The Beatles Rockband 'Intro'

BEST ADVERTISING OR PROMOTIONAL FILM, Annecy Festival 2010!!!



Pete Candeland has created an inspirational cinematic intro for the long awaited The Beatles: Rockband video game.







Client: Harmonix/MTV and Apple Corps

Harmonix Music:

Art Director - Ryan Lesser Project Lead – Josh RandallProducer – Pete Maguire

Apple Corps:Music Producer- Giles Martin

Production Co: Passion Pictures

Writer/Director: Pete Candeland

Producer: Debbie Crosscup

Co-Development Producer: Anna Lord

Executive Producer: Hugo Sands

2D Character Design/Development: Rob Valley

CG Character Design/Development: Ree Treweek [of Shy the Sun]

2D Animation Director / Layout: Rob Valley

CG Animation Supervisor: Wes Coman

Head of CG: Jason Nicolas

VFX Supervisor: Neil Riley

Technical Direcor: Julian Hodgson

Editor: Dan Greenway, Jamie Foord, Lee Gingold

Storyboarding: Brendan Houghton, Rob Valley

Matte Painting / Backgrounds: Alberto Mielgo, Daniel Cacouault, Lukasz Pazera, Jim Bowers, Alan Aldridge

Key Animators: Rob Valley, Jerry Forder, Pete Dodd, Daryl Graham

Assistant Supervisor: Dave Burns

Character Assistants: Alan Henry, Brent Odell, Jay Wren, Mitch Wilmot, Constantinos Demosthenous

FX Animation: Simon Swales, Jane Wright, Chris Knott

Toonz: Tim King, Megs Dore

2D Coordinator: Crystal Crompton

Anmation test check: Tony Clarke

CG Modelling: Ian Brown, Adam Dewhirst, Cesar Nunes, Mario Ucci

Rigging: Chris Dawson, Francois Pons, Julian Hodgson

Animation CG: Chris Welsby, Vincent Aupetit, Dony Mahmood

Animation FX: Jamie Franks

Texture \Lighting\ Rendering: Tommy Andersson, Quentin Vien, Guillaume Cassuto, Claire Michaud, Antoine Moulineau

Lead Compositing: Johnny Still, Niamh Lines

Compositing: Stephane Coedel, Ed Salkeld, Lee Gingold, Luke Carpenter

Dailies Editor: Daniel Florencio

Directors Assistant: Giles Dill

Technique and Software: Traditional 2D for the Beatles/Crowd; XSI for CG, AFX/Nuke for Comp

Telecine: Rushes