Our quarterly VFX/Animation Top Ten Track contains a body of work that includes a sobering perspective on heart disease in women, a heartfelt Xmas message of peace dating back to World War I history, a comical pursuit of TV viewing at a snail's pace, a holiday stop-motion animation message from Harrods, and a beautiful depiction of NYC as a winter wonderland.

1:  The Best Work You May Never See: Director Bevilacqua becomes “Ceiling Crasher” for Ad Council/American Heart Association

Client Ad Council/American Heart Association Agency Deutsch New York Kerry Keenan, chief creative officer; Matt McKay, executive creative director; Sean Lee, associate creative director/copywriter; Luke Hughett, associate creative director/art director; Joe Calabrese, director of integrated production; Andrea Curtin, executive producer; Clara Kim, project manager; Pam Buchwald, sr. strategist. Production Anonymous Content Christian Bevilacqua, director. Editorial Al Sinclair, editor. VFX MPC New York John Skeffington, sr. producer; Alex Lovejoy, VFX supervisor/creative director; Marcus Wood, VFX supervisor/2D lead; Adrian Seery, colorist. Audio Sonic Union, Steve Rosen, mixer.

2:  Top Spot of the Week: Director Ringan Ledwidge, The Mill team on Sainsbury’s “Christmas Is For Sharing”

Client Sainsbury’s Agency AMV BBDO, London Tim Riley, creative; Rebecca Scharf, producer. Production Rattling Stick Ringan Ledwidge, diector; Sally Humphries, exec producer; Alwin Kuchler, DP. Editorial Work Rich Orrick, editor. VFX/Post The Mill London Gemma Humphries, exec producer; Hitesh Patel, shoot supervisor; Barnsley, 2D lead artist; Joseph Tang, Gary Driver, Dan Adams, 2D artists; James Mulholland, 3D artist; Aurelien Ronceray, German Casado, matte painting; Clare Melia, assistant producer; Mick Vincent, DCP. Post Electric Theatre Collective (ETC) Aubrey Woodiwiss, colorist. Audio Post Wave Aaron Reynolds  Music Woodwork Music Licensed Music Carter Burwell

3:  Freesat’s “Sheldon”

Visual Effects/Animation: Framestore, London James Alexander, producer; Christopher Gray, line producer; Russell Dodgson, VFX supervisor; Grant Walker, CG supervisor; Juan Sebastian Nino, animation lead; Rafael Camacho, FX supervisor; Amar Chundavadra, rigging; Rob Jewell, Taylor Kennard, Hiero; Edwin Metternich, colorist. (Toolbox: Zbrush, Mari, Maya, Houdini, Nuke, Arnold) Agency: TellyJuice, London Production: TellyJuice, London David Skinner, director

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:  Machine Zone/Game of War: Fire Age’s “Decisions”

Visual Effects/Animation: Method Studios, Los Angeles Benjamin Walsh, sr. VFX supervisor; Lisa Goldberg, VFX producer; Brian Burke, CG supervisor; Ian Holland, Brandon Nelson, compositing supervisors; Keith Roberts, animation supervisor; Stephanie Gilgar, exec producer. (Toolbox: Maya, Massive, Mari, Vray, Zbrush, Houdini, Mantra, Photoshop, Nuke, Flame) Agency: Untitled Worldwide, New York Production: Anonymous Content, bicoastal Gary Shore, director

6:  Harrods’ “The Land of Make Believe”

Visual Effects/Animation: A+C Studios, Whitstable, UK Dan Richards, director; Liu Batchelor, producer; James Harvey, stop motion; Stuart Clark, head of production, Dayle Sanders, storyboard and animatic; Jim Parkyn, Tiffany Monk, Anne-Sofie Raundahl, Rebecca Smith, Roos Mattaar, model makers.(Toolbox: Dragonframe, Adobe Creative Suite) Agency: TBWALondon Production: A+C Studios, Whitstable, UK Dan Richards, director

7:  Sonos’ “Pop Art”

Visual Effects/Animation: 1stAveMachine, Brooklyn, NY/Tronco, Buenos Aires Nico Casavecchia, creative director; Tomi Dieguez, director; Chini, lead designer; Assembly, 3D art; Martin Garro, 2D animation. Plenty, Buenos Aires Ines Palmas, head of production; Pablo Alfieri and Mariano Farías, 3D art and animation directors (Toolbox: Avid, Adobe Suite--mostly After Effects, Cinema 4D, Blender) Agency: 72andSunny, Los Angeles Production: 1stAveMachine, Brooklyn, NY/Tronco, Buenos Aires Tomi Dieguez, director

8:  Hammerson Shopping Centers’ “Colliderscope”

Visual Effects/Animation: Aardman Animations, Bristol, UK Daniel Cohen, director; Melissa Rogers, producer; Chris Lovegrove, Moco Op; Nathan Sale, Andy Woodland, lighting (Spark); Adam Vernon, pre-light Spark ScaryCat Studio, Bristol, UK Cat Jackson, art director; Gary Jackson, model supervisor/operator; Jak Goodyear, technical mechanic/model operator; Ade Simms, prop builder/model operator. Absolute Post, London Michael Brown, post artist (Toolbox: Smoke) Agency: isobel, London Production: Aardman Animations, Bristol, UK Daniel Cohen, director

9:  BENT Goes “Over the Garden Wall” for Cartoon Network

Client Cartoon Network Larry Morris, creative director/writer; Calvin Florian, Eric Nelson, sr. production managers; Branden Colilns, designer; Mike Voulgaris, editor; Greg Gause, sound engineer; Jack Jones, voiceover narration. Production Bent Image Lab, Portland, Ore. Solomon Burbridge, director; Ray DiCarlo, Tsui Ling Toomer, exec producers; Robert D’Esposito, producer; Greg Arden, art director; Jesse McManus, designer; Javan Ivey, stop motion animator. VFX Bent Image Lab Orland Nutt, Dan Kim, compositors; Joshua Cox, Stef Kofman, technical directors; Andrew Dieffenbach, CG animator; Galen Beals, lighting technical director; Rian Peterson, CG modeler. Music The Blasting Company Post Bent Image Lab Brent Helse, editor.

10:  Lexus’ “ES Magic Box”

Visual Effects/Animation: Mirada, Los Angeles Grady Hall, director; Zach Tucker, VFX supervisor; Jonathan Wu, creative director; Michael Shelton, CG supervisor; Dina De Vries, sr. producer. (Toolbox: Syntheyes, Maya, Zbrush, Arnold, Photoshop, Mari, Nuke, Flame) Agency: Team One, Los Angeles Production: Motion Theory, Los Angeles Grady Hall, director Capitol One, Vancouver, B.C.