Friday, Dec. 14, 2018

On the strength of Ad Council's Rising, Ntropic LA ascended to the #1 position in the Top Five VFX/Animation Chart for 2018. Right behind it is animation studio Lobo for Day One's Sunshine short. Finishing third is am ambitious Kia Super Bowl spot, followed by a "Famous Five"-...

Friday, Dec. 14, 2018

Bang Music scored the year's #1 entry in the Top Five Music Tracks Chart of 2018, with sound design from MackCut. The shops teamed on "Espresso-Wear" for Dunkin', which earned the year's best distinction in music and sound.

Also in the mix are AT&T's cinema mashup piece "Bus," a...

Friday, Dec. 14, 2018

With 2018 about to fully enter the proverbial rearview mirror, it’s time for reflection on varied fronts, including assessing what work was among the year’s most worthwhile creatively.

Determining any year’s “best” is a highly subjective proposition so SHOOT staffers looked to at...

Friday, Dec. 22, 2017

Here's the best visual effects and animation content that 2017 has to offer--as culled from the year's quarterly Top Ten VFX/Animation Charts. 

In the mix are a pair of Kia spots, including one from this year's Super Bowl, as well as an Absolut tour de force, a Honda "Dream Makers" piece...

Friday, Dec. 22, 2017

See and hear the best music and sound fare that 2017 has to offer, culled from the year's quarterly Top Ten Tracks Charts. Here are the top five offerings as selected by SHOOT's editors--with work for Porsche, University of Phoenix, Nat Geo's "Genius," Gatorade and Tile.

Friday, Dec. 22, 2017

With Father Time about to move from 2017 to 2018, it’s time for reflection on varied fronts, including assessing what work was among the year’s most worthwhile creatively.

Determining any year’s “best” is a highly subjective, problematic proposition so SHOOT staffers looked to at...

Friday, Dec. 22, 2017

The Best of the Best Work You May Never See in 2017 is topped by a UNICEF short which parallels two refuguees--one from World War II (now an elderly man), the other a boy of today displaced by the conflict in Syria. This marks the second straight year that a UNICEF PSA on the refuguee crisis...

Friday, Dec. 18, 2015

SHOOT editors culled through all the quarterly VFX/Animation Top Ten Charts for 2015, arriving at the year's Top Five entries.

Finishing first was a magical, inspiring spot which debuted during the Academy Awards telecast--Comcast/Xfinity's "Emily's Oz."

Here a full...

Friday, Dec. 18, 2015

SHOOT editors sifted through all the quarterly Top Ten Tracks for 2015, and came up with the five best tracks of the year. 

The top two entries aired during the Super Bowl--the top one regionally in the St. Louis area (the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse's "That's...

Friday, Dec. 18, 2015

SHOOT editors culled through entries from The Best Work You May Never See gallery in 2015, ranking the top five pieces for the year.

Here's the best of The Best Work You May Never See for 2015.

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