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
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Title
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Visual Effects/Animation
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Agency
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Production
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The Teresa Teng Foundation's "Virtual Teresa Teng" performance
(see video below) |
Digital Domain 3.0, Venice, Calif. Ed Ulbrich, creative consultant; Lisa Beroud, EP; Steve Preeg, VFX sup,/animation dir.; Paul Lambert, DFX sup.; Kim Monaco, prod.; Charlie Bolwell, digital prodn mgr; Janelle Croshaw, virtual human consultant; Som Shankar, Ross MacKenzie, Rene Segura, Megan Dolman, Michael Lori, Danny Garcia, Holly Wenger, integration; Jesse James Chisholm, Vicki Chan, on-set integration; Paul Wood, Tom St. Amand, Jeff Lin, Roy Sato, animators; Dan Akers, Kym Olsen, compositors; Steve Galle, Andrew Wood, TDs; Stephen Parker, ltg lead; Dan Platt, sr. facial model; Ramahan Faulk, Andrew Lema, modelers; Ting Lo, textures; Dave McLean, rigging; Howard Cabalfin, Edgar Diaz, Dawrath Phoue, Maura Alvarez, Nathalie Gontier, Victor Rodriguez, Mark Duckworth, Nicolle Arnell, Dawn Gates Wells, roto; Karl Kohlman, FX; Gary Roberts, virtual prodn. sup.; Gaby Rios, mo-cap prodn sup.; John Root, mo-cap animation sup.; Ryan Beagan, motion capture pipeline sup.; Alia Dong-Stewart, Jonathan Berry, head cam operators; Thomas Frederick, camera; Greg LaSalle, Ken Pearce, FACS stage supervisor; Ni Tzu-Fu, motion capture actor; Lali Peer, Wendy Ho, makeup; Matthew Valverde, Ronald Rhee, Sarah Jane Taylor, motion capture artists. (Toolbox: Maya, Nuke, Mari, proprietary hair system, V-Ray renderer)
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Ju Pao (Big Cannon), director, Jay Chou Concert. |
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Sony PlayStation PS4's "Perfect Day"
(see video below) |
The Mill New York Sean Costelloe, EP; Charlotte Arnold, Will Mok, sr. prods; Heath Raymond, color prod; Gavin Wellsman, Joji Tsuruga, shoot sups.; Fergus McCall, colorist; Gavin Wellsman, 2D lead artist; Joji Tsuruga, 3D lead artist; John Mangia, Leonardo Costa, Jeff Robins, Emily Bloom, 2D compositing artists; Jeffrey Lee, 3D animation lead; Olivier Mitonneau, 3D lighting lead; Nicolas Couret-Chailloux, 3D FX; Wyatt Savarese, Hassan Taimur, 3D Massive; Corey Langelotti, Elizabeth Mitchell, Yoann Gouraud, Quentin Sauvinet, Lauren Shields, 3D artists; Kristin Johnson; matte painting; Tetsuro Mise, design. (Toolbox: Autodesk Maya, Flame, The Foundry Nuke, SideFX Houdini, Massive Prime, Adobe Creative Suite, Solid Angle Arnold, PFTrack) SCANable, The Woodlands, Texas. Travis Reinke, LiDAR services Trace VFX, Mumbai, India Rotoscoping and tracking.
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BBH New York |
MJZ, bicoastal/international Matthijs Van Heijningen, director. |
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GE's "Brilliant Enterprise"
(see video below) |
Framestore, New York and London Mike McGee, director; Sumer Zuberi, producer; James Razzall, exec producer; David Munoz Forcada, compositing supervisor; Marc Smith, creative director; Will Frazier, Michitaka Inoue, 3D; Sang Joon Kim, Sharon Marcussen, 2D; Yoon Sun Bae, Jessica Lazlo, John Loughlin, Jason Forster, roto; Akira Thompson, Johnny Likens, Chase Masinghill, designers. (Toolbox: Flame, Nuke, After Effects, Cinema 4D, Maya) |
BBDO New York |
Chelsea, bicoastal David Gordon Green, director |
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Infiniti's "Factory of Life"
(see video below) |
Method Studios,Santa Monica, Calif. Benjamin Walsh, VFX supervisor; Stephanie Gilgar, EP; Mike Wigart, Jason Cohon, producers; Zack Whitley, coordinator; Dominic Bauch, compositing supervisor; Robert Nederhorst, CG supervisor; Mike Warner, animation supervisor; Scott Brust, modeler lead; Lauren van Houten, Fabio Zapata, tracking/layout supervisors; Kevin Sears, lighting lead; Chris Sanchez, matte painting lead; Stephanie Sweeney; roto/paint supervisor. (Toolbox: Maya, Flame, Flare, Nuke, Smoke, Houdini, Vray, Photoshop, Silhouette, Mari, Syntheyes, Boujou) |
TBWAChiatDay, Los Angeles |
MJZ, bicoastal/international Dante Ariola, director |
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Mortal Kombat Legacy II (online miniseries)
(see video below) |
Ring of Fire, Culver City, Calif. Creative Director/VFX Onset Supervisor: Jerry Spivack, creative director/VFX on-set supervisor/compositor; John Myers, EP; Casey Conroy, VFX producer/on-set supervisor; Derek Schmidt, VFX coordinator; Brian Petras, Shelly Dutcher, Stephen Grimm, Blake Taylor, Garrett Quon, compositors; Steve Talkowski, Janina Overlay, CGI artists. (Toolbox: Maya, After Effects, Boujou, Flame) |
Warner Digital, Burbank, Calif.
