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    Visual Effects & Animation: SHOOT Top Ten Chart

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    By The Editors of SHOOT

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    Have a look-see at the quarter’s leading VFX and Animation spots, which showcase a wide range of genres, looks and approaches.

    SHOOT Top 10 Visual Effects & Animation Chart

    Title

    Visual Effects/Animation

    Agency

    Production

    1

    		Weetabix’s “Steeplechase”
    (video below)    		The Mill, LondonJames Sindle, lead 3D; Barnsley, lead 2D/shoot supervisor; Teemu Eramaa, Ivor Griffin, 3D artists; Adam Lambert, Zoe Cassey, Flame assist; Gemma Smith, producer; Mick Vincent, colorist.
    (Toolbox: Flame, XSI, Massive)

    WCRS, London

    Rattling Stick, LondonRingan Ledwidge, director

    2
    		Kerry LowLow’s “Mouse”(video below)

    MPC, LondonJake Mengers, VFX supervisor/3D VFX team member; Stephen Newbold, VFX supervisor/2D VFX team member; Ashley Bernes, Tim Civil, Kuldip Dail, Ahmed Garraph, Stefan Gerstheimer, Mark Harrison, Andrea Kozakova, Jakub Krompolc, Jorge Montiel Meurer, Wayne Simmons, James Wilson, 3D VFX team members; Kelly Bruce, Greg Howe-Davies, Fabio Zaveti, 2D VFX team members; James Bailey, Adam Leary, Charlotte Tyson, matte painting; Louisa Cartwright, post producer; Jean-Clement Soret, telecine.
    (Toolbox: Maya, Renderman, Tickle, Nuke, in-house proprietary software–Furtility for fur grooming, PAPI which stands for Physics Application Programming Interface)

    		Fallon, London
    		Outsider, Londondom&nic, directors

    3

    		Liberty Mutual’s “Good Vibrations”
    (video below)

    		Acme Filmworks, HollywoodJeremy Clapin, director/designer/writer; Ron Diamond, producer; Jean-Francois Sarazin, CG supervisor; Alexis Artaud, Helene Emain, Florent Magnat, Laurent Boucher, Fabien Bougas, Charlene Girodet, Romain Musso, CG artists.
    (Toolbox: Autodesk 3dsmax, Toxik)

    Hill Holliday, Boston.

    		Acme FilmworksJeremy Clapin, director

    4

    Michelin’s
    “Evil Gas Pump”    (video below)

    		Psyop, New York Marie Hyon, Marco Spier, creative directors; Lucia Grillo, exec producer; Lydia Holness, sr. process; Lisa Munoz, producer; Anh Vu, Helen Choi, designers; Kitty Lin, Jaye Kim, Ben Chan, Pete Sickbert-Bennett, designers; Tony Barbieri, lead TD; Pat Porter, lead CG animator; Gooshun Wang, Royce Wesley, Kevin Phelps, Michael Shin, Angelo Collazo, Russ Wooton, CG animators; Anthony Patti, lead lighting TD; Cody Chen, Szmon Weglarski, Helen Choi, Jeff Chavez, CG lighters; Soo Hee Han, Tom Cushwa, Rie Ito, Tony Jung, Dan Fine, CG modelers; Goshun Wang, Stanley Ilin, Jordan Blit, CG rigging; Miguel Salek, Jonah Friedman, effects; Jason Conradt, lead compositor; Manu Gaulot, Gabriel Regentin, compositors.
    (Toolbox: Autodesk Maya, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Z Brush, Mudbox, Thinking Particles)    		TBWAChiatDayNew York
    		Psyop

    5

    		Vaseline’s
    “Amazing Moisture”
    (video below)

    Carbon VFX, New YorkKieran Walsh, creative director/designer/Flame artist; Matt Riley, Flame artist; Joe Scaglione, Flame assistant/Smoke; Frank Devlin, exec producer.
    (Toolbox: Flame 2009 sp4 on Linux; Smoke 2009 sp4 on Linux; Sapphire Sparks; Silhouette v3 software on Mac)

    BBH,
    New York

    Biscuit Filmworks,
    Los Angeles
    Noam Murro, director

    6

    		New Balance’s “Feet On Head”
    (video below)    		Method, bicoastalAlex Frisch, creative director; Gabby Gourrier, sr. EP; Helen Hughes, VFX producer; Dan Seddon, VFX supervisor; Simon Scott, lead Flame artist; Alan Lattari, Flame artist; James Le Bloch, sr. CG artist; Todd Herman, Christine Verzosa, Hiro Okubo, Andy Tamandl, Olivier Dumont, Tristian Madura, CG artists; Cecile Tecson, Pam Gonzales, James Pastorius, roto/paint artists; Erica Headley, VFX coordinator.
    (Toolbox: Flame, Sparks, Sapphire, Tinder, Furnace; Combustion, Pftrack, Maya, Houdini, Photoshop, Zbrush)

    BBDO,
    New York

    		RSA Films, bicoastal
    Bill Bruce (BBDO CCO), director

    7

    		Diet Dr Pepper’s “Unbelievable”
    (video below)

