1:  Top Spot of the Week: Lance Acord Directs Nike’s “Last” For W+K

Client Nike Agency Wieden+Kennedy, Portland, Ore. Alberto Ponte, Ryan O’Rourke, global creative directors; Dan Viens, interactive director; Evelyn Loomis, interactive producer; Matt Hunnicutt, global executive producer; Heather Ryder, Darcie Burrell, writers; Patty Orlando, art director; Shelley Eisner, producer; Julie Gursha, associate producer; Henry Lambert, strategic planning; Mark Fitzloff, Joe Staples, executive creative directors. Production Park Pictures Lance Acord, director/DP; Jackie Kelman Bisbee, Mary Ann Marino, exec producers; Caroline Kousidonis, line producer. Editorial Rock Paper Scissors Angus Wall, editor; Angela Dorian, post executive producer/producer. Visual Effects a52 Pat Murphy, VFX supervisor/Flame artist; Michael Steinmann, VFX producer. Titles/Graphics Just Do It and Nike title cards, artwork from Patty Orlando. Music/Sound   Song “Every Little Bit Hurts” Aretha Franklin Albums “Running out of Fools” (1964). Walker, Portland, Ore. Sara Matarazzo, music supervisor; Abbey Hickman, music producer. Barking Owl, Los Angeles Michael Anastasi, sound designer; Kelly Bayett, executive producer. Audio Post Eleven Sound Jeff Payne, mixer; Dawn Redmann, producer.

2:  Wally Pfister Directs Under Armour’s “Rule Yourself” Campaign “Anthem” Spot For Droga5

Client Under Armour Agency Droga5 New York David Droga, creative chairman; Ted Royer, chief creative officer; Alexander Nowak, Felix Richter, creative directors; Sergio Alonso, copywriter; Sebastian Piacentini, art director; Max Friedman, Vignesh Seshadri, jr. art director; Kathryn Kvas, jr. copywriter; Sally-Ann Dale, chief creation officer; Ben Davies, head of broadcast production; Bill Berg, broadcast producer; Samuel Marx, associate broadcast producer; Chet Gulland, head of strategy; Harry Roman, group strategy director; Candice Chen, sr. brand strategist; Isaiah Brown, jr. strategist; Colleen Leddy, head of communications strategy; Hilary Heath, communications strategist. Production RESET Wally Pfister, director/DP; Dave Morrison, managing director; Jeff McDougall, exec producer; James Graves, producer. Editorial Stitch Andy McGraw, editor; Vanessa Yuille, assistant editor; Mila Davis, exec producer; Meagen Carroll, head of production. Postproduction/VFX The Mill New York Sean Costelloe, sr. exec producer/head of production; Nirad Bugs Russell, sr. producer; Rachel Greco, Kristy Chooi, production coordinators; Gavin Wellsman, VFX supervisor, joint head of 2D, 2D lead artist; Nathan Kane, VFX supervisor/2D lead artist; Wyatt Savarese, VFX supervisor/CG lead; Hitesh Patel, VFX supervisor/shoot supervisor; Ilia Mokhtareizadeh, Emily Bloom, Michael Smith, sr. compositors; Alex Dreiblatt, Heather Kennedy, Rob Meade, Chris Glue, Sung Eun Moon, Yoon-sun Ba, compositors; Corey Langenlotti, Eric Lane, Katie Schiffer, Edward Hick, Cole Clark, Adam Willis, Can Y. Sanaian, German Casado, Melanie Climent, Ivan Joy, Justin Diamond, Ehsan Parizi, Laurent Glaume, Ren Hsien-Hsu, CG artists; Fergus McCall, colorist. (Toolbox: Flame, Flare, Nuke, Massive, Maya, Houdini) Sound Design Q Department Music Philip Glass Einstein on the  Beach-”Knee Play 1” Rearrangement Dunvagen Music Publishers. Audio Post Sonic Union David Papa, mixer.

 

 

3:  EA Sports/Madden NFL 16’s “Madden: The Movie”

Music/Sound: Beacon Street Studios, Venice, Calif. Andrew Feltenstein, John Nau, composers; Leslie DiLullo, exec producer. 740 Sound, Los Angeles Chris Pinkston, sound designer; Audio Post: 740 Sound, Los Angeles Chris Pinkston, mixer. Agency: Heat San Francisco; Production: Hungry Man, bicoastal Wayne McClammy, director

4:  Dougal Wilson Directs “Tiny Dancer” For John Lewis Insurance, adam&eveDDB

Client John Lewis Home Insurance Agency adam&eveDDB, London Ben Priest, chief creative officer; Richard Brim, executive creative director; Jo Cresswell, copywriter; Sian Coole, art director. Production Blink Dougal Wilson, director. Editorial Final Cut Joe Guest, editor. Post MPC Tom Harding, VFX supervisor; Jean Clement-Soret, colorist; Julie Evans, exec producer; Hannah Ruddleston, post producer. Music Soundtrack: “Tiny Dancer,” Elton John. Audio Post Factory, London  Anthony Moore, mixer.

