Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Director Brad Bird wanted to close Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol with a sequence that would pay homage to the TV series’ original sequence while also utilized the full potential of main title art. To make this a reality, live-action elements were chosen to expand on the film’s action and to call back to the effects and style of the opening sequence. The challenge of this sequence was to integrate the lit fuse into every scene and use that fuse to connect the titles to the film. Brad Bird himself came up with the idea of scripting Cruise’s final transitional line— “Light the fuse.”

Creative Studio:  DARKMATTER
Creative Director: Zai Ortiz
Producer: David Kleinman
Editor: David Krissman
Compositors: Akemi Abe, Eseraele Alemu, Lawrence Wyatt
3D Artists: Hatem Ben Abdallah, Nathan Lang