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 Fall Top 10 Visual Effects & Animation Chart
Title | Visual Effects/Animation | Agency | Production | |
1 | Twinings’ “Gets You Back To You” (see video below) | Psyop/Smuggler, bicoastal, LondonKylie Matulick, creative dir.; Neysa Horsburgh, EP; Mark Knockles, Jenn Dewey, Amanda Miller, Hillary Thomas, prods.; Kyle Cassidy, 3D lead; Dan Vislocky, animation lead/pre-vis anim. Danny Koenig, Julie Lenoble, compositing leads; Cris Kong, compositor; Vinny Dellay, Josh Weisenfeld, storybds; Danelle Davenport, storybd colorist; Paul Kim, lead design; Andrew Park, Georgia Tribuiani, Kenesha Sneed, additional design; Rie Ito, Ibtisam Ahmed, modeling & texturing; Sean Kealey, rigging; Blake Guest, pre-vis animation; Minor Gaytan, Chris Meek, Jacob Frey, Sashdy Arvelo, Yvain Gnabro, Todd Akita, animators; Katie Yoon, David Chontos, David Barosin, Barry Kreigshauer, Hao Cui, Roman Kaelin, Eric Rosenthal, Andreas Berner, 3D; Stephen Holbrook, rotoscope; Kiel Gnebba, Wayne Hollingworth, Brian Alvarez, water & particle FX; Victor Garza, cloth FX; Song Kim, Dylan Spears, Melvina Wong, Kendra Ryan, 2D animation; Brett Nicolletti, editor. (Toolbox: Maya, Photoshop, AE, Topaz Labs [Photoshop Plugin], TVPaint, Flame) | AMV BBDO, London. | Psyop/SmugglerPsyop, director |
2 | Chipotle Cultivate Foundation’s “Back To The Start” (see video below) | Nexus, LondonJohnny Kelly, director; Cedric Gairard, Chris O’Reilly Charlotte Bavasso, exec producers; Liz Chan, producer; Claire Thompson, Alistair Pratten, production managers; Matt Day, DP; Mark Davies,3D previs lead; Max Halstead, camera assist; Gary Cureton, character animator; Matt Cooper, set animator; Alasdair Brotherston, John Taylor, compositors; Graham Staughton, production designer; Gordon Allen, Ben Côté, Joe Kirton, art dept.; Elizabeth Day, studio mgr; (Toolbox: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, Adobe After Effects, Autodesk 3D Studio Max, Dragonframe, Real Viz Matchmover) Artem, LondonGary Faulkner, model rigger; Joe James, model assistant. | CAA/Chipotle, Los Angeles | NexusJohnny Kelly, director |
3 | Nokia’s “Gulp” (see video below) | Aardman Animations, Bristol, U.K.Sumo Science (Ed Patterson and Will Studd), directors; Toby Howell, DP; Stephanie Owen, producer; Danny Gallagher, Nick Miller, production assistants; Holly Marlow, production coordinator; Mark Hewis, production manager; Tim Faulkner, location manager; Jamie Wardley, sand art director; Andy Moss, Tom Bolland, sand team; Lisa Butler, first assistant director; Sam Morris, Erica Pownall, camera assistants; Nat Sale, gaffer; Ian Jewels, Lex Tully, Spark; Paul Reeves, camera data; William Todd, pixilation artist; Inez W, Nick Herbert, Merlin Crossingham, animators; Helen Javes, props maker; Sion Lane, Paul Galloway, props; Jim Lewis, senior post artist and grade; Spencer Cross, Paule Quinton, Dan Blore, compositors. (Toolbox: Stopmotion Pro, Nuke, Final Cut) | Wieden+Kennedy, London | Aardman AnimationsSumo Science (Ed Patterson and Will Studd), directors |
4 | French Rail Network’s “RFF” (see video below) | Paranoid Projects, Paris.Thierry Poiraud, director; Pascale Scetbon Pallatin, exec producer; Christophe Guyon, DP. BUF Compagnie, ParisLucas Salton, VFX supervisor; François Bonniere, Jeremy Robert, modeling/mapping; Romin Bavent, Johan Mai, Lorenzo Serran, Sylvain Simao, Cem Olcer, render/compositing; Pascal Etangsale, SFX artist; Adrien Servadio, Hugo Aymerich, Flame artists; Marie Balland, VFX producer. (Toolbox: Flame, a series of BUF proprietary tools) | W Atjust, Paris | Paranoid ProjectsThierry Poiraud, director |
5 | Jameson Irish Whiskey’s “Hawk of Achill” (see video below) | Framestore New YorkJames Razzall, exec producer; Laney Gradus, head of production; Alex Thomas, lead Flame; Maryanne Butler, Tom Leckie, Flame artists; Sabrina Tenore, Jihyae Ham, paint & roto; James Dick, 3D supervisor; Seth Gollub, animation lead; Diarmid Harrison-Murray, Spencer Lueders, Michael Dunkley, Christina Lum, Irene Kim, John Montefusco, Kelly Chang, Jenny Bichsel, Michi Inoue, Min Cho, Jesse Flores, lighting/technical/FX team; Ben Fox, Tyler Heckman, Rob Dollase, John Vielee, Sash Arvelo, tracking & animation team. (Toolbox: Houdini, Maya, Framestore proprietary bird rigging & feathering tools for Houdini & Maya; Mantra, Mental Ray, Nuke, Flame, Photoshop, Mudbox, Mari, PT Gui, 3D Equalizer, Boujou) | TBWAChiatDay, New York | Biscuit Filmworks, Los AngelesNoam Murro, director |
