Company 3 has announced that Framestore colorists Steffan Perry, Simon Bourne, Beau Leon, Clark Griffiths and Dominic Phipps will be joining the Company 3 roster as a major development in the partnership between Framestore and Company 3. London-based sr, producer Chris Anthony, who has been an integral member of Framestore’s color department for over 14 years, will also be joining the team and working closely with executive producer Ellora Soret.
In London, Perry, Bourne, Phipps and Anthony will join the existing roster of world-class colorists including Chris Rogers, Emily Russul-Saib, Greg Fisher, Gareth Spensley Jean-Clément Soret and Paul Staples, at Company 3’s newly completed Chancery Lane studio. Leon and Clark will join the roster of U.S.-based artists.
Bourne, among the most-awarded colorists working today, has created a stellar body of work and collaborates frequently with top directors such as Daniel Wolfe, Salomon Ligthelm and Dan Delifice.
Perry, who brings with him 24 years’ experience and is a highly sought after colorist, has built up an enviable list of credits with leading brands and entertainment providers, as well as garnering a highly impressive number of awards and nominations at festivals including Cannes Lions, British Arrows and D&AD awards. His latest work can be seen in McDonald’s much loved Christmas advert “Imaginary Iggy”.
Phipps has been highly successfully in the hybrid role of assist/colorist for Framestore since 2018 and has brought his keen eye and attention to detail to many commercials as well as to music videos for leading artists including Pixey (“Electric Dreams”), Easy Life’s “Nightmares (Live)”, and Alfie Templeman (“Forever isn’t Long Enough”).
Leon’s body of work crosses commercials, feature films, documentaries and music videos. He launched his career with the iconic R.E.M. music video “Losing My Religion,” and has subsequently worked with hundreds of high-profile artists, filmmakers and brands. He is the first non-director to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the MVPA.
Griffiths, based in the heart of Chicago, has graded a wide variety of commercials in virtually all genres. Recently, his artistic touch and attention to detail could be clearly seen in spots such as “Drake from State Farm”, which premiered during the 2021 Superbowl; the colorful campaign for the launch of Corona Seltzer and multiple high-production-value commercials for high-end car brands such as Volkswagen and Cadillac.
“We are delighted to be further bolstering our teams in London, Los Angeles and Chicago,” said Stefan Sonnenfeld, Company 3 founder and president. “This addition of talent and expertise from Framestore’s Color department will position Company 3 to be able to enhance our already world-class post and color services to TV shows, features, commercials and music videos.”
Nintendo reports lower profits as demand drops for its aging Switch console
Nintendo, the Japanese video game maker behind the Super Mario franchise, said Tuesday that its profit fell 60% in the first half of the fiscal year, as demand waned for its Switch console, now in its eighth year since going on sale.
Kyoto-based Nintendo Co. reported a 108.7 billion yen ($715 million) profit for the April-September period, as sales slipped 34% from the previous year to 523 billion yen ($3.4 billion).
More than 74% of its sales revenue came from overseas, according to Nintendo, which didn't break down quarterly numbers.
Global Switch sales during the period dropped to 4.7 million machines from 6.8 million units the previous year.
But Nintendo said in a statement that Switch sales were still growing and vowed to stick to its goal of selling a Switch console to each and every individual, not just one Switch per every household.
Nintendo stuck to its earlier projection for a 300 billion yen ($2 billion) profit for the full fiscal year through March 2025, down nearly 29% from the previous fiscal year.
Annual sales were forecast to drop 23% to1.28 trillion yen ($8.4 billion).
It also lowered its Switch sales projection for the fiscal year to 12.5 million units from an earlier forecast to sell 13.5 million.
Nintendo and other game and toy makers rake in their biggest profits during the Christmas shopping season, as well as New Year's, a holiday celebrated with fanfare in Japan, when children receive cash gifts from grandparents and other relatives.
Nintendo has not yet announced details on a successor to the Switch.
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