1: Top Spot of the Week: Aardman Captures The Beauty of Birds In Animated Watercolor Film “Time Flies” For RSPB
Client RSPB Agency Catsnake--The Story Agency Edward Dark, creative director; Luzy Fazey, producer. Production/Animation Aardman, Bristol, UK Bram Ttwheam, director, matte painter; Stephanie Owen, producer; Amy Davies, production coordinator; Jim Grant, matte painter; Trine Sorenson, modeler; Chuen Tsang, modeler & lighting; Tessa Mapp, technical director; Jono Candlish-Wilson, Maciej Wojtkiewicz, animators; Chris Hawkes, Bram Ttwheam, Paule Quinton, Jeff Dillon, Daniel Blore, Jim Lewis, compositors; Greg Martin, rigger; Dan Wiliamson, editor. (Toolbox: Maya, Arnold, Photoshop, Fresco, After Effects, Houdini, Nuke, Resolve) Audio Matthew Loveridge, sound mixer. Music Michael Csanyi-Wills. Voiceover Jim Broadbent
2: Goodby Silverstein & Partners, Director Lance Acord Get “Smart” For HP
Client Hewlett Packard (HP) Agency Goodby Silverstein & Partners Rich Silverstein, co-chairman/co-founder; Laura Petruccelli, executive creative director; Wes Dorsainvil, Joshua Hacohen, associate creative directors; Andrew Congleton, art director; Zak DeLange, copywriter; Leila Gage, director of production; Tess Kenner, executive producer/producer; Bonnie Wan, partner, head of brand strategy; Christine Chen, partner, head of communication strategy; Dong Kim, group communication strategy director; Matt Hudgins, sr. communications strategist; Kelly Evans-Pfeifer, group brand strategy director; Cassidy Wilber, brand strategy director. Production Company Park Pictures Lance Acord, director/DP; Jackie Kelman Bisbee, Scott Howard, exec producers; Anne Bobroff, sr. head of production; Caroline Kousidonis, exec producer/producer; James Chinlund, production designer. Editorial Exile Kirk Baxter, Zaldy Lopez, editors; Jennifer Chung, assistant editor; CL Kumpata, exec producer; Jennifer Locke, head of production; Toby Louie, post producer. VFX/Finishing a52, Santa Monica, Calif. Pat Murphy, Jesse Monsour, VFX supervisor; Andrew Romatz, CG supervisor; Matt Sousa, Stefan Gaillot, Michael Vaglienty, Patrick Poulatian, Chris Riley, Dan Ellis, Sam Kolber, John Valle, Kevin Stokes, Ujala Saini, Kirk Balden, 2D VFX artists; Bryan Cox, Ariana Ziae Mohseni, Ziyan Zhang, Mike Dupree, Josh Dyer, Jade Smrz, José Limon, CG artists; Ekin Akalin, Cindy SooHoo, Sky Bird, Laura Reedy, 2D designers; Jillian Lynes, producer; Stacy Kessler-Aungst, head of production; Patrick Nugent, Kim Christensen, exec producers; Jennifer Sofio Hall, managing director. (Toolbox: Flame, Maya, Vray, ZBrush, Substance Painter, PFTrack) Telecine Primary Daniel de Vue, colorist; Ale Amato, Corey Martinez, David Oh, color assists; Jenny Bright, color producer; Thatcher Peterson, exec producer. Music RNDM ORDR Robert Miller, composer; Rani Zarina Vaz, exec producer; Ayesha Hassan, producer; Marc McClusky, record & mix. Sound Design Martin Hernandez, M.P.S.E.; Jaime Sainz, assistant FX editor; Alan Riva-Palacio, Jaime Sainz, foley. Sound Design LSD Michael Anastasi, sound designer; Kai Paquin, sound design assistant. Audio Mix Lime Studios Matt Miller, mixer; Ian Connie, audio assistant; Kayla Phungglan, sr. producer; Susie Boyajan, exec producer.
