| Industry | Post Production |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Los Angles, California |
| Number of locations | New York, New York London, England Atlanta, Georgia |
| Key people | Stefan Sonnenfeld, President and Managing Director Mike Pethel, Co-Founder and Colorist |
| Services | Visual Effects |
| Parent | Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc. |
| Website | www.company3.com |
Company 3 (CO3) is an award-winning post production company founded in 1997 by colorists Stefan Sonnenfeld and Mike Pethel. A wholly owned subsidiary of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, Inc., Company 3 provides high-end post production services to feature films, commercials, music videos, entertainment television and digital remastering clients.
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Sonnenfeld and Pethel 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 30,000 square foot Digital Intermediate (DI) facility located in the heart of Chelsea, Manhattan which houses both Company 3 and its sister visual effects facility, Method Studios. In 2011, Company 3 added locations in London and Atlanta and has opened virtual outposts around the world, allowing clients to supervise grading sessions from remote locations in real time.
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. Sonnenfeld now serves as President and Managing Director of Company 3 as well as President of Creative Services for Deluxe.
Company 3 is a pioneer of the movie color timing process known as digital intermediate (DI) that allows artists to enhance the director and cinematographer's vision of a movie. Digital enhancements range from changes within the frame to overall color correction.
Company 3 offers a comprehensive suite of creative commercial post production services, ranging from non-linear color grading and beauty enhancement to visual effects and finishing. Company 3’s customizable file-based workflow, and artist roster have made them the destination of choice for a diverse array of clients.
CO3's feature film services include digital intermediate (DI) dailies, previews, digital cinema and visual effects. Known for its DI services, CO3's flexible Feature DI pipeline allows features to be worked on from a variety of media sources such as scanned film, RED, Alexa, Phantom footage and other digital formats.
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