Click here for the 2008 Top Spot of the Week selections.
Week 12/10: Scion "Pit Stop"
Week 12/3: Dell "Out With the Old"
Week 11/26: "Save Ellis Island"
Weel 11/19: HP "Jerry Seinfeld"
Week 11/12: Kyocera “Butterflies”
Week 11/05: Sony PlayStation "Universe of Entertainment"
Week 10/29: Lexus "Weapon of Choice"
Week 10/22: PureBlond "Utopia"
Week 10/15: Colorado State Tobacco Education & Prevention Partnership "Own Your Choices"
wwwk 10/8: Honda "Eyes"
Week 10/1" Mastercard Small Business Trip
Week 9/24: Halo3 "Believe"
Week 9/17: Pontiac "Details"
Week 09/10: AT&T "HD"
Week 9/3: Suburu Imprezza
Week 8/27: BioShock
Week 08/20: Guinness
Week 8/13: Nike 'Killer Zoom'
Week 07.30: MillerLite "Mob"
Week 07.23: Levi's "Change"
Week 07/16: History Channel "Hippies"
Week 07/09: Scion "Fable of the Deviants"
Week 07/02: "Xbox"
CREDITS
Agency: McCann, SF
ECD(s): John McNeil, Rob Bagot
CD(s): Scott Duchon, Geoff Edwards
Copywriter: Mark Krajan
Art Director: Tim Stier
Agency Producer: Annie Uzdavinis
Prod Company: MOO Studios/LA
Director: Shaun Sewter Lead Compositor: Jared Sandrew
EP: David Lyons
Producer: Rebecca Donaghe
Music: Elias Arts/LA
Composer: Dave Wittman
Producer: Kala Sherman
Audio Post: Lime/LA
Engineer: Rohan Young
Click below to watch the Making-of video from director Shaun Sewter.
Shaun Sewter of MOO Studios directs this live-action claymation spot where the world of Xbox comes alive. A lump of green clay is molded and manipulated into the symbols of Xbox’s newest blockbuster games. A spider web for Spiderman, a skull and crossbones for Pirates of the Caribbean, and the lovable green ogre Shrek.
Week 06/25: Nike "Sanya"
CREDITS
Agency: Wieden & Kennedy
Title of Spot: Sanya
Length and # of Spot: one :30
Production/Postproduction Company: Guerilla FX
City/State: New York, NY
Director: Thor Raxlen
Executive Producer: Doug Robbins
Director of Photography: Joplin Wu
Senior Producer: Nicole Rodan
Associate Producer: Theresa Loguercio
Editor: Linda Peters
Assistant Editor: Joanna Bovay
Compositors: Jason Yantz, Sam Stevens and Will Decker
Guerilla FX shot the spot with a Phantom high-speed digital camera that shoots in high definition at 1000 frames per second. Time re-mapping was executed in After Effects and the spot was finished on Final Cut Pro with a Kona HD card.
Week 06/18: BEN & JERRY'S
WEEK 06/11: AICP AWARDS
While not technically a “spot,” the opening for this year’s AICP Show by Version 2 deserves the nod this week.
CREDITS:
Client: AICP @ MoMA
First Air Date: June 5, 2007
AICP Director of Events: Ileana Montalvo
AICP President: Matt Miller
AICP Chairperson/EP Biscuit Filmworks: Shawn Tasaro
AICP Executive Asst. to President/CEO: Lena Shemel
Post/Effects: Version2/NY
CD/Inferno Artist: Kieran Walsh
Art Director/Designer: Federico Saenz-Recio
Designer/Animator: Jesse McGowan
CG Artist: Chris Mouch
Animator/CG Artist: Mike McKenna
Designer/Animator/CG Artist: Craig Davis
Animator: Trevor Sias
Flame Artist: Joe Scaglione
Smoke Artist: Tim Farrell
Consultant: Vito DeSario
Head of Production: Frank Devlin
Audio Post: Sacred Noise/NY
Composer: Michael Montes
EP: Jason Menkes
WEEK 06/04: ESPN EPIC
CREDITS
Agency: Flying Machine
Micha Riss ‘ Creative Director
Thomas Gallagher ‘ After Effects Supervision
Jack Anesh ‘ Brand Consultant
Bill Denahy ‘ Executive Producer
Production: BIONIC
C.Scott Gorman ‘ Creative Editorial
Brian Beatrice ‘ Sound Design and 5.1 Surround Mix
Tommy Shay ‘ Executive Producer
WEEK 05/28: "SOS" PSA
