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: Dulux’s “Colour Love Story”
Music/Sound:Beacon Street Studios, Venice, Calif. Andrew Feltenstein, John Nau, Danny Dunlap, composers. Audio Post: Grand Central Recording Studios, London Raja Sehgal, mixer. Agency: BBH London Production: Park Pictures, bicoastal/international Christian & Patrick, directors.
3: Kia K900’s “The Truth”
Music/Sound HUM Music & Sound Design, Santa Monica, Calif. Rearrangement of Giacomo Puccini’s “Nessun Dorma” Jeff Koz, president Debbi Landon, exec producer; Scott Glenn, creative director; Greg Chun, arranger; Dan Hart, sound designer. Audio Post Margarita Mix, Santa Monica Nathan Dubin, mixer.VFX/Animation Digital Domain, Venice, Calif. Eric Barba, VFX supervisor/CCO; Rich Flier, president, advertising & games; Scott Gemmell, EP/head of production; Tiffani Manabat, sr. producer; Rachel Mariscal, VFX producer; Alex Michael, VFX coordinator; Paul Lambert, DFX supervisor; Greg Teegarden, CG supervisor; Dan Akers, compositing supervisor; Carlos Morales, Holly Horter, John Bowers, Joe Silva, Nitant Karnik, Kym Olsen, Travis Wade, compositors; Rick Glenn, Nye Warburton, animators; Brian Creasey, Daisuke Nagae, David Liu, Lee Carlton, digital artists; Eric Ebling, Andy King, FX artists; David Wilson, Hilery Johnson, Keith Weilmuenster, Dawn Gates-Wells, Cynthia Trevino, roto/paint artists; Adrian Diamond, TD; Jesse James Chisholm, on-set data/integration lead; Vikki Chan, on-set/data integration; Som Shankar, Edith Clara, data integration; Jeff Heusser, Flame artist. (Toolbox: Nuke, Maya, Houdini, VRay, Heiro, Flame) Agency David&Goliath, El Segundo, Calif. Production MJZ, bicoastal/international Carl Erik Rinsch, Colin Jeffery, directors
4: Visa’s “Night Swim”
Music/Sound: Machine Head, bicoastal Stephen Dewey, sound designer; Gregory Jenkins, composer; Kip Smedley, additional composer; Patty Chow Dewey, exec producer. Audio Post: Sonic Union, New York Steve Rosen, mixer Agency: BBDO New York Tom Sann, producer; Toygar Bazarkaya, executive creative director; Lew Willig, sr. VP, creative director; Alessandro Fruscella, VP, associate creative director/writer. Production Epoch Films, bicoastal Martin De Thurah, director Editorial Whitehouse Post Adam Marshall, editor; Melanie Klein, editorial producer; Nate Katz, assistant editor.
5: Audi Unveils “Doberhuahua” Super Bowl Spot
Client Audi of America Agency Venables Bell & Partners, San Francisco. Paul Venables, Will McGinness, executive creative directors; Tyler Hampton, Erich Pfeifer, creative directors; Byron Del Rosario, art director; Meredith Karr, copywriter; Craig Allen, director of integrated production; Joyce Chen, producer. Production Biscuit Filmworks. Noam Murro, director; Toby Irwin, DP; Shawn Lacy, Colleen O’Donnell, exec producers; Jay Veal, producer. Editorial Final Cut Rick Russell, editor; Suzy Ramierez, producer; Chris Amos, assistant editor. Sound Design Brian Emrich at Trinitite Studios Music Elias Arts Brent Nichols, executive creative director; Dave Gold, creative director; Ann Haugen, executive producer; Katie Overcash, producer. Audio Lime Studios. Loren Silber, mixer. Post The Mill Adam Scott, colorist; Natalie Westerfield, telecine producer; LaRue Andersen, executive telecine producer. VFX The Mill Sue Troyan, exec producer; Dan Roberts, producer; Antonio Hardy, coordinator; James Allen, 2D lead; Gawain Liddiard, 3D lead; Jacob Bergman (Animation) Tom Raynor ( Lighting & Rendering) Martin Rivera(Tracking), additional 3D lead artists; Nick Tayler, Becky Porter, Jason Bergman, Ben Smith, Chris Howard, Brad Scott, 2D artists; Steve Beck, Carl Harders, George Lui, Ashraf Ghoniem, Blake Guest, Blake Sullivan, Bradley McLaughlin, Bridget Warrington, Cassi Clayton, Chris Goodrich, Danny Yoon, Hartwell Durfor, James Ma, Jason Janksy, Jesse Flores, Juan Zavala, Katie Yancey, Martin Rivera, Matt Bohnert, Matt Neapolitan, Miguel Guerrero, Mike Di Nocco, Nick Lines, Robert Chapman, Tom Graham, Sergio Xisto, Margaux Huneau, 3D artists; Thom Price, Itai Mueller, matte painting; Greg Park, After Effects; Jeff Langlios, Ashley Forbito, After dept.
