Award-winning post house Company 3, a subsidiary of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, has partnered with Mumbai-based post facility FutureWorks to provide feature film and commercial clients in India the color grading services of Company 3’s world-renowned artists.
This “virtual outpost” allows clients working out of the FutureWorks facility in Mumbai to collaborate with any Company 3 artist based in Company 3’s Santa Monica, New York, Atlanta, or London facilities. The Mumbai outpost has already been used successfully for the Nokia “Bollywood Pocket Dance Wire,” directed by Ahmen Khan for agency AKLP. Company 3 colorist Siggy Ferstl graded the vibrant Bollywood-style spot in Santa Monica while interacting in real time with clients at FutureWorks in Mumbai.
"Mumbai is one of the world’s thriving centers of film and advertising production," says Company 3 founder and president Stefan Sonnenfeld. "This ‘virtual outpost’ is a wonderful way to bring clients working there together with our Company 3 colorists."
The outpost is set up to ensure perfect calibration of displays in the two locations so that everyone at both facilities sees exactly the same images and image refinements–as though they were together in the same theater. This offers exciting new collaborative post production opportunities that once might have required a prohibitive travel budget.
"This outpost allows FutureWorks to offer our local clients a roster of internationally-renowned colorists who have graded highly-regarded films and commercials," says Guarav Gupta, FutureWorks’ CEO. "It enables FutureWorks to truly raise the bar in terms of the creative and technical offerings FutureWorks now provides."
About Company 3
Company 3 is a group of post production facilities for features, commercials and music videos. Known for our creative color artistry, pioneering technology and global reach, Company 3 is trusted to deliver a quality product every time.
Company 3’s incredible talent roster includes John Bonta, Sean Coleman, Siggy Ferstl, Billy Gabor, Adam Glasman, Dave Hussey, Tim Masick, Stephen Nakamura, Mike Pethel, Rob Pizzey, Tom Poole, Rob Sciarratta and Stefan Sonnenfeld. Recent commercial projects include campaigns for Apple, Audi, BMW, Heineken, Nike and others. Recent feature film credits include Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol.
Company 3 is part of Deluxe’s Creative Services Group, a close-knit group of facilities overseen by Stefan Sonnenfeld that includes Beast, Deluxe New York, EFILM(r), Method Studios, RIOT and Rushes, and leverages a comprehensive suite of end-to-end services, access to world-class artists, technical expertise and a tight infrastructure with global connectivity. Company 3 is wholly owned by Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc., (www.bydeluxe.com), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. www.company3.com
About FutureWorks
Founded in 2007, FutureWorks continues its mission to be a premier post services provider, trusted today by some of the most accomplished content creators in India with offices in Mumbai and Chennai. FutureWorks specializes in providing complete post production services: Visual Effects, Visual Design, Digital Intermediate (Color), Sound and other post services for feature films, commercials, music videos and trailers. The company has clients in India and across the globe including major studios such as Disney, Warner, Fox, Paramount & others. FutureWorks is a privately-held company and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.
