Work with Us
Welcome to RIT’s digital media research and production hub
MAGIC Spell Studios is the entrepreneurial and commercial heart of MAGIC at RIT, ready to collaborate with you on your next project. Our world-class facilities include a 7,000-square-foot sound stage, post-production sound mixing and color correction suites, a 4K Dolby Atmos theater, and several media labs, supporting both educational and commercial productions. With talented students and faculty in all aspects of media production and design, we provide a capable workforce to bring your ideas to life.
Past Client Work
SHED
The new centerpiece of RIT's campus, the SHED, features a large screen promoting RIT events, student projects, and much more. MAGIC's student team works cross-functionality to regularly curate, design, and update the content featured on the screen.
Reef Escape
The first Nintendo Switch game published by a Puerto Rican studio! Travel the underwater dangers of the reef in an air bubble. Test your reflexes as you avoid obstacles and carefully explore each stage to grab items essential for clearing each level.
The Plaquemine Lock
Students were tasked by the Plaquemine Lock State Historic Site to create two animations for the purpose of educating site visitors on the function and history of the now defunct Plaquemine Lock. Tiffany Vu modeled and animated a sweeping 3D diagrammatic animation explaining how the lock functioned, while Amandeep Singh utilized his proficiency with After Effects to visually tell the history of the lock through historic photos.
Wegmans for the Win
It's not football season without Wegmans! Wegmans, Optic Sky, and MAGIC teamed up to create a winning commercial featuring football fans and food.
SHED
The new centerpiece of RIT's campus, the SHED, features a large screen promoting RIT events, student projects, and much more. MAGIC's student team works cross-functionality to regularly curate, design, and update the content featured on the screen.
Reef Escape
The first Nintendo Switch game published by a Puerto Rican studio! Travel the underwater dangers of the reef in an air bubble. Test your reflexes as you avoid obstacles and carefully explore each stage to grab items essential for clearing each level.
The Plaquemine Lock
Students were tasked by the Plaquemine Lock State Historic Site to create two animations for the purpose of educating site visitors on the function and history of the now defunct Plaquemine Lock. Tiffany Vu modeled and animated a sweeping 3D diagrammatic animation explaining how the lock functioned, while Amandeep Singh utilized his proficiency with After Effects to visually tell the history of the lock through historic photos.
Wegmans for the Win
It's not football season without Wegmans! Wegmans, Optic Sky, and MAGIC teamed up to create a winning commercial featuring football fans and food.
SHED
The new centerpiece of RIT's campus, the SHED, features a large screen promoting RIT events, student projects, and much more. MAGIC's student team works cross-functionality to regularly curate, design, and update the content featured on the screen.
Studio Services
Book our Sound Stage
MAGIC’s sound stage is the only of its size in the Rochester region, designed from the ground up to serve all of your film production needs. View our Production Resources and full list of Facilities to learn more!
Key Features
- 7,000 square feet
- NC 25 sound rating
- 35’ pic points
- Green Room, hair/make-up/shower facilities, Production Office
- Fully outfitted color correction and sound mix suites
- 32’ x 16’ LED wall, with technical support for motion capture, camera tracking, virtual art department, and real-time in-camera visual effects
Production Resources
Want to work with us for your production? Here’s what you need to get started.
- Producer’s Handbook
- Equipment Rate Card
- Post Production Rate Card
- Studio Rate Card
- Sound Stage Blueprint (for planning your production)
Questions? Contact Amanda Hughes with any facility questions or inquiries.
Our Facilities
The facilities in MAGIC Spell Studios are available for faculty, staff, and students to utilize. MAGIC at RIT is one part commercial film production and media development studio and one part academic laboratory, interwoven throughout a brand new 52,000 square foot building. Students, faculty, and industry partners are welcome to take full advantage of all the locations, equipment, and technology that we have to offer.
To see a more in-depth summary of all the corners of MAGIC Spell Studios, browse below.
To book a facility, contact Amanda Hughes.
7k
square foot sound stage
1st
university to publish to Xbox One platform
58
speakers in Dolby-Atmos certified theater
1 of 3
Empire State Development-designated Digital Game Hubs
Additional Services
Commission a Student Team
MAGIC Spell Studios assembles capable student teams for contracted design services, providing experiential learning and employment. We handle the production, hiring, and administrative services and support to help bring your project to life. This, coupled with our flexible IP policy makes us an ideal partner.
Set up a co-work space
The collaborative partner suite provides access to workspaces, hardware, and software in exchange for employment and research partnerships on campus. Your company can benefit from a direct connection to an emerging creative workforce of current RIT students and alumni.
Research with MAGIC
World-class faculty across RIT affiliate with MAGIC in support of their scholarly and creative work. MAGIC provides resources, administration, and infrastructure to support such work, and establishes and maintains a culture of multi-disciplinary inclusion and sustained inquiry.
As a designated RIT research Center of Excellence, MAGIC is home to several funded research projects and hosts faculty affiliates from multiple schools and departments. These projects span public sponsored research grants to commissioned corporate projects.