Top Ten Visual Effects Chart
  • Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023
SHOOT 4th Quarter 2023 Top Ten VFX & Animation Chart

A humorous tug-at-the-heartstrings 2D/3D spot shows two ornaments on a Christmas tree reunite with the help of Air Canada. Titled "Once Upon a Tree," this charming holiday commercial earned the #1 slot on SHOOT's 4th quarter VFX & Animation Top Ten Chart.

Also in the quarterly mix are "Fuzzy Feelings" for Apple, a Montefiore Einstein piece with much "Magic," and a cat with an AI vibe for SAP.

So give a look-see to the best viaual effects and animation fare that the fourth quarter of 2023 has to offer..

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Client Air Canada Agency FCB Toronto Nancy Crimi-Lamanna, chief creative officer; Danilo Boer, global creative director; Jeremiah McNama, Andrew MacPhee, executive creative directors; Hussein Rumaithi, Caleb McMullen, associate creative directors; Franca Piacente, broadcast producer; Kendra Plantt, VP, director of studio production; Chris Costa, sr. integrated producer; Jesse Reid-Smith, sr. production artist; Jean-Pierre De Leon, sr. art director; Leslie Couto, production artist; Alexandra Zuniga, production manager; Vince Piscopo, facilities manager; Shelley Brown, chief strategy officer; Shelagh Hartford, VP strategy.  Agency FCB Montreal Sylvain Dufresne, VP creative; Nicolas Baudry, sr. copywriter; Olivier Laplante, copywriter; Anick Rozon, producer. Production Company Hornet Dan Marsh, director; Hana Shimizu, managing partner; Karen Lawler, director of production; Kristin Labriola, head of creative development; Greg Bedard, exec producer; Sam Mason, creative director; Dez Stavracos, head of production; Sean O’Loughlin, producer; Matthew Sandager, sr. editor; Cole Bannick, assistant editor; Judy Tam, production coordinator; Lizzy Dolce, talent coordinator; Camillo Clauser, storyboard artist; Anya Butler, Vincent Gallut, Hannah Kim, Toshiki Nakamura, Kaycee Nwakudu, character designers; Chiara Benedetti, Kim Dulaney, Bryan Jimenez, Hannah Kim, environment designers; Sami Healy, animation lead; Josh Brennan, Matt Corsillo, Kaycee Nwakudu, Paris Powell, Fabien Rousseau, Patrick Sholar, Camille Vincent, animators; Josh Brennan, Sami Healy, Kaycee Nwakudu, Fabien Rousseau, Camille Vincent, cleanup animators; John Kalaigian, CG supervisor; Sam Mason, creative director; Justin Zurrow, CG lead; Krista Albert, Moises Gomes, CG modeling; Ali Jamili, Will Moody, look dev; Andrew Boccio, Matt Corsillo, previsualization; Jared Eng, CG layout; Ali Jamali, Laney Lai, Nicole Noel, Stacie Plassche, Rui Zhu, light & rendering; Eric Concepcion, compositing lead; Herc Fernandez, Alex Harding, Andy Malvasio, Dhruv Shankar, Shandy Tam, compositors; Evan Schoonmaker, colorist; Sami Healy, Justin Zurrow, Eric Concepcion, lead CG/motion graphics. Audio Cult Nation Charlotte Cardin, artist; Laurie Chouinard, artist manager; Tanguy Meunier, exec producer & music arrangement & mix; Lubalin, Sam Avant, Paul-Antoine Aubry, music arrangement; Melissa Hassing, music coordinator; Arnaud Coutray de Pradel, audio  producer; Fahey Martin, audio coordinator; Rene-Pierre Guerin, François Bélanger and Tanguy Meunier, sound design. Music Search (English) OSO Audio, Soundtree, Barking Owl. Music Licenses Bryan Adams, “Everything I Do (I Do It For You)”; Universal Music Publishing Group & Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd

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Client Apple Agency TBWA\Media Arts Lab Production Company Hungry Man Lucia Aniello, director; James Laxton, DP. Animation Production Company Passion Pictures Anna Mantzaris, animation director. Music “Isn’t It a Pity” by George Harrison

 

