Rachelle Madden, VP, Post Production and Digital Production Affairs for AICP, has announced the Shortlist for this year’s AICE Awards for post production excellence. This marks the first time the Awards, now in its 17th year and its first year under the auspices of AICP, has adopted a Shortlist format for its category finalists. The winners will be announced at a gala ceremony in Culver City, California on the evening of May 10. To view all the Shortlisted entries with credits, go to http://www.awardcore.com/aice/shortlist/.

The 2018 AICE Awards accepted entries in 18 categories, which honor the excellence and skill of the editor, and nine craft categories, which recognize artists in the disciplines of audio mixing, sound design, color grading, graphic design, visual effects and original music composition. Further, it honors the best work emanating from the seven AICP Chapters around the country with its Best of Chapter awards. Each show culminates with a Best in Show winner, chosen from the category winners in Editorial and Craft.

This year the AICE Awards introduced new categories in the Editorial segment for work appearing as part of a Social Media Campaign and for the Integration of Licensed Music. Joining the Craft segment of the show was a new category for Licensed Soundtrack & Arrangement.

AICE Awards are presented to individual editors, colorists, VFX artists, graphic designers, composers, audio mixers and sound designers. The list of editors and artists with multiple Shortlist entries includes Editor Geoff Hounsell of Arcade Edit, who scored four places on the Shortlist with work in the Comedy category for the NFL; in Dialogue / Monologue / Spoken Word for Nike; in Digital Content – 90 Seconds or Under for Old Spice; and as part of a team of editors from Arcade in Online Campaign for Activision.

Editor Mark Grassia of Trident Post Production also placed four items on the Shortlist, all for the same Adidas project: Best of East (for editorial and sound design), Digital Content – 90 Seconds or Under and Sound Design.

Cut + Run Editor Adam Bazadona made the Shortlist three times: twice in one category, Docu-style, with work for Mastercard and Converse, and in Integration of Licensed Music with an entry for Sonos.

Editors Angus Wall and Jamie Foord of Rock Paper Scissors also earned three Shortlist entries each: Wall’s came in Digital Content – Over 90 Seconds and Storytelling, both for Nike (“Want it All”), and in Integration of Licensed Music for Nike (“Skates”), while Foord scored in Best of West and Montage for S7 and Music Video for Miguel.

Joining them with three Shortlist entries was editor Jim Haygood of Union Editorial, whose Taco Bell “Web of Fries” spot made it into the Best of West, Dialogue / Monologue / Spoken Word and Storytelling categories.

In the Craft section of the Awards, Colorist Luke Morrison of The Mill scored three Shortlist entries as well. He placed in Best of Midwest and Color Grading – 90 Seconds and Under for the Canadian Olympic Committee and in Color Grading – Over 90 Seconds for Prada.

Company Tallies
In total, entries from the editors at Arcade Edit earned 12 spots on the AICE Awards Shortlist, the most from any single company, and spanned the most categories, with eight represented. In addition to Hounsell’s, the list includes Automotive for Chevrolet, edited by Graham Chisholm; Broadcast National Campaign for NBC, edited by Kim Bica, Jeff Ferruzzo and Brad Waskewich, and Bud Light, edited by Dave Anderson; and Comedy and Dialogue / Monologue / Spoken Word for Tide, edited by Ferruzzo. Rounding out the Arcade list are entries in Fashion /Beauty for Clinique, edited by Ali Mao; Music Videos for Kendrick Lamar’ “Humble,” edited by Greg Scruton, and Jay Z’s “Story of OJ,” edited by Paul Martinez; and Online Campaigns for Activision, edited by Chisholm, Hounsell and Paul Martinez.

The Mill’s VFX artists, colorists and designers garnered a total of 11 Shortlist entries. In addition to Morrison’s work, the list also includes Best of East and Visual Effects for Monster.com; Best of West and Visual Effects for Strongbow; Color Grading – Music Video for Portugal.The Man, graded by Gregory Reese; Motion Design and Graphics for Jay-Z, with Rustam Hasanov (Lead Character Design) and Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation with Ren Chen (Lead Character Design) and Lisha Tan and Justin Demetrician (Creative Directors); and Visual Effects for PlayStation VR.

