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    Visual Effects & Animation: SHOOT Top Ten Chart

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    By The Editors of SHOOT

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    618 Top Ten VFX ChartHave alook-see at the quarter’s leading VFX and Animation spots, whichshowcase a wide range of genres, looks and approaches.  Seerelated article here. 

    SHOOT Top10 Visual Effects & Animation Chart

    Title

    VisualEffects/Animation

    Agency

    Production

    1

    		 AT&T’s “Birthday”
    (videobelow)    		 The Mill, New YorkAngus Kneale, VFX supervisor/The Mill creative director; Rob Petrie,lead 3D artist; Michael Panov, Thomas Bardwell, Emily Meger, 3Dartists; Maurice Fontenot, Christine O’Brien, Kevin Lofton, traditionalanimators; Alex Lovejoy, Naomi Anderlini, lead 2D artists; Gigi Ng,Cole Schrieber, Keith Sullivan, Kenny Yee, 2D artists; Robert Bruce, 2Dassist; Boo Wong, sr. VFX producer; Trevor Rager, productioncoordinator; Adam Scott, colorist; Cath Short, Derek Macleod, telecineproducers.
    (Toolbox: Flame, Flare, Smoke, Combustion, Nuke, AdobePhotoshop, After Effects, Softimage, Maya)

    BBDO New York

    AnonymousContent, bicoastal/international
    Gorgeous Enterprises, London
    Peter Thwaites, director
    2
    		 The SurfriderFoundation’s
    “Rise Above Plastics”    (videobelow)

    LAIKA/house,Portland, Ore.
    Aaron Sorenson, director/animator; Jan Johnson, exec producer; AnniePomeranz, producer; Ric Sluiter, art director; Jenny Kincade,illustrator/After Effects; Kameron Gates, animator; JD Buffam,assistant animator, ink & paint; Patrick Van Pelt, TD/CG lead; KarlRichter, TD; Josh Tonnesen, modeling; Nicholas Nakadate, texture;Terence Jacobson, character set-up; Thane Hawkins, lighting; BenFischler, FX supervisor; Steve Miller, editor; Rex Carter,Flame/compositor; Leif Peterson, Flint.
    (Toolbox: Maya, Mental Ray, Nuke, Flame, AfterEffects, Toon Boom’s Opus, Photoshop)

    		 Borders Perrin Norrander, Portland,Ore. LAIKA/house
    Aaron Sorenson, director/animator

    3

    		 Nike’s
    “Human Chain”
    (video below)         		MassMarket,New York
    Justin Lane, Angela Bowen, exec producers; Nancy Nina Hwang, producer;Chris Staves, lead VFX supervisor/Flame artist; Laurent Barthelemy,lead VFX supervisor; Nick Tanner, lead Flame artist; Mark French, JamieScott, Tim Farrell, David Parker, Julian Ford, Joanne Unger, Flameartists; Jacob Slutsky, CG lead; Jason Vega, Andy Hara, CG; JoergLiebold, CG tracking; Jason Goodman, Boris Ustaev and Pixel LiberationFront, previz.
    (Toolbox: Flame, Silouhette,Maya)

    Wieden+Kennedy, Portland

    		 Smuggler, bicoastal
    Brian Beletic, director

    4

    Kia Soul’s
    “This or That”    (videobelow)

    		 Framestore,London
    Tim Keene, producer; Martin Aufinger, shoot supervisor/3D lead; MikeMcGee, shoot supervisor; Russell Dodgson, Tim Osborne, Adam Rowland,2D; Savneet Nagi, Katie Isaksen, Jason Burnett, Alex Gooding, 2Dsupport; Diarmid Harrison-Murray, Mike Mellor, 3D leads; MarySwinnerton, Alex Doyle, Kimon Matara, Melvyn Polaya, Daniel Buhigas,Ben Brown, Chris Cooper, steven Kimbrey, Paul Jones, Jabed Kahn, DragosStefan, Ben Frost, Oliver Fergusson-Taylor, Andrew Silke, Alex Damm,Steve Townrow, Frederik Heymans, James Sutton, 3D team; Dave Ludlam,telecine.
    (Toolbox: Maya, Houdini, Nuke,Flame, Smoke, Photoshop)

    		 David& Goliath,
    Los Angeles
    		 Partizan, bicoastal/international
    Antoine Bardou-Jacquet, director

    5

    		 AT&T’s”Blanket”
    (video below)

    MPCLA
    Daniel Sanders, VFX supervisor/lead Flame; Joey Brattesani, 3D Flame;Daniel Marsh, 3D lead; Ross Denner, John  Cherniack, Matt Wheeler,Chris Clyne, 3D; John Roden, Photoshop and After Effects; PatrickMulane, Photoshop; Brinton Jaecks, Maciek Sokalski, Nuke; Andrew Bell,post producer.
    (Toolbox: Photoshop, Maya,After Effects, Nuke, Flame)

