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Summer Blockbusters Graded by Company 3 Using DaVinci Resolve

By StudentFilmmakers.com
posted Jul 3, 2013, 12:09

Blackmagic Design announced that DaVinci Resolve was Company 3's tool of choice for color grading major summer blockbusters this year, including “The Lone Ranger” and “Man of Steel” (graded by Stefan Sonnenfeld), “The Hangover Part III” (graded by Siggy Ferstl) and “World War Z” (graded by Adam Glasman). Company 3, a Deluxe Creative Services company with facilities throughout the globe, uses DaVinci Resolve for all its color grading work.

DaVinci Resolve is the standard for high end post production workflows and color grading in film, television programs and global commercial campaigns. "Resolve helps Company 3 deliver the excellent results we're known for," said Stefan Sonnenfeld, Company 3's President and Founder. "Blackmagic Design continues to improve DaVinci Resolve and that provides the basis for us to offer our clients the very best in terms of color tools and workflow efficiencies."

Year after year, many of the world’s biggest summer and holiday season movies are graded by Company 3 using DaVinci Resolve, including “Les Miserables,” “Zero Dark Thirty,” “Skyfall,” “The Bourne Legacy” and “Prometheus,” to name but a few.

About Blackmagic Design

Blackmagic Design creates the world’s highest quality video editing products, digital film cameras, color correctors, video converters, video monitoring, routers, live production switchers, disk recorders, waveform monitors and film restoration software for the feature film, post production and television broadcast industries. Blackmagic Design’s DeckLink capture cards launched a revolution in quality and affordability, while the company’s Emmy™ award winning DaVinci color correction products have dominated the television and film industry since 1984. Blackmagic Design continues ground breaking innovations including stereoscopic 3D and 4K workflows. Founded by world leading post production editors and engineers, Blackmagic Design has offices in the USA, United Kingdom, Japan, Singapore, and Australia. For more information, please check www.blackmagicdesign.com.

About Company 3

Company 3 is a group of post production facilities for features, commercials, games 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, Bob Festa, 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. Twitter: @Company3

About Deluxe Creative Services

Company 3 is part of part of Deluxe Content Creation Group, a close-knit group of facilities including Company 3, Beast, 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 Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc., (www.bydeluxe.com), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc.

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www.blackmagicdesign.com