SHOOT 1st Quarter 2024 Top Ten VFX & Animation Chart
- Thursday, May. 23, 2024
This powerful film from Courageous Conversations shows shows key pieces of history wiped away from photos and archival footage--with luminary figures like Dr. Martin Luther King banished from the classroom and Ruby Bridges eliminated from textbooks. Bridges was the first African American child to attend a formerly whites-only elementary school in New Orleans during the school desegregation crisis in 1960. Bridges grew up to be a civil rights activist.
As history vanishes before our eyes in this campaign film--thanks to the visual effects prowess of the Preymaker studio--the realization sets in as to the damage being done in various states where books have been banned and history-making events eliminated from school curricula. Omar Jones of Riff Raff directed "America Erased" for Wieden+Kennedy New York. The VFX work is essential to the depiction of this travesty--and in the process toped SHOOT's first quarter VFX & Animation Chart for 2024.
Also in the quarterly mix are a humorous yet sobering animation piece for PETA, an eye-popping spot for the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, and a bridging of "The Generation Gap" for Australian Lamb.
So give a look-see to the best visual effects and animation fare that the first quater of 2024 has to offer.
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Client Courageous Conversation Agency Wieden+Kennedy New York Marques Gartrell, chief creative officer/creative director; Monica Roebuck, copywriter; Macaihah Broussard, art director; Nick Setounski, head of integrated production; Cecilia Ramirez, producer; Caroline Park, associate producer; Christopher Gonzalez, art producer; Christian Colasuonno, sr. interactive producer; Donovan Triplett, brand strategy director; Mia Lockhart, designer. Production Company Riff Raff Omar Jones, director; Matthew Fone, owner; Matthew Clyde, exec producer; David Wept, producer; Jagger Corcione, line producer; Nem Fisher, production manager; Madison Baker, production coorindator. Editorial Arcade Edit Paul Martinez, editor; Sila Soyer, exec producer; Arlene Perez, producer; Lucas Ferreira, editorial assistant. VFX Preymaker Angus Kneale, Verity Kneale, Melanie Wickham, Clairellen Wallin, Luis Martin, Ija Ochoa, Jabulani Simelane, Edward Lopez, Julian Fitzpatrick, Nathan Anderson, David Grzesik, Hassan Taimur, Casey Herrick, Samantha Woods, Nicholas Young, Wynand de Wet, Kelley Harris, makers. Telecine Company 3 Sofie Borup, colorist; Shannen Troup, producer; Kevin Breheny, head of production. Audio Post Sonic Union Steve Rosen, sound designer/mix engineer; Justine Cortale, studio director. Music Company Walker Sara Matarazzo, managing director; Neha Ewell, Dottie Scharr, sr. producers; Sam Zirin, associate producer; Malcolm Parson, composer; Garrett Chabot, music editor.
Client PETA Agency Grey London David Wigglesworth, executive creative director; Tarek Sioufi, chief strategy officer; Cameron Sutherland, Mel Shergold, Joanna Simpson-Howe, creative; Maxine Hose, head of production; Ant Borkett, sr. producer; Liam Thomas, head of design; Jo Wahono, Stefan Klasener, Tanmayee Ingale, Felix Townsend, Tyrone Zall, designers; Ollie Flux, editor/titles. Production Company Biscuit Filmworks Jeff Low, director; Kwok Yau, producer; Rupert Reynolds-Maclean, managing director/exec producer; Hanna Bayatti, exec producer; Emily Atterton, head of production. Animation Andrei Sopon, animator. Audio Factory Studios Jon Clarke, sound design & mix; Ciara Wakley, sr. audio producer. Music Supervision Wake the Town
Client San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance/San Diego Zoo Safari Park Agency David&Goliath LA David Angelo, founder & creative chairman; Ben Purcell, chief creative officer; Courtney Pulver, Robert Casillas, executive creative directors; Ambrosio Ballon, associate creative director/art director; Andrea Vega, associate creative director/copywriter; Skylar Williams, art director; Ben Weiller, copywriter; Paul Albanese, managing director, broadcast production; Jane Krull, sr. producer; Jonathan Schultz, group director strategy & social impact. Production Company Spinach Justin Bastien, director; Leonardo Veras, producer; Adam Bright, Jonathan Carpio, exec producers. Editorial Spinach Adam Bright, editor; Gabriel Cullen, assistant editor; Lauren Meltsner, producer; Jonathan Carpio, exec producer. VFX JAMM Alex Snookes, VFX supervisor; Andy Boyd, set supervisor; Brady Doyle, Elijah Gray, Nuke artists; Connie Ho, CG artist; Brandon Kachel, matte painter; Justine Pregler, sr. producer; Tim Russell, production coordinator; Asher Edwards, exec producer. Color JAMM Beau Leon, colorist; Aldo Rosati, color assist; Dan Ginks, color producer; Ashley Greyson, exec producer. Audio Racket Club Nathan Dubin, sound designer/mixer; Anton Doty, assistant mixer; Adrea Lavezzoli, exec producer.
