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 | Barclaycard’s “Rollercoaster” (video below) | The Mill, New YorkDan Roberts, VFX producer; Angus Kneale, shoot supervisor; Ben Smith, shoot supervisor/CG supervisor; Wyatt Savarese, Ruben Vandebroek, shoot supervisors/CG artists; Alex Lovejoy, Dan Williams, lead Flame artists; Melissa Graff, Flare artist; Nitant Karnik, Nuke; Cole Schreiber, Naomi Anderlini, Corey Brown, Stefan Coory, Ian Richardson, Flame artists; Jeff Robins, Smoke artist; Keith Sullivan, Rosalind Paradis, Robert Bruce, Suzanne Dyer, Bruce Chen, Combustion; Andrew Proctor, lighting lead; Joshua Merck, animation lead; Kevin Ives, Michael Panov, Gregory Gangemi, Yorie Kumalasari, Rob Petrie, Emily Meger, Naotaka Minami, Jeff Lopez, Pete Devlin, CG artists; Fergus McCall, Seamus O’Kane, colorists. (Toolbox: Flame, Flare, Nuke, Smoke, Photoshop, Combustion, XSI, Mental Ray, 3DEqualizer, PFTrack, Maya) | MJZ,bicoastal/international | |
2 | Coca-Cola’s “Finals”(video below) | MPC, LondonYourick Van Impe, Robin Carlisle, VFX supervisors; Michael Gregory, Mikael Pettersson, Matthew Unwin, Rob Walker, 2D team; James Bailey, Anthony Bloor, Andrew Brooks, Jason Brown, Tim Civil, Craig Crane, Adam Elkins, Daniel Elliot, Guy Elson, Andreas Graichen, Dave Haupt, Greg Howe-Davies, Carsten Keller, Adam Leary, Jorge Montiel, Vicky Osborn, Dean Robinson, Andrey Ryabovichev, Wayne Simmons, Charlotte Tyson, Roman Vrbovsky, 3D team; Chris Allen, producer; Stefano Salvini, Jonathan Davies, line producers; Heather Goodenough, production assistant; Paul Harrison, telecine. | Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco | Rattling Stick, London Epoch Films, bicoastal Daniel Kleinman, director |
3 | Skittles’ “Plant” (video below) | Framestore, New YorkMaryanne Butler, sr. Flame artist; Miyuki Shimamoto, Flame artist; Mary Nockles, producer; James Razzall, exec producer (Toolbox: Flame) Brand New School, bicoastal (Graphics) Robin Kim, Peter Murphy, animators | TBWAChiatDay, New York | Smuggler, bicoastal Guy Shelmerdine, director |
4 | Pop Secret’s “Kernels/Dark Knight”(video below) | Nathan Love, New YorkJoe Burrascano, director; Michael Harry, EP; Rob Marmor, producer; Anca Risca, project lead/concept art/character design/compositor; Sylvia Apostol, concept art/environment model and textures; Brad Johansen, concept art/environment textures/environment design & layouts; Ylli Orana, concept art/character design, character model/texture artist; Morgan Schweitzer, concept art/storyboards; Michelle Czajkowski, concept art; Youngmin Kim, environment models; Roland Womack, environment textures; David Han, animation lead/animator; Ryan Moran, animation lead; Pat Porter, Kyle Mohr, Doug Litos, David Lam, animators; Frank Naranjo, rigging lead; Vadim Kiyaev, character/prop/environment rigging; Marc Berrouet, rigging cadet; Mats Andersson, lighting/compositing lead; Weito Chow, Max Kornev, compositors; Denis Kozyrev, compositor/matte painter; Chase Massingill, FX compositor/animator; Jesse Clemens, Stephen Mackenzie, TDs; Kristjan Zaklynsky, editing. (Toolbox: Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Nuke, Temerity Pipeline) | Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco | Nathan Love Joe Burrascano, director |
5 | Scrabble’s “Word Strings” (video below) | Rhythm + Hues Commercial Studios, Los AngelesJames Wahlberg, director; Paul Babb, exec producer; John-Mark Austin, CG animation director; Deborah Austin, CG producer; Steve Wellington, editor. | Young & Rubicam Brands, Irvine, Calif. | Rhythm + Hues |
6 | Infiniti’s “G Line” (video below) | Digital Domain, Venice, Calif.Ed Ulbrich, president of commercials/exec producer; Karen Anderson, exec producer/head of production; Jay Barton, VFX supervisor; Ronald D. Herbst, CG supervisor; Chris Fieldhouse, VFX producer; Stephanie Escobar, VFX coordinator; Jeff Heusser, Lisa Tomei, Matthew James Bramante, Flame artists; Arthur Argote, Nuke artist; Daniel Thron, paint; James Atkinson, Casey Benn, Jun Watanabe, CG artists; Hilery Johnson Copeland, roto artist; Scott Gsop Edelstein, Som Shankar, tracking/integration artists. (Toolbox: Maya, Chaos Group V-Ray, Side Effects Houdini, After Effects, The Foundry Nuke and 2010 Flames) | TBWAChiatDay, Los Angeles | RSA Films, bicoastal/internationalCarl Erik Rinsch, director |
7 | Transunion Interactive’s “zendough” (video below) | Fin Design & Effects, SydneyEmma Daines, VFX exec producer; Billy Becket, VFX producer; Justin Bromley, Flame; Stuart White, 3D supervisor; Tim Streets, Tom Corbett, Duncan MacLaren, Shane Brouwer, 3D team; Maxence Peillion, 2D. | Cramer-Krasselt, Chicago | The Sweet Shop, bicoastal/internationalMr. Hide, director |
8 | U.S. 2010 Census’ “Community” | Shilo, bicoastalShilo, director; | GlobalHue Latino, New York | Shilo, bicoastalShilo, director |
9 | Beeline’s “Privet” (video below) | Rhino, New YorkNatasha Saenko, director; Goran Ognjanovic, Rob Dollase, animators/riggers; Jaime A. Castaneda, Sean Curran, animators; Rob Pearson, lead lighter; Yuheng Chiang, Gilad Kenan, lighters; Jagammay Himamshu, Brian Dinoto, modelers; Micky Gorenstein, Flame composite artist; Ivan Guerrereo, CG TD; Cynthia Angel, production coordinator; Karen Bianca Bisignano, head of production/producer; Camille Geier, COO/exec producer; Rick Wagonheim, managing director; Zviah Eldar, CEO. | Lowe Adventa, Moscow | Just Us, Moscow Rhino, N.Y.Natasha Saenko, director |
10 | Fidelity’s “Around the World” (video below) | Radium/Reel FX, Santa Monica and DallasLimbert Fabian, co-director; Jeff Blodgett, Amy Hassler, executive producers; Paul Winze, producer; Dariush Derakhshani, VFX supervisor; Hatem Ben Abdallah, Nader Husseini, Dustin D’Arnault, Erin McGuire, designers; Steve Cummings, Dave Damant, Dan Gutman, Victor Garza, Brian Lee, Takahiro Yamaguchi, Scott Tessier, CG artists; Dag Ivarsoy, compositor. (Toolbox: Photoshop, Illustrator; Final Cut Pro, Maya, V-Ray, Nuke, Inferno, Paper, Tape & Scissors) | Arnold Worldwide, Boston | Aero Film, Santa MonicaMichael Hartog, director |
