Xenofex, Bristol, since 1998
If you are producing a factual opener, a clean product film, a museum loop or a stack of shots that need quiet technical care, Xenofex is built for that scale of work.
I started the studio as a Flame and After Effects room for regional broadcast. It is still deliberately small. You get direct access to the artist or designer doing the work, a written estimate, proper handover notes and masters delivered in the format your pipeline asked for.
We suit producers, post supervisors, exhibition designers, agencies and product teams who need reliable moving image work without adding a large agency layer. We do not do speculative unpaid pitch films, synthetic likeness work without written consent, political persuasion advertising or same-day rescues that pretend a brief already exists.
One seasonal warning: we shut the machines down from 24 December to 2 January. I answer genuine delivery emergencies, but I do not pretend to be useful after the second mince pie.
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Work Types
Title Sequences
Compositing
Product Animation
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Specification First
| Formats | HD, UHD, 2K and 4K. Frame rate must be named at handover, not guessed from an export. |
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| Colour | Supply LUTs, colour pipeline notes and any reference renders. Review exports are clearly watermarked when not final. |
| Review | Remote review by dated H.264 files and written notes. Supervised studio review in Bristol is available by half-day booking. |
| Delivery | ProRes 4444, ProRes 422 HQ, DNxHR or image sequence. Web H.264 review files supplied as needed. |
| Safe Areas | Broadcast work uses agreed title safe and action safe guides. Social crops are exported only when sizes are named. |
| Alpha | Straight or premultiplied alpha must be specified. Lower thirds and overlays are tested against dark and light plates. |
| Versioning | Filename, duration, ratio, language and approval state are carried in the version name. No mystery finals. |
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Rates And Booking
| Service | Rate | Notes |
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| Compositing | £650 per artist day | 2 day minimum. |
| Motion graphics | £720 per designer day | 2 day minimum. |
| Studio review half-day | £360 | Bristol, calibrated monitor, notes and export time included. |
| Title sequence design and delivery | £4,800 to £18,000 | Depends on length, versions and rights clearance. |
| Product animation, 15 to 30 seconds | £3,200 to £9,500 | Assumes supplied CAD or clean product photography. |
| Shot clean-up, screen replacement, paint and simple roto | £95 per hour | Minimum booking 6 hours. |
| Rush loading | +35% | Applied when accepted for work required inside 48 hours. |
Minimum project booking is £950 plus VAT. A 40% deposit books the start date, 40% is due at first approved motion test, and 20% is due before final unwatermarked masters.
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Process
Email the deadline, duration, frame rate, resolution, references, assets and approval owner.
Scope is written down, including deliverables, rounds of amends, payment schedule and any rush loading.
Plates, handles, EDL or XML, LUTs, fonts, logos, CAD files and naming rules are checked before the work starts.
A watermarked test proves timing, material behaviour, colour assumptions and title hierarchy before polish.
Two rounds of amends are included unless the estimate states otherwise. Further amends use the relevant hourly or day rate.
Final masters are released after balance payment and archived with project notes for sensible future versioning.
Contact
Bristol, England. Remote delivery worldwide.
Monday to Friday, 09:30 to 18:00. Booked review calls Tuesday to Thursday, 10:00 to 16:30. Closed weekends and English bank holidays.
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