1:  Detroit Youth Choir, Yessian, IndigoYaj Capture “Glory” In Music Video Supportive Of Black Lives Matter

Client Detroit Youth Choir’s “Glory” music video Agency Imagination Detroit Alistair Wilson, agency lead; Stefania Walkowiak, Ashley Carey, executive producers; Rob Cousineau, producer. Production Imagination Detroit Everett Stewart, director; Corey Gipperich, DP. Postproduction Imagination Detroit Nick Sullivan, editor; Davis Nixon, colorist; Zack Jacobs, VFX. Music “Glory” (song from the motion picture Selma), written by John Legend and Common.  Detroit Youth Choir Anthony White, Donnell Mosley, vocal arrangement, additional lyrics; IndigoYa, rap lyrics. Yessian Music, Detroit (music recording, producing, arranging, mixing) Brian Yessian, partner/chief creative officer; Gerard Smerek, song producer/exec producer, mixer, recordist, engineer; Scott Gatteno, Pro Tools recording engineer, vocal editing, technical engineer; Mark Chu, music arrangement & adaptation, track production and all programming; Michael Yessian, partner/head of production.  Sterling Sound, Edgewater, NJ Chris Gehringer, mastering. Audio Post Yessian Detroit Gerard Smerek, mixer.

2:  Uber, Wieden+Kennedy Say “Thank You For Not Riding”

Client Uber Agency Wieden+Kennedy, Portland, Ore. Colleen DeCourcy, Susan Hoffman, Jason Bagley, Eric Baldwin, executive creative directors; Kathy Hepinstall, Sara Phillips, creatives; Matt Hunnicutt, head of production; Molly Tait Tanen, executive producer; Chris Capretto, producer; Carly Starratt, brand strategy director; Annie Sanditen, executive design producer; Karen Koch, design director; Angela Iannarelli, designer; Matt Blum, sr. production designer; Frazer Goodbody, retoucher/3D artist. Production PRETTYBIRD Editorial Exile Kyle Brown, editor; Eileen Miraglia, assistant editor; CL Weaver, exec producer; Jennifer Locke, head of production; Kristina Thoegersen, post producer. VFX Exile Wes Waldron, lead Flame. Color The Mill Matthew Osborne, colorist; Blake Harrop, color producer. Music Beacon Street Studios, Venice, Calif. Andrew Feltenstein, John Nau, Danny Dunlap, composers (original song “Promise Me”); Leslie DiLullo, executive producer. Sound Design Lime Studios, Santa Monica, Calif. Rohan Young, sound designer. Audio Post Lime Studios, Santa Monica, Calif. Rohan Young, mixer.
 

 

 

3:  Tank and the Bangas, Elephant, Yahoo Deliver “What The World Needs Now”

Client Yahoo Agency Elephant, New York  Pablo Marques, Marco Pupo, Betsy Becker, “Hank” Hanrahan, creatives; Gregoire Assemat Tessandier, Shani Arutheliya, Paige Sharkey, Nolan Flaherty, client services. Production Elephant, New York Crista Rock, director. Postproduction Nice Shoes Sal Malfitano, Tom Tomlinson, Serena Bove, Jason Farber, Kayako Ono. Music/Sound A reimagining of “What the World Needs Now” (Burt Bacharach, composer; Hal David, lyrics); Tank and the Bangas (Tank Ball, Norman Spence, Joshua Johnson, Albert Allenback) & Friends, Alexis Marceaux, Alfred Banks, Anjelika Joseph, Daniel Abraham Jr., Danny Abel, David Shaw, Etienne Stoufflet, Franklin Davis II, Harmony Ball, Jonathan Johnson, Joshua Kagler, Maggie Koerner, PJ Morton, Rahim Glaspy, Samuel Crafts, Sasha Masakowski, Sha’Condria Sibley, Sunni Patterson, Tia Henderson, Tracci Lee, artists; Crista Rock, Danilo Mila, production.  Brooklyn Music Experience, Brooklyn, NY Josh Rabinowitz, music consultant Audio Post Nola Post, New Orleans Bassy Bob, mixer Soundlounge, NY

 

