Check out our quarterly Visual Effects & Animation Chart which features a range of work from in-camera to more elaborate VFX wizardry as well as animation fare that includes a new twist on the iconic couch-sitting open of "The Simpsons."

Each entry has full VFX/Animation credits and extensive Toolbox info.

1:  Top Spot: Snickers’ “Godzilla”

Client Mars/Snickers Agency BBDO New York. David Lubars, chief creative officer, worldwide; Greg Hahn , chief creative officer, New York; Gianfranco Arena, Peter Kain, executive creative directors; Alex Taylor, creative director/copywriter; Jason Stefanik, creative director/art director; Amy Wertheimer, group executive producer; Loren Parkins, executive music producer.  Production Company Smith and Jones Films, Los Angeles and London. Ulf Johansson, director; Andrejz Sekula, DP, Philippa Smith, executive producer. Shot on location in Los Angeles. Editorial Mackenzie Cutler, New York. Ian Mackenzie, editor. Visual Effects MPC New York. Camila De Biaggi, VFX producer; Alex Lovejoy, VFX supervisor. Legacy Effects, San Fernando, Calif. Construction of Godzilla suit Post Company 3, New York. Tim Masick, colorist. Music South Music & Sound Design, Santa Monica. Dan Pritikin, head of production; Jon Darling, creative director/composer. AKM Music, London. Audio Heard City, New York. Keith Raynaud, mixer. Performers Douglas Tait, Tim Soergel, Mark Dobson, Adrienne Rusk, Matt Midler, John Druska, Arnie Pantoja, Jermaine Williams.

2:  Electronic Arts/Titanfall’s “Shadow”

Visual Effects/Animation: The Mill LA Sue Troyan, sr. exec producer; John Leonti, Phil Crowe, shoot supervisors/creative directors; Anastasia von Rahl, VFX producer; John Shirley, 2D lead artist; David Lawson, 3D lead artist; John Price, Ben Smith, Martin Karlsson, Daniel Lang, Lisa Ryan, 2D artists; Tom Graham, Kenzie Chen, Matt Longwell, Ed Boldero, Stew Burris, Brett Angelisis, Martin Rivera, Edwin Fong, Mike DoNocco, Blake Sullivan, Jason Jansky, Alaina Hower, 3D artists; Rasha Shalby, Thom Price, matte painting; Adam Scott, colorist; LaRue Anderson, color exec producer; Natalie Westerfield, color producer.
(Toolbox: Maya, Arnold, Houdini, Flame, Nuke) Agency: Heat, San Francisco Production: Hungry Man, bicoastal Wayne McClammy, director

3:  Milk Processor Education Program’s “Milk Life Anthem”

Visual Effects/Animation: Method Studios, New York Stuart Robinson, Cara Buckley, exec producers; Heather Saunders, VFX producer; Dan Seddon, creative director; Eduardo “Alvin” Cruz, VFX supervisor; Andreu Lucio, lead FX artist; Aaron Baker, lead compositor; Goncalo Cabaca, James Kirk, Tomas Slancik, VFS artists. (Toolbox: Flame, Nuke, Houdini) Agency: Lowe Campbell Ewald, New York Production: Tool of North America, Santa Monica, Calif. Geordie Stephens, director

4:  M&M’s/GEICO’s “15 Minutes”

Visual Effects/Animation: Framestore Raven Sia, producer; James Razzall, exec producer; Graham Dunglinson, sr. producer; David Hulin, VFX supervisor; James Dick, CG supervisor; Sharon Marcussen, compositing supervisor; Jim Hundertmark, animation lead; Shayne Ryan, Tommy Taylor, Dan Solomon, Nico Cappuccio, Moshe Swed, animation; John Montefusco, TD; Stanislav Ilin, Michitaka Inoue, Minchung Cho, Moshe Swed, Michael Viscione, 3D; John Loughlin, Pavel Hristov, 2D. (Toolbox: Maya, Silhouette, Nuke, Flame, Arnold, 3D Equalizer) The Mill New York Colin Blaney, producer; Keith Sullivan, shoot supervisor; Randy McEntee, 2D lead artist; Jeff Lopez, 3D lead artist; Billy Dongyoon Jang, 3D artist. (Toolbox: Nuke, Flame, Maya, ZBrush) Agency: BBDO New York David Lubars, chief creative officer, worldwide; Tim Bayne, Lauren Connolly, sr. VPs/executive creative directors; Eduardo Petersen, sr. art director; Christopher Cannon, sr. copywriter; Regina Iannuzzi, sr. producer; Sofia Doktori, producer; Melissa Chester, executive music producer. Production: Traktor, Venice, Calif.
Traktor, director.  Editorial P.S. 260, NY Maury Loeb, editor.