3: Traktor, TBWAChiatDay LA Bring Serena Williams and Wonder Woman Together To Save The Day For DIRECTV Stream
Client DIRECTV Agency TBWAChiatDay Los Angeles Erin Riley, president; Renato Fernandez, chief creative officer; Ariel Abramovici, Bruno Acanfora, creative directors; Mark Winters, Ryan Buckley, associate creative directors; Will Holmes, art director; Tyler Archibald, copywriter; Andrew Bae, jr. art director; Yashashree Samant, jr. copywriter; Bruno Regalo, head of design; Jake Skirving, sr. designer; Andrea Nazarino, jr. designer; Guia Iacomin, director of content production; Jack Cutler, sr. producer; Brandon Loftin, associate producer; Hashi Clark, executive art producer; Jen Costello, chief strategy officer; Jesse Unger, group strategy director; Jonathan Handy, associate strategy director; Krystal Hawkins, sr. strategist; Hannan Schweitzer, jr. strategist; Laura Mayer, data director. Critical Mass Val Carlson, chief creative officer; Andrew Lavery, group creative director; James Maclean, creative director; Javier Olivares, Megahn O’Neil, associate creative directors; Ryan Mesnchuk, Megan King, sr. art directors; Taylor Lumley, art director; Ana Benitez Duarte, designer; Peter Lagosky, Melissa De Sa, sr. copywriters; Daisy Swain, copywriter; Jen Goldberg, group strategy director; Kyle Bottoms, strategy director; Sydney Woodman, executive producer; Audrie Sham, Ashleigh Fehmie, sr. producers; Vicky Patel, sr. producer; Christine Spitler, Lexi Scott, Sylvia Brach, Ethan Cole, producers. Production Stink Films Traktor, director; Daniel Bergmann, president, Mungo Maclagan, exec producer; Par M. Ekberg, DP; Leah Allina, line producer. Editorial Arcade Jeff Feruzzo, Brad Wasekwich, lead editors; Ryan Andrus, assistant editor; Alexa Atkin, exec producer. VFX JAMM, Culver City, Calif. Jake Montgomery, VFX supervisor/lead compositor; Andy Boyd, VFX supervisor/CG supervisor/lead CG; Patrick Muñoz, Lisa Kim, Flame artists; Brady Doyle, Jake Bohringer, Nuke artists; Stew Burris, animation supervisor; Zachary DiMaria, CG lead; Ben Martin, Connie Ho, Jonathan Chua, Anthony Thomas, Yuson Fuji, DeVon Beasley, CG artists; Ashley Greyson, sr. producer; Alexandra Rickards, production coordinator; Asher Edwards, exec producer; Adam Scott, colorist; Carver Moore, color assist; Anna Dood, color producer. (Toolbox: Flame, Nuke, Houdini, Maya, Baselight) Audio Post Lime Studios, Santa Monica, Calif. Matt Miller, head mixer; Ian Connie, assistant mixer; Susie Boyajan, exec producer. Sound Design String & Tins, London Culum Simpson, sound designer; Laura Leigh, producer. Music South Music and Sound, Santa Monica, Calif. Dan Pritikin, Matt Drenik, creative directors; Vladimir Berkhemer, Jon Darling, composers; Ann Haugen, exec producer; Ignacio Zax, producer
4: Top Spot of the Week: Director Ulf Johansson, MPC Team On “Breakthrough” Game of Tag For Tech Company Leia
Client Leia Inc. Production Company Smith & Jones Ulf Johansson, director; Philippa Smith, exec producer. VFX/Postproduction MPC Kamen Markov, VFX supervisor/shoot supervisor/2D compositor; Marcus Dryden, shoot supervisor; Marj Verheij, Chanakya Chander, Rashabh Ramesh Butani, 2D compositors; Fernando Tortosa. CG lead; Luke Raffety, VFX exec producer; Jean-Clement Soret, colorist. (Toolbox: Flame, Nuke, Photoshop, Houdini) Editorial Whitehouse Post
5: The Best Work You May Never See: Serviceplan Turns Out Animated Film “Majd and The Librarian” For UAE Bank AECB
Client Al Etihad Credit Bureau Agency Serviceplan Middle East Natalie Shardan, managing director; Frances Valerie Bonifacio, head of strategy; Akhilesh Bagri, executive creative director; Akhilesh Bagri, Georgia Fattoracci, writers; Andre Couto, Saleh Elghatit, creative directors; Kenneth Barnes, Kunal Gagwani, art directors. Serviceplan Group Jason Romeyko, worldwide executive creative director. Production Company Hanzo Films Esfandiar Haji, Shahriar Ghatre, directors; Hijaz Moosa, exec producer. Animation Vulturehead Animation Studio, Istanbul, Turkey Elahe Khalili, production manager; Reyhane Mirhashemi, Hadi Tabas, Babak Arjmand, Niloofar Behbud, Ali Honarpour, Esfandiar Haji, Yasaman Hossein, character animators; Naim Vahidian, Esfandiar Haji, shadow & lighting animators. (Toolbox: Toonboom Harmony) Music Saman Auboutaleb, composer.
