XLII Superbowl 2008. My selection.

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Cars.com - Stone Circle


Cars.com: Witch Doctor

Client - Cars.com - Agency: DDB, Chicago

Bud Light - Breathe Fire

Agency: DDB, Chicago - Managing Director: Paul Tilley - Creative: Paul Tilley - Group Creative Director: Mark Gross - Creative Director: Chuck Rachford, Chris Roe, Rob Churchill - Copywriter: Kitty Schulz, Jason Karley - Art Director: Steve Haack, Galen Graham - Executive Director of Production: Diane Jackson - Senior Producer: Jeff Drooger - Executive Producer: Will St. Clair - Director: Stacy Wall - Director of Photography: Toby Irwin - Production Company: Epoch Films - Editor: Carlos Lowenstein - Editorial House: The Whitehouse, Chicago - VFX Set Supervisor: Ted Rae - Telecine Colorist: Fred Keller - Lead VFX Compositor: Rob Churchill - Producer: Todd Freese - Inferno Artist: Chris Ryan, Rick Thompson, Heidi Anderson - Exec Producer: Mary O'Gara - Mix: Robert Marshall, Another Country, Chicago

Bridgestone: The Scream

Agency: The Richards Group

Planters - Perfume
The 60 secs version is better.

Agency: Draftfcb, New York - Chief Creative Officer: Chris Becker - Executive Creative Director: Sandy Greenberg, Terri Meyer - CD/Copywriter: Rob Rooney, Gerald Cuesta - CD/Art Director: Howie Ronay, Noah Davis - Director of Broadcast Production: Andrew Chinich - Agency Executive Producer: Paddy Giordano - Agency Assistant Producer: Shayla Freeman - Agency Music Producer: Gregory Grene - Production Company: Hungry Man - Director: Bryan Buckley - Director of Photography: Scott Henrickson - Producer: Mino Jarjoura - Editorial House: Big Sky - Editor: Chris Franklin - Music Artist: Frankie Valli - Song: Can't Take My Eyes Off of You

Bud Light - Wheel/Bottle Opener

Agency: DDB, Chicago - Managing Director, Creative: Paul Tilley - Group Creative Director: Mark Gross - Creative Director: Chuck Rachford, Chris Roe - Copywriter: Kitty Schulz - Art Director: Steve Haack - Executive Director of Production: Diane Jackson - Executive Agency Producer: Will St. Clair - Agency Producer: Matt Abramson - Director: Matthijis Van Heijningen - Director of Photography: Guillermo Navarro - Production Company: MJZ - Editor: Gavin Cutler, Erik Laroi - Editorial Company: Mackenzie Cutler - Executive Producer (Editorial): Melissa Miller - Online/FX: Filmworkers Club - Colorist: Fred Keller - Lead VFX Colorist: Fred Keller - VFX - Executive Producer: Mary O'Gara - Mix: CRC - Mixer: David Gerbosi - Music: Elias Arts

Bud Light - Wine & Cheese Party Commercial

Agency: DDB, Chicago - Managing Director, Creative: Paul Tilley - Group Creative Director: Mark Gross - Creative Director: Chuck Rachford, Chris Roe - Copywriter: Patrick Knoll - Art Director: Steve Bougdanos - Executive Director of Production: Diane Jackson - Executive Agency Producer: Will St. Clair - Executive Producer: Marianne Newton - Director: Erich Joiner - Director of Photography: Mark Plummer - Production Company: Tool of North America - Editor: Noah Herzog - Editorial Company: Rock Paper Scissors - Online/FX: Riot - Mix: Another Country - Mixer: Rob Binder - Music: Hum

GMC - Why Push

Agency: Leo Burnett, Chicago - Worldwide CCO: Mart Tutssel - Creative Director/Copywriter/Art Director: Peter McHugh - Senior Agency Producer: Scott Gould - Animation: Marcell Jankovics, Pannonia Films, Budapest - Music: Ulrich Schnauss - Production Company: Speedshape - Production Company Creative Director: Carl Seibert - Executive Producer: Mike Antonucci - Editorial Company: Final Cut, Los Angeles - Editor: Peter O'Donovan - Production Company Editor: David Bornoff, Andrew Whitelaw, Nick Alexander - Sound Design: Ravenswork - Sound Designer: Robert Feist

