The creative and artistic range of SHOOT's Q2 Visual Effects and Animation Top Ten Chart includes: a mixed media spot–with a heavy dose of stop motion animation–that shows how Oregon "rocks" the world; a Ghostbusters parody promoting DirecTV; and a commercial depicting video game glitches striking a comedic chord for Burger King.
So have a look-see at the best VFX and animation fare that the second quarter of 2022 has to offer.
1: Top Spot of the Week: W+K, Director Gerson Aguerri Show That “Oregon Rocks”
Client Travel Oregon Agency Wieden+Kennedy, Portland, Ore. John “JP” Petty III, Ana Balarin, Hermeti Balarin, executive creative directors; Nick Stokes, Ansel Wallenfang, Derek Szynal, creative directors; Elora Clement, art director; Rebecca Russell, Kamey Murphy, copywriters; Stefan Smith, VFX creative director/supervisor; Orlee Tatarka, head of production; Felicia Glover, Jennifer Fiske, sr. producers; Amy Streger, Victoria Tengblad-Kreft, design producers; Cathy Ormerod, Vicki Liu, designers; Anthony Holton, strategic planning. Production Company Canada Gerson Aguerri, director; Marta Argullos, exec producer; Oscar Romagosa, CEO & exec producer; Lisa Margulis, managing director & exec producer; Malcolm Hadley, DP; Anna Colomer, production designer; Anthony Farquhar-Smith, head animator; Zlatin Radev, stop motion supervisor; Marta Loza, art director; Lili Dancheva, local art director; Ahida Agirre, stylist. Production Services Solent Films Live-Action Background Footage Katie Falkenberg, Patrick Stanton, Pond 5. Editorial Joint Eric Hill, editor; Charlie Harrington, Ian DeVore, assistant editors; Jenny Greenfield, producer; Kathleen Russell, exec producer. VFX & Finish Joint, Portland, Ore. Leif Peterson, Flame lead; MB Emigh, David Stern, Flame artists; Noah Poole, Amanda Elliott, Flame assist; Gavin Wright, CG artist; Nirad “Bugs” Russell, exec producer; Sarah Zerina Usmen, VFX post producer; Zai Outlaw, VFX post coordinator. Recruited artists include: Simone De Salvatore, matte painter; Brett Stenson, PDX artist & designer (Toolbox: stop motion animation, Flame) Color Joint Jasmine Vazquez, colorist. Original Music Marmoset Sound Design Joint Natalie Huizenga, sound designer. End Graphic Design Brett Stenson Audio Post Joint Natalie Huizenga, audio engineer; Candace Mortier, associate audio engineer; Louise Woodward, audio producer; Kathleen Russell, exec producer.
2: Preymaker Rolls Out Trailer For Its Short Film “BLUE”
Production/VFX/Animation Preymaker, New York Robert Petrie, director; Angus Kneale, Melanie Wickham, Verity Grantham, exec producers; Ruben Vandebroek, Tim Argall, Jabulani Simelane, Bradley Stilwell, Katie Schiffer, Rune Månsson, Pieter Uitenweerde, Imraan Zaindeen, Kwabena Sarfo, André de Villiers, Brandon Phillis, Depesh Cara, Hassan Taimur, Zolna Minik, Thomas du Plessis, Felipe Hansen, Greg Murray, Casey Herrick, Bridgette Doran, Brett Lambright, Fabio Piparo, Christian Reyes, Alan McSeveney, Jinell Webb, Ben Weaver, Eider Astigarraga, Paul Liaw, Syd Fini, Jongmoon Woo, Gabriela Brandes, the makers. (Toolbox: Unreal Engine, Maya, DaVinci Resolve) Editorial Consulate, New York Chinwe Chong, editor. Music Amber Music, New York Alan Hankers, composer; Daniel Nolan, sound designer; Michelle Curran, exec producer; Mike Perri, sr. producer. Audio Post Amber Music, New York Alan hankers, Daniel Nolan, Mike Perri, mixers. Special thanks to: Alistair Thompson, Rob Di Figlia, Epic Games; Zeki Kartal, rigger, Hotspring; Kim Edwards, advisor.
