Our Summer Top Ten Chart for Visual Effects and Animation brings a wide range of styles, VFX and animation disciplines to the fore spanning spots, shorts, public service fare, even an informational piece explaining a ballot measure.

1:  DirecTV’s “Dad Fight”

Visual Effects/Animation The Mill New York Sue Troyan, sr. EP; Anastasia von Rahl, producer; Phil Crowe, creative director/shoot supervisor; Robert Sethi, creative director; Chris Bayol, shoot supervisor/3D lead artist; Jacob Bergman 3D lead artist; Becky Porter, 2D lead artist; Daniel Thuresson, Remedy Huynh, Asif Haque, Joy Tiernan, Robert Murdock, Patrick Heinen, Ashley Forbito, Scott Johnson, 2D artists; Carl Harders, Krystal Sae Eua, Danny Yoon, Edwin Fong, Kevin Culhane, Ashraf Ghoniem, Andy Romine, Susan Little, Mike Di Nocco, Katie Yancey, Alaina Hower, Alfonso Alpuerto , Bridget Warrington, Jeffrey Lee, Ruel Smith, Jesse Flores, Robert Chapman, George Liu, 3D artists; Jeff Langlois, support. (Toolbox: Nuke, Hero, Maya, Arnold, PFTrack) Agency Grey New York Production Hungry Man, bicoastal Bryan Buckley, director.

2:  New Web Video: Samsung’s “Galaxy 11: The Match, Part 1”

Client Samsung Agency Cheil Worldwide Mookyo Lee, creative director; Zonguk Han, Woohyun Son, Sunghoon Min, Narang Park, art directors; Simon Friederg, Adrian Sim, Yongjun Jung, Jeongmi Lee, Yoonjung Lim, copywriters. Production Psyop Todd Mueller & Laurent Ledru, directors; Neysa Horsburgh, managing director; Luisa Murray, exec producer; Drew Bourneuf, producer; Kyle Cassidy, VFX supervisor/lead TD; Brian McCauley Johnson, Marc Hyman, Drew Bourneuf, writers; Nathan Lueptow, Jane Lee, associate producers; Erik LaPlant, digital production manager; Andrew Park, Adam Kuczek, Al Crutchley, Jan Urschel, Janice Ahn, Ke Swaab, Marc Gabbana, Ming Pan, Oscar Cafaro, Paul Kim, Vaughan Ling, Georgia Tribuiani, Lilit Hayrapetyan, Velwyn Yossy, Sean Martin, designers; Raymond Harvie, Benton Jew, Jeffrey Errico, storyboard artists; Andy Wilkoff, CG supervisor; Randy Sharp, modeling lead; Anastasios Gionis, Andrew Lema, Hannah Josepher, Ken Bishop, Kevin Manning, Larissa Docolas, Lili Heng, Paul Martinez, Rie Ito, Cris Fudge, Rafael Zabala, Doug Wolf, modelers; Sean Kealey, rigging lead; Briana Hamilton, George Saavedra, Jenna Renard, John Riggs, Sebastian Garcia, riggers; Erik Gamache, lead CG animator; Tim Ranck, Dan Patterson, Chris Barsamian, Adam Floeck, Jeremy Butler, Tom Gurney, Doug Wolf, Chris Smith, Bernd Angerer, Christopher Bishop, Kelly Perez, Brooke Shay, Matt Connolly, Chris Meek, Dan Vislocky, animators; Wendy Klein, Jane Byrne, Lily Heng, Robby Branham, texture artists; Robby Branham, CG lighting lead; Andy Wilkoff, Jane Byrne, Lily Heng, Hao Cui, John Cook, Sebastian Garcia, Aldrich Torres, Isaac Irvin, Jon Balcome, Todd Herman, Wendy Klein, Jonathan Iwata, Jose Martin, Stephen DeLalla, lighters; Matt Rotman, CG FX lead; Enoch Ihde, Kiel Gnebba, Raymond Popka, Richard Tepavchevich, Victor Grant, FX artists; Matt Lavoy, lead compositor; Danny Koenig, Michael Dobbs, Don Kim, Brady Doyle, Austin Brown, Eric Almeras, Krystal Chinn, Lane Jolly,compositors; Maxx Burman, Zach Christian, matte painting; Sarah Blank, Greg Doyle, 2D animators; Lance Pereira, Brett Nicoletti, editors; Joe Hughes, SamTehrani, assistant editors; Andy Jones, head of CG; Alon Gibli, John Cooper, Tony Barbeiri, pipeline. Previsualization The Third Floor Kerry Shea, VP production; Mark Nelson, previs supervisor; Steven Lo, previs lead; Nicholas Markel, Keren Albala, Greg Breitzman, Rob Kim, Javier Lopez-Duprey, Mark Austin, Shoghi Castel de Oro, Alexndra Zedalis, Hiroshi Mori, Heather Flynn, previs artists; Peter Gould, previs editor; Chris Edwards, previs creative supervisor; Charlotte Nelson, previs associate production manager; Chen Lin, previs production coordinator. Motion Capture House of Moves Player 3D scans Cloud 10 Duncan Lees, Andy Chopping, Mark Beckett, Chris Cornish; Cobi Jones, football consultant/choreographer; Shay Spitz, Artur Aghasyan, John Rodriquez, Karim Barcelo, Adriano Lima, Maxwell Griffin, John Ward, Gui DaSilva-Green, Travis Parker, motion capture football actors; Michael Davis, Dan Czerwonka, Michael Schell,  Anthony Marks, motion capture actors. Music/Sound Design/Mix Echolab  Tobias Norberg, composer; Gavin Little, music producer/sound designer/mixer; Joe McHugh, sound designer. Voiceover Record The Factory, UK Martin Taylor, VO commentator.

