1: MPC Paris, Directors Fleur & Manu Go Hot Air Ballooning For Perrier, Ogilvy Paris
Client Perrier Agency Ogilvy Paris Paul Kreitmann, creative director; Laure Bayle, Aurelie Appert, producers; Clara Noguier, Olivier Le Lostec, creatives. Production Les Télécréateurs Fleur & Manu, directors; Nicolas Loir, DP. Editorial Thomas Grove Carter, editor. Sound Design GUM Visual Effects MPC Paris Franck Lambertz, VFX supervisor; Fabian Frank, 3D supervisor; Quentin Martin, VFX producer; Martin Joas, Tim Van Hussen, Jon Park, Andreu Lucio Archs, Steve Oakley, Thanos Topouzis, Thomas Carrick, Arttu Koskela, Timo Schumacher, Amir Bazazi, Bjorn Blaabjerg Sorensen, Chloe Dawe, Jesse Amadio, Olivier Sicot, Ross McCabe, Luca Maccarelli, Ravinder Sembi, Rune Mansson, Ingo Putze, Ajai V John, Sumesh Chammancheri, Bibin Balan P, Akshay Sunil Wadwalkar, Shalwin Shaiju, Yashaswi Salandri, Sindhuja B, Prashanth Parasivam, Manoj Ravi, Hemanth Anusuri, Ganesh Kumar S, Dheeraj Hebbar, Ankit Dheraj Toppo, Yasasvini V, Sravan Kumar, Roy Nukala Srikrishna, Mithilesh.G, K. Gandhiraj, Bruno Roosewelt, Radhakrishna Rethinasamy, VFX team; Javier Cid, Alexander Kulikov, compositors; Tomek Zietkiewicz, VFX producer (MPC London); Rashabh Bhutani, Ginesh Gandhi, S. Sundaramoorthy, Rajkumar C, Avinash Bhandary, compositors (Bangalore); Matthieu Toullet, colorist; Ellora Chowdhury, color grade producer. (Toolbox: Houdini, Arnold, Photoshop, Mari, ZBrush, Mudbox, Nuke Studio, Nuke, Maya)
2: Honda’s “Great Thinking Inside”
Client Honda Visual Effects/Animation: Nexus, London Smith & Foulkes, directors; Time Based Arts, London; Chris Wood, Sam Osbourne, animators; Mike Skrgatic, James Allen, Sheldon Gardner, Flame artists; Ben Cantor, Mike Battcock, Kristoffer Andersson, Poul Resen Steenstrup, Eva Kuehlmann, Simon Goodchild, 3D artists; Simone Grattarola, additional grade. Acme Digital Content, London; Kevin Malling, Brandon Acree, Tyson Hill, John Wang, vehicle scanning & modeling(Toolbox: XSi, Maya, Flame, Flare Smoke, Resolve) Agency: RPA, Santa Monica, Calif. Production: Nexus, London Smith & Foulkes, directors. Music/Sound Squeak E Clean Productions, Inc., Los Angeles, music supervision; Licensed music track: “Gonna Build A Mountain,” composed by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley, performed by Sammy Davis Jr. (Rhino Entertainment Company, A Warner Music Group Co.) Audio Post Lime Studios, Santa Monica Mark Meyuhas, engineer; Matt Miller, assistant mixer; Susie Boyajan, executive producer
3: Top Spot of the Week: Frederic Planchon Directs AT&T’s “Close To Home” Short for BBDO NY
Client AT&T Agency BBDO New York David Lubars, chief creative officer, worldwide; Greg Hahn, chief creative officer, NY; Matt MacDonald, executive creative director; LP Tremblay, Erik Fahrenkopf, sr. creative directors; Grant Mason, creative director/art director; Kevin Mulroy, creative director/copywriter; David Rolfe, director of integrated production; Julie Collins, group executive producer; Dan Blaney, executive producer; Melissa Chester, music producer. Production Anonymous Content Frederic Planchon, director; Eric Stern, exec producer; Paul Ure, producer; Jody Lee Lipes, DP. Editorial Work Editorial Rich Orrick, editor; Adam Witten, Trevor Myers, assistant editors; Erica Thompson, exec producer; Sari Resnick, producer. VFX The Mill New York Sean Costelloe, exec producer/head of production; Nirad “Bugs” Russell, line producer; Gavin Wellsman, VFX supervisor/2D lead; Krissy Nordella, 2D lead; Michael Smith; Chris Sonia, Keith Sullivan, 2D compositors; Heather Kennedy; Sungeun Moon, Yoon-sun Bae, Marco Giampaolo, 2D assists; Yili Orana, Corey Langelotti, 3D; Jeffrey Lee, pre vis artist; Charlotte Carr, editor; Clemens den Exter, designer; Aline Sinquin, colorist. (Toolbox: Flame, Nuke, Maya, After Effects, Baselight, Final Cut) Music Grooveworx Dain Blair, exec producer; Brian Emrich, sound design; Rob Simonsen, original music composer. Audio Post Sonic Union Steve Rosen, mixer. Motion Graphics & Titles Polyester.
