SMOKE & MIRRORS SCOOP TWO AWARDS

HIGH-END post house Smoke & Mirrors (S&M) have won two gongs at the prestigious New York Festivals.
The gongs are for their work on the James Bond 007 movie ‘The World is not Enough,’ plus a recent TV commercial for telecom company Orange.
S&M won a Gold World Medal in the Film & Video (Non-Broadcast) Competition for their work on the opening titles of the ‘The World is not Enough’. The effects-packed sequence was post produced at film-resolution during an intensive six week period by S&M Inferno artists Sean Broughton and Duncan Horn, with support on Flame and Inferno from Judy Roberts, Tom Sparks, Nick Tanner and John Berridge. Broughton was also responsible for the special effects design and provided on-set supervision during the shoot.
S&M Facility Director, Penny Verbe, said: "S&M continues to deliver some of the most vibrant, innovative work you are likely to see in music video, commercials and film anywhere. Recognition with awards like this keeps our name very much in the spotlight as a leading post production company."
S&M are also World Medal Winners for Best Special Effects in the TV & Cinema Advertising Competition for Orange ‘Hold-up’. The advertisement, which features a car chase across a crowded bar top, was post produced by S&M's Jon Hollis and Tom Sparks who worked in parallel on Inferno to meet a tight delivery deadline, effectively compressing post production from three weeks down to just ten days. The pair also worked on the storyboards and attended the shoot as visual effects supervisors. (CD)