Our quarterly Visual Effects & Animation Chart offers a mix of work that includes an inspiring piece for the New York Organ Donor Network, a graceful bit of choreography for Lycra, the opening title sequence of the WGN primetime series "Manhattan," and a short for GE that pays homage to the value of ideas.

Check out the Chart entries which represent a wide range of disciplines, genres and artists. Also deployed on this collection of notable work was varied software as reflected in the Toolbox info for each entry.

1:  Top Spot of the Week: New York Organ Donor Network’s “Long Live New York”

Client New York Organ Donor Network Agency Y&R New York Jim Elliott, chief creative officer; Glen Jacobs, executive creative director; Josh Schildkraut, Miranda Dean, creative directors; Letitia Jacobs, executive director of content production; Emma Starzacher, Sarah Haroldson, producers. Production Zeilt Productions Laurent Witz, director/EP/DP; Jerome Gillet, Ghayth Chegaar, character design; Joane Degive, production assistant. Music Francois Rousselot, composer; Macedonia Radio Symphonic Orchestra, musicians.

2:  Invista/Lycra’s “Lycra Moves You”

Visual Effects/Animation Glassworks, London Duncan Horn, lead Flame artist; Nina Mosand, Sal Wilson, Flame artists; Florian Juri, Alastair Hearsum, lead 3D artists; Alessandro Vastalegna, Julian Johnson, Matt Fletcher, Simon Payne, Darren Cullis, Luke Kelly, Kofi Ansah, Frederoc Bonpapa, Roman Vrbovsky, 3D artists. (Toolbox: Softimage, PF Track, Nuke, Flame) Agency SapientNitro, London Production Independent Films, London Philippe André, director

 

3:  New Online Short: GE’s “Ideas”

Client GE  Agency BBDO New York David Lubars, chief creative officer, worldwide; Greg Hahn, chief creative officer, New York, & copywriter; Michael Aimette, executive creative director; Ralph Watson, Matt Vescovo, supervising art directors; Diane Hill, executive producer; Rani Vaz, head of music production.  Production Biscuit Filmworks Noam Murro, director; Eric  Schmidt, DP; Jay Veal, line producer. Editorial Rock Paper Scissors Stewart Reeves, editor; Luke McIntosh, assistant editor; Malanie Gaglianol producer. VFX Legacy EFX, puppets. Alan Scott, chief of design. VFX Method Studios Gabby Gourrier, EP; Pip Malone, producer; Rob Hodgson, VFX supervisor; Keith Roberts, animation & co-VFX supervisor; Nicole Saccardi, coordinator; Brian Burke, CG supervisor; Matt Williamson, Aaron Schultz, animators; Mark Renton, conform artist; Sandro Blattner, compositor; Lyndsey Horton, Ryan Rogers, riggers; Schoichi Matsubara, lighter; Brian Ripley, texture artist; Chad Roen, modeler; Johnny Andow-Barker, tracking coordinator; Lauren Van Houten, tracking lead; Rebecca McKee, tracking artist; Pam Gonzales, paint artist; Crystie Schrecengost, Marvin Jones, roto & paint artists; Stephanie Sweeney, roto & paint supervisor. Music/Sound Design Emoto Steve Hampton, composer. Audio Post Heard City Keith Reynaud, mixer.

4:  American Eagle Outfitters’ “Portraits”

Client American Eagle Outfitters  Agency  Translation John Norman, chief creative officer; Jay Berry, Marc d’Avignon, executive creative directors; Betsy Decker, creative director, copywriter; Ben Carter, creative director/art director; Miriam Franklin, director of content production; Liz Graves, producer; Nick Pacelli, music supervisor. Production MJZ Dante Ariola, director; Greig Fraser, DP; Scott Howard, exec producer; Natalie Hill, line producer. Editorial NO6 Andrea MacArthur, editor; Kyle Whitmore, assistant editor; Crissy DeSimone, post exec producer; Kendra Desai, post producer. Visual Effects The Mill LA Chris “Badger” Knight, VFX artist; Jo Arghiris, VFX exec producer; Leighton Greer, VFX producer. Audio Post Eleven Jeff Payne, mixer; Suzanne Hollingshead, exec producer; Dawn Redmann, producer. Music “Feeling Good” Remake Composed and Arranged by Ariel R. A Heavy Duty Music /Mad Decent Production; Josh Kessler, exec producer; Daniel Nigro, producer.