6 | Volkswagen’s “Flyboy” (see video below) | Fuel VFX, SydneyPaul Butterworth, Brian Kranz, VFX supervisors; Celia Nicholas, exec producer; Erica Ford, VFX producer; Colin Ware, Joe Wu, modeling; Tess Boughton, texturing; Gerard Vok, Cara Gately, rigging; Bern Stock, Richard Skelton, Sean Dollins, Alana Stock, Lucas Pozzey,, Nathan Sheldrick, camera tracking; Ray van Steenwyk, lead animator; Alex Goodwin, Lucas Tooth, Craig Baxter, Gael Matchabelli, animators; Bryn Morrow, feather shader; Bryn Morrow, lead lighter; Pawel Olas, Kane Elferink, Sebastian Greese, Natalia Gubareva, lighting; Matthew Greig, Sam Cole, lead Nuke compositors; Chris Davies, Owen Longstaff, John Kitching, Denis Scolan, Simone Riginelli, Alex Lay, Nuke compositors; Karen Fabling, Flame compositor/colorist; Carlo Monaghan, Flame compositor. | DDB Mudra, India | Goodoil Films, SydneyHamish Rothwell, director |
7 | Gears of War 3’s “Dust to Dust” (see video below) | Digital Domain, Venice, Calif.Ed Ulbrich, president, commercials; Tanya Cohen, EP;Vernon Wilbert, Jr., VFX supervisor; Melanie La Rue, sr. prod.; Chris Fieldhouse, prod.; Richard Morton, CG supervisor; Todd Miller, editor; Zach Christian, matte painter; Cody Williams, motion graphics; Niles Heckman, previs; Derek Crosby, TD; Adrian Dimond, TD/rigger; Ryan Apuy, Lee Carlton, Daisuke Nagae, Dave Carlson, David Liu, Desiree Lundsferd, digital artists; Rick Glenn, lead animator; Kevin Culhane, Scott Kravtiz, animators; Jason Mortimer, lead FX artist; Ken Jones, Adrian Graham, FX artists; Rafael F. Colon, lead Nuke compositor; Aruna Inversin, Nuke compositor; Jeff Heusser, Flame; Gary Roberts, virtual prodn. supervisor; Gaby Rios, mocap sup.; Damon Shelton, sr. mocap pipeline engineer; April Warren, lab sup.; Alia Dong-Stewart, Ronaldo Benaraw, Ryan Beagan, mocap artists. (Toolbox: Virtual camera/virtual prodn, Maya, VRay, Nuke, Naiad, Houdini) | twofifteenmccann, San Francisco | Smuggler, bicoastalAdam Berg, director |
8 | Nissan Frontier’s “Landing Gear” (see video below) | Zoic Studios, Los Angeles.Chris Jones, executive creative director; Ian Unterreiner, Erik Press, executive producers; head of production; Jennie Burnett, producer; Lori Talley, post coordinator; Steve Meyer, VFX supervisor; Tim Bird, Flame; Andy Wilkoff, 3D supervisor; Brian White, 3D lead/previz; Anthony Han, Brian Lee, Jerry Weil, Scott Rosecrans, 3D generalists; Dave Funston, modeler; Michael Theurer, Dacklin Rawlings, tracking leads; Peter Sidoriak, compositor; Jason Bergman, Nate Overstrom, lead compositors; Andrea Hernandez, Todd Groves, Madalina Bland, roto/paint. | TBWAChiatDay, Los Angeles | harvest, Santa MonicaBaker Smith, director |
9 | Cat’s Pride’s “Pass Out Cat” (see video below) | MPC, LondonPaul Branch, producer; Christopher Antoniou, VFX supervisor; Fabio Zaveti, VFX supervisor/VFX artist; Stefano Salvini, 3D production manager; Ajai Verghese John, Andrea Falcone, Andrew Brooks, Anthony Bloor, Benjamin Syiem, Charlotte Tyson, Chrys Aldred, Dameon Boyle, Daniel Kmet, Dominic Edwards, Heather Goodenough, Inigo Vimal Roy, Jason Brown, Jason Ivimey, Robert Hesketh, Kunal Sarkar, Maurizio De Angelis, Megha Thakar, Neil Griffiths, Prashant Nair, Raju Ganesh S, Remi Cauzid, VFX artists; Franck Matellini, 3D editorial; Alex Lovejoy, Louisa Cartwright, versioning; Jean-Clement Soret, telecine. (Toolbox: 3D Maya 2011 with MPC’s proprietary software Furtility, Nuke, Baselight) | Doner Detroit, Southfield, Mich. | MPC Creative, LondonJake Mengers, director |
10 | Toyota Prius’ “People Person” (see video below) | Eight VFX, Santa Monica, Calif.Jean Marc Demmer, VFX supervisor; Baptiste Andrieux, Shira Boardma, exec producers; Donna Langston, VFX producer; Raphael Mosley, Andy Davis, Mathieu Caulet, Yann Mallard, Stephane Allender, Marcelo Pasqualino, Dave Stern, Joe Chiao, Tony Petitti, Colleen Smith, compositors; Giancarlo Lari, Vania Alban-Zapata, 3D supervisors; Mathias Jourdes, Shuichi Nakahara, Kevin Culhane, Oliver Arnold, 3D artists; Marianne Magne, Chris Fregoso, Natalia Schkliar, roto & paint; Douglas Scruton, VFX coordinator. (Toolbox: Maya, V-ray, Combustion, Nuke, Flame, Flare) | Saatchi & Saatchi LA,Torrance, Calif. | The Sweet Shop, Culver City, Calif.Mr. Hide, director |
