1: Top Spot of the Week: Old Spice’s “Momsong”
Client Old Spice. Agency Wieden + Kennedy Portland. Susan Hoffman and Joe Staples, executive creative directors; Craig Allen and Jason Bagley, creative directors; Justine Armour and David Povill, copywriters; Ruth Bellotti, art director; Linsday Reed, senior producer; Ben Grylewicz, head of production. Production MJZ, bicoastal/international. Steve Ayson, director; Ryley Brown, DP, Emma Wilcockson, executive producer; Mark Hall, line production. Shot on location in and around Auckland, New Zealand. Editorial HutchCo, Los Angeles. Jim Hutchins, editor; Patrick O’Leary, assistant editor; Jane Hutchins, post producer. VFX/Post The Mill. Arielle David, head of production; Sue Troyan, executive producer; Adam Reeb, producer; Ben Sposato, coordinator; Tim Davies, creative director/Flame lead; Steve Anderson, shoot supervisor; Meng-Yang Lu, 3D lead; Mike Di Nocco, 3D artist; John Price, Lisa Ryan, Margolit Steiner, Scott Wilson, Jale Parson, Edward Black, Steve Cokonis, Tara De Marco, Tim Robbins and Dag Ivarsory, 2D artists. MPC, Los Angeles. Mark Gethin, colorist. Music Walker, Portland. Brad Neely, composer/arranger; Sara Matarazzo, producer; Abbey Hickman, assistant producer. Music Record Warehouse Studio and GGRP Productions, Vancouver. Vince Renaud, music record engineer; Graeme Gibson, composition engineer; Zack Blackstone, music engineer assistant; Derick Cobden, record coordinator. Audio Barking Owl, Los Angeles. Brock Babcock, post engineer; Whitney Fromholtz, producer.
2: Against Malaria Foundation’s “Nightmare: Malaria”
Music/Sound Q Department, New York (Music & sound design) Audio Post Q Department, New York
Color, New York Josh Abbey, voiceover mixer. Agency Establishment for the Greater Good (EGG), New York Production Psyop, New York. Marie Hyon, Marco Spier, directors
3: New Video: Gillette’s “Piano Demo”
Client Gillette Agency Grey New York Tor Myhren, president/global chief creative officer; Jeff Stamp, Leo Savage, group creative directors; Lance Parrish, Steve Nathans, associate creative dierctors; Nick Terzip, copywriter; James McPherson, executive producer; Katy Fuoco, film producer; Megan Swan, assistant producer; Zachary Pollakoff, music producer; Debby Reiner, brand agency lead; Howard Roberts, executive strategy director. Production 1stAveMachine Asif Mian, director; Zak Mulligan, cinematographer; Sam Penfield, exec producer; Leigh Goldstone, producer; Bob Partington, chief creative technologist; Jason Curtis, art director. Editorial Cut+Run Akiko Ikawaka, editor. Music Ryan Lott (Son Lux), composer. Audio Post Heard City Phil Loeb, mixer.
4: Tiffany & Co.’s “Holiday”
Music/Sound: Beacon Street Studios/Fasho Records, Venice, Calif. Rick Boston, Andrew Feltenstein, John Nau, composers; Adrea Lavezzoli, exec producer; Doug Trantow, engineer/mixer Music: “Out of the Blue” by Della Swiss (lead singer: Chauncey Jacks) Audio Post: Sound Lounge, New York
Tom Jucarone, mixer Agency: Ogilvy & Mather, New York Karl Westman, executive producer of music; Michael Freeman, music producer. Production Psyop, bicoastal Marie Hyon, director. VFX Psyop Eunice Kim, art director, Ave Carrillo, Nick Read, producers; Eunice Kim, Pete Sickbert-Bennett, designer; Will Robertson, lead TV; Pat Porter, 3D animator/previz artist; Anthony Travieso, previz artist; Briana Francheschini, Kwan Au, modelers/lighters; Alvin Bae, lighter; Efrain Cintron, Tyler Dibiasio, Tucker Klein, Sean Lattrell, Dennis Moran, Luca Vitale, 2D animators; Michael Deweese, storyboard artist; Preston Brown, Chris Gereg, Kevin Kim, Mans Swanberg, compositors; Victor Barczyk, Sarra Idris, editors.
5: Schick Hydro Groomer’s “Welcome Back”
Music/Sound: Ring The Alarm, Los Angeles Daron Hollowell, Brent Nichols, creative directors; Jenny Hollowell, exec producer; Rusty Logsdon, composer. (Lyrics from JWT NY) Audio Post: Transmission, New York Andy Green, mixer Agency: JWT New York Paul Greco, director of music; Matt Nelson, music producer Production: Partizan, bicoastal/international Jared Eberhardt, director