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 | Huggies’ “Soirée” (video below) | MassMarket, New York. Justin Lane, Rich Rama, executive producers; Nancy Nina Hwang, Marcus Lansdell, producers; Justin Romero, associate producer; Cass Vanini, editor; Damon Ciarelli, CG supervisor; Andy Jones, CG lead; Todd Akita, Jonah Friedman, Soo Hee Han, Xuan Siefert, CG artists; Tom Cushwa, CG modeler; Ian Brauner, CG pre-vis; Joerg Liebold, tracking lead; Denis Trutanic, tracking; David Parker, lead Flame; Jamie Scott, Joanne Unger, Jeen Lee, Adam Flynn, Flame artists. (Toolbox: Flame, Maya, Soft Image XSI, Boujou, Silhouette for Rotoscoping) Animation: Buck, New York.Kate Treacy, Anne Skopas, executive producers; Kevin Hall, producer; Orion Tait, creative director; Lars Holmgren, CG supervisor; Kevin Couture, Arvid Volz, Dave Soto, 3D generalists; Ryan O’Phelan, CG lead/modeling/comping/texturing; Claudio Salas, texturing. | JWT, New York | MJZ, bicoastal/international Fredrik Bond, director |
2 | NBA’s “Nash”(video below) | a52, Santa Monica Pat Murphy, VFX supervisor; Glyn Tebbut, lead Flame artist; Jennifer Sofio Hall, exec producer; Heather Johann, VFX producer. (Toolbox: Flame, Smoke) | Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco | Park Pictures, bicoastal Chris Sargent, director/DP |
3 | Coca-Cola’s “Siege”(video below) | Framestore, London Diarmid Harrison-Murray, VFX supervisor; Sarah Hiddlestone, VFX producer; Simon French, CG supervisor; Mike Mellor, animation lead; Johnny Han, crowd lead; Russell Dodgson, composite lead; Martin Aufinger, VFX lead; Simon Bourne, telecine. (Toolbox: Nuke, Maya, Houdini, Flame, Photoshop, Mental Ray, Mantra) Nexus, London Fx & Mat, directors; Chris O’Reilly, executive creative director; Julia Parfitt, exec producer; Isobel Conroy, produce; Claire Thompson, production manager. | Wieden+Kennedy, Portland, Ore. | Nexus Fx & Mat, directors |
4 | Volkswagen’s “Black Beetle”(video below) | The Mill, LondonTim Bussell, shoot supervisor/3D lead artist; Rob Sethi, Patrick Krafft, shoot supervisors; Juan Brockhaus, lead 3D artist; Barnsley, Darren Christie, lead 2D artists; Adam Scott, colorist; Gemma Smith, VFX producer. (Toolbox: Flame, Baselight, Maya, Nuke, Softimage, ZBrush) | Deutsch LA | MJZ Dante Ariola, director |
5 | Bridgestone’s “Carma”(video below) | Method, Los AngelesGil Baron, Andy Boyd, VFX supervisors; Robert Owens, exec producer/producer; Mike Wigart, producer; Andy Boyd, lead 3D artist; Masa Nartia, Joon Lee, Brian Burke, Kerry Graham, 3D artists; Jake Montgomery, lead Flame artist; Chris Hunsberger, Flame artist; Stephanie Ide, roto artist. (Toolbox: Maya, Houdini, Zbrush, Flame, Nuke) | The Richards Group, Dallas | House of Usher Films, Santa Monica, Calif. Kinka Usher, director |
6 | Planters’ “Tree-athlon”(video below) | LAIKA/house, Portland, Ore.Mark Gustafson, dir.; Lourri Hammack, EP; Rebecca Bowen, Colin Thacher, producers; Kirk Kelley, CD; Barry Bruce, animation dir.; Paul Harrod, art dir.; Fred Gardner, prodn design; Colin Batty, Felicie Haymoz, character design; Robin Ator, Chris Purdin, Aaron Sorensen, storyboards; Jenny Kincade, Lauren Bair, Don Flores, Jon David Buffam, Photoshop artists; Ktie Mello, fabrication dept. lead (character), Rob Melchior, art dept. lead (set/props); Tony Merrithew, sculptor; Colleen Flanigan, Sarah Hall, Charissa Niles, armaturists; Yvonne Kowsun, lead character painter; Margaret Mayer, lead costumer; Karl Richter, Patrick Van Pelt, EFX animation; Eric Adkins, DP; Julianna Cox, Wendy Fuller, Chris Ohlgren, Bartek Prusiewicz, Anthony Scott, Suzanne Twining, animators; John Nolan, David Trappe, mo. control; Rex Carter, Flame; Nick Childs, Michael Nicholas, compositors. (Toolbox: After Effects, Nuke, Kuper, Lightroom) | BEING, New York | Smuggler, bicoastal Ringan Ledwidge, director |
