High-end post production house Bleat opens its doors in London

Based in Hackney’s bustling Broadway Market, Bleat is London’s newest high-end post production finishing house. The brainchild of composer, producer, and mixer, Tristin Norwell, Bleat has been built to the very highest acoustic specifications and offers Theatrical and HETV Dolby Atmos mixing along with grading, online, and conform for scripted drama and high-end documentaries. The post house is also remarkable for its opulent and exquisite interior design.

At the heart of the new boutique post house are two luxurious Dolby Atmos Theatrical mix stages with an additional four multi-functional, hybrid suites that can be employed for grade, online and conform and/or Dolby Atmos HETV. The plush, living-room-like theatres are complemented with 4K HDR Projection, prestigious Alcons speaker monitoring, alongside ATC speaker monitoring in each of the four the multifunctional suites.

The Hackney site is serviced by a private licensed marble bar and hot-ticket catering is looked after by neighbouring restaurant Café Cecilia.

A further site at Kings Cross houses a dedicated 4K grading suite with 9.2.4 PMC HETV mixing and theatrical premixing.

The four-thousand-square-foot Hackney site was designed by Level Acoustic Design, with construction and technical design executed by Studio Creations to the very highest standards. With a design dedicated to sustainability (including sheepswool insulation in the walls), flexibility and comfort, the team have created an enviable network of 10gb infrastructure, and the implementation of ground-breaking QSC’s Q-SYS, Blackmagic, and DDP workflows.

Even prior to launch, Bleat already has significant credits including the final Dolby Theatrical mix for the premiere of Amazon’s flagship grime drama Jungle. George Foulgham also mixed two feature docs in the 2022 BFI London Film Festival at Bleat. “The George Foulgham Soundscape [GFS] audio crew had a great time putting the final finishing touches to Getting it Back – the Story of Cymande and Bobi Wine: The People’s President at London’s newest re-recording facility – Bleat,” said Foulgham. “The studios are substantial, equipped to the highest spec and the sound track for Cymande rocked. The Bleat team are very welcoming and attentive. GFS will certainly be back…”

Norwell commented: “We began Bleat with the aim of creating a highly desirable finishing house that would lure people out of the post-Covid hamster-wheel of working from home, and back into the creative joy of sharing a face-to-face, collaborative process. We are totally made-up to have formed a world-class team of operatives who actually make this seamlessly happen – Bleat is Post Production Catnip”.

Technical operations are led in picture by Matt Edwards (Azimuth, Coda, Fifty Fifty) and in audio by Saxon Greenep (Splice, Jigsaw24). Sales is headed up by Dan Pagan; Max Norwell is executive management assistant; and operations and ADR management are run by Tatiana Shelbourne.