Tessa Ford Post offers production companies a full range of post-production
services.
The post-production house was launched in August 2010 by Ford, a
Johannesburg-based editor, and features three cinema-style edit suites that
offer offline editing (Final Cut Pro, Lightworks and Avid), compositing (After
Effects), grading (DaVinci Resolve) and online editing (Smoke).
It therefore offers a complete post-production service as well as on-set editing
and full post supervision. At its centre of operations in Bryanston, Johannesburg,
Tessa Ford Post also shares premises with sound design and audio mix facility
Earworm, as well as with animation studio Sphere, which means that clients can
get access to audio post-production services and animation work as needed, on
the same site.
This post-production one-stop shop has now expanded its business to the
Mother City. Run by experienced producer and editor Matt Stead, the brand new
Cape Town branch of Tessa Ford is situated above Searle Street Post, a well-
known name in the industry. The new facility offers all the services that the
Johannesburg flagship provides. The two branches are fully networked with
each other and provide access to current projects in process on either side and
offer easy and seamless workflow. All editors who work at the Johannesburg
branch are also represented in Cape Town.
Although it has worked on some longer projects in the past, particularly
documentaries, Tessa Ford Post’s forte is really in commercials. The editors are
well-versed in the demands of commercials and promos, with their need for fast,
effective delivery of the message in the most engaging manner possible. It has
been involved with several of the most memorable ad campaigns of the past
four years. In keeping with the tight budgets that are characteristic of the
current economic climate, Tessa Ford Post prides itself on offering creative
solutions to suit the financial resources of any production budget.