3:  Amnesty International’s “Pen”

Client Amnesty International Agency TBWA Paris Philippe Taroux, Benoit Leroux, creative directors; Ingrid Varetz, art director; Maxime Boiron, head of TV; Amer Zoghbi, producer. Production Troublemakers.tv One More, co-producer Onur Senturk, director; James Hagger, producer; Aurelie Chevalier, Cecile Alvarez, production managers; Charles-Philippe Bowles, production assistant; Thomas Bidart, 1st AD. Motion Capture Mocaplab Remi Brun, motion capture shoot director; Frank Vayssettes, motion capture supervisor; Charles Fourgeront, motino capture editor. Performers Romain Ogerau (hero), Franck Pech, Charles Lelaure, motion capture actors. Post One More Benjamin Darras, post producer; Johnny Alves, art director; John Meunier, postproduction coordinator; Eddy Richard, VFX supervisor; Francois-Xavier Gonnet, 3D artist. Gwenhael Glon, modeling setup; Romain Durr, layout; Jeremie Vidal, animation; Jerome Rouvelet, Thomas Rodriguez, tim Lebon, Victor Besse, layout, lighting, renders, compositing; Alain Xerri, R&D supervisor; Nicolas Larrouquere, editor; Romain Bouileau, additional editing; Herve Thouement Flame operator. Music Paolo Nutini, Dave Nelson & Charlie Chaplin; Philippe Mineur, Ferdinand Huet, music art direction; Benoit Dunaigre, sound producer; Olivier Lefebvre, head of music & sound.

4:  New Short: Nike Football’s “The Last Game”