6: Crown Royal’s “Anthem”
Music/Sound: Q Department, New York. Audio Post: Heard City, New York Phil Loeb, Evan Mangiamele, engineers; Sasha Awn, producer. Agency: Grey New York Zach Pollakoff, sr. music producer; Josh Rabinowitz, director of music. Production: MJZ, bicoastal/international Rupert Sanders, director.
7: Top Spot of the Week: GE’s “Childlike Imagination”
Client GE Agency BBDO New York David Lubars, chief creative officer; Greg Hahn, chief creative officer, NY; Eric Cosper, Michael Aimette, sr. creative directors; Anthony Nelson, group executive producer; Nick Sonderup, copywriter; Eric Goldstein, art director; Rani Vaz, head of music production. Production MJZ. Dante Ariola, director; Benoit Delhomme, DP; Scott Howard, David Zander, exec producers. Editorial Whitehouse Post. Rick Lawley, editor. VFX Method Studios. Music Barking Owl. Audio Heard City. Phillip Loeb, mixer.
8: United Airlines’ “Athletes Abroad”
Music/Sound: Yessian Music, New York Dan Zank, Conrad Pope, arrangers (George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”); Brian Yessian, chief creative officer; Gerard Smerek, exec producer/mixer. Audio Post: Sound Lounge, New York Tom Jucarone, mixer. Agency: mcgarrybowen, New York Jerry Krenach, managing director, global music production. Production: HSI, bicoastal Michael Haussman, director.
9: Samsung’s “Family”
Music/Sound: Amber Music, Brooklyn, NY Mark Tewarson, composer; Michelle Curran, exec producer. Audio Post: Heard City, New York Philip Loeb, mixer. Agency: 72andSunny, Los Angeles Production: Believe Media, bicoastal Daniel Skoglund, director.
10: Top Spot of the Week: Kraft Macaroni & Cheese’s “What I Did For Love”
Client Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Agency CP+B Adam Chasnow, VP/executive creative director; Michael Raso, creative director; Paul Sincoff, associate creative director/writer; Kyle Jones, associate creative director/art director; Chad Hoppenwasser, VP/director of video production; Katie Porter, sr. integrated producer; Alina Moeller, jr. integrated producer; Bill Meadows, executive music producer; Jorge Ivan Vargas Perez, music producer. Production Hungry Man Hank Perlman director; John Lindley, DP; Caleb Dewart, line producer; Kevin Byrne, Dan Duffy, Mino Jarjoura, Nancy Hacohen, exec producers. Editorial The Now Corporation, NY Jesse Reisner, editor; Renn Cheadle, assistant editor; Nancy Finn, exec producer. Post Method, Santa Monica, Calif. Kelley Bumbarger, lead compositor; Robert Owens, exec producer; Ananda Reavis, post producer. Post Company 3, Los Angeles. Stefan Sonnenfeld, colorist. Graphics/Animation Buck, Los Angeles Music JSM Music, NY Joel Simon, arranger, creative director, executive music producer; Doug Katsaros, arranger. Audio Lime Studios, Santa Monica. Mark Meyuhas, audio engineer; Matt Miller, engineer’s assistant; Kelli Espinoza, mix producer.