Client Zentralrat der Juden (Central Council of Jews) Agency Serviceplan Germany Jeannette Bohne, managing director; Michael Johne, general manager; Benjamin Baum, creative director, copy; Maxim Weinstein, head of design; Anna-Lena Simon, copywriter; Arash Sabbagh Sani Azad, art director; Tasha Schedler, strategy consultant; Ferdinand Leopolt Lotz, head of XR development; Alexander Nagel, managing partner, Serviceplan MAKE; Christoph Struber, sr. VFX artist, Serviceplan MAKE; Sebastian Weidner, head of CGI, Serviceplan MAKE; Aminah Folli, Tim Stickelbrucks, supervision KI. Production Josephine Rugge, sr. creative producer, Serviceplan MAKE; Katrin Petersen, producer, Serviceplan MAKE; Benjamin Wolff, director; Felix Baermann, DP. Music Not a Machine Jeffrey Lisk, creative director/managing partner; Keona Kruppa, Phil Monch, producers; Fabian Reifarth, Dominik Joel Novak, composers.
Client Meat & Livestock Australia Brand Australian Lamb Agency The Monkeys, part of Accenture Song Mark Green, group CEO and co-founder, The Monkeys, and president, Accenture Song ANZ; Matt Michael, managing director; Tara Ford, The Monkeys & Accenture Song growth markets chief creative officer; Scott Dettrick, creative director; Jake Ausburn, Alex Polglase, creative team; Penny Brown, head of production; Elliot Liebermann, sr. producer; Emily Coleman, production coordinator; Kit Lansdell, business strategy director. Production Company Rabbit Aimee-Lee Xu Hsien, Trent O’Donnell, directors; Alex Hay, managing driector/partner/exec producer; Lucas Jenner, partner/exec producer; Morgan Hind, producer; Emma Paine, DP; Virginia Mesiti, production designer. Casting Citizen Jane Casting Postproduction The Editors Grace O’Connell, Stu Morley, editors; Rita Gagliardi, exec producer; Stu Cadzow, lead Flame artist; Andreas Wanda, VFX supervisor; Greg “Elvis” Costanaras, colorist. Music & Sound MassiveMusic Haydn Walker, composer; Simon Kane, sound designer; Katrina Aquilia, producer.
Client LNER Agency/Above-the-Line Creative M&C Saatchi London Matt Lee, executive creative director; Sam Turk, sr. copywriter; Paul Robbins, sr. art director; Rachel (Chops) Amess, head of production; Kevin Earland, program director; Matt O’Neil, assistant producer. Below-the-Line Creative Merkle UK Guy Howland, sr. creative director; Jennifer McEnhill, head of creative delivery; Louise Dunne, sr. copywriter; Nyig Tin, design director; Yuka Negoro, sr. designer; Kyle Taylor, digital designer; Harry Strut, DCO designer; Steve Drew, Polly Barker, copywriters; Sade Boyce, creative producer. Production Company MJZ Tom Kuntz, director; Matthew Libatique, DP. Editorial Whitehouse Post Russell Icke, editor. Postproduction Magic Numbers Ryan Hancocks, post producer; Bevis Jones, VFX supervisor. Color Company 3 Mathieu Toullet, colorist. Audio Clearcut Sound Ed de Lacy, sound designer. Music Supervision: DLMDD
Client HP Agency Wieden+Kennedy Portland Azsa West, chief creative officer; Bertie Scrase, Christen Brestrup, creative directors; Alex Nassour, art director; Alex Maleski, copywriter; Orlee Tatarka, head of production; Mauricio Granado, executive producer; Mike Shields, associate producer; Sabrina Reddy, Sheyenne Denton, creative operations manager; Alicia Kuna, head of design studio + operations; David Chathas, design director; Kelly Cousins, design producer; Jason Scheuermann, Oskar Radon, designers; Henry Lambert, group strategy director; Lauren Ivory, strategy director. Production MJZ Craig Gillespie, director; Noah Goldsmith, exec producer; Stephen Johnson, line producer; Nicolas Karakatsanis, DP; Jamie Vickers, production designer/art direction; Christian Van Fleet, 1st AD. Editorial Work Editorial Stewart Reeves, editor; Rain Keene, assistant editor; Samantha Axelrod, post producer; Gabrielle Page, post head of production; Remy Foxx, post exec producer; Marlo Baird, post managing director. VFX Method Studios Jesse Bradstreet, creative director/VFX supervisor; Wensen Ho, Flame lead; Andrew De La Cruz, Brian Conlon, Ian Holland, Ceclie T. Broas, Sean Wilson, Tamir Sapir, Kieran Walsh, Cody Edwardson, 2D artists; Ryan Massiah, designer; Christopher Sanchez, Brandon Kachel, digital matte painter; Pam Gonzales, roto\paint supervisor; Lauren Van Houten, tracking supervisor; Sarah Ford, sr. VFX producer; Dez Macleod-Veilleux, exec producer. Additional Finish JOINT Gavin Wright, finish artist; Zai Outlaw, finish producer. Color Company 3 Tom Poole, sr. colorist; Shannen Troup, color producer. Music Walker Track: “Shenanigan” Sound Design/Mix Barking Owl Kelly Bayett, executive creative director; KC Dossett, exec producer; Blaise Justice, associate producer; Gus Koven, sound designer; AJ Murillo, mixer; Beau Manning, assistant mixer. Additional Mix JOINT Candace Mortier, additional mix; Louise Woodward, producer.