4:  Director Michel Gondry, We Believers Look To Clear The Air For Burger King

Client Burger King Agency We Believers, NY Gustavo Lauria, chief creative officer, copywriter; Santiago Luna Lupo, group creative director, copywriter; Diego Grandi, head of art, art director; Marcia Jaes, head of production; Marco Vega, head of planning; Rocio Fernandez Sasso, creative coordinator. Production Partizan Entertainment Michel Gondry, director; Shawn Kim, DP; Lisa Tauscher, managing director/exec producer; Kelly Martin, head of production; Raffi Adlan, producer; Maxwell Orgell, production designer; Andy Coffing, 1st AD; Mandy Moore choreographer. Editorial Final Cut LA Jeff Buchannan, editor; Diego Panich, 2nd editor. VFX/Postproduction The Mill LA Dan Roberts, EP; Erin Hicke, sr. VFX producer; Glyn Tebbutt, creative director/shoot supervisor/2D lead artist; Bowe King, art director/design CD; Freddy Parra, set data wrangler/3D artist; Yarin Manes, 3D lead artist; Franz Kol, Patrick Dirks, Kai Chun Tsai, Tim Rudgard, Rakesh  Venugopal, 2D artists; Christian Sanchez, Matt Connolly, Danny Garcia, Elizabeth Hammer, Michael Lori, Fabio Marzo, Alice Panek, Shashi Kumar Dakoju, Amit Das , Dinesh Kanakaraj, Anish Mohan, 3D artists; Tim Robbins, Gareth Parr, finish artists; AVV Suresh, Chakravarthi V, Nikhil K M, Arun Kumar, Nithin Babu, paint artists; Jacob Bergman, animation supervisor; Stefan Kang, Mike LaFave, animators/FX artists; Greg Rubner, Greg Park, Patrick Kipper, John Federico, motion graphics/design; Nick Metcalf, colorist; Megan Rumph, color producer; Logan Highlen, Gemma Parr, color assist. (Toolbox: Flame, Nuke, Maya, Photoshop, Houdini, After Effects, C4D) Music/Sound Pickle Music, New York Alexis Estiz, composer; Steve Mudd composer & lyrics; Gustavo Lauria (who is CCO at ad agency We Believers), lyrics; Mason Ramsey, performer; Jacob Bloomfield-Mirsrach, Biijan Sharifi, Dario Calequi, sound designers; Lia Mitchell, Courtney Jenkins, producers; Chanelle Guyton, talent vocal coach; Pickle Music Studios, music publisher. Audio Post Pickle Music, New York Jacob Bloomfield-Misrach, mixer. Research Team  PhD. Octavio A. Castelán-Ortega, PhD. Ermias Kebreab

5:  Top Spot of the Week: Pereira O’Dell, PRETTYBIRD Director Paul Hunter Daydream For Stella Artois

Client Stella Artois U.S. Agency Pereira O’Dell PJ Pereira, creative chairman, co-founder; Robert Lambrechts, chief creative officer; Nick Sonderup, executive creative director; Thiago Cruz, creative director; Ivan Rivera, sr. copywriter; Camilo Ruano, sr. art director; Anjali Rao, copywriter; Rachel McEuen, art director; Som Perry, associate design director; Evan Zelermyer, production artist; Veronica Beach, executive producer; Bridget Pierce, sr. producer; Tom Naughton, director of strategy; Kira Loretto, brand strategy director; Nina Cole, communications strategy director; Damara Dikeou, social strategy director; Haley Carter, social strategist. Production PRETTYBIRD Paul Hunter, director; Kerstin Emhoff, CEO/exec producer; William Green, producer; Matt Lloyd, DP; Mandy Moore, choreographer. VFX/Animation MPC, New York Camila De Biaggi, exec producer; Anna Kravtsov, producer; Alvin Cruz, creative director; Tom McCullough, Alvin Cruz, creative directors; Tim Crean, VFX supervisor; Dan Fine, 3D lead; Tim Crean, Rob Walker, Mazyar Sharifian, Renato Carone, Jared Pollack, Gustavo Bellon, Patrick Ferguson, Navid Sanati, Toya Drechsler, Andre Arevalo, Cynthia Lee, Rob Ufer, 2D team; Neela Kumuda Parankusham, 2D producer; Stevenson G, Amresh Kumar, Aginesh K M, Karthikkeyan M D, Pramod Dwivedi, Arulanandhan P, Bijeesh K U, Kiran Veeraswarapu, Padmapriya K, Jaswan Vishnu, Pitchuka Suresh, Naresh Kumar Nandaluru, Ragesh Ramachandran, Vivekananthan R, Silambarasan R P, Sugumar S, 2D artists. (Toolbox: Flame, Nuke, Maya, Photoshop) Editorial Cosmo Street Lawrence Young, editor; Jared Zygarlicke, Josh Berger, assistant editors; Luiza Naritomi, head of production; Maura Woodward, exec producer. Music M. Ward, vocals/guitar/keys, producer; John Askew, engineer; Alia Farah, vocals; Jordan Hudson, drums; John Benson Sebastian, writer; Trio Music Company, publisher, All rights administered by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC; Published by Alley Music Corp. (BMI) Courtesy of Round Hill Music. Music Supervision Search Party Winslow Bright, exec producer; Meghan Currier, music supervisor; Stewart Lerman, mix & production. Audio Post Heard City Phil Loeb, mixer; Sasha Awn, exec producer.