4: Top Spot of the Week: GE’s “Time Upon a Once”
Client GE VFX/Animation a52, Santa Monica, Calif. Andy Rafael Barrios, VFX supervisor, 2D VFX artist; Tim Donlevy, on-set post supervision; John Cherniack, CG supervisor, 3D artist; Cameron Combs, Michael Vagilenty, Richard Hirst, 2D VFX artists; Kevin Stokes, Gabe Sanchez, online artists; Christian Sanchez, Jon Balcome, Tim Kadowaki, Erin Clarke, Joe Paniagua, Joe Chiechi, Mike Bettinardi, 3D artists; Michael Relth, 2D animator; Tiffany Germann, roto artist; Heather Johann, producer; Patrick Nugent, exec producer. (Toolbox: Maya, Flame, After Effects) Renegade Animation, Glendale, Calif. (cel animation) Darrell Van Citters, animation director; Ashley Postlewaite, animation EP; Andy Jolliff, production mgr; Randy Sanchez, Shawn Keller, animation; Jason Plapp, backgrounds. Agency BBDO New York David Lubars, chief creative officer, worldwide; Greg Hahn, chief creative officer, NY; Michael Aimette, executive creative director; Tim Roan, Levi Slavin, creative directors/copywriters; David Rolfe, director of integrated production; Diane Hill, group executive producer; George Sholley, executive producer; Rani Vaz, head of music production. Production Biscuit Filmworks Andreas Nilsson, director; Shawn Lacy, Colleen O’Donnell, Holly Vega, exec producers; Vincent Landay, line producer. Editorial Rock Paper Scissors Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, editor; Eve Kornblum, exec producer; Jen Milano, post producer. Audio Heard City Mike Vitacco, sound designer/mixer; Gloria Pitagorsky, exec producer; Sasha Awn, producer; Keith Reynaud, mixer. Music The Ski Team The Ski Team, composers.
5: Machine Zone/Game of War: Fire Age’s “Time”
Client Machine Zone/Game of War: Fire Age's Time Visual Effects/Animation Method Studios, LA Benjamin Walsh, VFX supervisor; Stephanie Gilgar, EP; Brian Burke, CG supervisor; Ian Holland, compositing supervisor; Jennie Burnett, producer; Julie Osborn, coordinator; Keith Roberts, animation supervisor; Chris Perkowitz, Jordan Harris, animators; Henry Van Der Beek, animation TD; Lim Bunu, modeling sup.; Doug Wolf, Sung Churl, Alex Whang, Scott Brust, modeler; Brian Ripley, Jamie Bowers, Anna Gibson, texture; Ruben Flores, Carlos Vidal, Jaemin Lee, lighter; David Lo, lighting TD; Ryan Rogers, Paul Katzen, Nole C Murphy, rigging; Sergey, Sho Hasegawa, Daniel Bodenstein, FX; Mark Wesler, Massive; Fabio Zapata, layout/integration supervisor; Brittany Montero, tracking coordinator; Luis Rodriguez, Mingquan Zhou, tracking; Sandro Blattner, Nick Kim, Nuke; Onesimus Nuernberger, Ivo Horat, matte painter; Stephanie Sweeny, roto supervisor; Chris Cortese, Marvin Jones, Pam Gonzales, roto. (Toolbox: Mari, ZBrush, Mantra, Maya, Houdini, Flame, Nuke, Massive, 3D Equalizer, Syntheyes) Agency: Untitled Worldwide, New York; Production: Method Studios, LA Benjamin Walsh, director
6: Birds Eye Flavor Full’s “Mind Blowing”
Client: Birds Eye Flavor Full Visual Effects/Animation: Framestore New York David Hulin, creative director; Nick Fraser, sr. producer; Sarah Hiddlestone, exec producer; Andy Rowan-Robinson, VFX supervisor; Eric Rosenfeld, shoot supervisor; Corrina Wilson, compositing supervisor, Nuke; Jim Hundertmark, animation supervisor, 2D; Sang Kim, Thomas Panayiotou, Sebastian Boulange, Nuke; Russell Miller, Theo Jones, Nathan Diehl, Xiaowei Tan, Michitka Inoue, Jack Caron, Joseph Szokoli, Xiaolai Zheng, 3D; Will Frazier, Rob Dollase, Tucker Prisco, Stephen Johnson, 2D; Callum McKeveny, designer; Stephen Seledee, VFX editor (Toolbox: Maya, Nuke, Arnold) Agency: BBDO New York; Production: Supply & Demand, bicoastal Greg Popp, director