    Bent Image Lab, Portland, Ore.Ken Lidster, director; Ray Di Carlo, EP; Tsui Ling Toomer, sr. producer; Kara Place, producer; Mark Eifert, DP; Jay Wesley Jones, product shoot DP; Jim Birkett, stage manager; Curt Enderle, art director/set designer; Solomon Burbridge, art department director; Steve Hess, storyboard artist; Jeff Riley, Jerold Howard, principal animators; Tarn Fox, After Effects supervisor; JD Dawson, editorial supervisor; Ryan Shanholtzer, coordinator.
    (Toolbox: Most of spot shot in camera stop motion. Software: After Effects, Mocha AE, Apple Aperture)

    Deutsch LA

    Bent Image LabKen Lidster, director

    8

    GIO Insurance’s “Meticulous”
    (video below)

    Milford, Stockholm Johan Gustavsson, post producer; John Roxenhed, VFX supervisor; Jonas Moberg, animation supervisor; Robert Krupa, Dan Faxe, Jonas Laurell, Hannes Drossel, Stefan Lagerstam, Sebastian Ekman, Gustav Tell, Daniel Bystedt, Veronica Skogberg; Kristian Martensson, 3D artists; Tommie Lofkvist, Jonas Forsman, Laruent Clermont, Calle Halldin, Kristian Rydberg, Tim Van Hussen, lead animators; Fredrik Pihl, Sophie Ljunggren, John Wallin, 2D artists; Daniel HOlmgren, Look development; Martin Wido, project manager.
    (Toolbox: Maya, Render Light, After Effects, Shake) againstallodds, Stockholm Josh Thorne, exec producer/producer.
    XYZ Studios, Melbourne, Australia Hamish Macdonald, exec producer.

    		Leo Burnett, Sydney

    againstallodds, Stockholm
    againstallodds, directors

    9

    		Washington Area Women’s
    Foundation’s
    “Be That Woman”
    (video below)

    Sherbet Productions, LondonCandy Guard, director/animator; Sarah Essam, producer.
    (Toolbox: Flash, After Effects)

    		RP3 Agency, Bethesda, MDSherbet Productions, London
    Candy Guard, director

    10

    		Porsche Cars North America’s “Family Tree”
    (video below)    		Asylum, Santa MonicaTim Davies, VFX supervisor/compositor; Michael Pardee, EP; Mark Kurtz, producer; Zach Tucker, CG supervisor; Jonathan Hicks, Tim Bird, compositors; Jeff Willette, lead TD; Greg Stuhl, lead modeler; Toshihiro Sakamaki, Josh Robinson, Lersak Bunuparadah, Chad Fehmie, modelers; Samir Lyons, Michael Warner, Michael Shelton, animators; Ryan Reeb, texture/tracker; John Hart, texture; Jens Zalzala, VFX animator; Elissa Bello, lead roto; Hugo Dominuez, Laura Murillo, Daniel Linger; Jason Bidwell, Stephanie Ide, Scott Baxter, Midori Witsken, Mark Duckworth, Zac Chowdhury, Huey Carroll, Chris Cortese, Bethany Pederson Onstad, roto; Tim Clark, matte painter; Eddie Offermann, Michael Lori, Lauren Van Houten, Michael Maker, Tom Stanton, Ian Doss, Danny Garcia, Apirak Kamjan, trackers; Aaron Vest, Austin Das, Sean Durnan, lighters.
    (Toolbox: Maya, Houdini, Syntheyes, Flame, Photoshop, Silhouette)    		Cramer-Krasselt, Chicago

    		@radical.media, bicoastal/international
    Jeff Zwart, director

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    Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance

    Saturday, November 23, 2024

    Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers, a British watchdog said Friday in a report that recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year.

    The Competition and Markets Authority took aim at Apple, saying the iPhone maker's tactics hold back innovation by stopping rivals from giving users new features like faster webpage loading. Apple does this by restricting progressive web apps, which don't need to be downloaded from an app store and aren't subject to app store commissions, the report said.

    "This technology is not able to fully take off on iOS devices," the watchdog said in a provisional report on its investigation into mobile browsers that it opened after an initial study concluded that Apple and Google effectively have a chokehold on "mobile ecosystems."

    The CMA's report also found that Apple and Google manipulate the choices given to mobile phone users to make their own browsers "the clearest or easiest option."

    And it said that the a revenue-sharing deal between the two U.S. Big Tech companies "significantly reduces their financial incentives" to compete in mobile browsers on Apple's iOS operating system for iPhones.

    Both companies said they will "engage constructively" with the CMA.

    Apple said it disagreed with the findings and said it was concerned that the recommendations would undermine user privacy and security.

    Google said the openness of its Android mobile operating system "has helped to expand choice, reduce prices and democratize access to smartphones and apps" and that it's "committed to open platforms that empower consumers."

    It's the latest move by regulators on both sides of the Atlantic to crack down on the... Read More

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