3: The Best Work You May Never See: Director Oscar Hudson, Uncommon “Flip” A House For B&Q
Client B&Q Agency Uncommon Creative Studio, London Production Company Pulse Films Oscar Hudson, director; James Sorton, managing director/exec producer; Lucy Kelly, exec producer; Neil Andrews, producer; Kishan Patel, production manager; Jess Hall, DP; Dan Betteridge, production designer; Emma Lipop, stylist; Julian Richards, 1st AD; Charlie Mayhew, movement director. Production Services Icon Films, Bulgaria Emil Rangelov, Beba Yordanova, service producers; Vladdy Karanikolov, service production manager; Eva Vento, local production designer; Nikolay Fartunkov, Orlin Budinov & Vassil Vassilev, local SFX. Editorial TenThree Ellie Johnson, editor; Ed Hoadley, edit producer. VFX/Postproduction Electric Theatre Collective, London Holly Treacy, producer; Patrick Krafft, CG lead; Alex Snookes, 2D lead; Luke Morrison, colorist (Toolbox: Flame, Nuke, Maya, Houdini, Arnold in Houdini, Baselight) Music Supervision Native Dan Neale, music supervisor. Audio Post/Sound Design Factory London Anthony Moore, sound design & mix; Frankie Beirne, sound design & foley; Lou Allen, Ciara Wakely, audio producer.
4: Top Spot of the Week: Director Jim Jenkins, TBWAChiatDay LA, The Mill Bring “Ghostbusters,” MLB Together For DIRECTV STREAM
Client DIRECTV Agency TBWAChiatDay Los Angeles Renato Fernandez, chief creative officer; Jason Karley, group creative director; Mark Winters, Ryan Buckley, creative directors; Tyler Archibald, sr. copywriter; Will Holmes, sr. art director; Andrew Bae, jr. art director; Bruno Regalo, head of art & design; Jake Skirving, sr. designer; Andrea Nazario, jr. designer; Guia Iacomin, director of content production; Alicia Portner, sr. producer; Dena Moore, executive art producer; Elisabeth Fried, sr. art producer; Ryan McDonald, art producer; Jen Costello, chief strategy officer; Jesse Unger, group strategy director; Laura Gorder, sr. strategist; Hannah Schweitzer, jr. strategist. Production O Positive Jim Jenkins, director; Ralph Laucella, exec producer; Marc Grill, producer; Devon Clark, head of production; Gyula Pados, DP; Jason Edmonds, production designer; Greg McCollum, AD; Michelle Martini, costume designer. Editorial Arcade Geoff Hounsell, editor; Paulo Miramontes, assistant; Alexa Atkin, Tom Barnett, producers; Crissy DeSimone, exec producer. VFX The Mill New York Nathan Kane, executive creative director, shoot supervisor; James Mulholland, shoot supervisor; Clairellen Wallin, exec producer; Jack Williams, sr. producer; Chanelle Larios, producer; Kyla Graham, production coordinator; Siggy Chojnacki, production support; Justin Kurtz, Yong Chan Kim, 3D lead artists; Andre Vidal, Krissy Nordella, 2D lead artists; Jay Lee, Jeeun Lee, Yoon-sun Bae, Hailey Akashian, Felipe Passarani, Rajesh Kaushik, Noah Catan, Jiin You, 2D artists; John Wilson, animation lead; Jessica Castillo, animation; Matt Mcdonald, Anton Anderson, finish artists; James van den Elshout, graphic animation art director; Chris Szeto, designer; Maxim Kozhevnikov, concept design. (Toolbox: Houdini, Zbrush, Substance, Polycam, Maya, Arnold, Nuke, Flame) Audio Post/SFX String & Tins Culum Simpson, sound designer; Joe Wilkinson, additional sound design; Cobblestone Foley, foley; Laura-Leigh Smith, audio producer. Music Walker Sara Matarazzo, Stephanie Pigott, exec producers; Danielle Soury, sr. producer. Audio Mix Lime Studios Matt Miller, mixer; Ian Connie, mix assistant; Susie Boyajan, exec producer. Baseball Footage Stalkr Diego Speroni, retouching, digital artist; Francisco Speroni, digital assistant; Freddy Fabris, digital producer.