FedEx - Carrier Pigeons

Agency: BBDO, New York - Chief Creative Officer: David Lubars, Bill Bruce - Executive - Creative Director: Eric Silver - ACD/Copywriter: Reuben Hower - CD/Art Director: Gerard Caputo - Executive Producer: Elise Greiche - Production Company: MJZ - Director: Tom Kuntz - Director of Photography: Jeff Cronenweth - Editorial Company: Mackenzie Cutler - Editor: Gavin Cutler - Audio Post: Marc Healy - VFX Company: Framestore, New York - Animator: Dave Hulin, Murray Butler - VFX Producer: Satoko Linuma

Coca-Cola - It's Mine

Agency: Wieden + Kennedy, Portland - Creative Director: Hal Curtis, Sheena Brady - Senior Agency Producer: Matt Hunnicutt - Director: Nicolai Fuglsig - Director of Photography: Ellen Kuras - Producer: Emma Wilcockson - Executive Producer: Eric Stern - Production Designer: Robb Buono - Balloon Consultant: Starbound Entertainment - Editorial Company: Whitehouse - Editor: Russell Icke - Post Producer: Justin Kumpata - VFX: The Mill - VFX Supervisor: Angus Kneale, Andrew Proctor - Lead Flame Artist: Angus Kneale, Dan Williams - Flame Artist: Randy McEntee, Pheng Sisopha - CG Supervisor / Senior CG Artist: Ben Smith - VFX Producer: Bethan Thomas - CG Producer: Asher Edwards - Telecine: Fergus McCall - Music/Sound Design: Stimmung - Arranger: Robert Miller - Song: Rossini Overture - Music Executive Producer: Kelly Fuller - Sound Design: Gus Koven - Mix: Color - Mixer: Kevin Halpin

Victoria's Secret - Super Bowl '08

Agency: In-house - Director of Broadcast: Julie Stone - Director: Michael Bernard - Production Company: Cyclops - Producer: Lance Anderson - VFX: Moondog Edit & Design Editor: Arthur Kendall - Graphics: Nick Ericson

Audi - Piranha
Do you remember "The Godfather "?

Client: Audi - Agency: Venables Bell - Director: Noam Murro - Production Company: Biscuit Filmworks

Diet Pepsi Max - Nod

Agency: BBDO, New York - Chief Creative Officer: David Lubars, Bill Bruce - Executive Creative Director: Don Schneider - Creative Director/Copywriter: Brian Donovan - Creative Director/Art Director: Mike Boulia - Executive Agency Producer: Amy Wertheimer - Director: Paul Middleditch - Production Company: White Label Product - Director of Photography: Bill Pope - Editorial Company: Nomad - Editor: Tom Muldoon - VFX/SFX: The Mill - Song: What Is Love?

Tide - Interview - Silver Lion @ Cannes 2007

Advertising Agency, City: SAATCHI & SAATCHI, New York - Executive Creative Director: Tony Granger/Jan Jacobs/Leo Premutico - Creative Director: Audrey Huffenreuter - Copywriter: Peter Albores/Nathan Frank - Art Director: Dan Lucey - Agency Producer: Dani Stoller - Account Supervisor: Chris Foster/Andrea Diquez/Sarah Beaumont/Beth Galloway/Gus Marmarinos - Production Company, City: DAB HAND MEDIA, London - Country: UNITED KINGDOM - Director: Calle Astrand - Producer: Luke Beauchamp/Ira Brooks - D.O.P/Lighting Cameraman: Martin Tedin - Editor: Dan Maloney , the Whitehouse

Pepsi - Magnetic Attraction

Agency: BBDO, New York - Chief Creative Officer: David Lubars, Bill Bruce - Executive Creative Director: Don Schneider - Copywriter: Dan Rollman - Art Director: Matt Vescovo - Executive Agency Producer: Hyatt Choate - Executive Music Producer: Loren Perkins - Director: Craig Gillespie - Production Company: MJZ - Director of Photography: Chris Soos - Editorial Company: Nomad - Editor: Tom Muldoon - Music House: Sound Lounge - Musical Artist: Justin Timberlake - Song: Lovestoned

More Ads of the week. Nike - Orange - Jawbone Bluetooth Headset - Sprint - EA Sports - Pepsi.