5:  New Game Trailer: Activision/Destiny’s “Become Legend”

Client Activision/Destiny Agency 72andSunny John Boiler, CEO; Glenn Cole, chief creative officer; Matt Jarvis, chief strategy officer; Tom Dunlap, chief production officer; Sam Baerwald, head of production; Frank Hahn, executive creative director; Tim Wolfe, creative director/writer; Peter Vattanatham, creative director/designer; Garrett Jones, lead designer; Ryan Iverson, copywriter; Vincent Barretto, art director; Eric Rasco, sr. producer; Michael Quinones, production coordinator; Mike Parseghian, group brand director; Eli Hoy, brand director; Morgan Murray, brand manager; Kirbee Fruehe, brand coordinator. Production RESET Content Joseph Kosinski, director; Claudio Miranda, DP; Dave Morrison, managing director; Jeff McDougall, exec producer; Julien Lemaitre, producer. Costumes/Effects Legacy Effects J. Alan Scott, effects supervisor; Vance Hartwell, Aina O’Kane, Marilyn Chaney, Greg Smith, Won Song, key artists. Editorial Union Editorial/Circus Jono Griffith, editor; Jedidiah Stuber, assistant editor; Michael Raimondi, exec producer/president; Joe Ross, sr. producer. Visual Effects Digital Domain Eric Barba, chief creative officer/sr. VFX supervisor; Carla Attansio, sr. producer; Charles Bolwell, producer; Alex Michael, sr. VFX coordinator; Greg Teegarden, CG supervisor; Dan Akers, compositing supervisor; Steve Preeg, animation director; Eddie Smith, FX lead; Daisuke Nagae, CG lead; Viki Chan, on-set/data integration; Cody Williams, art director/AFX; Rich Flier, president, advertising & games; Scott Gemmell, exec producer/head of production. Sound Design Formosa Group Per Hallberg, MPSE, supervising sound editor; Philip D. Morrill, 1st assistant sound editor; Ann Scibelli, MPSE, Jon Title, MPSE, sound designers. Audio Post Rohan Young, mixer; Jeff Malen, assistant.

6:  WGN’s “Manhattan” (opening title sequence for Lionsgate/Atom Prodns. series)

Visual Effects/Animation Imaginary Forces, New York Dan Gregoras, creative director; Jeremy Cox, art director; Gabriel Marquez, exec producer; Jon Hassell, producer; Griffin Frazen, designer; Sekani Solomon, animator; Peter Ahern, cel animator; Kari Amdal, editor; Audrey Davis, Tim Haldeen, additional design.
(Toolbox: Photoshop, After Effects, Maxon Cinema4D) Agency None Production Imaginary Forces, New York Dan Gregoras, Jeremy Cox, co-directors

7:  Nike’s “Genealogy of Innovation” (short)

Visual Effects/Animation Golden Wolf, London Ingi Erlingsson, creative director; Alex Fernandez, motion graphics lead, design, animation, edit/compositing; Ant Baena, producer; Iris Erlingsdottir, photography; Max Englehart, design, animation, edit/compositing; Pablo Lozano, Wojtek Szklarski, design; Miquel Rodriguez, Petro Furrbato, Miro Klasinc, animation; Stefan Falconer, animation, edit/compositing. (Golden Wolf is handled in the U.S. by Blacklist, NY) (Toolbox: Photoshop, After Effects, Cinema4D) Blackbox, Barcelona Physalia, direction/animation Agency none Production Golden Wolf, London creative direction Blackbox, Barcelona Physalia, direction/animation

8:  ZDF’s (German TV network) “Champions League”

Visual Effects/Animation MPC, London Leianna Campbell, VFX producer; Tom Robinson & Stephen Ross, a.k.a. H-Block, VFX supervisors and color grade; Samuele Cisternino, William MacNeil, Richard Sutton, Rupert Cresswell, Matteo Morando, motion graphics (Toolbox: Zbrush, Cinema 4D, After Effects, Premier, Photoshop, V-Ray, TurbulenceFD, X Particles, Nuke, DaVinci Resolve Lite) Agency none Production MPC Creative, London Tom Robinson, Stephen Ross, a.k.a. H-Block, directors

9:  Beech-Nut’s “Just Gentle Cooking”

Visual Effects/Animation Aggressive, Ridgewood, NJ Alex Topaller, director; Dan Shapiro, director/EP; Riccardo Albertini, animation lead; Santi Agusti, additional animation; Rodier Kidman, storyboard artist/art director; Pam Morris, production designer; Hillary Cutter, producer; Joe Arcidiacono, DP (Toolbox: After Effects, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Flash, Cinema 4D, DaVinci) Agency Story Worldwide, New York Production Aggressive, Ridgewood, NJ Alex Topaller, Dan Shapiro, directors

10:  AAMCO’s “800 Pieces”

Client AAMCO Production Backyard, Venice, Calif. Nick Piper, director/creative director/Flame artist; Blair Stribley, president/partner; Chris Zander, managing director/partner; Kris Mathur, VP/executive producer; Josh Caplan, freelance creative director/copywriter. Visual Effects Vertical EFX Tony Smoller, CGI artist; Gary Gannon, editor.