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 Spring Top 10 Visual Effects & Animation Chart
Title | Visual Effects/Animation | Agency | Production | |
1 | Cravendale Milk’s “Cats With Thumbs” (video below) | MPC (The Moving Picture Company), London. Kamen Markov, lead Flame/VFX supervisor; Richard McKeand, assist Flame; Ryan Hadfield, Heather Goodenough, Neil Griffiths, assist Nuke; Charlotte Tyson, matte painter; Jean-Clement Soret, telecine; Josh King, post producer. (Toolbox: Flame, Nuke) | Wieden+Kennedy, London | Smith and Jones Films, London & North Hollywood, Calif.Ulf Johansson, director |
2 | Lexus’ “A Beautiful Contradiction”(video below) | Fuel VFX, Sydney Andrew Hellen, visual effects supervisor; Celia Nicholas, executive producer; Erica Ford, producer; Jo Wu, Tess Boughton, modeling; Colin Ware, texturing; Alana Douglas, Richard Skelton, tracking; Cara Gately, rigging; Lucas Tooth, animation; Mike Bain, Nick Cross, lighting/shading; Simone Riginelli, lead Nuke compositor/color grading; Will Gammon, Natalie Merffert, Norah Mulroney, Nuke compositors; Luke Bubb, matte painting; Alex Reyes, Smoke operator; Karen Fabling, color grading. (Toolbox: Synth Eyes, Photo Modeler, Maya, Maxwell, Nuke, Baselight, Flame, Smoke) | Saatchi & SaatchiAustralia, Sydney | Goodoil Films, Sydney Matt Murphy, director |
3 | Citroén’s “Dominoes”(video below) | Psyop, bicoastal Laurent Ledru, creative director; Blythe Dalton, producer; Minh Ly, associate producer; Chris Sage, VFX supervisor; Paul Cayrol, Georgia Tribuiani, Kenesha Sneed, designers; Joshua Wiesenfeld, Philippe Collange, Charles Ratteray, storyboard artists; Brett Nicoletti, editor; Brendon Kachel, Andrew Park, Matt Conway, Eric Mattson, matte painters; Alex Kolasinski, lead Flame; Jodi Tyne, John Shirley, David Parker, Flame; Lori Miller, lead desktop compositor; Lane Jolly, Ryan Raith, compositors; Gregg Lukomski (Halon), previz; Chris Sage, 3D lead; Wendy Klein, Julian Fitzgerald, Freddy Oropreza, Andrew Romatz, modelers; Sean Kealey, rigger; Freddy Oropeza, Greg Gangemi, Matt Connoly, Yvain Gnabro, Yuchiro Yamashita, animators; Greg Gangemi, lighter; Krystal Chinn, Stephen Hollbrook, roto; Mark Lipsmeyer, tracker; John Sparks, Brian Alvarez, Wayne Hollingsworth, particles. (Toolbox: RealFlow, fumeFX, Maya) | Agence H, Paris | Psyop@Quad Paris Psyop, Directors |
4 | Jameson Irish Whiskey’s “Fire”(video below) | Method, Santa MonicaDan Glass, sr. CD/FX sup.; Gabby Gourrier, sr. EP; Sascha M. Flick, prod.; Jeff Willette, CG sup.; Chris Bankoff, compositing sup.; Noah Caddis, lead Flame compositor; Todd Herman, CG lead, Maya; Jonathan Vaughn, James Kirk, Dan LeTarte, CG Fire & Smoke FX; Marcelo Pasqualino, Chris DeCristo, Chris Hunsberger, Scott Balkcom, Flame compositors; Wendy Seddon, Sandro Blattner, Chad Buehler, Nancey Wallis, Kama Moiha, Nuke compositors; Brogan Ross, matte/layout; Evan Shipard, Justine Gasquet, Tim Matney, Olivier Pron, matte painters; Steward Burris, rigging/animation; Masa Narita, character model/texture; Bruce Jurgens, Justin Lloyd, Mikey Rogers, CG generalists; Michael Maker, Jason Locke, Marlon Perez, trackers; Max Ulaner, coordinator. (Toolbox: Flame, Nuke, Houdini, Maya) Scanline, L.A. (Water FX) Stephan Trojansky, FX sup.; Robert Evans, prod.; Lukas Lepicovsky, lead TD; Justin Mitchell, Masakazu Murakami, Saysana Rintharamy, TDs; Justin Mijal, modeler; Thomas Ganshorn, Oliver Pilarski, Nils Thuerey, R&D. | TBWAChiatDayNew York | Biscuit Filmworks |
5 | Skittles’ “Fists”(video below) | The Mill, New YorkDan Roberts, VFX producer; Danny Morris, shoot supervisor/2D lead artist; Keith Sullivan, Randy McEntee, 2D artists; Albert Cook, Brian Houlihan, assist. (Toolbox: Flame, Flare, Combustion) Brand New School, bicoastal(End title graphics) Ned Brown, exec producer; Jens Gehlhaar, creative director; Josh Wakefield, producer; Robin Kim, Peter Murphy, animators. | TBWAChiatDayNew York | Smith and Jones Films, London & North Hollywood, Calif.Ulf Johansson, director |
6 | Planters'”Alejandro”(video below) | LAIKA/house, Portland, Ore. | BEING, New York | Smuggler, bicoastal Ringan Ledwidge, director |
7 | Sherwin-Williams’ “Daybreak”(video below) | Buck, New YorkOrion Tait, creative director; Anne Skopas, EP; Kevin Hall, producer; Ben Langsfeld, lead art director/design; Joshua Harvey, art director/design/CG supervisor/3D animation; Jon Klassen, Thomas Schmid, design; Jon Allemand, storyboards; Chris Hendryx, 3D pipeline mgr; David Soto, Joon Lee, Scott Hubbard, 3D modeling/layout; Pete Hamilton, Ryan O’Phelan, 3D animation; Ylli Orana, Michael Lampe, Kevin Couture, 3D lighting/shading; Daniel Oeffinger, lead composite; Conrad Ostwald, Seth Ricart, composite. (Toolbox: Maya, V-Ray, Nuke, After Effects, Photoshop, Da Vinci) | Buck, New York Buck, director | |
8 | MTV EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficking)’s “Planet Better”(video below) | Paranoid U.S., bicoastalEdouard Salier, director; Claude Letessier, exec producer; Guillaume Raffi, head of postproduction. Young & Rubicam, New YorkAlejandro Norman, After Effects artist (Toolbox: AfterEffects) | Young & Rubicam, New York | Paranoid U.S., Edward Salier, director |
9 | Dr Dre’s “I Need A Doctor” (music video)(video below) | Arsenal FX, Santa Monica, Calif.Mark Leiss, Terry Silberman, Steve Gibbons, visual effects artists; Ashley Hydrick, executive producer; Pravina Sippy, producer; Lauren Mayer-Beug, Nate Boldman, designers. (Toolbox: Flame, After Effects) | n/a | HSI, bicoastalAllen Hughes, director |
10 | Wagon Christ’s “Chunkothy” (music video)(video below) | Nexus Productions, LondonCelyn Brazier, director/designer/animator/coloring; Bali Engel, coloring/animating; Margot Tsakiri-Scanatovits, Manav Dhir, assistant coloring. (Toolbox: Photoshop) | n/a | Nexus Productions, LondonCeyln Brazier, director |
