Allan Abadie started filming at age 8 with a small VHS camera loaned to him by his grandfather. Still a minor and growing, he continued his learning with a more professional Betacam. “I still have the tapes of what I filmed at the time! » He was also aiming for a Literary baccalaureate. Which he didn’t get. “The day before the tests, I was preparing DVD copies of a dance gala…” Everyone has their own priorities. At not even 18 years old, his were already of a professional nature.
With such a past, one would take him for a dinosaur. Allan Abadie is only 32 years old, but already has 14 years of career behind him. If we limit ourselves to the creation of Advance Production. At the age of 14, he began to structure the practice of his childhood passion, under an associative status, through RTM Production.
High-profile customers
Allan Abadie did not wait until he was 32 to make Advance Production a local reference in video production in Charente-Maritime, Charente and even beyond. Un Violin sur le Sable, Cognac Blues Passion, cognac houses, and even more recently the regional shellfish committee, place their trust in him. “We have also just signed, for the first time, with the Agglo de La Rochelle, too.”
Adventure and especially daily work are a collective enterprise
Advance Production does not employ any employees. However, its young manager rarely uses the “I”. Adventure and especially daily work are a collective enterprise. Since the creation of the company, as a freelancer, Julien Giraud has brought to Advance his mastery of motion design, animation and visual effects. Allan Abadie has also relied for several years on another professional, Maxime Tantin, who became a specialist in drone capture, after a first professional experience… in construction.
Cinema quality videos
The videographer has based the reputation of Advance productions on one strong point: “cinema quality”. The slightest promotional film takes on an artistic dimension. “What also differentiates us is the vision of the technical means to be deployed. » Allan, Julien and Maxime are constantly updating their skills and following the slightest technological development. “For the regional shellfish committee, for example, we filmed in 360°, to create immersive films immersing the viewer in the different professions in the sector.”
Allan Abadie is starting to exploit Advance’s technological mastery… directly. Since the second edition of the Palm Fest, in September 2023, the Royannaise company has ensured the capture and production of the images projected during the Mathes festival concerts in real time. “For the last edition, there were eight of us working live, with eight cameras, a live control room, a drone, a camera crane… We know how to do it.” So much so that the young man is preparing to develop this activity, through Advance Broadcasting. Ready to offer this new service at the region’s flagship events. Ambition and innovation do not wait for the number of years.