Client Nike Football Agency Wieden+Kennedy, Portland, Ore. Alberto Ponte, global creative director/copywriter; Ryan O’ Rourke, global creative director/art director; Dan Viens, digital director; Matt Hunnicutt, global executive producer; Erika Madison, sr. producer; Julie Gursha, production assistant; Ben Grylewicz, head of production; Jordan Schroeder, project manager; Joe Staples, Susan Hoffman, executive creative directors. Production Passion Jon Saunders, director/writer. James Russell, Kevin Cecil, Steven Hall, Lucy Guy, writers; Andrew Ruhemann, Pete Candeland, Alex Webster, Brendan Houghton, Ryan Goodwin-Smith, story development team; Daniel Emmerson, Simon Griffin, Lee Hempstock, Rob Sprackling, John Smith, additional story assistance; Pete Candeland, develoment cretive director; Andrew Ruhemann, Alex Webster, executive producers; Anna Lord, head of production; Ryan goodwin-Smith, producer; Adriana Piasek-Wanski, line producer; Anna Cunningham, Kate Goodwin, production coordinators; Becky Perryman, production assistant; Claudia hesse, Hanna Simons, VO casting directors; Mark Waring, animation director;  Andy Ansah, football choreography consultant; Jason Nicholas, head of CG; Neil Riley, VFX supervisor; Cesar Nunes, CG supervisor; Suzanne Forward, Derek Walsh, Amelie Zilliox, Mark Harper, Dave Powell, CG coordination; Carine Buncsi, additional coordination; Jon Saunders, Alex Huguet, Gillian Reid, Leeroy Vanilla, Dan Lambert, character design; Jake Slutsky, CG design development; Brendan Houghton, Yohann Auroux (clean-up), storyboards; Xavier Zahra, Richard Perry, previz lead; Mark Brown, Paul Cousins, Emiliano Nanfaro, Stephen Harrison, Daniel Adams, previz; Daniel Adams, Remi Cauquil, Anthony Martin, layout; Alex Huguet, character modeling supervisor; Mattias Bjurstrom, Tom Bryant, Dan Fine, Julia Friedl, Craig Maden, Abner Marin, Angel Navarro, Alex Stratulat, character modeling; Ian Brown, environments modeling supervisor;  Zahra Al-Naib, Florence Ciuccoli, Guillaume Fuentes, Jacob Gonzalez, Juan Carlos Gracia, Francois Mancone, Paco Rocha, Florent Rousseau, Vladimir Venkov, Sarah Zaher, environment modeling; Ellie Bond, Amanda Bone, Katreena Bowell, Claudia Carvalho, Eva De Prado, David Domingo Jimenez, Lesley Rooney, Grace Stephens, texturing; Andrew Butler, Chris Dawson, Morgan Evans, Maarten Heinstra, Maickel Pasta, Georg Schneider, rigging;  Conor Ryan, animation lead; Magali Barbe, Antoine Bourruel, Cath Brooks, Wesley Coman, Catherine Elvidge, Rhiannon Evans, Aldo Gagliardi, Alex Grigg, Annie Habermehl, Rimelle Khayat, Boris Kossmehl, Karin Mattsson, Daniel Meitin, Florian Mounie, Nora OSullivan, Garrick Rawlingson, Alvaro Martin Saez de Parayuelo, David Sigrist, Milian Topsy, Rodrigo Torres, Marie Vorhoeven, Chris Welsby, Steven White, (Darren Walsh – Magpie), animation; Jamie Franks, FX supervisor; Sam Swift-Glasman, Junaid Syed, Dan Warder, FX; Ariele Podrieder Lenzi, sr. cloth TD, Antonios Defteraios, Will Fife, Jayson King, Colin Perret, Michael Sofoluke, cloth; Chema Del Fresno, Kwai Ip (also cloth), hair; Jonny Grew, crowd; Christian Mills, Arnoud Machtou, L&R lead; Howard Bell, Yohan Cohen, Jacob Gonzalez, Patrick Krafft, Sebastian Mayer, Richard Moss, Camille Perrin, Francois Pons, Paco Rocha, lighting & rendering; Svilen Aynadzhiev, Pavan Balagam, Andre Bittencourt, David Lea, Manuel Perez, Julien Record, Valeria Romano, Johnny Still, Alex Swann, compositing; Stephane Coedel, Giles Dill, graphics; Eve Strickman, producer (3D end tag);Sam Mason, Jon Saunders, CG designers; Andy Ansah, Tyson White, choreographer; Tyler Blake, project manager; Gerri McCarthy, live producer for Passion; Marek Wesolowski, DOP/Steadicam operator; Ronaldas Buozis, SOP/Sony F55; Ralph Messer, focus puller; Josh Feder, runner/GoPro; Jonah Sugden, runner/5D operator; Nuria Perez, DIT; Lottie Hope, Passion producer; Phil Stilgoe, mocap producer; Stuart Haskayne, mocap supervisor; Joe Ells, mocap post supervisor; Iain Silvester, mocap production coordinator; Matt Parker, sr mocap technician; Ross Richards, David Bushen, mocap technicians; Mimi Dulake, mocap production assistant; Goran Dimitrijevi, mocap tracking manager; Igor Kovačević, mocap sr tracker; Jelena Mitrović, Zoran Muncan, Miloš Knežević, Nenad Milosavljević, mocap trackers; Sajjad Amjad, Julian Hodgson, pipeline TDs. 3D End Tag ILOVEDUST, original 2D design Animation Wieden+Kennedy, Portland (3D end tag) Production Painting Practice, Cesar Nunes; Dan May, production designer; Daniel Cacouault, John Park, Thomas Scholes, concept art; Rafael Martin Coronel, lead concept artist/matte painter; Graeme McDougal, 3D matte artist/lead; Antoine Birot, Nicolas Loudot, Tristan Menard, Carlos Nieto,  matte painters/concept artists; Noemie Cauvin, jr. matte painter; Justin C Hutchinson-Chatburn, Mike Shorten, Alex Fort, Xavier Ren, concept artists; Matt Hotchkiss, 3D artist; Dora Sarkozi, coordinator; Gemma Kingsley, Erica McEwan, graphic design; Rodolphe Parfait, jr. artist. Music Walker, Portland. Judson Crane, composer; Sara Matarazzo, exec producer; Abbey Hickman, music coordinator; Licensed Track Miss Alissa, Eagles of Death Metal Sound Design 750mph Sam Ashwell, sound designer/mix engineer; Sam Robinson, audio producer. Phil Boland, additional engineering. Editorial  Whitehouse Post, London/NY Paul La Calandra, editor; Joe Petruccio, assistant editor; Lisa Kenrick, exec producer; Lauren Hertzberg, exec producer (NY); Nick Crane, producer. Passion Victoria Lesiw. Anne Monnehay, Tim King, additional editing for Passion