    BBDO New York

    Traktor, Venice, Calif.
    Traktor, directors

    6

    		 Nike’s”Write
    The Future”
    (video below)    		 TheMill London
    Stephen Venning, EP; Matt Williams,  producer; Allison Cain, lineproducer; Neil Davies, shoot supervisor, lead 2D, lead Flame; TomBussell, Austen Humphries, Vince Baertsoen, Des Anwar, shootsupervisors; Rich Roberts, Grant Connor, Pete Rypstra, Flame; DarrenChristie, Vanessa duQuesnay, Donal Nolan, Shake; JP, Smoke; TomBussell, lead 3D; Juan Brockhurst, Edward Hicks, Dan Adams, DanielJahnel, Amy Macdonald, Sergio Xisto, Eva Kuehlmann, 3D; Pete Mellor,After Effects; Seamus O’Kane, James Bamford, Aubrey Woodiwiss,colorists; Dave Gibbons, Yigit, matte painting.

    The Mill, NY
    Dan Roberts, Boo Wong, producers; Westley Sarokin, lead 2D; CoreyBrown, Suzanne Dyer, Rosalind Paradis, Iwan Zwarts, Jade Kim, Gigi Ng,Robert Bruce, Randy Krueger, Brendan O’Neil, Albert Cook, Alex Lovejoy,Melissa Graff, Tristan Wake, Jeff Robins, Keith Sullivan, ClaudiaD’Enjoy, 2D; Ben Smith, lead 3D; Wyatt Savarese, Chris Bernier, AjitMenon, 3D. (Toolbox: Flame,Shake, Combustion, After Effects, Maya, Massive)

    Wieden+Kennedy,Amsterdam

    		 AnonymousContent, bicoastal
    Independent, London
    Alejandro González Iñárritu, director

    7

    		 Mayflower’s
     “Big Move”
    (video below)

    The Character Shop, Simi Valley,Calif.
    Rick Lazzarini, puppet master
    (Toolbox: AshlarGraphite/Vellum for internal armature; Dassault Systemes SolidWorks foreye mechanism design/previsualization animation; Autodesk Inventor forthe truss CAD design)

    Grey New York

    Rabbit, bicoastal
    Brent Harris, director

    8

    Consumer AffairsVictoria’s
     “Homework”
    (video below)

    XYZ Studios, South Melbourne,Australia
    Hamish Macdonald, exec producer; Derek Picken, creative director.
    MilfordFilm & Animation, Stockholm. 
    Johan Gustavsson, producer; Mans Bjorklund, prdouction mgr; RobertKrupa, VFX supervisor/look development; Sebastian Ekman, Jonas Laurell,Dan Faxe, Calle Halidin, Hannes Drossel, Daniel Holmgren, DanielBystedt, Gustav Tell, Kenneth Nyman, Kristian Martensson, Patrik Halen,Par Andersson, 3D team; Fredrik Pihi, Sofie, Ljunggren, John Wallin, 2Dteam.
    againstallodds, Stockholm Laruent Clermont, 3D; Kevin Grady, 2D
    (Toolbox: Maya, 3Dlite,Houdini, Shake, Smoke)

    		 Grey, Melbourne

    againstallodds, Stockholm
    againstallodds, directors

    9

    		 Sherwin-Williams'”Bees”
    (video below)

    Buck,bicoastal
    Orion Tait, creative director; Kate Treacy, EP; Kevin Hal, producer;Ben Langsfeld, lead art director/design; Joshua Harvey, artdirector/design/storyboards/CG supervisor/3D animation; Thomas Schmid,Mike Lee, design; Chris Hendryz, 3D pipeline manager; David Soto, ScottHubbard, Arvid Volz, Dan Fine, Adam Pearlman, 3D modeling/layout;Jordan Blit, Pete Hamilton, Jason Wolley, Ryan O’Phelan, 3D animation;Ylli Orana, Kevin Couture, 3D lighting/shading; Daniel Oeffinger, leadcomposite; Conrad Ostwald, Seth Ricart, composite.
    Absolute Post, New York
    Nathan Kane, Flame
    (Toolbox: Maya, V-Ray, Nuke,After Effects, Photoshop, Flame)

    		 McKinney,Durham, NC Buck NY
    Buck, director

    10

    		 Bluegrass
    Cellular’s
    “Bluephoria”
    (video below)    		 Crash+Sues,Minneapolis
    Alex Engelmann, Sean Hall, Matt Sattler, 3D artists/animators; AdamCelt, Flame artist; Donna Drewick, executive producer; Sue Lakso,colorist; Matthew jensen, color assist; Carrie Shanahan, creativeeditor, Eric Schwalbe, assistant editor; Mark Anderson, online editor.
    (Toolbox: FCPro, Maya, Smoke,Flame, After Effects

    Bandy Carroll Hellige,
    Louisville, KY

    		 TwoPopes, Minneapolis
    Jerry Pope, director
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