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TCR . 10:00:00:0000 TCR . 10:00:00:00 TCR . 10:00:00:00TCR . 10:00:00:00TCR . TCR . 10:00:00:00TCR . 10:00:00:0TCR . 10:00:0The SoundChangeofIt’s all new at Molinare…TCR . 10:00:00:0A new phase has begun inthe long life of one of London’sleading post houses.KEVIN HILTON talks to SteveMilne to find out just howMolinare is shifting in thisera of change.Companies change and grow over the years,altering direction and adapting with the times.In some cases the name is all that remains, withwhat goes on under its umbrella bearing littlerelation to what the founders intended. Molinare hasdeveloped from its audio for radio and commercials rootsin the 1970s to become a leading ‘one-stop shop’ in London’spost-production market, with video editing, digital filmtransfer and processing, colour grading, and visual effects.Despite this expansion in services and skills over theyears, sound remains what director Steve Milne calls“the jewel in the crown” for Molinare. The facility hasmoved into film relatively recently, not just providing postproductionfacilities but also being part of getting Britishindependent features made and financed; and whileMolinare's extensive vision department is attracting work,Milne says audio expertise is as big a pull for producers.Another LevelOver the last two to three years Molinare has beenupgrading audio and video suites on a floor by floor basisin its two buildings on Foubert's Place, London. A floorof seven cutting rooms, called Planets, has been built tosupplement the 14 edit suites on the Space floor. A newADR room has been added, and most dubbing roomsrefurbished. A new audio floor has also opened, housingthree Foley-fit rooms, one Foley performance area, plustwo stereo and three 5.1 mixing suites.This was part of a £5 million programme, and Milnesays another £5 million will be available from majorityshareholder Century Communications Limited (CCL) tocontinue the process of upgrading and improving thefacility. Molinare started out with more modest facilitiesbut no less ambition in 1973, set up by Australians StefanSargent and Robert Parker as the first purpose-builtcommercial radio production facility in London, servingthe then-new independent local radio stations Capitaland LBC.Base BeginningsThe first studios were in the basement of a buildingin Broadwick Street, which was rented from fashionphotographer Michel Molinare, who had his studio above.As he was not supposed to be sub-letting the premises,Sargent and Parker took Molinare's name for the business,so as not to arouse the suspicion of the landlord.In 1979 Molinare the company moved into CravenHouse, a former school, on Foubert's Place, which hasbeen its main base ever since. The building oppositewas later taken over, and in the modern round ofimprovements it will provide space for the visual effectsdepartments of both Molinare and former Ealing Studiosbasedcompany Men from Mars, taken over by CCL lastyear and now moving into what was once Stefan Sargent'sapartment. Molinare's old drive-in television studio, atone time the largest in central London, is now closed andwill be converted into a digital grading theatre, which,Milne says, at nine metres wide will be an impressiveaddition to the London post scene.During its long history Molinare has passed throughthe hands of several owners, including media groupTelevision Corporation. The post-production marketgoes through regular bouts of tough times andin 2003 Molinare appeared to be struggling, withthe distinct chance that an established name inthe business would disappear.TV Corps was clear that it wanted to concentrate onprogramme production, and in September 2003 sold>44AUDIO MEDIA JULY 2009
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