5: The Best Work You May Never See: British Army, Director Nicolai Fuglsig, Accenture Song Affirm “Nothing Can Do What a Soldier Can Do”
Client Capita for The British Army Agency Accenture Song Nik Studzinski, chief creative officer; Adam Kean, executive creative director; Meigan Brown, Tobias Owen, creative directors; David White, sr. producer; Georgia Middleton, assistant producer; Christina Lambrou, creative production lead. Production MJZ Nicolai Fuglsig, director; Lindsay Turnham, exec producer; Tim Wild, producer; Joost Van Gelder, DP; Robert Blishen, 1st AD; Ricky Eyres, production designer. Production Services Green Olive Films Maria Kopanou, exec producer; Babis Vlachodimitropoulos, production manager. Editorial Final Cut Rick Russell, editor; Nikke Porter, producer; James Stubbs, Matt Gabzdyl, assistant editors. VFX nineteentwenty, London Kai Van Beers, colorist; Bill McNamara, VFX supervisor; Chrys Aldred, 2D VFX supervisor; Ben Revens, CG VFX supervisor; Grant Bonser, concept; David Keegan, sr. VFX producer; Jamie Stitson, Yanru Yin, Taylor Webber, Doruk Saglam, Matt Hutchins, 2D artists; Ben Thomas, David Rencsenyi, Dan Baiton, Lillian Robert, Greg Martin, Martin Lanzinger, Sandra Guarda, Tammy Smith, Joe Baker, Ivan Tomovic, Luis Fos, Elena Schurkus, Lucy Wright, Miles Tomalin, 3D artists; Menelaos Per, DMP & environment; Jennifer Kerr, color assist; Lia Jacobs, VFX coordinator. (Toolbox: Nuke, Maya, Houdini, Mantra, Baselight) Music/Sound Design/Audio Post 750mph Sam Ashwell, sound design/music design & mixer; Michalis Anthis, music design; Olivia Ray, sound producer.
6: DAVID São Paulo, LOBO Find “Glitch” For Burger King Brazil
Client Burger King Brazil Agency DAVID São Paulo Pancho Cassis, global chief creative officer; Edgard Gianesi, Renata Leao, executive creative directors; Fabricio Pretto, Rogerio Chaves, creative directors; Renato Simon, Andre Mezzomo, creatives; Fernanda Peixoto, Tuna Canepari, Ana Beatriz Duarte, producers; Tony Ferreira, Gustavo Nanes, Arthur Gregolini, innovation & tech; Bruno Gonçalves, Bruno Portela, Fernanda Angelo, Gabriella Machado, Ully Correa, Natália Ferrini, Maiara Amaral, João Capusso, content; Mailson Dutra, Ana Veiga, data intelligence. Production/Visual Effects LOBO, Sao Paulo, Brazil Gabriel Nobrega, director; Danilo Enoki, lead CG, compositor; Felipe Frazao, lead 2D animation; Marcio Guerra, storyboard; Natan Zuanaci, Milton Dias, Marcos Smirkof, Natan Ernani e Guto Sposito, 3D modeling; Michel Maron, Larissa Paz, Camila Silva, Andre Lorenzini, Camila Xavier, Fernando Fracarolli, Fellype Navarro, Yumi Watari, Leonardo Deserbelles, 3D animation; Patricia Lobo, George Damiani, Victor Trovato, 3D render; Rafael Joy, Rafael Shiva e Murilo Barbelli, 3D rigging; Marcos Rigobello, 2D animation; Marccos Chaves, Thomas Mena, motion; Leandro Pena, lead compositor; Denis Milani, compositor; Clara Morelli, Tatiana Caparelli, post lead; Rosângela Gomes, Cristiane Santos, Bruna Boretto, 3D coordination; Eduardo Silva, Ricardo Vaz, postproduction. (Toolbox: Maya, Photoshop, Substance Painter, Chaos Vray, After Effects)