5:  The Best Work You May Never See: Kellogg’s “Storybook”

Client Kellogg Europe Agency Leo Burnett, London. Guy Moore, creative director; Mark Franklin, Rob tenconi, creatives; Alessia Small, producer. Production Hornet Inc. Yves Geleyn, director; Jan Stebbins, exec producer; Cathy Kwan, producer; Joel Kretschman, live-action producer; Ivan Abel, DP; Carlos Ancalmo, storyboard artist; Mandy Smith, are director; Kim Dulaney, Andres Gutierrez Torres, Sarah Orenstein, Diana Park, designers; Michelle Higa, Harry Teitelman, animatic animators; Lee Gingold, lead compositor; David Hill, Joanna Newman, compositors; Tiffany Chung, Ted Wiggin, roto artists; Nathan Aquith, Melissa Chow, Eric Duke, Peter Erickson, Ben Kress, Tim McDonald, Hayley Morris, fabricators; Angela Stempel, fabrication & compositing intern; David Hawcock Books, paper engineer; Nate Spengler, 1st AC: Don Ganfield, motion control operator; Roman France, DIT; Michael Yetter, gaffer; Chris Clarke, best boy; Matt Walker, key grip; Matt Cryan, 2nd grip; Jon Osterman, VTR operator; Stephanie Andreou, script supervisor; Milton Katz, Stevie Weinstein-Foner, production assistants. Editorial Hornet Inc. R.J. Glass, editor

6:  Samsung’s “Coliseum”

Visual Effects/Animation MPC London Philip Whalley, VFX producer; Tim Phillips, VFX EP; Franck Lambertz, VFX supervisor; Carsten Keller, CG supervisor; Jean-Clement Soret, colorist. (Toolbox: Nuke, Maya, Hiero, Arnold render Engine, ALICE proprietary crowd tool) Agency CHI&Partners, London Production Park Pictures, bicoastal, London Nathan Price, director Ruskin Films, Auckland, New Zealand

7:  New Short: Allstate’s “Safe In My Hands”

Client Allstate Agency Leo Burnett Susan Credle, chief creative officer; Charley Wickman, executive creative director; Sarah Block, Ed Odyniec, Christopher Warmanen, creative directors; Omari Miller, associate creative director; Zach Bonnan, copywriter; Todd King, designer; Veronica Puc, executive producer; Leah Karabenick, producer; Amrita Bhatia, sr. strategist; Chris Clark, sr. music producer. Production Blacklist  Holbrooks (Tom Brown & Daniel Gray), directors; Adina Sales, exec producer; Alexander Unick, producer. Marika Cowan, Chris Carboni, Leland Goodman, animation; Andrew Zimbelman, Aaron Kemnitzer, compositing. Music Eli Lieb, recording artist; Pablo Mathiason, artist management.

8:  MLB’s “Timeless”

Visual Effects/Animation Light of Day, New York Colin Stackpole, lead Flame artist; Leo Nguyen, Mike Wharton, graphics; Jen Milano, VFX executive producer. (Toolbox: Smoke, Flame, Lustre, After Effects, Maya) Agency BBDO New York Production HSI, bicoastal The Malloys, directors

9:  The Best Work You May Never See: SeePolitical’s “Prop 41”

Client SeePolitical Agency Guru Media Solutions Production Imaginary Forces Michelle Dougherty, creative director; Kris Fortin, designer/animator; Ryan Summers, lead animator; Andrew Dowis, Thomas Horne, Jeff Jankens, Juan Monasterio, animators. Music Greg Johnson.

10:  New Short: TED’s “The Vine Effects”

Client TEDxColumbiaSIPA Agency Capital C Gary Watson, chief creative officer; Raul Garcia, creative director/art director; Alex Bird, Andrew Payne, Geoff Morgan, copywriters; Jess Toye, art director; Margaret Callaghan, producer. Production Someplace Nice Sean McBride, director; Estelle Weir, exec producer; Robbie McNamara, line producer. Editorial Married To Giants Monica Remba, editor; Denise Shearer, exec producer; Trevor Corrigan, online. VFX/Matte Painting TOPIX Sylvain Taillon, VFX exec producer; Christina Lord, VFX sr. producer; Andrew Nguyen, VFX & matte painting supervisor; Ronak Shah, modeler/CG artist. Music/Audio Grayson Matthews. Post Alter Ego. Conor Fisher, colorist. Casting Jigsaw Casting Shasta Lutz.