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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

    		Toyota Prius’
    “Harmony”
    (video below)    		Perceptual Engineering,
    Auckland, New Zealand     Jon Baxter, VFX director/lead Flame; Puck Murphy, Mike Robinson, Leon Woods, Melissa Goddard, Ian Quigley, Amber Wilson, Flame artists; Kereti Kanawa, Hannah Walker, support crew; Glenn Wilson, Rachel Guidera, 3D pre-vis (Toolbox: Flame, Final Cut Pro, Maya)
    Lizard Lounge Graphics, Wellington, N.Z. Chris Mills, digital artist (Toolbox: Maya 2009, Shake, After Effects)
    Fin Design+Effects, Sydney Chris Spry, Stuart White, 3D supervisors; Tim Streets, 3D modeler; Tom Corbett, 3D animator; Mark White, 3D TD. (Toolbox: Maya, Mental Ray, Real Viz)
    Brickyard VFX, Santa Monica, Calif. Patrick Poulatian, 2D artist; Diana Young, VFX producer. (Toolbox: Flame)

    Saatchi &
    Saatchi LA,
    Torrance, Calif.

    The Sweet Shop, bicoastal/international Mr. Hide, director.

    2
    		AMF’s “Caterpillar”(video below)

    The Mill, Los AngelesRobert Sethi, CG supervisor; Asher Edwards, producer; John Leonti, CG/shoot supervisor; Jamie O’Hara, Steve Beck, Chris Cushley, Matt Longwell, CG; Becky Porter, lead compositor; Zach Lo, Tara DeMarco, Giles Cheetham, Chris Knight, Phil Crowe, compositing; Damien Van Der Cruyssen, telecine.
    (Toolbox: Maya, Shake, Flame)

    		Forsman & Bodenfors,
    Stockholm
    		Camp David, Stockholm
    Filip Engström, director

    3

    		PepsiCo International’s
    “Rising”
    (video below)

    		Framestore, London William Bartlett, VFX supervisor; Simon French, lead TD; Michael Stanish, producer; Paul Denhard, Dan Seddon, Michele Fabbro, Paul Jones, Jason Mayo, Poi Chanthasartratsarmee, Jabed Khan, Ian Ward, Mark Wallman, TDs; Alex Doyle, Mary Swinnerton, modelers; Paul Chandler, texturer; Steffan Perry, colorist; Pete Jones, PA.
    (Toolbox: Maya [rendered with Mental Ray], Houdini [rendered with Mantra])

    CLM BBDO,Paris

    		Rattling Stick, LondonDaniel Kleinman, director

    4

    Hormel Spam’s
    “Bored Room”    (video below)

    		LAIKA/house, Portland, Ore. Mike Wellins, director; Lourri Hammack, exec producer; Rebecca Bowen, producer; Nicholas Weigel, art director; Aaron Sorensen, character designer; Chris Purdin, Robin Ator, character designers/storyboard artists; Nick Childs, Photoshop artist; Scott Foster, Kam Gates, Matt McKenna, sculptors; Jeannie McIvor, armaturist; Katie Mello, lead character fabrication; Sara Neiman, character fabrication; Javid Howell, Amy Wulfing, painters; Rob Melchoir, lead set fabrication; Claud Gilbert, set fabrication; Rob Desue, prop master; Karl Richter, sr. TD. (Toolbox: After Effects, Maya, Photoshop, Flame)BBDO Minneapolis
    		LAIKA/houseMike Wellins, director

    5

    		NBA’s
    “Elevated MomentsSãoKobe to Shaq Aley Oop”
    (video below)

    Brickyard VFX, bicoastalGeoff McAuliffe, VFX supervisor/lead 2D compositing; Kirsten Andersen, VFX exec prdoucer; Amy Appleton, VFX producer; Jimi Simmons, Sean McLean, 2D compositing; Gina Downing, lead rotoscope artist; Sean Carroll, Henrique Ghersi, Anu Liikkanen, Charles LaPage, Jessica Jacobson, Rory Fitzgerald, Jeremy Brown, Rotofactory, rotoscope artists; Robin Hobart, Rusty Ippolito, lead CG artists; Vinny LaCour, CG artist; Brian Morse, Chris Kwiatkowski, tracking.
    (Toolbox: Lightwave, Flame, Flint, Silhouette, Synth Eyes)

    Goodby, Silverstein & Partners,San Francisco

    Bob Industries,Santa Monica, Calif.Dayton/Faris, directors.

    6

    		Blue Moon Beer’s
    “Creation”
    (video below)    		Moo Studios, Los AngelesAndrew Huang, director/animator/CG/editor; Shaun Sewter, director/animator; Gianni Serra, animator/CG; David Lyons, producer
    (Toolbox: Maya, After Effects)

    Integer Group,Denver

    		Moo Studios Andrew Huang,
    Shaun Sewter, directors

    7

    		EA Games/
    The Sims 3’s
    “Let There Be Sims/Happy”
    (video below)

    Nexus, LondonSmith & Foulkes, directors; Chris O’Reilly, Charlotte Bavasso, exec producers; Julia Parfitt, head of production; Luke Youngman, producer; Jo Bierton, production manager; Mark Davies, project lead; Fletcher Moules, Dylan White, Alasdair Brotherston, compositing; David Fleet, technical director (modeling).
    (Toolbox: Maya, 3DS Max, Photoshop, After Effects)

    Wieden + Kennedy,Portland, Ore.

    Nexus Smith & Foulkes,
    directors

    8

    Denver Museum of Nature and Sciences’
    “Dinosaur”
    (video below)

    Smoke & Mirrors, New York. Sean Broughton, director/creative director/editor; Steven Parrish, lead sr. CG artist/lighting; Michael Donovan, lead CG artist; Serkan Ertekin, lead animator; Wei Louie, CG generalist/tracker; Greg Calas, lead modeler; Nic Seresin, sr. Flame artist; Celest Gilbert, exec producer.
    (Toolbox: Softimage XSI 7.01, ZBrush 3.01, PF Track V4, Photoshop, Flame 2010)

    		Carmichael Lynch,Minneapolis

    Smoke & Mirrors, N.Y.Sean Broughton, director Steven Parrish, live-action director

    9

    		Sony PlayStation Home’s
    “Welcome”
    (video below)

    TEAK Motion Visuals, San FranciscoGreg Martinez, Jan Frei, exec producers; Joshua Miller, 3D VFX supervisor; Ken Ackerman, TD; Frank Glinski, Brian Rulapaugh, VFX artists; Mark Everson, Smoke artist; Greg Gilmore, compositor; Emily van Nierop, producer. (Toolbox: After Effects, Maya, Smoke)

    		Client-direct: Sony Computer Entertainment AmericaTEAK Motion Visuals Greg Rowan, creative director/director

    10

    		US Cellular’s
    “Crayon”
    (video below)    		Deim Chau, sculptor
    Arsenal FX, Santa Monica, Calif.
    Mark Leiss, Joseph Grosso, VFX artists
    (Toolbox: Flame, Maya, Mac Color)    		Publicis &
    Hal Riney,    San Francisco

    		Biscuit FilmworksTim Godsall, director

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