Award-winning post house Company 3 and <a href="http://(www.bydeluxe.com)“>Deluxe sister company Centro, Hong Kong’s leading visual effects production company, utilized sophisticated remote technology to allow Company 3‘s Stefan Sonnenfeld to grade a thrilling, VFX-filled Halloween-themed spot for the Haunted Halloween attraction at Hong Kong Disneyland. Sonnenfeld worked out of his color grading bay in Santa Monica while interfacing with clients seeing his real-time corrections from Centro‘s theater halfway across the world.
The spot, which Centro also produced, focuses on Disneyland’s special offerings timed around Halloween–a day that has grown to be extremely popular in Hong Kong. The creepy but colorful fantasy-style advertisement, combining real actors and extensive VFX, brings the spirit of the attraction to life with strange animals and characters inhabiting a beautiful, evocative night. Centro shot the original material, created all the VFX elements and oversaw the editorial.
“The session was a tremendous success,” declares Sonnenfeld, who collaborated in real time with the Centro creative team and their Hong Kong Disneyland clients, while they watched the grading take shape in real time. “It’s a great example of the way our technology can overcome former barriers such as the great distance between these two facilities.”
“It is a significant advantage we have to be able to offer our clients internationally renowned color grading talent such as Stefan Sonnenfeld,” says John Chu, General Manager of Centro. “This technology allows Centro to offer the Hong Kong production community access to a worldwide talent pool.”
“Hong Kong has an extremely robust film industry and is the center of a great deal of high-end commercial production,” Sonnenfeld explains. “Our relationship with Centro puts us in the middle of all that.”
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, Beau Leon, Tim Masick, Stephen Nakamura, Mike Pethel, Rob Pizzey, Tom Poole, Tyler Roth, Rob Sciarratta and Stefan Sonnenfeld. www.company3.com
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Company 3 is part of <a href="http://(www.bydeluxe.com)“>Deluxe Content Creation Group, a close-knit group of facilities including Beast, Company 3, <a href="http://(www.bydeluxe.com)“>Deluxe New York, EFILM, Encore, Level 3 Post, Method Studios, Rushes and StereoD. The group leverages a comprehensive suite of end-to-end services, access to world-class artists, technical expertise and a tight infrastructure with global connectivity. The Content Creation Group Businesses are wholly owned by <a href="http://(www.bydeluxe.com)“>Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc., ((www.bydeluxe.com)), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc.
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“Ǝvolution” Comes Full Circle At The Chelsea Film Festival
The Chelsea Film Festival, running from October 16th through October 20th, 2024, at Regal Cinemas here in Union Square, is set to host the East Coast premiere of Ǝvolution, a thought-provoking experimental micro-short film that proves big ideas can come in small packages and in perfect circles.
In just 1 minute 16 seconds, this cinematic gem by Award-Winning Director Romina Schwedler, with original music by Argentine Composer Ignacio Montoya Carlotto, explores a cycle as old as time: life leads to progress, progress leads to destruction, and destruction, well, leads back to life. But is this vicious circle unbreakable? Ǝvolution suggests the answer is yes, unless we decide to open our eyes.
Inspired by the overwhelming number of recent events that threaten human existence, Ǝvolution, possibly the shortest film in this 12th edition of the festival, plays out entirely through the symbolism of circles, cleverly illustrating —in the blink of an eye— the repeating patterns of history, and confronting viewers with the uncomfortable truth that our so-called “progress” may, in fact, be guiding us to our own ruin.Premiering at the Regal 14 Union Square, New York City, on October 18, 2024, at 11 a.m., Romina Schwedler's micro-short, featuring Leah Young with cinematography by Alan J. Carmona, will be sure to spark conversations longer than the film itself! Forcing viewers to reconsider the true meaning of evolution, not just as a biological process, but as a reflection of our collective journey as humans.
With a string of festival appearances across the globe, including CineGlobe at CERN (Switzerland/France), Oscar®... Read More