Nike - Lace Your Feet Up

Creative Director: Andy Walker - Creative: Giuseppe Demaio; Gary Horton - Director: Jon Hollis - Production: Nice Shirt - Producer: Richard Martin - Director of Photography: Alex Barber - Editor: Jon Hollis

Orange - Orange Gold

Agency: Mother - Director: Bryan Buckley - Production: Hungry Man - Producer: Mino Jarjouro - Post Production: Glassworks London - Editor: John Smith

Jawbone - Boo Boo

Client: Jawbone - Agency: Anomaly - Director: Samuel Bayer - Production Company: HSI - Executive Creative Director: Mike Byrne - Creative: Sean McLaughlin, Randy Freeman, Mike Byrne, Richard Mulder, Andrew Lovenguth - Editorial Company: Spotwelders - Editor: Brad Waskewich, Pam Martin

Sprint - Citylights

Agency: Goodby, Silverstein & Partners - Executive Creative Director: Rich Silverstein - Creative Director: Frank Tipton, Ronny Northrop - Agency Executive Producer: Josh Reynolds - Associate Creative Director: Paul Stechshulte - Art Director: Kevin Koller - Copywriter: Rus Chao - Agency Producer: Rob Sondik - Production Company: Paranoid - Director/Animator: Nieto - Director: Marc Wilkins - Executive Producer: Philip Detchmendy, Claude Letessier - Head Of Production: Cathleen O' Conor - Line Producer: Jasper Thomlinson - Director of Photography: Marc Wilkins - Animator: Taik Lee, Jason Brubaker - VFX/Editorial Company: Paranoid - Editor: Justin Fong - VFX Lead Artist: Nieto - VFX Producer: Jon Jacobsen, Christine Schneider - Transfer: Company 3 - Colorist: Sean Coleman - Design/Compositor: Brandon Smith, Laura Penella, Nahara Pacheco - Online: BUF, Demiurge - Flame Artist: Thibault Debaveye - Online Producer: Vanessa Fourgeaud - Flame Artist (Demiurge): Wolfgang Maschin - Online Producer (Demiurge): Raena Singh - Music Artist: Einsturzende Neubauten - Song: Total Eclipse of the Sun - Mix: One Union - Engineer: Eben Carr

EA Sports - The Street Is Moving

Agency: Wieden + Kennedy, Amsterdam - Executive Creative Director: John Norman - Creative Director: Mark Bernath, Eric Quennoy, Jorge Calleja - Art Director: Christiano Abrahao - Copywriter: Gregg Clampffer - Executive Agency Producer: Corey Bartha - Agency Producer: Olivier Klonhammer - Production Company: Dr. Film
Director: Jeroen Mol - Director of Photography: Jeroen Mol - Executive Producer: Lex Szanto - Post Production: The Ambassadors - Sound Design: B-Reel

Pepsi - Magnetic Attraction

Agency: BBDO, New York - Chief Creative Officer: David Lubars, Bill Bruce - Executive Creative Director: Don Schneider - Copywriter: Dan Rollman - Art Director: Matt Vescovo - Executive Agency Producer: Hyatt Choate - Executive Music Producer: Loren Perkins - Director: Craig Gillespie - Production Company: MJZ - Director of Photography: Chris Soos - Editorial Company: Nomad - Editor: Tom Muldoon - Music House: Sound Lounge - Musical Artist: Justin Timberlake - Song: Lovestoned

Ads of the week. Renault - Commonwealth Bank of Australia - DHL - Nokia - Panasonic - Transport For London - Onitsuka Tiger.