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Client Montefiore Einstein Loreen Babcock, SVP, chief marketing officer. Agency Alto New York Hanes Ciatti, chief creative officer, founder; Matt Bonin, managing partner, entertainment + production; Ed Rogers, managing partner; Tara Fray, head of strategy, partner; Dan Kroeger, Pierre Janneau, executive creative directors/partners; Anthony Goldstein, Chris Groom, creative directors; Ben Berkon, Mark Johnston, executive producers, film; Filipe Nogueira, art director. Production Company SMUGGLER Tom Hooper, director; Patrick Milling Smith, Brian Carmody, exec producers; Sue Yeon Ahn, managing director/exec producer; Alex Hughes, head of production; Mary Livingston, producer; Jonathan Mayo, production supervisor; Troy Cribbin, Jennifer Beliard, commercial coordinators; Peter Jackson, 1st AD; Steven Annis, DP; Ethan Tobman, production designer; Lee Ann Jarvis, costume designer. Casting Vitamin Enriched Katherine Foronjy, casting director. Music Alexandre Desplat, composer. Editorial Final Cut Jim Helton, editor; Sarah Roebuck, exec producer; Wade Weliever, sr. producer; Alyce Muhammad, assistant editor. Post/VFX The Mill Matt Fuller, creative director; Angela Lupo, managing director, exec producer; Ed Rilli, sr. producer. Color Grade Company 3 Sofie Friis Borup, colorist; Shannen Troup, producer. Sound Design & Mix Barking Owl Gus Koven, sound designer; Matt Keith, mix engineer; Ashley Benton, exec producer.

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Client Terre de Liens Agency Strike, Paris Jérôme Gonfond, president/chief creative officer; Pierre Bellefleur, general director/chief strategy officer; Mélina Audoux, head of production; Rémi Lascault, creative director; Jeanne Perrone, copywriter; Alba Menéndez, artistic director. Production Company Werlen Meyer Valentin Stoll, director, animator & compositing artist; Marc Froget, producer; Johan Ravit, character design; Basile Godard, lead decorator; Marine Dieval, Emmie Marrière, Kévin Mei, Raphaël Levesque , decorators; Johan Ravit, Justine Bosc, Camille Sallan, Julien Lanzi, animators; Lucas Ponzio, FX animator; Arthur Navet, compositing artist, motion designer. (Toolbox: hotoshop, TV Paint, Premiere Pro, After Effects) Sound Octopus Etienne de Nanteuil, sound production; Romain Pailot, sound composer.

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Client Sony Interactive Entertainment/PlayStation Agency adam&eveDDB Richard Brim, chief creative officer; Ant Nelson, Mike Sutherland, executive creative directors; Andy Clough, Rich McGrann, creative directors; Mary Fostiropoulos, Jaki Jo Hannan, producers; Simon Adamson, executive content director; Jessica Taylor, head of content. Design Agency King Henry Scott Silvey, joint head of design; Sam Harris, Dave Callow, artworkers. Production Agency Cain&Abel Ludovica Melica, executive producer adaptation; Charlotte O’Reilly, sr. producer; Dylan Pugh, producer. Can Yagan, editor; James Brown, joint head of integrated production; Matt Walker, digital producer; Hash Milhan, creative technology director; Sam Butler, digital design director. Production Company MJZ Henry Hobson, director; Lucy Jones, executive producer/head of production; James Waters, producer; Luke Thornton, production manager; Mauro Chiarello, DP; Jonathan Houlding, production designer; John Lowe, 1st AD; Florian Hatwagner, MoVi operator; Charlotte Martin, casting director. Production Service Company Division Film Rok Bukovec, managing director/EP; Rok Luneznik, EP/producer; Spela Bajc, line producer; Urska Vardijan, production manager; Miha Knific, production designer, Slovenia; Monika Lorber, costume designer; Ana Lazovski, hair & makeup artist; Filip Krzisnik, stunts; Kristjan Repalust, SFX. Editorial Work Editorial Stewart Reeves, editor; Rain Keene, edit assistant; Frankie Elster, producer. Postproduction/VFX Framestore  Guy Lubin, William Laban, Michael Baker, Rocky Vanoost and Alexia Paterson, Top 5x VFX team; William Laban, Guy Lubin, VFX supervisor; Michael Baker, 2D supervisor; Rocky Vanoost, animation supervisor; Luigi Russo, Flame; William Bartlett, executive creative director; Adam Bailey, Daniel Bielawski, Harry McCusker-Bland, animation; Aaron Baudin, Deniz Cinar, Morten Kvale, Zybrand Jacobs, FX; Alex Ling, Corrina Wilson, Cristina Recuero Esquina, Dominique Breyvogel; Jess Kavasoglu, Julia Caram, Kotryna Lidziute, Max Degroot, Mike Simons, Min-Hui Chang, Owen Braekke-Carroll, Suzanne Jandu, Zavier Mojica, compositors; Nikola Yordanov, Chelsea Aston, Scott McInnes, Katie Hallaron, Gabriella Pruskowska, Tomas Muller, digital matte painting & concept; Andrew Niven, Jack Field, Daniella Marsh, design. Color Company 3 Jean-Clement Soret, colorist; Santino Napolitano, Karl Pasamonte, Jack Kennedy, color assists. Audio 750mph Sam Ashwell, sound design & mix; Olivia Ray, Carla Thomas, audio producers.

