1: Top Spot of the Week: AMV BBDO, Director Nisha Ganatra, Framestore Tell #wombstories For Bodyform & Libresse
Client Libresse & Bodyform (owned by Essity) Agency AMV BBDO, London Alex Grieve, chief creative officer; Nadja Lossgott, Nicholas Hulley, executive creative directors; Toby Allen, Jim Hilson, creative directors; Edwina Dennison, TV producer; Lucia Fioravanti, assistant TV producer; Fiona Bailey, art production. Production Chelsea Pictures, bicoastal Nisha Ganatra, director; Shanah Blevins, producer; Lisa Mehling, president/exec producer; Pat McGoldrick, exec producer; Natasha Braier, DP; Mario Kerkstra, design; Adam Hinton, photographer.. Editorial Trim Editing, London Elise Butt, editor. Audio 750mph Sam Ashwell, sound engineer. Music Priestess Shura Remix by Pumarosa Animation, VFX & Color Framestore London Sharon Lock, creative director animation; Haein Kim, Carine Khalife, Salla Lehmus at Soja, Roos Mattaar, Kate Isobel Scott at Everyone Agency, Laura Jayne Hodkin at Strange Beast, Annie Wong, Aylin Ohri, Meagan Elemans, Molly Grace Lawton, Georgie Wilemore, Nella Addy, animators; Tri Do, comp lead; Simon Stoney, compositor; Lee Matthews, digital matte painting; Tim Greenwood, Flame; Simon Bourne, colorist; Emma Cook, VFX producer; Niamh O’Donohoe, design sr. producer. uliet Lock, creative director animation; Haein Kim, Carine Khalife, Salla Lehmus at Soja, Roos Mattaar, Kate Isobel Scott at Everyone Agency, Laura Jayne Hodkin at Strange Beast, Annie Wong, Aylin Ohri, Meagan Elemans, Molly Grace Lawton, Georgie Wilemore, Nella Addy, animators; Tri Do, comp lead; Simon Stoney, compositor; Lee Matthews, digital matte painting; Tim Greenwood, Flame; Simon Bourne, colorist; Emma Cook, VFX producer; Niamh O’Donohoe, design sr. producer. (Toolbox: Photoshop, Nuke, Houdini, Flame, oil paint on glass, stop-motion using models made of fabric over metal armatures)
2: Top Spot of the Week: FF LA Sets Fire To Spark Climate Change Awareness For Greta Thunberg’s Fridays For Future
Client Fridays For Future Agency FF Los Angeles Fred & Farid, chief creative officers; Radouane Guissi, copywriter, art director; Chelsea Steiger, art director; Jules Chaffiotte, agency supervisor; Amanda Van Caneghem, producer. Production Company Ways & Means, Los Angeles Andrew Bruntel, director; Lana Kim, Jett Steiger, exec producers; Shawn Loh, producer; Hayley Simpson, casting director; Robert Fox, production designer; Laura Francis, wardrobe stylist; Mira Cho, hair & makeup. Editorial Exile Edit Kyle Brown, editor. Audio Colin Alexander, sound design/mix. VFX Method Studios, Santa Monica, Calif. Ben Walsh, VFX executive creative director; Matt Welch, lead Flame artist; Scott Boyajan, VFX exec producer; Pip Malone, VFX sr. producer. (Toolbox: Flame, Photoshop). Color Company 3
3: Spotify Lets Puppets Do The Talking As Couples Converse About Music
