Smoke & Mirrors Collaborates with RDA Integrated for MTV Games and Apple Corps' The Beatles: Rock Band

The Creds

Client: MTV Games / Apple Corps
Spots Title: "Come Together" :30
Air Date: September 2009

Agency: RDA Integrated
Creative Director: David Rogan
Executive Producer/Account Director: Alicia Parker
Account Executive: Kate Katzenberg
Art Directors: Geovany Sosa /Noel Tabora /Ryan Brown

Prod Company: GARTNER
Director: Marcel Langenegger
DP: Dan Mindel
EP(s): Don Block, Rich Carter, Elaine Behnken
Line Producer: Mark Walejko
Production Designer: Danny Butch

Editorial: The NOW Corporation
Editor: Nelson Leonard
Assistant Editor: Tripp McCarty
Executive Producer: Nancy Finn

Post/Effects: Smoke and Mirrors NY
CD/CCO: Sean Broughton
Producer: Paul O'Beirne
Lead VFX/Flame Artist / VFX Supervisor: Nic Seresin
Senior Flame Artist: Philip Akka
Flame Artist(s): Stephanie Isaacson, Sam Caine

CG Supervisor: Stephen Parish
CG Artist (s): Mike Donovan, Wei Louie, Greg Calas, Serkan Ertekin

Primary Scanning and Grading: Mark Horrobin @ Smoke & Mirrors, London
Mastergrade: Mark Gethin @ MPC L.A.

Sound Design/Music Editing: Giles Martin
Sound Mixing: John Grant @ Madhouse

About SMNY:

New York and London-based design, animation and VFX studio, Smoke & Mirrors was founded by Creative Director/VFX Artist Sean Broughton (NY), Penny Verbe (UK) and Mark Wildig (UK). A creative and artist-driven company synonymous with vision and originality since its inception, Smoke & Mirrors has consistently succeeded because of its collaborative approach and ability to build lasting creative relationships with directors, producers, agencies and clients alike.

Production in the New York office is lead by CCO Sean Broughton and MD Jo Morgan. Diverse projects range from work on the Harry Potter and Bond film series, to commercial campaigns for Mercedes, Burger King, Miller Lite and Sirius. Recent music vid clips include Feist's 1 2 3 4, and I Feel It All. Each office is fully networked together with complementary systems allowing the companies to share resources, expanding local capacity. Close involvement with hardware and software manufacturers and developers has kept Smoke & Mirrors at the forefront of innovation and technology.