Framestore CFC

All you want to know about Framestore CFC

Framestore 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.

1 History
- 1.1 The Computer Film Company
2 Upcoming projects
3 Past projects
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

History

The Computer Film Company

The Computer Film Company was one of the first digital film special effects companies, developing technology for digital film scanning, compositing, and output. It was founded in London in 1984 by Mike Boudry, who had previously worked on integrated circuit engraving techniques, along with significant technical contributions from Wolfgang Lempp (now CTO at Filmlight) and Neil Harris (who was also part of the team that designed the Lightworks editing system).

Since employing early morphing effects in their first film, The Fruit Machine, in 1988,^[1] CFC has been credited with work on more than 150 films.

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 2008, Framestore CFC won their first Oscar for Best Visual Effects for the film The Golden Compass; they also won the BAFTA Award for that film the same year.

Other achievements for CFC include the completion of Europe's first Digital Intermediate for the film Chicken Run in 2000. The Digital Lab at Framestore is now the largest DI facility in Europe.

CFC effects engineer Theo Wade Brown was responsible for the Northlight Film Scanner's physical and mechanical design.

In 2008 the company went through a rebranding process and lost the CFC part of its name.