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    VFX & Animation–Top Ten Chart, Winter Edition

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    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:  Maserati’’s “Strike”

    VFX/Animation Method, Santa Monica, Calif. (Toolbox: Flame, Flare, Nuke) Agency Wieden+Kennedy, Portland, Ore. Production Chelsea Pictures, bicoastal. David Gordon Green, director. 

    3:  The Best Work You May Never See: New Zealand Transport Agency’s “Small Mistakes”

    Client  New Zealand Transport Agency  Agency Clemenger BBDO, Wellington, NZ Philip Andrew, executive creative director; Emily Beautrais, writer; Frances Cooke, art director. Production Finch, Auckland, NZ Derin Seale, director; Rob Galluzzo, exec producer; Karen Bryson, producer; Annelise Yarrell, production manager; Stefan Duscio, DP; Rob Key, production designer. Visual Effects Fin Design & Effects, Sydney Stuart White, VFX supervisor; Justin Bromley, Flame; Ben Eagleton (of BE, Sydney), colorist. Editorial Toybox, Auckland, NZ Drew Thompson, editor (Method Studios). Audio Nylon Studios, Sydney Simon Lister, sound designer/mixer.

    4:  Top Spot of the Week: Experian’s “Travel Fraud”

    Client Experian  Agency The Martin Agency, Richmond, Va. Joe Alexander, chief creative officer; Andy Azula, sr. VP/group creative director; Steve Sage, VP/creative director; Eric Dome, associate creative director/copywriter; Matt Davis, VP/creative director/art director; Brett Alexander, VP/executive broadcast producer; Brian Camp, broadcast producer; Caroline Helms, jr. producer; Juanita McInteer, group talent & music director.  Production HSI Filip Sterckx, director; Rebecca Skinner, managing director; Kim Dellara, exec producer; Doron Kauper, head of production; Richard Weagner, producer. Visual Effects  a52  Andy Hall, VFX supervisor; Heather Johann, VFX producer; Megan Meloth, exec producer  Editorial Rock Paper Scissors Neil Meiklejohn, editor; Meagen Carroll, producer; Carol Lynn Weaver, exec producer. Audio Eleven  Jeff Payne, mixer; Ben Freer, assistant mixer; Suzanne Hollingshead, exec producer.

    5:  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

     

     

     

    6:  The Auto Club Group (AAA)’s “Emma”

    VFX/Animation MPC LA Juliet Tierney, VFX producer; Mike Wynd, VFX supervisor/3D lead; Jake Montgomery, VFX supervisor; Gizmo Rivera, Michael Vaglienty, Jadan Duffin, Jason Heinze, Alex Harding, Carl Fong, Hayley O’Neil, John Kuntz, Matt Johnson, Gaelle Morand, Tim Hanson, Liam Griffin, Emma Taylor, Chris Bernier, Casey McIntyre, Dheeraj Hebbar, Minju T.S., Sathya Narayanan, Anupam Kumar, Gayatri Dhangar, Loknath Sahu, PN Arun Kumar, Rajinikanth R., S. Rajesh, S. Sundaramoorthy, Silambarasan R.P., Sivakumar R., Stalin Balan, Sugumar S., Vivekananthan R., VFX team. (Toolbox: Houdini, Maya) Agency The Richards Group, Dallas Production Arts & Sciences Michael Spiccia, director.

    7:  Travelers Insurance’s “Canada”

    VFX/Animation Gentleman Scholar, Los Angeles William Campbell, Will Johnson, creative directors; Lindsay Bodanza, exec producer; Rachel Kaminek, head of production; Nikki Maniolas, producer; Tommy Wooh, art director/2D animator/compositor; Heidi Berg, designer; Heather-Lynn Aquino, designer/2D animator; Tyler Lancaster, 3D animator; Kevin Ferrara, 3D animator/3D modeler/3D generalist; Juan-Carlos Cuadra, 3D modeler; Robert Kim, 3D modeler/3D generalist. (Toolbox: Maya, Nuke, ZBrush, Photoshop, After Effects) Agency Fallon Minneapolis Production Gentleman Scholar William Campbell, Will Johnson, directors.

    8:  Volkswagen’s “Wings”

    VFX/Animation The Mill, Los Angeles Sue Troyan, sr. EP; Leighton Greer, VFX producer; Robert Sethi, shoot supervisor/creative director; Tim Davies, 2D lead artist; Adam Droy, Ed Boldero, 3D lead artist; Glyn Tebbutt, Joy Tiernan, Martin Karisson, Chris Hunsberger, Geoff Du Quette, 2D artists; Andreas Greichen, Jesse Flores, Alfonso Alpuerto, Jeffrey Lee, Michael Lori, Blake Sullivan, Martin Rivera, Katie Yancey, Sam Klock, Andy Romaine, 3D artists; Adam Scott, colorists; LaRue Anderson, color EP; Natalie Westerfield, color producer; Benjamin Sposato, production coordinator. (Toolbox: Flame, Flare Nuke, Maya, Arnold, Houdini, Pftrack, 3DEqualizer, Mill’s proprietary feather system) Agency Argonaut, San Francisco Production MJZ, bicoastal/international Tom Kuntz, director

    9:  MetLife’s “Anthem”

    VFX/Animation Passion Pictures, London Jerry Forder, animation supervisor; Daryl Graham, Uli Meyer, Peter Dodd, Jerry Forder, anhimators; Alan Henry, Marie-Margaux Tsakiri-Scanatovits, Slaven Reese, Rachel Glodowski, animation assistants; Derek Walsh, animation coordinator; Tony Clarke, animation checker; Brendan Houghton, storyboard artist. Absolute Post, London Simon Holden, Owen Saward, Flame; Sean Broughton, VFX supervisor/additional stills pohtographer (Toolbox: TVPaint, After Effects, Nuke, Flame) Agency Ari Merkin LLC, NY Production Passion Pictures, London Dan Sumich, director. Rabbit Content, New York

    10:  New Short: Con Edison’s “The Benefits of Converting from Oil to Gas”

    Client Con Edison  Animation Bill Plympton, director, art/animation. Production The Napoleon Group, New York. Chris Stetson, executive producer/writer; Ken Kresge, creative director; Perry Morton, Shelley Cheung, producers; Scott Stein, art supervisor; Norm Morales, storyboard artist; Shaun Reuter, editor; Stephane Guyot, audio engineer.


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