Client/Creative Spotify Alex Bodman, VP, global executive creative director; Marie Roenn, group creative director; Kathleen Carter, Alex Reinoso, associate creative directors; Rasmus Wagelin, head of brand design; Carlo Luetto, global brand design director; Kelly Longaker, art director; Alexandra Tanguay, VP, global brand; Lauren Solomon, head of global brand; Candice Greenberg, brand lead; Jonathan Chu, sr. brand manager; Belinda Lopez, director of integrated production; Lauren Keller, executive producer; Veronica Williams, sr. producer; Kenzie Tankersley, integrated producer; Zach Pentel, global strategy director; Nathan Doiev, creative strategy lead. Media Agency UM Worldwide Visual Effects & Animation 1stAveMachine, Brooklyn, NY Mab Bergara, Becho Lo Bianco, Sebas Schor, directors; Sam Penfield, partner/EP; Michaela McKee, Peter Repplier, EPs; Nick Litwinko, post EP; Manuel Bullrich, DP. Tronco, Buenos Aires Mab Bergara, Martin Santos, character design, puppets; Juan Manuel Brea, Veronica Natalia Porrez, Becho Lo Bianco, puppeteers; Rocio Furmento, EP; Pablo Anzoategui, line producer; Laura Segatta, production manager. (Toolbox: Nuke, Frame io, Premiere Pro)
4: Black Dog Films’ Chris Hopewell Directs Animated Pro-Ecology Music Video For Yusuf/Cat Stevens
Client/Label UMC Production Black Dog Films, bicoastal/international Chris Hopewell, director; Martin Roker, exec producer; Jon Davey, DP; Rosie Brind, Andy Stewart, producers; Tom Weller, editor. Visual Effects/Animation Jacknife, Bristol, UK Cadi Catlow, key animator; Jacky Howson, Paul Couvela, animators; Philip Powell, secondary DP; Harry Louie Jenkins, DP and lighting assistant; Stephen Ryan, After Effects; Holly Jo Beck, key puppets, props & scenery; Siobhan Raw, Joshua Hughes-Games, sets and scenery; Becky Prior, Louis McNamara, Chris Addison, Alex Kolodotschko, Jonathan Minto, Chloe More, Spike Hopewell, Jo Garland, Bill Brind, puppets & props; Elaine Andrews, Lucy Roberts, costume & puppets; Henry St. Leger, storyboard artist. (Toolbox: Dragonframe, After Effects, Premiere)
Cadi Catlow, key animator; Jacky Howson, Paul Couvela, animators; Philip Powell, secondary DP; Harry Louie Jenkins, DOP and lighting assistant; Stephen Ryan, After Effects; Holly Jo Beck, key puppets, props & scenery; Siobhan Raw, Joshua Hughes-Games, sets and scenery; Becky Prior, Louis McNamanara, Chris Addison, Alex Kolodotschko, Jonathan Minto, Chloe More, Spike Hopewell, Jo Garland, Bill Brind, puppets & props; Elaine Andrews, Lucy Roberts, costume & puppets; Henry St. Leger, storyboard artist.
5: Goodby Silverstein & Partners, Directors Smith & Foulkes Print Up “Magic Carpet” Ride For HP
Client HP Agency Goodby Silverstein & Partners Jeff Goodby, Rich Silverstein, co-chairmen; Margaret Johnson, chief creative officer; Wes Phelan, Matt Edwards, creative directors; Sian Coole, art director; Jo Cresswell, copywriter; Leila Gage, Margaret Brett-Kearns, co-directors of production; Stephanie DeNatle, executive producer; Bonnie Wan, partner, head of brand strategy. Production/Animation/VFX Nexus Studios, London Smith & Foulkes, directors; Tracey Cooper, producer; Derek Walsh, production manager; Dave Hunt, CG supervisor; Steve White, animation lead; Carl Kenyon, 3D lead; German Diaz, 2D lead; Ben Plouffe, concept designer; Melanie Climent, character designer & matte painter; Signe Cold, designer; Dom Griffiths, Clement Fassler, animators; Andrew Spence, Joao Rema, Fabien Glasse, James Drummond, Darren Rolmanis, Matteo Antona, 3D generalists; Matt Clark, Andy Hickenbottom, 3D modelers; Lea Georges, rigger; Adam Beer, storyboards; Eva de Prado, texture artist; Tim Bacon, VFX artist; Fabio Messina, groom artist; Dave Slade, editor; Ieuan Lewis, pitch designer; Hannah