6: The Best Work You May Never See: adam&eveDDB, Director Tom Kuntz Put Turtle In Motion For Avanti West Coast
Client Avanti West Coast Agency adam&eveDDB, London Richard Brim, chief creative officer; Christian Sewell, Andy McAnaney, creative directors; Simone Warme, Jeppe Vidstrup, creatives; Michael MacMillan, Kate Taylor, Jaki-Jo Hannan, Adaeze Ndakoji, Michael McCarthy, Carrie Moores, producers. Production MJZ Tom Kuntz, director; Justin Brown, DP; Sophie Brooks, producer. Editorial Whitehouse Russell Icke, editor; Annabel Bennett, producer. Post/VFX Untold Studios, London Tom Igglesden, exec producer; George Reid, producer; Ben Cronin, creative director; Tom Raynor, VFX supervisor; Suvi Jokiniemi, lead animator. (Toolbox: Maya, Houdini, Nuke, Flame) Color Grade Company 3 Stefan Sonnenfeld, colorist. Music Supervision Harley Beckman Hawksley @ Theodore; Daniel McLaren, music researcher. Soundtrack “Badala Zamanda” composed by Joel Hannier & Zohra Aissouai Audio 750mph Sam Ashwell, sound design/mix; Jessica Ringshall, producer. Design King Henry Paul Knowles, Matt Bryce, designers.
7: BBDO NY, Open The Portal Slide Into Animation Innovation For The Academic’s “Not Your Summer” Music Video
Client Capitol Records/The Academic Capitol Records--Tom Paul, general manager; Alia Aldeghather, product manager. The Academic--Craig Fitzgerald, lead vocals, guitar; Matthew Murtagh, guitar; Stephen Murtagh, bass; Dean Gavin, drums; Carl Brogan, band manager. Animation Open The Portal, Los Angeles Trever Stewart, co-director, technical director, live animator; David Braun, animation director; Barrett Slagel, exec producer; Xenia Balashov, 1st AD, art director. (Toolbox: Photoshop, After Effects, Premier, Google Slides) Agency BBDO New York David Lubars, chief creative officer, worldwide; Bart Mol, SVP, sr. creative director, live animator; Pol Hoenderboom, SVP, creative director; Mike Woodall, co-director, sr. producer, live animator; Andrew Osborne, head of content operations; James Young, head of digital operations; Alex Gianni, EVP, director of content production; Chava Quinn, producer; Benner Rawley, copywriter; Maya Iwata, art director; Phillip Savage, livestream tech director; Jimmy McGee, quality assurance. Production BBDO Studios Jonathan Hsu, supervising producer; Allie Kolb, sr. post producer; Morgan Ammons, Alex Mirza, Kevin Bostic, live animators; Jason Kim, live animator, editor; Alex Lubars, editor. Bowstring Studios Sean Quinn managing producer for livestream equipment manager
8: Psyop’s Luca Vitale, Kylie Matulick Mobilize Anime “Fry Force” For Taco Bell, Deutsch
Client Taco Bell Agency Deutsch LA Karen Costello, chief creative officer Bea Danger, executive creative director; Daniel Chen, Stephanie Kohnen, creative directors; Maria Snell, Christian Silva, associate creative directors; Paul Roy, SVP, executive producer; Daniel Stenzel, producer; Chip Herter, music director. Production Psyop, bicoastal Luca Vitale, Kylie Matulick, directors; Jared Yeater, exec producer; Christine Schneider, global director of production; Jamie Pastor, head of production; Jennifer Adams, sr. producer; Morgan MacCuish, bidding producer; Savanna Stephens, associate producer; Loren Christiansen, Lance Pereira, editors; Annie Cattish, Ghozu Haruna, Edward Tsang, Pan Matsumura, character designers; Teru Matori, Edward Tseng, Ching Yeh, creature