September 1, 2011

Hybride

 For anyone that has never visited a vfx facility, they are typically identical to any other tedious desk-based workplace. Most of them are unremarkable buildings in semi-industrial areas with nondescript interiors and rows of computers in dark windowless rooms. Hybride in Piedmont kicked things off a little differently by being in a giant house. Since the town itself only has a few thousand inhabitants, the downtown and industrial areas are different from what you'd get in a bigger city, so they've grown in a single building, expanding as they needed.
 As a result of expansions over time, the interior was pretty neat too, with a veritable labyrinth of stairways and walkways running around a few large open atriums. In typical vfx house style the walls are covered with movie posters from past projects, the ratio of quality shows to shameful shows at most places seems to be around 1:3.
 And whats this? A dull windowless room full of computers? Well 2 out of 3 isn't bad I guess... While the rest of the facility from the kitchen to the grounds felt a little different from most other companies, at the end of the day it was nearly the same work environment as anywhere else.





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