Framestore

Framestore CFC is the largest digital visual effects company in Europe. Based in London, it was formed in 2001 by a merger between the Computer Film Company and Framestore, which had previously been separate parts of the Framestore Group of companies. The company works across several different areas of the media: feature films, commercials, music videos, DVD design/authoring and television programmes.

In 2004 the company set up an office in New York's SoHo district to serve the US advertising market.

History

Computer Film Company

The Computer Film Company was one of the first digital film special effects companies. Founded in London in 1984, CFC developed its own technology of digital film scanning, compositing and output devices. The latest generation of the scanning technology is the Northlight film scanner. Theo Wade Brown was responsible for the scanner's physical and mechanical design.

CFC was founded by Dr Mike Boudry, who had previously worked on integrated circuit engraving techniques, and significant technical contributions were also made by Wolfgang Lempp (now CTO at Filmlight) and Neil Harris (who was also part of the team to design the Lightworks editing system).

CFC's achievements in film have been recognized throughout the industry, and have led to CFC being awarded two Scientific and Technical Academy Awards, in 1994 (received by Mike Boudry) for innovation in film scanning and in 1995 for compositing.

In 2000, CFC completed Europe's first Digital Intermediaten on the stop animation film Chicken Run. The Digital Lab at Framestore is now the largest DI facility in Europe.

Directors who have worked with CFC include Danny Boyle, Tim Burton, Joel Coen, Neil Jordan, Stanley Kubrick, Nick Park, John Woo and Robert Zemeckis.

As of 2001, CFC was credited with work on over 140 films.

Framestore-CFC also create the visual effects for Impossible Pictures' 'Walking With...' series. The first; 'Walking With Dinosaurs' was greenlit in July 1996. Framestore's longform department has recently completed 'Prehistoric Park' for Impossible pictures and ITV and is working on a project called 'Primeval' which aired on ITV1 in 2007.

One of the earliest videos they worked on was the video Take on Me by the band a-ha. It employs multiple award winning colorist Dave J.Ludlam

Current projects

Work in the pipeline for 2007/2008 includes:

Film

• His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass
• The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
• Batman: The Dark Knight.

Animated Feature

• The Tale of Despereaux,

Television:

• Primeval 2.

Recent projects

• The Affair of the Necklace
• The Beach
• Blade 2
• The Bone Collector
• Bright Young Things
• Casino Royale
• Cast Away
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• Chicken Run
• Children of Men
• Cold Mountain
• The Constant Gardener
• Die Another Day Title Sequence
• Doom
• The End of the Affair
• Enduring Love
• Enemy at the Gates
• Eyes Wide Shut
• The 51st State
• Goal
• The Golden Compass
• The Good Thief & Dirty Pretty Things
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• The Jacket
• Layer Cake
• Love Actually
• Mission: Impossible 2
• The Mummy Returns
• Nanny McPhee
• noitulovE
• Notting Hill
• Primeval
• The Proposition
• The Queen
• Resident Evil
• Sahara
• Sea
• Sexy Beast
• Sleepy Hollow
• Superman Returns
• Thunderbirds
• Troy
• Underdog
• Underworld
• V for Vendetta
• What Lies Beneath
• X-Men: The Last Stand

See also

• Filmlight

External links

• http://www.framestore-cfc.com/ Official site
• IMDB credits: Computer Film Company