7: Director Henry Hobson, adam&eveDDB Show How Someone “Can Be Anything” Via Sony PlayStation Plus
Client Sony Interactive Entertainment/PlayStation Agency adam&eveDDB, London Richard Brim, chief creative officer; Ant Nelson, Mike Sutherland, executive creative directors; Richard Gayton, Darren Beresford, creative directors; Anthony Falco, chief production officer; Panos Louca, production lead; Hanna Needham, Stephen Mead, producers; Arsalan Jamshid, assistant producer; Simon Adamson, executive content director; Jessica Taylor, head of content; Matthew Osborne, sr. content creative. Design King Henry Paul Knowles, head of design/ Scott Silvey, lead designer; Sam Stabler, artworker. Post/Production cain&abelDDB Ludovica Melica, managing producer; Charlotte O’Reilly, sr. producer; Mandy Amoah, Marie Vivent, producers; David Smith, sr. editor; Jason Fox, hybrid editor; Matthew Walker, digital producer; Tony Hutton, sr. graphic producer; Hash Milhan, creative technology director; Sam Butler, digital design director; Ben Aldrich, technical lead. Production Company MJZ Henry Hobson, director; Lindsay Turnham, exec producer; James Waters, producer; Davina Abrahams, production manager; Rob Hardy, DP; Pirra, production designer; Neil Floyd, set decorator; Antony Tanev, 1st AD; Ivan Jelyaskov, gimbal operator; Selina Wong, costume designer; Djanina Baykoucheva, costume supervisor; Hammond Cox, casting director. Production Services Icon Films Millen Nickolov, Emil Rangelov, Gergana Kuzmova, producers; Alexander Peytchev, production manager; Atanos Apostolov, prop master; Tatiana Sleptsova-Titta, Nelly Teova, Marina Boshnakova, makeup artists. Editorial Work Editorial Neil Smith, Rain Keene, editors; Ellie McNaughtan, producer. VFX/Postproduction Selected Works, London Greg Spencer, shoot supervisor/creative director; Jonathan “Wes” Westley, creative director; Francois Roisin, VFX supervisor; Paul Donnellan, head of CG; Georgina Ford, Theajo Dharan, Matt “Wispy” Clarke, Leandro Vaquez, Stephanie Skarbek, 2D artists; Nigel Timms, Sebastian Kowalski, Pavel Mamichev, Mickey O’Donoghue, 3D artists; Amber Fresenda, DMP; Alex Fitzgerald, exec producer; Katie Sharpe, producer; Mickey O’Donoghue, Abner Marin, Nigel Timms, Pavel Mamichev, 3D artists; Georgina Ford, Theajo Dharan, Matt “Wispy” Clarke, Leandro Vaquez, Stephanie Skarbek, 2D artists; Amber Fresenda, DMP; Alex Fitzgerald, exec producer; Katie Sharpe, producer. (Toolbox: Nuke, Houdini, Maya, Flame) Color Company 3 Tom Poole, colorist. Audio 750mph Sam Ashwell, sound design & mix; Kirsten Troy, sr. audio producer. Music Supervision PlayStation Studios, Creative Arts Codie Childs, Duncan Smith, music supervision. Song: “A Thousand Lives,” written, produced and performed by Christopher Benstead.
