results.Read an excerpt of the article here!

How to upload a Viewing file Open Iconik and go to your Viewing Files Collections folder Select your folder In the bottom left of the screen click upload Click or drop your files into the box, then press upload – that’s it! Wait for it to finish uploading and let the other person know How to view a file and comment In the collections window go to the Viewing Files folder and select the folder where the file is stored Double click into the video The Comments window down the right will display any comments already made on the file Add time based comments by moving the play head through the clip then adding a comment in the box below and pressing Send To reply to a comment hit the ‘To reply to a comment hit the ‘Reply’ button under a comment’ button under a comment How to view proxies Go to the Collections window (should be the default home screen) and navigate to your projects proxies collection You’ll see folders organised by date, these are a mirror to what the editors will receive for the offline Click into each folder to view the clips inside Notifications Notifications are important […]

Our work on BBC Two's The Speedshop has been featured in several magazines! Read more about what they said here.

The Finish Line began with a core conviction: Post-production artists can prioritise their mental health and still produce great work. Our founder, Zeb Chadfield’s vision helped create a space where artists can thrive, while growing the business year on year. And, with the mental health crisis impacting the vast majority of post-production professionals, he’s hoping others will follow suit. 

For remote client monitoring we recommend using NDI Tools with Zoom for sharing as if it were a traditional client monitor. This is built into Media Composer and has the best user experience and will adapt well to any bandwidth constraints that may arise. The installation and setup instructions are below.