Cut + Run’s editors notched 10 Shortlist entries. In addition to Bazadona, editor Robert Ryang placed in Broadcast National Campaign for Geico and Cause Marketing for the Ad Council, while editor Frank Effron was represented in Comedy and Content Promotion and Trailers, both for Netflix. Rounding out the company’s list are editor Joel Miller in Digital Content – 90 Seconds or Under for the NFL; editor Sean Stender in Under 50K for Refinery 29; and editor Ben McCambridge, also in Under 50K, for Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project.

At Rock Paper Scissors, 10 entries made the Shortlist. In addition to those for Wall and Foord, the list includes entries in Automotive for BMW, edited by Biff Butler, and VW, edited by Austyn Daines; Comedy for Amazon, edited by Christjan Jordan; and Storytelling for Apple, edited by David Brodie.

The editors of Cutters tallied eight Shortlist entries, led by editors Tom Brassil in the Best of Midwest and Docu-style categories for Budweiser and Ryan McGuire for Digital Content – Over 90 Seconds and Storytelling, both for Sony. Additional Shortlist honors go to editors Grant Gustafson in Broadcast Regional Campaign for Blue Cross Blue Shield; Cameron Yergler in Cause Marketing for Academy Sports; Steve Bell in Online Campaign for Hallmark; and Aika Miyake and Brian Broeckleman in Under 50K for Bootstrap Villages.

Colorists at Company 3 earned a total of seven Shortlist entries, led by Sophie Borup, who had two in Color Grading – Over 90 Seconds, for P&G and Nedbank. Also earning Shortlist status were Tim Masick in Color Grading – 90 Seconds and Under for VW and Tom Poole and Stefan Sonnenfeld in Color Grading – Over 90 Seconds for, respectively, Jose Cuervo and Polaroid Eyewear. The Color Grading – Music Video category included entries for Jamie O’Bradovich for Kendrick Lamar’s “Humble” and Dave Hussey for Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do.”

MPC’s artists and colorists also landed seven entries on the Shortlist, led by Creative Director Diarmid Harrison-Murray in Best of West and Visual Effects for Samsung. Colorist Mark Gethin was also on the Shortlist twice, in Color Grading – 90 Seconds and Under for VW and Color Grading – Music Video for Mick Jagger’s “Gotta Get a Grip.” Colorist Ricky Gausis scored a Shortlist nomination for Color Grading – 90 Seconds and Under for Nike while Colorist Houmam Abdallah was included in Color Grading – Music Video for Kendrick Lamar’s “Element.” And finally, Creative Director Marc Smith earned a Shortlist nomination in Motion Design and Graphics for Microsoft.

“Our 2018 Shortlist is the result of hours of work by our judges, from our online voting and live judging panels through to the lengthy and thoughtful Curatorial Committee discussions and debates,” says Madden. “We want to thank them all for their contributions and also salute all the editors and artists who’ve achieved Shortlist status. We’re thrilled to showcase the best work being done in post production, and we look forward to honoring the winners at the AICE Awards Show on May 10th”

2018 AICE Awards Shortlist

Client Title Editor/Artist Company
       
Audio Mix      
Fox Don't Look Back Eric Warzecha Heard City
Adidas Original Is Never Finished 3 Steve Rosen Sonic Union
Kaiser Permanente Overcome Tom Jucarone Sound Lounge
New York Times The Truth Is Hard Steve Rosen Sonic Union
       
Automotive      
Chevrolet Then & Now Graham Chisholm Arcade Edit
BMW Road Home Biff Butler Rock Paper Scissors
VW Meteor Austyn Daines Rock Paper Scissors
       
Best of East      
Monster.com Opportunity Roars   The Mill
Adidas Form the Future Mark Grassia Trident Post Production
Adidas Form the Future Mark Grassia Trident Post Production
Motionpoems.org Monsters Ivan Girard Method
       
Best of Midwest      
Southern Comfort The Spirit of New Orleans Craig Lewandowski Utopic
Canadian Olympic Committee Be Olympic Luke Morrrison The Mill
Budweiser One Last Ride Tom Brassil Cutters
       