5:  GEICO’s “Countdown”

Music/Sound: Song: Europe's "The Final Countdown" Audio Post: Rainmaker Studios, Richmond, VA Jeff McManus, mixer; Agency: The Martin Agency, Richmond, VA; Production: Hungry Man, bicoastal Wayne McClammy, director 

6:  United Airlines’ “Safety Is Global II” (short)

Music/Sound: “Rhapsody In Blue” composed by George Gershwin Yessian Music, New York Dan Zank, arranger; Brian Yessian, chief creative officer; Gerard Smerek, exec producer; Weston Fonger, sound designer; Audio Post: Sonic Union, New York Michael Marinelli, mixer; Agency: mcgarrybowen, New York; Production: Partizan, bicoastal/international Michael Williams, director

7:  San Manuel Casino’s “Pure Game: Anthem”

Production: Gentleman Scholar, Los Angeles William Campbell, Will Johnson, directors. Visual Effects William Campbell, Will Johnson, creative directors; Jordan Lyle, art director; Tim Hayward, CG supervisor; Tommy Wooh, 2D lead; Nate Occhipinti, producer; Paul Kim, designer; Bryan Deloach, storyboard; James Levy, matte painting; Ryan Kaplan, Johnny Lum, CG generalists; James Lane, 3D animation; Andy Kim, Kevin Manning, Robert Kim, modeling & texture; Erick Schiele, lighting; Kunle Jegede, Yates Holley, FX artists; JP Rooney, Raul Moreno, Kevin Kim, MIchael Tavarez, compositors; Paul Heagney, Federico Saccone, Renee Tymm, Flame artists; Todd Mesher, additional Flame artist; Erik Barnes, editor. (Toolbox: Photoshop, After Effects, Maya, RealFlow, ZBrush, Mudbox, Nuke, Flame) Music/Sound ELIAS, bicoastal Vincenzo LoRusso, executive creative director; Michael Goldstein, creative director; Vicki Ordeshook, exec producer; Katie Overcash, head of production. Audio Post: Bicep Productions, Culver City, Calif. Luis Rosario, mixer; Esther Gonzalez, executive post producer; Agency: Pitch, Culver City Calif. 

 

8:  Jordan Brand’s “The Dunk To End All Dunks”

Music/Sound: DJ Statik Selektah, composer tonefarmer, New York Jared Hunter, Raymond Loewy, Sam Skarstaad, composers; Jimmy Harned, sound designer. Audio Post: Sonic Union, New York Steve Rosen, mixer; Justine Cortale, studio director; Agency: Wieden+Kennedy, New York; Production: Pacific Rim Films, Marina del Rey, Calif. Jon Favreau, director

9:  Target’s “Fall Essentials”

Music/Sound: HiFi Project, bicoastal, Minneapolis Max Petrek, writer/composer; Paul Robb, creative director; Chris Heidman, exec producer. Audio Post: HiFi Project, bicoastal, Minneapolis Chris Heidman, mixer; Agency: Mono, Minneapolis; Production: Caviar, Los Angeles Arno Salters, director

10:  Top Spot of the Week: W+K Amsterdam’s “FIFARO” Promotes EA Sports’ FIFA 16

Client EA Sports FIFA 16 Agency Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam Mark Bernath, Eric Quennoy, executive creative directors; David Smith, Alvaro Sotomayor, Craig Williams, creative directors; Vasco Vicente, art director; Evgeny Primachenko, Andrew Dobbie, copywriters; Joe Togneri, head of broadcast production; Elissa Singstock, broadcast producer; Stijn Wikkerink, associate producer; Martin Weigel, head of planning; Michelle Arrazcaeta, planner; Matthew Ravenhall, interactive producer; Noa Redero, studio artist. Production Traktor  Traktor, director/producer/exec producer; Larry Fong, Bill Pope, DPs. Editorial Final Cut London Edward Line, editor. Postproduction MPC London Alex Lovejoy, Flame; Jean Clement, Kai Van Beers, telecine; Anandi Peiris, producer. Music MassiveMusic Amsterdam “FIFARO” Audio Post Grand Central Recording Studios Raja Sehgal, sound designer/mixer.