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 Summer Top 10 Visual Effects & Animation Chart
Title | Visual Effects/Animation | Agency | Production | |
1 | DirectTV’s “Hot House” (video below) | MPCLA (The Moving Picture Company) Franck Lambertz, VFX supervisor/Flame lead; Michael Wynd, VFX supervisor/lead 3D; Brinton Jaecks, Brendan Smith, Elliott Brennan, Katerina Arroyo, Nuke; Ben Persons, matte painter; Ben Davidson, Smoke; John Cherniack, Ross Denner, Jessie Amadio, 3D. (Toolbox: PF Track, Boujou, Maya, Nuke, Flame, Photoshop, Smoke) | Grey, New York | Biscuit Filmworks, Los AngelesNoam Murro, director |
2 | Nissan LEAF’s “Gas Powered Everything”(video below) | The Mill, LA Asher Edwards, VFX producer; Trent Shumway, lead Flame; Tim Bird, Sarah Eim, Flame; Shane Zinkhon, Steve Cokonis, Gavin Camp, Gareth Parr, Amy Bate, Flame assist; Yorie Kumalasari, CG artist. (Toolbox: Maya, Nuke, Flame) | TBWAChiatDay,Los Angeles | MJZ, bicoastal/internationalDante Ariola, director |
3 | Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey’s “Bee”(video below) | Passion Pictures, New York Pete Candeland, director; Belinda Blacklock, producer; Anna Lord, co-producer; Ryan Bradley, Leo Baker, CG animation; Aline Ngo, CG coordination; Leo Baker, editor; Blacknail, art director; Mario Ucci, Rick Theile, Cesar Eiji Nunes, Jaroslav Polensky, lighting/texturing/compositing; Sue Jang, Mark Yagos, Lee Wolland, modeling; (Toolbox: XSi, Nuke, 3D Studio Max, Photoshop, Final Cut) Bleed VFX, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaJamie Franks, Augusto Lombardi, Simon Clarke, visual effects artists; Leo Baker, rigging, Kim Dulaney, matte painting, Sam Mason, character design/additional editing; Dace Willmott, additional editing/production assistant. | Arnold Worldwide, Boston | Passion Pictures Pete Candeland, director |
4 | Orville Redenbacher’s “Projectionist”(video below) | WIZZ, ParisFlying V (Gary Levesque & Clement Soulmagnon), directors; Amanda Stubbs, producer; Julian Ford, Flame artist; Christelle Prudhomme, postproduction supervisor. (Toolbox: Photoshop, After Effects, Maya, Flame) | Venables Bell & Partners, San Francisco | Blacklist, |
5 | BMW’s “Refuel”(video below) | Digital Domain, Inc., Venice, Calif.Ed Ulbrich, president of commercial division; Tanya Cohen, exec producer; Eric Barba, VFX supervisor; Tim Jones, CG supervisor; Kait Boehm, VFX producer; Cedric Williams, VFX coordinator; Hnedel Maximore, Brian Creasey, Derek Crosby, digital artists; Lisa Tomei, Flame artist; Kym Olsen, Dan Cobbett, compositors; Michael Lori, tracking; Marco Maldonado, on set tracking. (Toolbox: Maya, V-Ray, Nuke, proprietary software) | Grey West,San Francisco | Anonymous Content, bicoastal Joe Kosinski, director |
6 | ING Direct’s “Bear”(video below) | Psyop, New YorkAndrew Romatz, VFX supervisor; Jordan Metcalf, Andrew Park, designers; Vinny Dellay, storyboard artist; Lane Jolly, lead TD; David Parker, lead Flame; John Shirley, Flame; Lane Jolly, Ryan Raith, lead desktop compositors; Ryan Raith, Cris Kong, Danny Koenig, John Brennick, Falko Paeper, Sohee Sohn, compositors; Yuchihiro Yamamoto, modeler/texture/lighter; Barry Kriegshauer, lighter; Austin Brown, Filaments, roto; Mark Lipsmeyer, tracker; Brett Nicolletti, editor. | Beattie McGuinness Bungay,London | Psyop/Smuggler Psyop, director |
7 | Skoda’s “Curriculum Vitae”(video below) | weareflink, HamburgNiko Tziopanos, creative lead/CG artist; Andreas Lampe, exec producer; Karsten Müller, producer; Moritz Gläsle, lead CG artist & compositing; Nils Engler, Stefan Galleithner, Phillip von Preuschen, Martin Sächsinger, Christian Schnellhammer, CG artists; Markus Gratl, Alexander von der Lippe, compositing. (Toolbox: Cinema 4D, Softimage, Nuke, After Effects) | Leagas Delaney Praha,Prague | weareflink@Bakery Films weareflink, director (repped by Independent in U.K.) |
8 | Sherwin- Williams’ “River”(video below) | Buck, New YorkOrion Tait, creative director; Anne Skopas, exec producer; Kevin Hall, producer; Ben Langsfeld, art director; Ryan O’Phelan, CG supervisor/animation/lighting and previs; 3rd Floor, Jordn Blit, previs; Dan Fine, David Soto, Arvid Volz, modeling; Brice Linane, modeling/lighting; Pete Hamilton, William Trebutien, Sewang Kim, animation; Mo Caicedo, animation/lighting; Michael Lampe, lighting; Daniel Oeffinger, Conrad Ostwald, Seth Ricart, composite; David Zung, storyboards; George Fuentes, Josh Harvey, Thomas Schmid, concept art. | McKinney, Durham, NC | Buck, New York Buck, director |
9 | U.S. Air Force’s “Medevac”(video below) | MassMarket, New YorkChristine Schneider, exec producer; Blythe Dalton, producer; John Shirley, VFX supervisor/lead Flame; Chris Sage, VFX supervisor/lead technical director; Andrew Park, designer Red Engine/matte painter; Sarah Eim, Katrina Salicrup, Todd Hemsley, Flame; Jodi Tyne, Flame assistant; Lane Jolly, lead desktop compositor; Lane Jolly, Ryan Raith, Shahana Khan, compositors; Zee Meyers, Gary Abrahamian, previz; Wendy Klein, modeler; Josh Burton, rigger; Josh Delaney, Taryn McLaughlin, animators; Wendy Klein, texture; Greg Gangemi, Stephen Delalla, Mike Fisher, lighters; Krystal Chinn, rotoscoping; Mark Lipsmeyer, Colin Cromwell, Jason Locke, trackers; Joseph Chan, GFX; Allan McKay, Ben Fiske, Wayne Hollingsworth , Mike Fisher, Particles; Chris Sage, 3D lead. (Toolbox: Maya, Mentalray, Bijou, Nuke, Realflow) | GSD&M, Austin, Texas | MJZ Phil Joanou, director |
10 | Texas Dept. of Transportation’s “Invisible”(video below) | Radium/Reel FX, Santa Monica and DallasDan Dixon, VFX supervisor; Mike Roy, Laychin Lee, Jared Brower, Inferno artists; Bernhard Rieder, Brandon Stoker, Patrick Gray, CG artists. (Toolbox: Inferno, Maya) | Sherry Matthews Advocacy Marketing, Austin, Texas | Radium/ReelFX, Kevin Althans, director/DP |