Client Worth Rises Agency EP+Co John Cornette, chief creative officer; Danny Miller, EVP, director of content production; Jillian Cornette, VP, executive content producer; RG Lacandola, content capture lead; Michael Guastaferro, director of motion design; Taylor Lucas, SVP, creative director, CoLab; Will Isom, VP, creative director; Wejdan Ba-Arma, sr. art director; Spike McClinton, sr. copywriter; Chris Plating, chief strategy officer; Nina Ruhe, digital content strategist. Consultant Harold Holzer, Lincoln scholar. Cast Graham Sibley, motion capture actor.
Client LinkedIn Agency LinkedIn (in-house) Rebecca Friedman, associate creative director, art; Ian Hill, associate creative director, copy; Tavia Holmes, sr. director of brand creative; Daniel Daquigan, sr. designer; Daniel Southwick, sr. integrated producer; Anastacia Maggioncalda, director of creative studio production; Tim Dolen, integrated producer. Production Company Park Pictures Terence Neale, director; Jackie Kelman Bisbee, exec producer; Justin Pollock, exec producer/managing director; Anne Bobroff, sr. head of production/business affairs; Chelsea Schwiering, head of production; Rozanne Rocha-Gray, producer; Kanamé Onoyama, DP; Jim Cole, 1st assistant director; Pirra Lorenzo, production designer; Sina Taherkhani, postproduction supervisor. Service Production Company Romance Films Leanne Sanders, producer; Renee Du Rand, production manager; Adali Van Dalen, jr. production manager; Sabrina Wilenberg, production coordinator; Genea Maree, cast coordinator; Anil Rinquest, unit manager. Editorial Cartel Leo Scott, editor; Ramon DeSouza, cutting assist; Caylee Banz, producer; Viet-An Nguyen, exec producer; Lauren Bleiweiss, managing director. Color Trafik Daniel de Vue, colorist; Julia King, producer; Greer Bratschie, head of production; Robert Owens, managing director. Music & Sound Squeak E. Clean Studios Sam Spiegel, executive creative director; Michael Gross, executive creative producer; Matthew Compton, creative director; Michelangelo Rodriguez, composer; Blade Thornton, sr. music producer and lead post producer; Angelina Phengphong, sr. post producer; Chris Nungary, sound design & final mix; Drew Fischer, Surachai Sutthisasanakul, additional VO record engineers. VFX The Mill Matt Pascuzzi, creative director; Matthew Loranger, sr. exec producer; Sally Wnek, sr. VFX producer; Alankit Thapa, producer; Paola Malo, Rhushikesh Patil, production coordinators; Sina Taherkhani, Heiko Von Fintel & Jeremy Hattingh, shoot supervisors; Julien Aucouturier, 2D lead artist; Heather Keister, Mazyar Sharifian, Richard Aponte, Nick Pfister, Jaymin Han, 2D artists; Taylor Feld, finish artist; Charles Lee, Swarup Kumar Panigrahi, Amrut S. Agasi, Winnie Sharma, matte painting; Brody Davis & Christopher Szeto, designers; Sachin Ranaware, Kanchrela Santhosh Reddy, rot, prep, matchmove leads; Chandra Kumari, Debashish Sarmah, Akhil Gupta, Parthasarathy Rajaram, Sushil R. Jain, Sailen Khanra, Krishnan Palani, Suraj Kumar, Ashish Gajbhiye, Jayapradeeshwaran Abimanyu, Vishal Kumar, roto & paint; Sayed Hussain, Ram Sharma, Sathya Narayanan, matchmove.
Client New York Lottery Agency McCann New York Shayne Millington, chief creative officer; Christina Rodriguez Reina, Pete Johnson, EVPs, global executive creative directors; Lucas Casao, Guilherme Racz, group creative directors; Lindsey Aquino, Haley Cole, creative directors; Tyler Neely, sr. producer; Laura Frank, EVP, executive strategy director; Emily Brown, SVP, group strategy director; Elise Rodriguez, associate strategy director; Kyla Jackson, strategist; Liz Larkin, social strategy director; Tommy Boyce, social strategist. Production Company MJZ Vedran Rupic, director; Eriks Krumins, exec producer; Jennifer Gee, head of production; Josh Porter, line producer; Aurora Hendrickson, production supervisor. Postproduction Mackcut Ryan Steele, editor; Devon Flint, assistant editor; Gina Pagano, exec producer; Alex Pinkett, producer; Joseph Miller, VFX artist. Color Rare Medium Mikey Rossiter, colorist; Heath Raymond, producer. Audio Revolve Paul Weiss, sound mixer; Bianca Muccia, Kelly Ondris, producers. VFX Legacy Effects