1: Detroit Youth Choir, Yessian, IndigoYaj Capture “Glory” In Music Video Supportive Of Black Lives Matter
Client Detroit Youth Choir’s “Glory” music video Agency Imagination Detroit Alistair Wilson, agency lead; Stefania Walkowiak, Ashley Carey, executive producers; Rob Cousineau, producer. Production Imagination Detroit Everett Stewart, director; Corey Gipperich, DP. Postproduction Imagination Detroit Nick Sullivan, editor; Davis Nixon, colorist; Zack Jacobs, VFX. Music “Glory” (song from the motion picture Selma), written by John Legend and Common. Detroit Youth Choir Anthony White, Donnell Mosley, vocal arrangement, additional lyrics; IndigoYa, rap lyrics. Yessian Music, Detroit (music recording, producing, arranging, mixing) Brian Yessian, partner/chief creative officer; Gerard Smerek, song producer/exec producer, mixer, recordist, engineer; Scott Gatteno, Pro Tools recording engineer, vocal editing, technical engineer; Mark Chu, music arrangement & adaptation, track production and all programming; Michael Yessian, partner/head of production. Sterling Sound, Edgewater, NJ Chris Gehringer, mastering. Audio Post Yessian Detroit Gerard Smerek, mixer.
2: Top Spot of the Week: BBDO NY, Director Benjamin Mege “Give Time” To American Red Cross, American Cancer Society
Client American Red Cross & American Cancer Society (ARC & ACS) Agency BBDO New York David Lubars, chief creative officer, worldwide; Greg Hahn, chief creative officer, NY; Roberto Danino, creative director; Carolyn Davis, creative director/art director; Matthew Page, creative director/copywriter; David Rolfe, head of integrated production; Sofia Handler, VP, executive producer. Production Caviar, Los Angeles Benjamin Mege, director; John Londono, DP; Malcom Wax, producer; Casey Wooden, head of production. Editorial Work Editorial, bicoastal & London Anne Perri, editor. Postproduction MPC Music/Sound Q Department, New York Audio Post Honeymix, New York Conrad Sanguineti, mixer
3: Uber, Wieden+Kennedy Say “Thank You For Not Riding”
Client Uber Agency Wieden+Kennedy, Portland, Ore. Colleen DeCourcy, Susan Hoffman, Jason Bagley, Eric Baldwin, executive creative directors; Kathy Hepinstall, Sara Phillips, creatives; Matt Hunnicutt, head of production; Molly Tait Tanen, executive producer; Chris Capretto, producer; Carly Starratt, brand strategy director; Annie Sanditen, executive design producer; Karen Koch, design director; Angela Iannarelli, designer; Matt Blum, sr. production designer; Frazer Goodbody, retoucher/3D artist. Production PRETTYBIRD Editorial Exile Kyle Brown, editor; Eileen Miraglia, assistant editor; CL Weaver, exec producer; Jennifer Locke, head of production; Kristina Thoegersen, post producer. VFX Exile Wes Waldron, lead Flame. Color The Mill Matthew Osborne, colorist; Blake Harrop, color producer. Music Beacon Street Studios, Venice, Calif. Andrew Feltenstein, John Nau, Danny Dunlap, composers (original song “Promise Me”); Leslie DiLullo, executive producer. Sound Design Lime Studios, Santa Monica, Calif. Rohan Young, sound designer. Audio Post Lime Studios, Santa Monica, Calif. Rohan Young, mixer.
4: Top Spot of the Week: Daniel Wolfe Directs “The Longest Night” For TAG Heuer, DDB Paris
Client TAG Heuer Agency DDB Paris Alexander Kalchev, executive creative director; Benoit Oulhen, copywriter; Mickael Jacquemin, art director; Quentin Moenne Loccoz, producer; Jerome Deplatiere, post producer; Sebastian Genty, Claude Henri Galbois, strategic planning. Production Company Standard Films, Paris Daniel Wolfe, director; Benoit Debie, DP; Julie Mathieu, producer. Editorial The Quarry Paul Watts, editor. Cosmic Talents Maxime Pozzi Garcia, editor. Music/Sound Barking Owl, West Los Angeles Atticus Ross, composer; Morgan Johnson, sound designer; Kelly Bayett, creative director; Ashley Benton, producer. Audio Post Barking Owl, West Los Angeles Mike Franklin, mixer. VFX Mikros Nicolas Huguet, visual effects
5: Where the Buffalo Roam Produces Animated Docuseries “Being Human Is” For Google
Client Google Marketing Agency Where the Buffalo Roam, Oakland, Calif. Tim Pries, executive producer; Taraneh Golozar, producer. Production Where the Buffalo Roam, Oakland, Calif. Nico Carbonaro (represented by Nonfiction Unlimited), Tuesday McGowan, directors; Tim Pries, exec producer; Taraneh Golozar, producer; Eden Cooney, coordinator; Von Diaz, Elisheba Ittoop, story producer. Editorial Where the Buffalo Roam, Oakland, Calif. James Boger, editor. Animation Oddfellows, Portland, Ore. Erica Kelly, exec producer; Chris Kelly, executive creative director; Fabian Molina, creative director; Jan Szeto, producer; Oddfellows, illustration. (Toolbox Adobe Animate, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects; Maxon Cinema 4D; Flame, Maya, Sidefx Houdini. Music & Sound Design Space Lute JR Narrows, composer, audio director/sound supervisor, sound designer. Audio Post Machine, New York T. Terressa Tate, sound mixer; Alek Rost, sr. producer; Amanda Fuentes, sound assistant; Kyra Hendricks, audio producer.