Best of Minnesota      
Angie's Kettle Corn Crush it Brett Astor Channel Z
Best Buy Media Network Passion Lives Here - San Diego Matt Silver Drive Thru
Russell Athletic Russell Mascots Mick Uzendoski Drive Thru
       
Best of Southeast      
HoneyBaked Ham Kelly Baked Jeff Jay Hero Post
Georgia Lottery Post-Apocalyptic Jeff Jay Hero Post
Coca Cola My Generation Jason Painter Beast
       
Best of Southwest      
Alfa Romeo Dear Predictable" Dean Pelton charlieuniformtango
Universal Orlando The Mourning After Jack Waldrip charlieuniformtango
Canada Dry Busy Is A 4-Letter Word Marc Stone Lucky Post
       
Best of West      
Samsung Samsung, Ostrich Diarmid Harrison-Murray MPC
Strongbow A Nature Dream   The Mill
S7 I Am You Jamie Foord Rock Paper Scissors
Taco Bell Web Of Fries Jim Haygood Union Editorial
       
Broadcast National Campaign
     
Gieco Geico Robert Ryang Cut + Run
NBC NBC Olympics Kim Bica Arcade Edit
    Brad Waskewich  
    Jeff Ferruzzo  
Anheuser-Busch Bud Light Dilly Dilly Dave Anderson Arcade Edit
       
Broadcast Regional Campaign
     
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois Grant Gustafson Cutters
Blackhawks Blackhawks Randy Palmer Optimus
       
Cause Marketing      
Burger King Bullying Jr. Aaron Langley, Tessa Davis Cosmo Street Editorial
Ad Council Fans of Love Robert Ryang Cut + Run
Academy Sports BCG Plus Experience Cameron Yergler Cutters
Burger King Whopper Neutrality Hugo Jordan Cosmo Street Editorial
       
Color Grading - 90 Seconds and Under
     
Volkswagen Rain Tim Masick Company 3
Nike SKATES Ricky Gausis MPC
VW America Mark Gethin MPC
Canadian Olympic Committee Be Olympic Luke Morrrison The Mill
       
Color Grading - Music Video
     
Kendrick Lamar Humble Jaime O'Bradovich Company 3
Taylor Swift Look What You Made Me Do Dave Hussey Company 3
Mick Jagger Gotta Get a Grip Mark Gethin MPC
Kendrick Lamar Element Houmam Abdallah MPC
Portugal. The Man Feel It Still Gregory Reese The Mill
       
Color Grading - Over 90 Seconds
     
Jose Cuervo Last Days Tom Poole Company 3
P&G | My Black is Beautiful The Talk Sofie Borup Company 3
Polaroid Eyewear The Fishbowl Stefan Sonnenfeld Company 3
Nedbank Tale of a Note Sofie Borup Company 3
Prada Cinema Luke Morrison The Mill
       
Comedy      
Netflix Netflix Is A Joke Frank Effron Cut + Run
NFL Touchdown Celebrations to Come Geoff Hounsell Arcade Edit
Procter & Gamble It's a Tide Ad Jeff Ferruzzo Arcade Edit
Amazon Alexa Loses Her Voice Christjan Jordan Rock Paper Scissors
       
Content Promotion and Trailers
     
Lifetime Glam Masters Olivier Wicki BlueRock
Netflix Netflix Is A Joke Frank Effron Cut + Run
Head & Shoulders VH1 Hip Hop Honors Eddie Ringer Wax
       
Dialogue/Monologue/Spoken Word
     
Nationwide Jingle Sessions Teaser Chris Franklin Big Sky Editorial Company
Taco Bell Web Of Fries Jim Haygood Union Editorial
Nike Debate This Geoff Hounsell Arcade Edit
Procter & Gamble It's a Tide Ad Jeff Ferruzzo Arcade Edit
       
Digital Content - 90 Seconds or Under
     
Adidas Form the Future Mark Grassia Trident Post Production
Southern Comfort The Spirit of New Orleans Craig Lewandowski Utopic
National Football League Handoff Across America Joel Miller Cut + Run
Old Spice Red Sweater Geoff Hounsell Arcade Edit
       