McCarthy, pitch coordinator; Gianluca Dentici, Osman Baloglu, compositors. (Toolbox: Maya, Substance Painter, Zbrush, Houdini, Nuke, Photoshop, Shotgun, XGen, Premiere). Sound Design & Mix Factory UK, London Anthony Moore, sound design & mix; Deborah Whitfield, audio producer. Music Production Company SIREN, London Chris White, composer; Sean Craigie-Atherton, music producer. SIREN Publishing Ltd., music publisher. Voiceover Casting Sound and Fury Mabel Cresswell (role of Lilly); Charlie Coletta, AVO
6: Top Spot of the Week: SMUGGLER, StyleWar “Keep Moving” During Lockdown For Bronson Music Video
Client/Artist Bronson Production SMUGGLER, bicoastal/international StyleWar, director; Elizabeth Doonan, exec producer; Noah Herzog, editor. Visual Effects SMUGGLER, bicoastal/international Nico Herzog of StyleWar, visual effects (Toolbox: Autodesk 3ds Max using tyflow simulations and rendered with Redshift; After Effects, Synth Eyes) Online & Color Grade The Mill LA. Matt Osborne, colorist
7: Top Spot of the Week: Pereira O’Dell, PRETTYBIRD Director Paul Hunter Daydream For Stella Artois
Client Stella Artois U.S. Agency Pereira O’Dell PJ Pereira, creative chairman, co-founder; Robert Lambrechts, chief creative officer; Nick Sonderup, executive creative director; Thiago Cruz, creative director; Ivan Rivera, sr. copywriter; Camilo Ruano, sr. art director; Anjali Rao, copywriter; Rachel McEuen, art director; Som Perry, associate design director; Evan Zelermyer, production artist; Veronica Beach, executive producer; Bridget Pierce, sr. producer; Tom Naughton, director of strategy; Kira Loretto, brand strategy director; Nina Cole, communications strategy director; Damara Dikeou, social strategy director; Haley Carter, social strategist. Production PRETTYBIRD Paul Hunter, director; Kerstin Emhoff, CEO/exec producer; William Green, producer; Matt Lloyd, DP; Mandy Moore, choreographer. VFX/Animation MPC, New York Camila De Biaggi, exec producer; Anna Kravtsov, producer; Alvin Cruz, creative director; Tom McCullough, Alvin Cruz, creative directors; Tim Crean, VFX supervisor; Dan Fine, 3D lead; Tim Crean, Rob Walker, Mazyar Sharifian, Renato Carone, Jared Pollack, Gustavo Bellon, Patrick Ferguson, Navid Sanati, Toya Drechsler, Andre Arevalo, Cynthia Lee, Rob Ufer, 2D team; Neela Kumuda Parankusham, 2D producer; Stevenson G, Amresh Kumar, Aginesh K M, Karthikkeyan M D, Pramod Dwivedi, Arulanandhan P, Bijeesh K U, Kiran Veeraswarapu, Padmapriya K, Jaswan Vishnu, Pitchuka Suresh, Naresh Kumar Nandaluru, Ragesh Ramachandran, Vivekananthan R, Silambarasan R P, Sugumar S, 2D artists. (Toolbox: Flame, Nuke, Maya, Photoshop) Editorial Cosmo Street Lawrence Young, editor; Jared Zygarlicke, Josh Berger, assistant editors; Luiza Naritomi, head of production; Maura Woodward, exec producer. Music M. Ward, vocals/guitar/keys, producer; John Askew, engineer; Alia Farah, vocals; Jordan Hudson, drums; John Benson Sebastian, writer; Trio Music Company, publisher, All rights administered by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC; Published by Alley Music Corp. (BMI) Courtesy of Round Hill Music. Music Supervision Search Party Winslow Bright, exec producer; Meghan Currier, music supervisor; Stewart Lerman, mix & production. Audio Post Heard City Phil Loeb, mixer; Sasha Awn, exec producer.