6:  Goodby Silverstein & Partners, Google, United Nations, Tribeca Dive Into “Life Below Water”

Client United Nations Frances Simpson-Allen, partnerships lead, sustainable development goals. Google Danielle Landress, Olivia Jovais, product marketing managers; Paul Eyers, Jeff Blankstein, Paula Castro, creative partnerships lead. Tribeca Nina Chaudry, VP production. Agency Goodby Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco Jeff Goodby, Rich Silverstein, co-chairmen; Margaret Johnson, chief creative officer; Hanna Wittmark, Kate Baynham, associate creative directors; Eleanor Rask, art director; Trevor Joplin, copywriter; Ryan Self, design director; Benny Gold, designer; Bonnie Wan, partner, head of brand strategy; Christine Chen, partner, head of communication strategy; Jacob Sperla, sr. communications strategist; Darien Ahn, brand strategist; Leila Gage, head of broadcast production; Tod Puckett, director of film and music curation. Production Spacestation, New York Brian Schulz, director; Chris Bryan, DP; Melanie Paul, Matthew Mills, exec producers; Ellie Cano, production manager; Marni Ellis, postproduction supervisor; Sharika Ajaikumar, editor; Chang Wang, assistant editor. On Location Team Robbie Gonzalez, diving services director; Giovanni Gonzalez, diving services coordinator; Daniel Alamilla, Felipe Ancona, Chuck, safety divers. Editorial Elevel, San Francisco Graham Willcox, editor; Liz Norris, assistant editor; Michael Damiani, director of Elevel; Allison Lambert, post producer. Music Elias Music, bicoastal Jonathan Elias, composer. Sound Design & Mix Lime Studios, Santa Monica, Calif. Joel Waters, sound designer/mixer; Collin Thomas, assistant mixer. VFX Elevel Mike Landry, creative director; Nathan Shipley, technical director; Luke Davisson, motion artist. VFX a52 Jesse Monsour, Pat Murphy, VFX supervisors; Kevin Stokes, John Valle, Flame artists; Andrew Romatz, CG supervisor; Aemilia Widodo, Ariana Ziae-Mohseni, Joe Paniagua, Michael Bettinardi, Josh Dyer, CG artists; Drew Rissman, VFX producer; Kimi Christensen, Patrick Nugent, exec producers; Jennifer Sofio Hall, managing director. Color a52 Color Gregory Reese, colorist; Jenny Bright, sr. color producer; Thatcher Peterson, exec producer; Jennifer Sofio Hall, managing director.

7:  Mirimar, Director Andreas Nilsson Delve Into Klarna’s Swedish Origins For Offbeat U.S. Brand Campaign

Client Klarna US Agency Mirimar, Los Angeles John McKelvey, founder & chief creative officer; Luke McKelvey, co-founder & managing director; Jon Marshall, Croix Gagnon, creative directors; Mariola Bruszewska, design director; Kristine Ling, head of production; Natalie Sun, digital producer & creative technologist; Alexa Calabro, head of strategy. Production Biscuit Filmworks Andreas Nilsson, director; Shawn Lacy, partner/managing director; Holly Vega, exec producer; Rachel Glaub, Sean Moody, heads of production; Jay Veal, producer; Kalle Wettre, producer (Sweden); Lasse Frank, DP; Koja, production designer. Editorial Arcade Edit Geoff Hounsell, editor; Fernando Raigoza, Harrison Draper, assistant editors; Damian Stevens, managing partner; Crissy DeSimone, exec producer; Alexa Atkin, sr. producer. Audio Post Barking Owl Mike Franklin, mixer; Kelly Bayett, creative director; Ashley Benton, producer. Music DeadMono Fredrik Rinman, Malcolm Pardon, composers. VFX KEVIN Tim Davies, lead artist/executive creative director; Andrew Cowderoy, VFX producer; Sue Troyan, sr. exec producer/partner; Steve Gibbons, Robert Murdock, 2D team.

