Our summer Top Ten Visual Effects & Animation Chart breaks down the leading work this quarter, starting with Canon’s “Journey” and Liberty Mutual’s web short Lighthouse in the top two slots. The overall Chart contains a wide range of effects varied forms of animation.
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SHOOT Summer 2008
Top 10 Visual Effects & Animation Chart
Title | Visual Effects/Animation | Agency | Production | |
1 | Canon’s “Journey” (video links below) | Asylum, Santa Monica Paul O’Shea, VFX supervisor; Marc Varisco, on set VFX supervisor; Michael Pardee, executive producer; Mark Kurtz, producer; Mike Hanley, bidding producer; Ryan Meredith, associate producer; Miles Essmiller, Inferno artist; Eddie Offerman, 3D tracking; Tim Clark, matte painting; Alexi Steinhauer, texturing; Junko Schugardt, Chris Cortese, Merlin Carroll, rotoscoping. Toolbox: Adobe Lightroom, Final Cut, Inferno, Avid, Massive | Grey New York | Anonymous Content, bicoastal Andrew Douglas, director |
2 | Liberty Mutual’s Lighthouse (web short on Responsibility Project website)(video links below) | Exopolis, Los Angeles Charlie Short, Ming Hsiung, directors; Mike McCarthy, producer. ProMotion Studios, Sydney James Neale, producer; Sefan Wernick, animation director; Matt Ebb, lighting/shading/TD; Tristan Lock, sr. modeler; Jeremy Davison, Lee Salvemini, animators; Kim Neale, matte painter; Hamed Zaghaghi, ocean dynamics; Enrico Valenza, assistant texture artist Toolbox: Zbrush, 3dsmax, Blender, Sony Vegas, Syncarella | Hill Holliday, Boston | Exopolis Charlie Short, Ming Hsiung, directors |
3 | LG’s “World of Steam ” (video links below) | Absolute, New York Nirad “Bugs” Russell, Wendy Garfi nkle, VFX producers; Daniel Morris, Dirk Greene, Flame artists; Vania Alba-Zapata, 3D artist; James”Krispy” Cornwell, Combustion artist. Toolbox: Flame, Combustion, Maya | BBH New York | Partizan, bicoastal/international Nagi Noda, director |
4 | Persil’s “Roboboy” (video links below) | The Mill, London Austen Humphries, shoot supervisor/producer; Doug Luka, shoot supervisor; Lucy Reid, producer; Barnsley, lead Flame artist; Jonathan Box, Adam Grint, Giles Cheetham, Flame assistants; James Pratt, Robin McGloin, John Thornton, Smoke artists; Will O’Connor, 3D producer; Mario Licci, Vincent Baertsoen, Douglas Lassance, Eva Maria, Kuehlman, Aidan Gibbons, Dan Elliot, 3D artists; Adam Scott, telecine. Toolbox: Spirit, Flame | BBH London | Bikini Films, London Philippe Andre, director. |
5 | Gatorade’s “Ball Girl” (video links below) | Framestore, New York David Hulin, VFX supervisor; James Razzall, exec producer; Maryanne Butler, sr. Flame artist; Talia Marash, Miyuki Shimamoto, Flame assistants. Toolbox: Flame. A camera with a mo/con head was used to get matching live-action plates | Element 79 Partners, Chicago | harvest, Santa Monica Baker Smith, director |
6 | Mazda 3’s “Red & White” (video links below) | Digital Domain, Venice, Calif. Ed Ulbrich, exec producer; Jay Barton, VFX supervisor; Greg Teegarden, CG supervisor; Chris Fieldhouse, producer; David Rosenbaum, pre-vis artist; Rob Trent, Andrew Eksner, Dave Stern, Flame artists; Kevin Ellis, online Flame artist; Rafael F. Colon, Krista Benson, Rachel D. Keyte, Nuke compositors; Chris Romano, James Atkinson, Matthew Bell, Ron Herbst, Charles Paek, Tim Nassauer, Brian White, Anthony Ramirez, Lee Carlton, David Chan, digital artists; Dan Thron, matte painter; Hilery Johnson Copeland, Rob Liscombe, Eddie Gutierrez, roto artists; Scott M. Edelstein, on set tracker; Montu Jariwala, Som Shankar, integration trackers; Stephanie Escobar, VFX coordinator. | JWT Dusseldorf, Germany | RSA Films, bicoastal/international Carl Erik Rinsch, director |
7 | Sears Craftsman’s “Father’s Day” (video links below) | Zoic Studios, Culver City, Calif. Steve Schofi eld, executive producer; Andrew Orloff , Chris Jones, creative directors; John Shirley, VFX supervisor; John Banta, compositor; Michael Cliett, CG supervisor; Maya Sanchez, producer; Dimitri Gueer, editor. Toolbox: AfterEffects, Flame, Lightwave, Maya | Y&R, Chicago | Gargantuan Films, Malibu, Calif. Loni Peristere, director |
8 | HP Touchsmart’s PC’s “Maestro” (video links below) | Psyop, Los Angeles Todd Mueller, Kylie Matulick, directors; Angela Bowen, Neysa Horsburgh, exec producers; Sara Mills, Blythe Dalton, Luisa Murray, producers; Jamie Scott, Aska Otake, lead Flame artists; Jeff rey Dates, Dave Barosin, Ted Kotsadtis, Todd Akita, TDs; Jason Vega, Gerald Ding, Jeff Lopez, Kittly Lin, animation; Andy Hara, animation/lighting; Andreas Gebhardt, R&D; Joerg Liebold, Jenn Lee, Chris Hills, Steven Hill, tracking; Leslie Chung, David Marte, Alejandro Monzon, roto; Zoe Wishart, Lutz Vogel, Jon Saunders, Chris Saunders, Jake Sargent, Ron Kurwin, design; Josh Wiesenfi eld, storyboards; Cass Vanini, Brett Goldberg, Brett Nicholetti, editors. | Goodby, Silverstein & Partners,San Francisco | Psyop Todd Mueller, Kylie Matulick, directors. |
9 | Levi’s “Moonwalker” (viral spot) (video links below) | Method, Santa Monica Jake Montgomery, lead 2D VFX artist; Andy Mower, Billy Higgens, 2D VFX artists; Noah Caddis, jr. 2D VFX artist; Kathy Siegel VFX shoot supervision; Lisa Houck, VFX executive producer; Leighton Greer, head of production; Lauren Haggard, VFX producer. Toolbox: Flame, Shake | Cutwater, San Francisco | Tate USA, Santa Monica Eric King, director. |
10 | Weight Watchers’ “History of Dieting” (video links below) | Hornet, New York Peter Sluszka, director; Michael Feder, exec producer; Greg Bedard, Joel Kretschman, producers; John Earle, compositor/VFX supervisor; Arthur Hur, JooYong Kim, Marcus Wagner, compositors; Ivan Abel, DP; Kevin Coyle, Matt Somma, animators; Joe Suslak, editor. Toolbox: After Effects, Photoshop, Final Cut Pro | McCann Erickson, New York | Hornet Peter Sluszka, director. |