7: Trail Mix (short film)
Visual Effects/Animation: Hornet Films, New York Gabe Askew, writer/director; Michael Feder, exec producer; Jan Stebbins, Greg Bedard, producers; Bill Burg, Jeff Lee, lead animators; Meghdad Asadi, rigging; Tyler Hurd, additional animation; Andres Gutierrez Torres, character design; Erwin Riau, character modeler; Rachel Kwak, Dave Soto, modelers. (Toolbox: Maya, Vray, After Effects, Premiere, Photoshop) Agency: none; Production: Hornet Films, New York Gabe Askew, writer/director
8: Ring of fire Asks “Where Are The Heroes?” For NBC Entertainment Marketing
Client NBC Entertainment Marketing/”Heroes Reborn” Visual Effects ring of fire, Santa Monica, Calif. John Myers, EP/VFX supervisor; Jerry Spivack, creative director/VFX supervisor, Flame artist/online editor, colorist; Stephen Grimm, head of CG & design; Blake Taylor, CG artist; Judith Baca, Ryan Sage, mural artists; Chris Howard, Flame artist; Gary Mortensen, comp assist; Jim Carter, producer (Toolbox: Benjou, After Effects, Flame) Agency NBC Entertainment Marketing Len Fogge, president; Ron Hayes, EVP, on air video creative; Dave Dore, SVP, launch creative and original production; Kendall Bowlin, VP/creative director; Ryan Sage, sr. writer/editor/producer; Steven Wagner, writer/producer; Corey Schmidt, director production. Music Scala & Kolacny Brothers--”Nothing Else Matters” (originally performed by Metallica. Sound recording administered by WMG Carosello Records. Stock Footage Shari Chertok, research & clearance (re:search); ring of fire, research.
9: The Best Work You May Never See: Trolli’s “Dino Trip”
Client Trolli Visual Effects/Animation Zoic Studios, Culver City, Calif. Chris Jones, VFX executive creative director; Matt Thunell, VFX exec producer; Ian Unterreiner, VFX exec producer/head of production; Nick Vassil, VFX producer; Yurika Mori, VFX coordinator; Ryan McDougal, VFX supervisor; Nadar Husseini, VFX art director; Giovanni Bucci, Derrick Ligas, Aziz Dosmetov, Brian Scott, Jessica Amzoll, compositors; Chris Korn, dino puppet design & fabrication/dino stop motion animator; Kim Blanchette, dino stop motion animator; Toby Brockhurst, Wes Waldron, Rob Winfield, Flame artists. (Toolbox: After Effects, Maya, Flame, miniature dinosaur models) Agency Periscope, Minneapolis Rob Peichel, creative director; John Sullivan, copywriter; Justin Davis, Jen Neis, art directors; Kelly Farley, producer. Production Central Films North Rodrigo Garcia Saiz, director; Beto Casillas, DP; John Barreiro, exec producer/producer. Postproduction The Whitehouse Brian Gannon, editor; Frank Sigwarth, assistant editor; Caitlin Morris, post producer; Kristin Banstetter, executive post producer. Music Echo Boys Sara Davidson, producer; Tom Lecher, Alex Berglund, composers; Chris Bartle, mixer.
10: Mondelez/Ritz Crisp and Thin’s “Puttin’ on the Ritz” (Gregory Porter lyric video)
Client Ritz Crisp and Thin Visual Effects/Animation: Nice & Polite, London Sophia Ray, director/animation; Matt Frost, producer; Tomi Um, illustrator. (Toolbox: After Effects) Agency: Mother London; Production: Nice & Polite, London Sophia Ray, director