Company 3 Explained
Company 3 |
Founded: | 1997 |
Location City: | Los Angeles, California |
Locations: | Los Angeles, New York, London, Toronto, Vancouver, Pune |
Key People: | Stefan Sonnenfeld, President and Managing Director Mike Pethel, Co-Founder and Colorist |
Industry: | Post production |
Services: | Color Grading, Feature Film Finishing |
Parent: | Framestore |
Company 3 (CO3) is an American post-production company founded in 1997 by colorists Stefan Sonnenfeld and Mike Pethel and visual effects artist/supervisor Noel Castley-Wright. Rob Walston brought the team of artists together and funded Company 3 under 4 Media Company (4MC). Company 3 provides post production, color grading and location services for feature films, commercials, music videos and television.
History
Sonnenfeld, Pethel and Castley-Wright opened Company 3 in Santa Monica, CA in 1997 and launched a New York, NY location in 2002. In 2010, Company 3 New York moved into a new facility located in Chelsea, Manhattan which houses both Company 3 and its sister visual effects facility, Method Studios. Other offices are located in London, Atlanta, Chicago and Detroit.[1] [2]
In 2000, Company 3, which was then a part of Four Media Company, was acquired by Liberty Media Corporation. In 2010, Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, Inc. acquired Company 3 along with its sister companies Beast Editorial, Encore, Level 3 Post, Method Studios, RIOT and Rushes.[3]
In November 2020 it was announced that Company 3, along with Method Studios and several of Deluxe's other creative businesses, would be acquired by major visual effects studio, Framestore.[4]
Awards
- 2014
- HPA Award – Outstanding Color Grading (Commercial) - Doosan "Heavy Industries" – Siggy Ferstl[5]
- 2013
- HPA Award – Outstanding Color Grading (Commercial) - Under Armour "Brought To You By Under Armour" – Tom Poole[6]
- MVPA Award – Best Colorist/Telecine – Lana Del Rey – “National Anthem” – Dave Hussey [7]
- 2012
- HPA Award – Outstanding Color Grading (Commercial) - Chrysler "Halftime in America" – Siggy Ferstl[8]
- MVPA Award - Best Colorist - Rihanna "We Found Love" - Dave Hussey [9]
- AICE Award – Color Grading - Chrysler "Halftime in America" – Siggy Ferstl [10]
- 2011
- HPA Award – Outstanding Color Grading (Commercial) - Nissan "Zero" – Siggy Ferstl [11]
- 2010
- HPA Award – Outstanding Color Grading Using a DI Process – Alice in Wonderland – Stefan Sonnenfeld [12]
- HPA Award – Outstanding Color Grading (Commercial) – AT&T "Legends" – Siggy Ferstl
- 2009
- HPA Award – Outstanding Color Grading (Commercial) – Pepsi “Pass” – Stefan Sonnenfeld [13]
- HPA Award – Outstanding Color Grading (Television) – "Yogi’s Bronx" – Siggy Ferstl
- 2007
- HPA Award – Best Color Grading (Feature Film) – 300 – Stefan Sonnenfeld [14]
- HPA Award – Outstanding Color Grading (Commercial) – Nike “Take Over” – Dave Hussey
- 2006
- da Vinci Award – Master Colorist (Feature) – Underworld: Evolution - Siggy Ferstl [15]
- HPA Award – Outstanding Color Correction - ESPN's Arthur Ashe Awards – “Afghan Women's Soccer” - Siggy Ferstl [16]
- 2005
- MVPA Award – Best Colorist/Telecine – Modest Mouse – “Ocean Breathes Salty” – Dave Hussey [17]
- da Vinci Award – Master Colorist (Feature) – “Travelers and Musicians” – Siggy Ferstl
- 2004
- MVPA Award – Best Colorist/Telecine – Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z – “Crazy in Love” – Dave Hussey [18]
References
- https://www.imdb.com/company/co0028470/
External links
Notes and References
- http://company3.com/feature-films/features-colorists/stefan-sonnenfeld{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- https://www.company3.com/contact/ www.company3.com, contact
- Web site: Deluxe buys Ascent Media. 24 November 2010.
- Web site: Major VFX Landscape Shake-Up: Framestore Buys Company 3, Method. The Hollywood Reporter. 4 November 2020.
- Web site: 'Gravity' Continues to Score at HPA Awards. 7 November 2014.
- Web site: Hollywood Post Alliance, redefining post production™. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714181008/http://hollywoodpostalliance.org/?p=7988. usurped. July 14, 2014.
- Web site: 2013 MVPA Award Winners | VideoStatic . VideoStatic . 2015-01-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170813224713/http://www.videostatic.com/news/2013/05/31/dir . 2017-08-13 . dead .
- Web site: 'The Avengers' and 'Game of Thrones' Among HPA Awards Winner. The Hollywood Reporter. November 2012.
- Web site: 2012 MVPA Award WINNERS. VideoStatic.
- Web site: AICE : Events : AICE Awards Show : Past Winners.
- Web site: Sony Professional - Products and Solutions to Redefine Your Business.
- Web site: HPA 2010 Awards: Ted Gagliano Honored. 17 November 2010.
- Web site: Hollywood Post Alliance, redefining post production™ . 2015-01-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141017083846/http://hollywoodpostalliance.org/?page_id=1780 . 2014-10-17 . usurped.
- Web site: Hollywood Post Alliance, redefining post production™ . 2015-01-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151119215129/http://hollywoodpostalliance.org/?page_id=1827 . 2015-11-19 . usurped.
- Web site: Da Vinci Names Master Colorists at NAB2006 Presentation Ceremony . 2015-01-08 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304024751/http://animationartist.digitalmedianet.com/article/da-Vinci-Names-Master-Colorists-at-NAB2006-Presentation-Ceremony-40024 . dead .
- Web site: Hollywood Post Alliance, redefining post production™ . 2015-01-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150926194240/http://hollywoodpostalliance.org/?page_id=1840 . 2015-09-26 . usurped.
- Web site: Archived copy . 2015-01-08 . 2015-06-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150614083749/http://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/news/news-articles/2005-mvpa-award-winners/415157 . dead .
- Web site: 2004 MVPA Awards | Creative Planet Network . 2015-01-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141112141422/http://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/news/news-articles/2004-mvpa-awards/414166 . 2014-11-12 . dead.