designers; Ching Yeh, Amanda Tunnell, Bobby Ushiro, graphic designers; Andrew Park, Guitty Mojabi, Nikita Kukolev, Ayan Nag, matte painters; Eddie Mehong, animation director; Henry Teitelman, animator; Tommy Wooh, Paul Taduro, Pete Germano, motion graphic designers; Cristiano Rinaldi, font designer; Paul Cohen, Christopher Parker, lead storyboard artists; Jiyeon Park, Ben Li, storyboard artists; Kevin Oeser, treatment writer; Kyle Cassidy, creative director-live action; Brandon Sanders, VFX supervisor-live action; Eric Rosenfeld, on-set VFX supervisor; Volkert Besseling, editor-live action; Lane Jolly, Chad Buehler, Dylan Brown, Nuke compositors; Jonathan Iwata, CG tracking; Alex Wysota Cory Daniels, DMG. (Toolbox: TV Paint, Retas, Clip Studio, Photoshop, After Effects) Production Company Yapiko Animation, Tokyo Eddie Mehong, producer. Production Company Echelle Animation, Tokyo Mike Suzuki, producer; Eddie Mehong, manager/animation director; Jenny Feng, assistant producer; Ghozu Haruna, lead character designer; David Canoville, BG/media concept; Philippe Ogaki, line BG concept art; Oualid Moussa, assistant animator; Antoine Anton, Bong Nguyen, Kai Ruzica, Nicolas Jaffre, Julien Cortey, Claude Labrosse, Marylou Cannard, Theo Tran Ngoc, Marietta Ren, Jerome Perillat Columb, Loup Bouche, animators; Max Maleo, 3D animator; Production Company Tsumugi Akita Anime Lab, Akita, Japan Sakurai Tsukasa, producer; Mizobuchi Miho, animation/inbetween/color; Higashiro Tetsuo, Hiratsuka Moe, Ryoma Shigemitsu, Yamauchi Shingetsu, Tsuzuki Hideaki, Takahashi Ryougo, Shimade Ryouta, Koenagi Ami, inbetween/color. Production Company Spacesheep, Annecy-le-Vieux, France Nicolas Barbieux, producer; Dorian Winnicki, chief compositing; Hugo David, Aristide Antoine, Amaud Ducor, compositing; Ulysse Chaudron, jr. compositing. Audio Formosa Commercials Lauren Cascio, exec producer; John Bolen, mixer, sound designer. Audio Sim International Jesse Fellows, recordist. Color MPC Ricky Gausis, colorist; Caitlin Forrect, producer. Original Music JDM
9: Planet Propaganda Sticks With J.J. Sedelmaier Productions, BODEGA For J-B Weld Campaign
Client J-B Weld Company Agency Planet Propaganda Dana Lytle, executive creative director/partner; Teddy Brown, group creative director; Brian Hucek, creative director; Katie Roach, head of production; Kris Kluthe, motion director; Anna White, copywriter; Shelley Meuer, production designer. Live-Action Production Bodega Studios Mike G., director; Dallas Sterling, DP; Willia Goldfeder, producer; Clint Goldman, exec producer. Postproduction FitFinish Adam Lawson, producer. Audio SuperExploder Meredith Nazzaro, exec producer; Jody Nazarro, sr. sound designer. Animation J.J. Sedelmaier Productions, Inc. J.J. Sedelmaier, director/designer/producer; Patrice Sedelmaier, exec producer; Andy Friz, chief animator/production manager. (Toolbox: Photoshop, Toon Boom Harmony, Toon Boom Storyboard Pro, After Effects, Resolve)
10: BIEN Animates Wheelchair Basketball For The Paralympics
Client Paralympics Production/Creation BIEN, Hermosa Beach, Calif. Hung Le, creative director; Ricardo Roberts, exec producer; Elena Dreyer, producer; Nico Piccirilli, illustration; Alejandro Imondi, Deanna Reilly, Chris Saez, Ricardo Mendes, animators. (Toolbox: Photoshop, After Effects) Research & Consultancy David Jeffers. Sound Design Quadriphonic