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Client SAP Agency BBDO New York Matt Macdonald, chief creative officer, NY; Corey Rakowsky, Kleber Menezes, executive creative directors; Marina Gokman, Steven Schroth, creative directors; Alex Gianni, EVP, head of content production; Becky Burkhard, group executive producer; Katie Theobalds, music producer. Media Agency OMD Production Lobo Richard Carelli, Mateus de Paula Santos, directors; Luis Ribeiro, managing partner; Paul Amorese, exec producer (live action) & line producer; Su Constantine, exec producer (animation); Katherine Pacula, line producer (Fixer); Rob Hauer, DP; Leandro Pena, VFX supervisor; Pablo Zurita, post producer; Pedro Falcone, editor; Matheus Miglionico, assistant editor. Telecine Color Collective  Alex Jimenez, telecine artist; Claudia Guevera,  producer. Music Storefront Music Productions, LLC Kari Steinert, composer; Adam Elk, John “Scrapper” Sneider, partners/exec producers; Kirsten Messier, exec producer

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Client Tesco Agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH) London Alex Grieve, global chief creative officer; Felipe Guimaraes, creative director; Elliott White, sr. copywriter; Wil Maxey, sr. art director; Saskia Jones, group strategy director; Hannah Slapper, strategy director; Tom Papaloizou, sr. strategist; Lisa Nicholls, Nicole Southey, sr. producers; Valentina Schwendinger, assistant producer; Julian Cave, art producer. BBH Dublin Amy Crowe, Amy Harrington; Hywel Evans, Daniel Olaifa, music supervisor. Production Company Iconoclast  Alaska (Marco Lafer and Gustavo Moraes), director; Jean Mougin, exec producer; Emma Butterworth, line producer; Natalie Isaac, production manager; Arthur De Borman, production designer; Pierre De Kerchove, DP; Anarchy Ltd, costumes; Freddie Stopler, prosthetics make-up. Editorial Trim Editing Paul Hardcastle, editor; Josh Mannox, assistant editor. Postproduction Black Kite Studios Alex Lovejoy, VFX supervisor; Tom Mangham, colorist; James Hansell, 3D lead; George Brunt, compositing lead; Paul Branch, exec producer; Phil Whalley, sr. producer. Sound 750mph Sam Ashwell, sound engineer

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Client Riot Games/Riot Forge, Tequila Works Drew Stauffer, creative director; Zack Ely, Steve Pagano, producers. Production Company/VFX Studio Histeria!, Sao Paulo, Brazil Jan Savier, director; Marcelo Moreno, exec producer; Livia Quintanilha, production lead; Igor Muniz, art director/CG lead; Victor Tchaba, art director; Felipe Simões, Breno Licursi, animation leads; Gabriela Zaneti, Renato Montoro, compositing leads. Music/Sound DEEGAN, writer, performer, composer, lyricist “You and Me Makes Us” co-published by Riot Games Music and The Hit House. Zack Ely, Steve Pagano, composers/producers. Audio Post Consonance Productions Jeff Kanan, mixer; Jonny Altepeter, mastered by.

 