7 | Swedbank’s “Under the Oak Tree”(video below) | Aardman Animations, Bristol, U.K.Steve Harding-Hill, director; Jason Fletcher-Bartholomew, producer; Mark Chamberlain, DP; Nathan Sale, lighting; Dave Osmand, Inez Woldman, Martin Davies, animators; Kate Timmons, assistant animator; Nick Herbert, rigger; Sarah Laborde, art director; Felicie Haymoz, character design; James Grant, set design; Theresa Whatley, Jo Hepworth, Eve Coy, storyboard; Alexis Hoskins, lead modelmaker; Johnny Tate, Sarah Edwards, Gary Losh, Grace Deberker, Terrie Payne, Sue Black, modelmakers; Rachel Bowen, Kath Miller, Rob Slagter, Sue Black, set dressers/prop makers; Fred Gray, scenic artist; Sion Lane, sets; Bram Ttwheam, CGI supervisor/VFX; Jim Lewis, CGI supervisor; Paule Quinton, Valeria Romano, Spencer Cross, Tom Readdy, compositors. (Toolbox: Nuke X, Fusion 6, After Effects, Photoshop, Stop Motion 7, Mark Roberts’ animoko motion control tracker, Canon 1D Mark 3s still camera) | Colony Agency Production AB, Stockholm Lowe Brindfors, Stockholm, Sweden | Aardman Animations, Bristol, U.K. Steve Harding-Hill, director |
8 | JP Morgan Chase’s “Change”(video below) | Psyop, bicoastalAlex Hanson, Thibault Debaveye, creative directors; Lydia Holness, Neysa Horsburgh, exec producers; Eve Strickman, producer; Tony Barbieri, TD; Patrick Arrasmith, Pete Sickbert-Bennett, Lutz Vogel, Samantha Ballardini, Stephanie Davidson, designers; Borja Pena, Daniel Fine, Entae Kim, George Smaragdis, Helen Choi, Michael Shin, Russ Wooten, Soo Hee Han, Zed Bennett, Jordan Harvey, 3D artists; Borja Pena, Jason Conradt, compositors. (Toolbox: Maya 2011, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects) | mcgarrybowen, New York | Psyop/Smuggler,bicoastal Psyop, director |
9 | Yahoo! Mail’s “Lover Come Back”(video below) | Blacklist, New YorkAndrew Linsk, EP; Rachel Walchak, producer; Will Rexer, DP; Irfan Akdag, art director; Cass Vanini, editor; David Parker, Flame; Nick Tanner, color correction. (Toolbox: Flash, After Effects, Cinema 40, Photoshop, Flame) SDF-1 Studios, Santa Monica, Calif. Tina Starkweather, producer; Morgan Schweitzer, character designer; Elad Tibi, Rustam Hasasnov, illustration; Evan Parsons, Luke Yoo, compositing; Eddie Moreno, Joshua Dotson, Shervin Etat, Victor Malcervelli, Jahmad Rollins, Jamal Otolorin, Song Kim, Leah Ordonia, cel animation; Luke Yoo, Luis Gonzalez, previs. | Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco | Blacklist, New YorkZoe Wishart, director; Laurent Barthelemy, live-action director |
10 | Chef Boyardee’s “Nightlight” | MPC, Santa MonicaEric McCasline, VFX producer; Daniel Marsh, lead 3D artist; Rya Knowles, lead compositor; Fred Durand, 3D artist; Adam Frazier, Smoke artist; Brinton Jaecks, compositor. (Toolbox: Maya, Nuke, Smoke) | Venables Bell & Partners, San Francisco | Epoch Films, bicoastalMatt Aselton, director |