5:  The Simpsons’ (Gracie Films & 20th Century Fox) “Couch Gag” (opening credit sequence)

Visual Effects/Animation: th1ng, London & NYC Sylvain Chomet, director; Dominic Buttimore, exec producer; Ru Warner, producer; Neil Boyle, lead animator; Peter Dodd, animator; Justine Waldie, Alan Henry, Angeline De Silva, Gerry Gallego, Jay Wren, Katarina Kremasiota, assistant animators; Donna Spencer, Animo compositor; Kirk Hendry, compositor; Danny Atkinson, colorist. (Toolbox: Animo, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve) Agency: none Production: th1ng, London & NYC Sylvain Chomet, director

6:  Shaw Cable’s “Bot Love”

Visual Effects/Anmation: LAIKA/house, Portland, Ore. Aaron Sorenson, director/character designer; Jan Johnson, EP; Jenny Grayson, producer; Tod Polson, environment design; Joe Merideth, storyboard artist; Greg Kyle, animation supervisor/animator; Terence Jacobson, lead TD/rigger; Karl Richter, effects TD; Josh Tonneson, modeling; Matt Reslier, texture/lighting artist; Ken Kurras, ltg. artist; Allan Steele, animator; Leif Peterson, Smoke artist; Michael Corrigan, editor. (Toolbox: Maya, Mental Ray, Nuke, Smoke) Agency: Rethink Canada Production: LAIKA/house, Portland Aaron Sorenson, director

7:  Coke Russia’s “Sochi In Every Bottle”

Visual Effects/Animation: Bent Image Lab, Portland, Ore., and Barcelona, Spain Nicholas Weigel, director; Ray Di Carlo, Tsui Ling Toomer, EPs; Paul Diener, producer; Nate Hallinan, Robert Valley, Mike Smith, concept artists; Robin Ator, Damien Lopez, Abbey Paccia, Morgan Sheffield, storyboard/layout artists; Jordan Schneider, photogrammetry photography; Darrell Abney, Kaden Cook, Esau Perez, Isabel Garcia, Paloma Alperi, Marta Pombo, Carlos Lopez, modelers; Paul DeSilva, Adam C. Sager, Orland Nutt, Erich Richter, composite artists; Josh Cox, lead TD; Galen Beals, Paul Homis, Stef Kofman, Gina Burgess, Sarah DeFlaminis, Adrian Gray, Daniel Barrionuevo, TDs; Henning Koczy, Aja Bogdanoff, Zach Rahman, Josh Look, Jesse Jones, Jose Antonio Portillo, animators; Jaier Leon, creative director; Rocio Sainz, CG producer. (Toolbox: Photoshop, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Illustrator, Agisoft, 3D Studio Max, Maya, Zbrush, V-ray) Agency: McCann Russia, Moscow Production: Bent Image Lab, Portland Nicholas Weigel, director

8:  Chevy/Captain America’s “All in a Day’s Work”

Visual Effects/Animation: Zoic Studios, Culver City, Calif. Chris Jones, VFX executive creative director; Rocco Passionino, VFX on-set supervisor; Ian Unterreiner, VFX head of production; Matt Thunell, VFX exec producer; Ryan Burcham, VFX producer; Robert Moggach, sr. Flame artist/colorist/compositing supervisor; David Funston, CG supervisor; Donald Ryan Reeb, CG/tracking artist; Phillip Broste, Fred Raimondi, Michael Miller, Eva Flodstrom, Stephen Holbrook, compositors. (Toolbox: Flame, Nuke, Maya) Agency: Commonwealth, Detroit CAA Marketing, Los Angeles Production: RSA Films, bicoastal/international Anthony and Joe Russo, directors

9:  The Best Work You May Never See: Subaru Canada’s “WRX STI vs. The Drones”

Client Subaru Canada Inc. Agency DDB Canada Toronto Kevin Davis, chief creative officer; Todd Mackie, Denise Rossetto, Paul Wallace, executive creative directors; Rob Sturch, associate creative director/copywriter; Rosalilnda Graziano, Loretta Lau, art directors; Stef Fabich, sr. producer; Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, associate producer; Tom Johnstone, sr. VP, diretor of strategic planning; Sandra Moretti, strategy director. Production Big Block. Mark Glaser, director/DP; Peter King, exec producer; Kay Rough, sr. producer. VFX/Post Big Block Brian Shneider, online editor; Randall Smith, VFX supervisor. Audio Grayson Matthews

10:  NatureSweet’s “Stop The Abuse”

Visual Effects/Anmation: Blacklist, New York Andrew Linsk, exec producer; Alexander Unick, producer.
WIZZ, Paris The Andy’s, director; Matthieu Poirier, producer. (Toolbox: 3D Studio Max, Photoshop, Mudbox, V-ray, After Effects) Unit Images, Paris Agency: The Richards Group, Dallas Production: Blacklist, New York WIZZ, Paris The Andy’s, director