8:  Deutsch LA, SMUGGLER, SOUTH Music and Sound Hit The “Deck” For Behr

Client Behr Agency Deutsch LA Pete Favat, chief creative officer; Ryan Lehr, executive creative director; Curtis Petraglia, Andrew Kong, executive creative directors; Diego de la Maza, head of integrated production; Dan Kaplan, executive integrated producer; Ali Issari, sr. integrated producer; Chase Butters, associate music director; Dez Davis, music supervisor. Production SMUGGLER Benji Weinstein, director. Music SOUTH Music and Sound Morgan Whirledge, Jon Darling, composers; Ann Haugen, exec producer; Matt Drenik, creative director. End Tag Music Human Carol Dunn, exec producer; Craig Deleon, Seth Fruiterman, composers. Editorial Steelhead Paul Plew, editor; Fernanda Toledo, assistant editor; Jennifer Mersis, exec producer; Dominick Guglielmo, producer. Audio Post Steelhead Cayce Sylvester, mixer; Jennifer Mersis, exec producer.

9:  Hennessy, Droga5 Pursue “Unfinished Business” For Black, Asian, Hispanic Communities

Client Moet Hennessy North America Agency Droga5 NY David Droga, creative chairman; Neil Heymann, global chief creative officer; Tim Gordon, Felix Richter, co-chief creative officer; Alexander Nowak, global head of art; Thom Glover, creative director; Ted Meyer, Craig Gerringer, sr. copywriters; Jason Gold, sr. art driector; Dan Kelly, group creative director; Joel Francke, associate creative director; Craig Wong, group experience design director; Rich Greco, executive design director; Jen Lally, associate design director; Owen DiRienz, experience designer; Adrian Koenigsberg, designer; Sally-Ann Dale, chief creation officer; Jesse Brihn, director of film production; Ruben Mercadal, associate director of film production; Forrest Holt, sr. producer, film; Connor Hagan, associate producer, film; Mike Ladman, sr. music supervisor; Justin Durazzo, director of innovation; Ian Graetzer, director of art production; Bianca Escobar, associate director, art production; Jonny Bauer, global chief strategy officer; Harry Roman-Torres, head of strategy; Drew Simel, strategy director; Justin Clagette, brand strategist. Production Second Child, New York Haley Anderson, director; Scott Chinn, managing director; Jomo Fray, DP; Chelsea Greenwood, producer; Paul McGeiver, photographer. Editorial The Quarry Jonnie Scarlett, editor; Jack Moore, assistant editor; Tor Adams, exec producer. Postproduction Framestore Henio Henning, producer; Chris Anthony, producer (color); Simon Bourne, colorist. Music Orbital Music and Sound, New York Julius Rodriguez, composer. Sound Design/Audio Post Wave Studios, New York Aaron  Reynolds, sound design and mix.

10:  Goodby Silverstein & Partners, Directors Smith & Foulkes Print Up “Magic Carpet” Ride For HP

Client HP Agency Goodby Silverstein & Partners Jeff Goodby, Rich Silverstein, co-chairmen; Margaret Johnson, chief creative officer; Wes Phelan, Matt Edwards, creative directors; Sian Coole, art director; Jo Cresswell, copywriter; Leila Gage, Margaret Brett-Kearns, co-directors of production; Stephanie DeNatle, executive producer; Bonnie Wan, partner, head of brand strategy. Production/Animation/VFX Nexus Studios, London Smith & Foulkes, directors; Tracey Cooper, producer; Derek Walsh, production manager; Dave Hunt, CG supervisor; Steve White, animation lead; Carl Kenyon, 3D lead; German Diaz, 2D lead; Ben Plouffe, concept designer; Melanie Climent, character designer & matte painter; Signe Cold, designer; Dom Griffiths, Clement Fassler, animators; Andrew Spence, Joao Rema, Fabien Glasse, James Drummond, Darren Rolmanis, Matteo Antona, 3D generalists; Matt Clark, Andy Hickenbottom, 3D modelers; Lea Georges, rigger; Adam Beer, storyboards; Eva de Prado, texture artist; Tim Bacon, VFX artist; Fabio Messina, groom artist; Dave Slade, editor; Ieuan Lewis, pitch designer; Hannah McCarthy, pitch coordinator; Gianluca Dentici, Osman Baloglu, compositors.  (Toolbox: Maya, Substance Painter, Zbrush, Houdini, Nuke, Photoshop, Shotgun, XGen, Premiere). Sound Design & Mix Factory UK, London Anthony Moore, sound design & mix; Deborah Whitfield, audio producer. Music Production Company SIREN, London Chris White, composer; Sean Craigie-Atherton, music producer. SIREN Publishing Ltd., music publisher. Voiceover Casting Sound and Fury Mabel Cresswell (role of Lilly); Charlie Coletta, AVO