C R E AT I V E SPECIAL Surprising fact? Golley Slater was founded by current chairman Alastair Golley and John Slater – John was an actor who played Sergeant Stone in Z Cars. We also created the UK’s first live-to-air TV commercial. Richard Daughton, creative director; golleyslater.com
GORILLA
POST-PRODUCTION COMPANY What do you do? We specialise in broadcast media and film, providing services for clients across a whole range of genres including sport, drama, factual and entertainment. What sets you apart? We know our industry inside-out and take pride in being leaders in the sector in terms of the quality of our work and the technology we use. We’re very proud of our Welsh identity and promote our culture and economy in everything we do. Any exciting projects in the pipeline? We’re about to start work on Channel 4 series One Born Every Minute for Dragonfly Productions. Surprising fact? The company was originally called ‘Mwnci’ (Welsh for monkey) but we wanted our name to reflect how we’ve grown, so we rebranded as Gorilla in 2011.
As an architectural firm, what advantages does Cardiff offer? There is a very tight-knit design community that is a real asset to the city. And for many years we have been fortunate enough to be able to teach at the Welsh School of Architecture, one of the best architecture schools in the country. Surprising fact? We have three office dogs keeping us on our toes! Tim Fry, architect; loyn.co.uk
MILK VFX
VISUAL EFFECTS COMPANY Congrats on your recent Emmy Award for ‘Creative Arts’, for your work on Sherlock – how did it feel to win? Amazing! We are lucky to be involved in such a brilliant TV series and proud to be recognised as part of the talented Sherlock production team. We’ve had quite a year, with the awards season delivering an Oscar (for Ex-Machina), a BAFTA (for the BBC’s Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell) and an Emmy (for Sherlock) after just three and a half years in business. Creatively, what advantages does Cardiff offer you? It’s very exciting being part of Cardiff’s burgeoning creative scene. GloWorks, the Welsh government’s creative hub – where we have our studio, along with other like-minded creative companies – is like Soho in a building!
Rich Moss, MD; gorillagroup.tv
LOYN & CO
ARCHITECTS What sets you apart? Our ability to think outside the box and bring originality and creativity to every project.
WE LOVE HELPING OUR CLIENTS TO TELL STORIES
What sets you apart? We’re passionate about what we do. We love helping our clients to tell their stories and go on their creative journey with them. Being a mediumsized company, our artists have the chance to get more creatively involved with productions than they would perhaps in a bigger VFX studio. w
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