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Bandito Brothers, Culver City, Calif. Warner Digital, Burbank Kevin Tancharoen, director |
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BBC Radio 2's "Dark Side"
(see video below) |
Aardman Animations, Bristol, UK Darren Dubicki, director; Heather Wright, EP; Helen Argo, producer; Danny Gallagher, production asst; Louise Johnson, prodn, coordinator; Mark Chamberlain, DP; Olly Skillman-Wilson, David Klein, Saul Freed, CG modeling; Mathew Rees, Rich Spence, CG animation; Andrew Lavery, CG ltg; Jim Lewis, supervising sr. compositor; Spencer Cross, Paule Quinton, compositors; Tom Readdy, After Effects artist; Dan Hembury, artist. (Toolbox: Maya, Vray, ZBrush, Mudbox, Photoshop, Nuke, After Effects [with Plexus, Particular, Form], Final Cut x and Pro, RGBD Toolkit, PhotoScan) |
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Framestore Chris Waitt, Henry Trotter, directors. |
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New Zealand Transportation Authority's "Emoticons"
(see video below) |
Psyop, bicoastal Todd Mueller, Kylie Matulick, directors; Luisa Murray, EP; Drew Bourneuf, producer; Jesse Schlobohm, Anu Nagaraj, associate producers; Paul Kim, designer & texture; Hugh Keenan, storyboard artist; Brett Nicoletti, editor; Andrew Park, Niall Booker, matte painters; Kyle Cassidy, lead TD, 3D lead, texture; Diego Vazquez, lead Flame; Lane Jolly, lead desktop compositor; Don Kim, compositor; Dan Vislocky, animator, pre-viz; Chris Meek, Bri Meyer, previz; Kevin Manning, Tommy Kernan, Larissa Docolas, modelers; Sean Kealey, Parz Rothlein, riggers; Lindsey Butterworth, animator; Erich Burchfield, lighter; Max Graenitz, Dylan Spears, 2D animators. (Toolbox: Photoshop, Maya, Nuke, Flame) |
Clemenger BBDO Wellington |
Psyop Todd Mueller, Kylie Matulick, directors.
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8
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Rdio's "Symbiosis" (experimental video)
(see video below) |
Blacklist, New York Dvein, direction, art direction, character design; Andrew Linsk, exec producer; Patrick Gantert, producer; Luis Gรณmez Guzmรกn, character modeling & texturing; Vรญctor Vinyals, character rig set-up; Hugo Garcรญa, character animation; Alba Ribera, background modeling & texturing. (Toolbox: Photoshop, Zbrush, 3D Studio Max, Maya, After Effects) Blow Studio, Seville, Spain Lighting, render & compositing. |
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Blacklist, New York Dvein, directors
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Mountain Dew's "Satellite"
(see video below) |
The Mission, Venice, Calif. Rob Trent, creative director; Michael Pardee, exec producer; Brad Scott, Flame; Piotr Karwas, animation director; Samir Lyons, animator; Raul Dominguez, modeler/texturer; Rick Grandy, rigger; Diana Cheng, VFX producer. (Toolbox: Flame, Maya, Vray) |
BBDO New York |
@radical.media, bicoastal/international Tarsem, director
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10
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Old Navy's "Denim on Denim"
(see video below) |
MassMarket, New York Louisa Cartwright, EP; Jeff Wolfe, Bridgette Spalding, VFX producers/editorial producers; Lucas Borras, animation directors; Andy Baker, animation director/animator; Hattie Stewart, illustrations; Andy Rementer, type illustrations; Luca Vitale, Dennis Moran, Jessica Milazzo, Blake Patrick, Winnie Tom, Maya Edelman, Harry Teitelman, animators; Joe Ball, Zack Williams, Warren Paleos, Aska Otake, compositors; Cass Vanini, editor. (Toolbox: After Effects, Flame, Final Cut Pro)
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Chandelier Creative, New York |
The Directors Bureau, Los Angeles. Roman Coppola, director |
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