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Agency Droga5 NY and Accenture Song David Droga, CEO, Accenture Song; Jason Kreher, chief creative officer, Accenture Song; Scott Bell chief creative officer; Tres Colacion, Giancarlo Rodas, group creative directors; Bastien Grisolet, Matt Sorrell, Alex Romans, Nathaniel Lawlor, Tom Coleman, Derek Lui, creative directors; Cara Checchini, sr. art director; Mia Rafowitz, sr. copywriter; Dan Pulito, design director; Kenisha Rullan, sr. designer; Kalissa White, designer; Ruben Mercadal, Jenn Mann, co-heads of production; Dave Stephenson, executive producer, film; Roger Moran, Patrick Wood, sr. producers, film; Madeleine Wilkinson, Harit Muttreja, associate producers, film; Cliff Lewis, director of art production; Dagmar Wong, sr. producer, art; Alyssa Dolman, executive producer, print & fabrication; Manini Gupta, sr. producer, interactive; Mike Ladman, sr. music supervisor; Mara Techam, Jr. music supervisor; Colleen Leddy, Harry Roman-Torres, co-chief strategy officers; Drew Wimel, group strategy director. Production Company Park Pictures Seb Edwards, director; Jackie Kelman Bisbee, Scott Howard, Fran Thompson, Michelle O’Brien, Charlotte Knight, exec producers; Chelsea Schwiering, head of production; Laurie Boccaccio, producer; Adam Arkapaw, DP; Maria Djurkovic, production designer; Gavin Fitch, art director; George Walker, 1st AD; Jane Lloyd, line producer; Hollie Bellis, producer; Andrew Tomlinson, set designer. 3D Design SHOWstudio Matthew Gossage, art director & director of technology; Izzie Koyander, jr. creative technologist. Editorial Cosmo Street Tom Lindsay, editor; Joey Henshaw, Alexandra Jimenez, assistant editors; Anne Lai, head of production. Postproduction Time Based Arts Simone Grattarola, colorist; Stephen Grasso, 2D lead; Mike Battcock, Ben Cantor, 3D leads; Bernie Varela, Adam Fenwick, Eleonora Laddago, Leo Weston, Liam Doyle, Lucy Lawrence, Ludvig Hallenius, Mike Outlaw, Olivia O’Neill, Prince Yladom, Ria Shroff, Andrius Jurkevicius, 2D artists; Bethan Williams, Joe Ibbett, Jordan Carter, Jordan Coles, Maxime Ponsart, Teodora Retegan, Ashley West, 3D artists; Lee Matthews, matte painting; Tom Johnson, exec producer; Tom Manton, producer. Music Sonny Bono, writer, "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)"; Betty Chung, performer. Sound 750mph Sam Ashwell, sound design & mix; Olivia Ray, audio producer.

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Client Jack in the Box Agency TBWA\Chiat\Day Renato Fernandez, chief creative officer; Bruno Regalo, chief design officer; Jason Karley, executive creative director; Bert Marissen, Jeff O’Keefe, creative directors; Stephanie Sczublewski, sr. art director; Jamie Wynn, Heather English, sr. copywriters; Scott Behrens, copywriter; Cameron Cartwright, art director; Kim-Lara King, executive producer; Amand Azoroh, sr. producer; Aliza Grover, Sergio Muniz, Chris Wood, producers; Daysi Centeno, production coordinator; Corey Kindberg, strategy director; Aaron Rivera, sr. strategist; Stephanie Ehui, head of connections strategy; Josh Brinkman, data strategist. Creative/Hollywood Screenwriter Partners Asha Michelle Wilson, Kara Lee Corthron, Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan. Production Company Green Arm Man Productions Marcus Dunstan, director; Eric Leach, DP; Sean Gowrie, line producer/unit production manager; Christopher T. Sadler, 1st AD; Michael Barton, production designer; Lauren Kendall Veronick, costume designer; Onyx Studios, creature effects designer. Editorial Andre Coutts, editor; James Rota, producer. VFX Set In Stone Brook Stone, Jackie Stone, producers. Monster Truck Model & Animation Soapbox Films Tentacle Model & Animation Ty Thomson Monster Effects Dastoli Digital. Color Therapy Studios Omar Inguanzo, sr. colorist. Sound Design & Mix Therapy Studios Dillon Cahill, mix engineer; Dori Holly, assistant mix  engineer; John Ramsay, exec producer. Music Charles Clouser, artist/composer. Production Company (Food) Camp Lucky Tom Ryan, director/DP; Tammie Kleinmann, CEO/partner; Brandon Tapp, exec producer; Chelsea Sevadjian, Evan Murphy, producers. Editorial Be Grizzlee Mick Hackett, Cudjo Collins, Paul Plew, editors; Mystikal Scalzi, assistant editor; Ian Dawson, exec producer; Jesse Looney, sr. producer. VFX Christopher Moore, sr. Flame (cleanup/comp); Jimmy Cassale, Flame (cleanup/comp); Laura Panella, effects/graphics; Jesse Looney, sr. producer. Color Luis Silva, sr. colorist. Sound Design & Mix (Food only) Lime Studios Adam Primack, mix engineer; Ally Hustings, Collin Thomas, Ian Connie, assistant mix engineers; Cassie Underwood, associate producer; Susie Boyajan, exec producer.

 

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