8: Director Andreas Nilsson, Opinionated Solve “Monster Problem” For Miro
Client Miro Agency Opinionated Mark Fitzloff, Rob Palmer, executive creative directors; Cameron Soane, associate creative director/art director; Scott Fish, associate creative director/copywriter; Corey Bartha, head of production; Sandra Hagblom, producer; Dave Daines, strategic planning. Production Biscuit Filmworks Andreas Nilsson, director; Holly Vega, exec producer; Peter Knowles, line producer; Lase Frank, DP; Alexis Ross, production designer/art direction. Editorial Cut+Run Ben Campbell, editor; Mitch Goldberg, assistant editor; Brian Mulvey, post producer; Amburr Farls, exec producer; Brady Austin Fiero, head of production. VFX Bacon X, Copenhagen Jonas Drehn, VFX supervisor/shoot supervisor; Thomas Banner, 2D lead artist; Thomas Haas-Christensen, 3D lead artist; Ditte Marie Ludvigsen, associate creative director; Jacob Carlsson, Kai Hauswirth, Mario Maruska, Oliver Buus, 2D artists; Asger Langhoff, David Rybert Lessel, Rickard Didriksson, 3D artists; Miam Lalanne, VFX head of production; Christina Jaeger, VFX producer; Eliana Carranza-Pitcher, VFX exec producer; Hannibal Lang, colorist; Lasse Selvli, additional colorist & conform; Soren Knudsen, conform. (Toolbox: Maya, After Effects, Houdini, Nuke, Baselight) Audio String and Tins Lawrence Kendrick, sound design & mix; Jim Stewart, additional sound & mix; Cobblestone, foley; Olivia Endersby, audio producer. Voiceover Steven Kelly
9: Wunderman Thompson, Director Catherine Prowse “Speak Plant” For U.K.’s Royal Horticultural Society
Client Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Agency Wunderman Thompson London Tom Drew, executive creative director; Anders Wendel, Elliot Tiney, creatives; Clare Wilson, creative director; Charlie Woodall, producer. Production Company blinkink, London Catherine Prowse, director; Bart Yates, exec producer; Sami Goddard, producer; Anna Argiros, production coordinator; Henry St. Leger, character design; Mysie Pereira, storyboard artist; Max Halstead, DP; George Warren, camera operator; Jonny Sabbagh, Will Harper, puppeteers; Ben Cote, art director; Beattie Hartley, Areeya Bass, Brin Frost, art dept. assistants; Lulu Senft, Rosie Tonkin, prop makers; Tim Jenkins, animal handler (Toolbox: puppets, stop motion) Postproduction OKAY Studio Bevis Jones, VFX supervisor; Holly Tidwell, postproduction producer; Charles Gamble, editor; Ruth Wardell, colorist.
10: The Best Work You May Never See: The Bobbsey Twins From Homicide, adam&eveDDB Pursue Winning U.K. Lottery Ticket
Client Camelot UK Lotteries Limited Agency adam&eveDDB, London Ben Tollett, group executive creative director; Mark Lewis, Matt Fitch, creative directors; Matthew Osbourne, Judith Tulkens, social creatives; Mary Fostiropoulos, Clio McLeary, Panos Louca, producers; Giulia Mereu, assistant producer. Production Company Arts & Sciences The Bobbsey Twins from Homicide, director; Alex Barber, DP; Emma Butterworth, producer; James Bland, exec producer/partner; Julia Guignabel, production manager; Chris Oddy, production designer; Lucy Hagan, costume designer; Frank Atlantic, B-unit director; Lauren Highman, B-unit producer; Ali Fearnley, hero casting. Editorial Stitch Leo King, Max Windows, editors. Postproduction Black Kite Studios, London Tito Fernandes, shoot supervisor; Paul Wilmot, VFX supervisor; James Hansell, CG lead; George K, colorist; Mark Stannard, B-unit Flame lead; Phil Whalley, post producer. (Toolbox: Flame) Audio Post 750mph Sam Ashwell, Jake Ashwell, sound engineers; Martin Critchley, Olivia Ray, audio producers. Music Theodore Music Tom Stanford, music supervisor.