Digital Content - Over :90
     
Lululemon This is Yoga Paul La Calandra Uppercut
UPS Girl Powered Susan Munro Hybrid Edit
Gillette Handle With Care Ricardo Lopez Humble TV
Nike Want It All Angus Wall Rock Paper Scissors
Sony The Day Ryan McGuire Cutters
       
Docu-style      
MasterCard Backstory Adam Bazadona Cut + Run
Converse Chucks in Hip Hop Adam Bazadona Cut + Run
UPS Girl Powered Susan Munro Hybrid Edit
Budweiser One Last Ride Tom Brassil Cutters
       
Fashion/Beauty      
Oakley One Obsession - Ryan Sheckler David Terry Fine Little Moving Pictures
Clinique Active Lifestyle Essentials Ali Mao Arcade Edit
       
Integration of Licensed Music
     
Nespresso Comin' Home Chris Franklin Big Sky Editorial Company
Sonos From Screentime to Dinnertime Adam Bazadona Cut + Run
NIKE SKATES Angus Wall Rock Paper Scissors
       
Licensed Soundtrack or Arrangement
     
Walmart Walmart Good Times Mike Dragovic Yessian Music
Disney Disney Dream It Be It Adam Miele Yessian Music
Porsche Porsche Highspeed Orchestra Jens Schliecker Yessian Music
       
Montage      
Apple Inc. Barbers Rick Russell Final Cut USA, Inc.
Asics I Move Me JD Smyth Final Cut USA, Inc.
Cheerios Good Goes Round Bruce Herrman Lost Planet
S7 I Am You Jamie Foord Rock Paper Scissors
       
Motion Design and Graphics
     
Motionpoems.org Monsters Ivan Girard Method
Microsoft Holiday Harmony Marc Smith MPC
JAY-Z The Story of O.J. Rustam Hasanov (Lead Character Design) The Mill
Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation Losing Your Hair Ren Chen (Lead Character Design), Lisha Tan, Justin Demetrician (Creative Directors) The Mill
       
Music Video      
Kendrick Lamar Humble Greg Scruton Arcade Edit
Jay Z Story of OJ Paul Martinez Arcade Edit
Taylor Swift Look What You Made Me Do Chancler Haynes Cosmo Street Editorial
Imagine Dragons Thunder Chancler Haynes Cosmo Street Editorial
Miguel Told You So Jamie Foord Rock Paper Scissors
       
Online Campaign      
KOIO KOIO Olivier Wicki BlueRock
FitBit FitBit Stories Danielle Sclafani Uppercut
    Jeff Stevens  
    Alvaro Del Val  
Activision Reassemble Graham Chisholm Arcade Edit
    Paul Martinez  
    Geoff Hounsell  
Hallmark Hallmark Gold Crown Steve Bell Cutters
       
Original Music      
Old Spice Rad Talkin' Wolfthorn Graham Barton Marmoset
State Street Global Advisors Fearless Girl Naren Rauch
COPILOT Strategic Music + Sound
Lifetime Glam Masters Jeremy Yang Decibel
       
Social Media Campaign
     
Lululemon Lululemon Fathers' Day Kristin McCasey Therapy
Nike The Force Is Female Lindsay Rynne Optimus
       
Sound Design      
FOX Sports Every Game is Everything Alex Bingham Final Cut USA, Inc.
Playstation Claws Evan Mangiamele Heard City
Adidas Form the Future Mark Grassia Trident Post Production
       
Storytelling      
GE Shortcuts Paul Watts Wax
Taco Bell Web Of Fries Jim Haygood Union Editorial
Apple The Archives David Brodie Rock Paper Scissors
Nike Want It All Angus Wall Rock Paper Scissors
Sony The Day Ryan McGuire Cutters
       
Under 50K      
Refinery29 The Voices of #MeToo Sean Stender Cut + Run
Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project Build Something Better Ben McCambridge Cut + Run
Bootstrap Villages Bootstrap Villages Aika Miyake / Brian Broeckelman Cutters
       
Visual Effects      
Monster.com Opportunity Roars   The Mill
Playstation VR Skyrim: Claws   The Mill
Samsung Samsung, Ostrich Diarmid Harrison-Murray MPC
Strongbow A Nature Dream   The Mill

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