Have a look-see at the quarter’s leading VFX and Animation spots, which showcase a wide range of genres, looks and approaches. See related article here.
SHOOT Top 10 Visual Effects & Animation Chart
Title | Visual Effects/Animation | Agency | Production | |
1 | Kraft Foods/Planters’ “Holiday Party” (video below) | LAIKA/house, Portland, Ore.Mark Gustafson, supervising animation director; Kirk Kelley, creative director/animation director; Lourri Hammack, president/exec producer; Colin Thacher, producer; Eric Adkins, DP; Michael Corrigan, editor. (Toolbox: Dragon, Nuke, Kuper, Lightroom) | BEING | Smuggler, bicoastal/international |
2 | Hewlett Packard’s “Happy Baby”(video below) | Method Studios, Santa MonicaDan Glass, sr. creative director; Gabby Gourrier, sr. exec producer; Rob Hodgson, VFX supervisor; Jake Hibler, VFX producer; Dan Seddon, CG supervisor; Masa Narita, lead character model/texture; Joon Lee, character rigging/animation; Les Major, character animation; Dan LeTarte, Hiro Okubo, Norris Houk, CG generalists/FX & lighting; Michael Maker, tracking, integration, dept. lead; Marguerite Cargill, Flame compositor; Stuart Cripps, Greg Derochie, Andrew Mower, Brett Reyenger, Eric Weinschenk, Nuke compositors; Jay Robinson, Flame support. | Goodby, Silverstein & Partners,San Francisco | Biscuit Filmworks, |
3 | Ford Mondeo’s “True Beauty” (video below) | Digital Domain, Venice, Calif.Ed Ulbrich, president, Commercial Division, exec VP; Jim Riche, exec producer; Jay Barton, VFX supervisor; Richard Morton, Ron Herbst, CG supervisors; Chris Fieldhouse, sr. producer; William Lemmon, Stephanie Escobar, coordinators; Ian Doss, Michael Lori, trackers; Derek Crosby, Adrian Dimond, riggers; Kirk Cadrette, animator; Brian Creasey, Casey Benn, David Liu, Julian Fitzpatrick, lighters; Jason Mortimer, 3D artist; Rafael F. Colón, sr. Nuke compositor; Hilery Johnson Copeland, lead roto artist; Dave Stern, lead Flame artist; Rob Liscombe, Matthew James Bramante, Flame artists. (Toolbox: Autodesk Maya, V-Ray, Mental Ray) | Ogilvy London | RSA Films, |
4 | Audi’s “Footsteps””(video below) | Motion Theory, Culver City, Calif.Kaan Atilla, Mathew Cullen, creative directors; Ram Bhat, art director; John Fragomeni, head of VFX/VFX supervisor; Mark Kurtz, sr. VFX producer; Paul Pianezza, VFX coordinator; Jeff Benoit, previs; Andy Cochrane, DFX lead; Marion Spates, CG lead; Brian Cariage, designer; Kevin Gillen, Ryan Phalen, McKendree Poston, Houdini artists; Slavik Anishchenko, animator; Tim Clark, Elias Gonzales, matte painters; Jon Aghassian, Juan Colon, Colin Cromwell, Tim Donlevy, Dylan Jutt, Michael Karp, Candida Nunez, Jared Sanders, tracking; Elissa Bello, roto/paint lead; Stephen Edwards, Megan Gaffney, Meredith Hook, Kenneth Lui, Carlos Rosario, Jackie Shibles, Midori Witsken, rotoscope artists; Federico Saccone, lead Flame artist; Todd Hemsley, Chris Moore, Flame artists; Tina Van Delden, prodn. mgr.; Jason Webb, editor; Jeff Aquino, Rigo Madrigal, asst. editors. (Toolbox: Flame, Houdini, Maya (previz), SynthEyes, Silhouette, Photoshop) | Venables, Bell & Partners, San Francisco | Motion TheoryMathew Cullen, director. |
