At The Finish Line, we’ve set up our business to be both family-friendly and high-performing, two concepts that can be seen as at odds with each other. Here are some key lessons we’ve learned along the way:
Read OnThe Finish Line has been crowned “Gold Winner” in the Broadcast magazine best places to work in TV for the second year in a row!! If it was just the one time, we might have thought it was an accident, but now we know we are doing something right, and we would love to help more companies make the list! TV & Film is a notoriously unhealthy industry that is rife with exploitative business practices, but it doesn’t need to be that way. Below, we’ll do our best to cover simple things that you can do to make life better for your employees and help them to be able to do work they love while also enjoying life outside of work.
Read OnWelcome 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.
Read OnWelcome to the latest installment of our Meet the Team series. This time we’re getting to know Post Producer, Diana Cunha, who joined The Finish Line as a Trainee Edit Assistant in 2021.
Read OnIt’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.)
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Can you imagine keeping calm knowing the tape in your deck will air in just a few hours?
Our talented Finishing Artist, Katie Kemp can. She's delivered shows in every genre from Panorama to Geordie Shore, and for everyone from the BBC to Discovery. She's also had some pretty incredible experiences along the way, including flying to Jamaica to work with Mr. Motivator!
Read OnNot enough action is being taken to improve the mental health of post house talent, says Zeb Chadfield
Read OnThe team at EditShare interviewed me recently and you can find links to both interviews here. They also wrote this story about how The Finish Line came to be which I’ve included below.
Read OnWelcome to the latest instalment of our meet the team series, which, as the title implies will dive into the background of the amazing people that make up The Finish Line. Meet Ben Lee, who joined us this week!
Read OnWelcome to the latest instalment of our meet the team series, which, as the title implies will dive into the background of the amazing people that make up The Finish Line. Meet Dave Stephenson, who joined us this week!
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