8: Director Michel Gondry, We Believers Look To Clear The Air For Burger King
Client Burger King Agency We Believers, NY Gustavo Lauria, chief creative officer, copywriter; Santiago Luna Lupo, group creative director, copywriter; Diego Grandi, head of art, art director; Marcia Jaes, head of production; Marco Vega, head of planning; Rocio Fernandez Sasso, creative coordinator. Production Partizan Entertainment Michel Gondry, director; Shawn Kim, DP; Lisa Tauscher, managing director/exec producer; Kelly Martin, head of production; Raffi Adlan, producer; Maxwell Orgell, production designer; Andy Coffing, 1st AD; Mandy Moore choreographer. Editorial Final Cut LA Jeff Buchannan, editor; Diego Panich, 2nd editor. VFX/Postproduction The Mill LA Dan Roberts, EP; Erin Hicke, sr. VFX producer; Glyn Tebbutt, creative director/shoot supervisor/2D lead artist; Bowe King, art director/design CD; Freddy Parra, set data wrangler/3D artist; Yarin Manes, 3D lead artist; Franz Kol, Patrick Dirks, Kai Chun Tsai, Tim Rudgard, Rakesh Venugopal, 2D artists; Christian Sanchez, Matt Connolly, Danny Garcia, Elizabeth Hammer, Michael Lori, Fabio Marzo, Alice Panek, Shashi Kumar Dakoju, Amit Das , Dinesh Kanakaraj, Anish Mohan, 3D artists; Tim Robbins, Gareth Parr, finish artists; AVV Suresh, Chakravarthi V, Nikhil K M, Arun Kumar, Nithin Babu, paint artists; Jacob Bergman, animation supervisor; Stefan Kang, Mike LaFave, animators/FX artists; Greg Rubner, Greg Park, Patrick Kipper, John Federico, motion graphics/design; Nick Metcalf, colorist; Megan Rumph, color producer; Logan Highlen, Gemma Parr, color assist. (Toolbox: Flame, Nuke, Maya, Photoshop, Houdini, After Effects, C4D) Music/Sound Pickle Music, New York Alexis Estiz, composer; Steve Mudd composer & lyrics; Gustavo Lauria (who is CCO at ad agency We Believers), lyrics; Mason Ramsey, performer; Jacob Bloomfield-Mirsrach, Biijan Sharifi, Dario Calequi, sound designers; Lia Mitchell, Courtney Jenkins, producers; Chanelle Guyton, talent vocal coach; Pickle Music Studios, music publisher. Audio Post Pickle Music, New York Jacob Bloomfield-Misrach, mixer. Research Team PhD. Octavio A. Castelán-Ortega, PhD. Ermias Kebreab
9: The-Artery Keeps Safe Distance While Staying Highly Collaborative In Music Video For Grammy-Nominated J. Views
Client J. Views Production The-Artery, New York Vico Sharabani, J. Views, directors; Deborah Sullivan, executive producer/managing director. Visual Effects/Postproduction The-Artery, New York Deborah Sullivan, executive producer/managing director; Michael Elliot, editor; Vico Sharabani, chief creative officer, Flame artist; Emily Branham, producer; Aarif Attarwala, Asaf Yeger, Flame artists; Thurman Martin, production coordinator (Toolbox: Premiere, Flame, After Effects) Creative/Music Written & Featuring: Iris Lune, Solange Prat, Bay Ledges, Ateller, Chase Jackson, Youngteam, Sabina K, 1clap, and Jérémy Giraudeau. Produced, mixed and mastered by J. Views.
10: Seed Animation Studio Makes Friends of Foes In “Three Little Birds” Video For The Late Bob Marley
Client Universal Music, Tuff Gong Animation/VFX Seed Animation Studio, London Morgan Powell, director; Yohann Auroux, character design; Anne Masse, background design; Viktoria Bebok, production assistant; Emmy Burch, animation consultant; Josep Bernaus, lead compositor; Campbell Hartley, Hannah Lau-Walker, 2D animators; Lisa O’Sullivan, clean-up artist; Josep Bernaus, compositing (Toolbox: Photoshop, Adobe Animate, After Effects)