5 | Gushers’ “Gusher For An Eye” (video below) | The Mill New YorkCole Schreiber, lead Flame; Naomi Anderlini, Flame; Roz Paradis, assistant; Ruben Vanderbroek, CG; Adrienne Britzman, producer; Jamie Wilkinson, colorist. | Saatchi & Saatchi | Station Film, bicoastal |
6 | LG Kompresser Elite Vacuum’s “Something’s Lurking” (web video) (video below) | Psyop, bicoastalMarie Hyon, Marco Spier, creative directors; Lucia Grillo, Justin Booth-Clibborn, Lydia Holmes, exec producers; Michael Neithardt, Sean Sullivan, producers; Psyop, animation; Christian Bach, lead 3D artist; Todd Akita , Alvin Bae, Jonah Friedman, David Barosin, Miguel Salek, Xuan Siefert, Jimmy Gass, Pat Porter, Kitty Lin, Keith Kim, 3D artists; Jae Ham, 3D animator; Nick Tanner, lead 2D artist; Adam Flynn, Dan Short, 2D artists; Anh Vu, Jonathan Saunders, designers; Cass Vanini, editor; Ben Chan, storyboard artist; Joerg Liebold, tracking; Sam Ballardini, Hung Liao, design interns. (Toolbox: Photoshop, XSI, Maya, Nuke, Flame) | Young & Rubicam, | Psyop/Smuggler, bicoastal Psyop, director |
7 | Starbucks’ “Snowflake” (video below) | Framestore, New YorkJames Razzall, exec producer; Murray Butler, VFX supervisor/lead Flame; Raul Ortego, David Forcada, Tom Leckie, Mark Beardall, Flame artists; Sabrina Tenore, rotoscoping; David Mellor, CG supervisor; Alon Gibli, technical director | BBDO New York | Epoch Films, |
8 | Activision | Asylum Visual Effects (since closed)Jonny Hicks, VFX supervisor/lead compositor; Michael Pardee, exec producer; Ryan Meredith, producer | TBWAChiatDay, Los Angeles | MJZ, bicoastal/internationalRupert Sanders, director |
9 | Oregon Lottery’s “Beard World” (video below) | Nathan Love, New York. Anca Risca, director, compositor; Joe Burrascano, creative director; Mike Harry, exec producer; Derrick Huang, producer; Jessica Namnum, Morgan Schweitzer, character designers; Sigmund Lamberto, Lizzie Nichols, additional designers; Javier Leon, lead CG artist; Mario Menjivar, Sigmund Lamberto, storyboards; Kael Cabral, animatic; Ryan Moran, animation lead; David Han, 3D animator; Frank Naranjo, rigging lead; Atia Quadri, additional rigging; Joji Tsuruga, lighting & rendering lead; Isaiah Palmer, Jon Lee, additional lighting & rendering; Joji Tsuruga, compositing TD; Herculano Fernandes, Isaiah Palmer, compositing; Javier Leon, texturing lead; Triston Huang, Roland Womack, additional texturing; Stephen Mackenzie, pipeline lead; Mikael Spade, Joji Tsuruga, pipeline TDs; Mary Ibosh, character modeling lead; Alex Cheparov, additional character modeling; Javier Leon, prop modeling lead/additional character modeling; Omar Sarmiento del Barrio, Arsen Arzumanyan, Jeff Lee, Bryan Eck, Roland Womack, modeling; Kristjan Zaklynsky, After Effects. | Borders Perrin Norrander, Portland, Ore. | Nathan Love, New York Anca Risca, director |
10 | The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas’ “Just The Right Amount of Wrong” (video below) | Zoic Studios, Culver City, Calif.Steve Schofield, Erik Press, exec producers; Ian Unterreiner, sr. producer; Leslie Ekker, creative director; Andy Wilkoff, CG supervisor; Chris Irving, 2D lead/Flame artist; Glenn Bennett, Flame artist; John Cornejo, Nuke artist; Adrian Grey, Chris Barsamian, CG artists. (Toolbox: Nuke, Flame) | Fallon, Minneapolis | @radical.media, bicoastal/international Tarsem, director |
