We’re all incredibly thrilled about the results of the 2019 Advanced Imaging Society’s Lumiere Awards. The ceremony, which recognizes Distinguished Technical and Creative Achievement, was held last night at Warner Bros. Studios. Awards are voted on by successful members of Hollywood’s technical community Read More
Although it’s a period piece, Focus Features’ On the Basis of Sex is as timely right now as ever. Directed by Mimi Leder (The Leftovers, Shameless), the film looks at Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Felicity Jones), from her formative Read More
The filmmakers of Focus Features’ Mary Queen of Scots strove to bring a fresh kind of look to the period drama. Its story, the bloody rivalry between Queen Elizabeth I (Margot Robbie) and Mary Stuart (Saoirse Ronan), has been filmed before Read More
Malorie (Sandra Bullock) and her two children fight for survival in a world overtaken by an unexplained phenomenon causing strange visions throughout the world that drive many who look at them insane. Bird Box, which broke Netflix viewership numbers almost as Read More
Check out this very cool podcast from American Cinematographer about the unusual approach to color and contrast in Paul Schrader’s powerful First Reformed. The powerful drama, shot by Alexander Dynan and colored by Tim Masick, is on 2018 10-best lists all over Read More
Excerpt from British Cinematographer – Colourist Greg Fisher at Company 3 in London worked closely with cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel, ASC, on Bohemian Rhapsody, from film prep through to delivery. Sigel shot with a variety of formats — some 35mm film, Read More
Very cool IndieWire article takes a deep dive into the creative use of color for the new drama, ‘Widows.’ Director Steve McQueen, cinematographer Sean Bobbitt and colorist Tom Poole weigh in (with visual examples) on how they approached the look of this powerful Read More
Huge congratulations to all our clients who have been nominated for a Critics’ Choice Documentary Award! ‘Free Solo’ – Colored by Stefan Sonnenfeld Best Documentary Best Director: Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Best Sport Documentary Most Compelling Living Subject of Read More
The Hate U Give has received high praise from the Toronto International Film Festival. Based on the powerful novel by Angie Thomas, the hard-hitting story concerns 16-year-old Starr Carter (Amanda Stenberg of The Hunger Games) as a young African American woman Read More
Company 3’s Stephen Nakamura was instantly captivated by the feature Crazy Rich Asians when he screened it many months ago in preparing to commence color grading. This was long before the multitude of glowing reviews and the press about this first Read More
Directed by Darren Aronofsky and shot by frequent collaborator Matthew Libatique, the powerful feature, mother! opened to passionate responses and a slew of multiple interpretations last week, but those who know the filmmakers’ previous work, such as The Black Swan, and Read More
Audiences are eagerly awaiting It, from New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Based on Stephen King’s terrifying and popular novel, the film pits a group of kids in a small town against the horrifying clown Pennywise. The official trailer has gotten 13.2 Read More
Sometimes when an artist spends many long hours working on a project, their ability to enjoy it as an audience member is diminished. But colorist Shane Harris reports that despite putting more time into the complex grading work required on War Read More
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be a little more colorful with the addition of Company 3’s Tom Poole, who has been invited to join the venerated Hollywood institution. Congrats to Tom and the entire class of 2017! Read More
One of the summer’s most eagerly-anticipated features, on June 2nd Wonder Woman at last brought the beloved and enduring comic character to movie audiences. Directed by Patty Jenkins (Oscar-winning feature Monster and highly-acclaimed series The Killing) and shot by Matthew Jensen, Read More
Stephen Nakamura performed final color grading on the outer-space thriller Alien: Covenant. The colorist has worked with director Ridley Scott and cinematographer Diariusz Wolski, ASC on a long list of major features, including The Martian and previous the previous installment in Read More
Company 3 colorists graded two major features screened at this year’s Sundance Film Festival – Shirley MacLaine-starring The Last Word, and the powerful documentary, The Workers Cup. Company 3 and EFilm also hosted a well-attended party at Park City hot spot, Read More
When Oscar nominations were announced on January 24 we were excited to see Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto nominated for Silence (colored by Tim Stipan). Congratulations to all of this year’s nominees and good luck to everyone!
“When my 14-year-old daughter found out I was working on Paper Towns, she was incredibly excited,” colorist Sean Coleman recalls. The source material, the young adult novel by John Green (The Fault in Our Stars), is enormously popular in her demo Read More
Asif Kapadia’s heart-wrenching documentary Amy takes a look at the ill-fated torch singer Amy Winehouse through interviews with associates and a wealth of archival material, from home movies of her as a young girl to some of her final, drug-ravaged performances. Read More