Renault - Bel Air

Renault clio bel air
Caricato da divertimentofreak

Agency: Wam, Paris - Creatives: Fabrice Dubois, Pascale Gayraud - Agency Producer: Damien Fournier Perret - Production Company: Wanda Productions, Paris - Director: Philippe André - DP: Alex Larmarque - Producer: Patrick Barbier - Post-Production: Buf Cie, Paris - Editor: Nicholas Waymann Harris - Music: Wam

Commonwealth Bank of Australia - Down Under
More info here.

Agency: Goodby, Silverstein & Partners - Creative Director: Rich Silverstein, Steve Simpson - Art Director: Feh Tarty, Will Hammond, Hunter Hindman - Copywriter: Pat McKay, Chris Beresford-Hill, Rick Condos - Agency Producer: Barbro Eddy, Jake Grand - Director: Eric Lynne - Production Company: Partizan

DHL - Office
The other ads: Shop - Service Center - Garage - Factory

Agency: Ogilvy & Mather, Beijing - Group Executive Creative Director: Nils Andersson - Executive Creative Director: KweiChee Lam - Creative Director: Michael Wong - CD/Art Director: Michael Wong - Art Director: XiaoChen Li, Stephen Liu - Copywriter: Yue Song - Agency Producer: Hana Zhang - Production Company: JQK Production - Director: JinJing Zhu - Post Production: VU Production

Nokia - Fairy Tale

Agency: Lowe Worldwide, Singapore - Creative Director: Alex Shipley - Copywriter: Michael Linke - Art Director: Mark Bamfield - Agency Producer: Mark Summerville
Director: Mark Molloy - Production Company: Exit Films - Producer: Wilf Sweetland - Director of Photography: Greig Fraser - VFX: Fuel, Sydney - Editor: Rohan Zerna - Music Company: Level Two Music

Panasonic - Birds

Agency: Scholz & Friends Berlin - Creative Director: Oliver Handlos - Creative: Erik Dagnell; Jens-Petter Waernes - Director: LIFF - Production: Motion Blur - Producer: Espen Horn; Richard Patterson - Director of Photography: Askild Vik Edvardsen - Post Production: Chimney Pot Oslo - Editor: Stian Smestad - Brand: Panasonic

Transport For London - Together for London
Watch the ad here.

Client: Transport For London - Agency: M & C Saatchi, London - Director: Mike Figgis - Production Company: Independent Media

Onitsuka Tiger - Electric Light Shoe

The making of.
Agency: StrawberryFrog - Creative Director: Richard Gorodecky - Art Director Andrew Watson - Agency Producer: Man Yong Toh

More info here, here and here.

The designers of the project: Freedom of creation - FOC.

More Ads of the week. Puma - Weight Watchers - Kit Kat.

Puma - Until Then

Agency: Robert/Boisen & Like-minded - Creative Director: Michael Robert - Creative Team: Jannik Davidsen (AD) + Peter Metcalfe (CW) - Production: Nobody - Director: Nicolai Fuglsig - SFX / Animation: The Mill - Sound design: Wave London
The making of


Weight Watchers - History of Dieting

Agency: McCann Erickson, New York - Chief Creative Officer: Joyce King Thomas - CD/Copywriter: Sharon Ehrlich - CD/Art Director: Danny Rodriguez - Agency Executive Producer: Kathy Love - Music Producer: Mike Boris - Production Company: Hornet - Director: Peter Sluszka - Director of Photography: Ivan Abel - Executive Producer: Michael Feder - Producer: Greg Bedard, Joel Kretschman - Compositor/VFX Supervisor: John Earle - Compositor: Arthur Hur, JooYong Kim, Marcus Wagner - Editor: Joe Suslak - Audio: Audio Engine - Engineer: Tom Goldblatt

Kit Kat - The Ultimate Break

Client: Kit Kat - Agency: JWT, Paris - Production Company: Wanda - VFX: Akama Studio

Ads of the week. Samaritans - Berlitz - Hummer - Truth - Bodog Fantasy - Virgin Atlantic - Nokia - MTV - Mentos.

Samaritans - Vectorscope

Agency: Lunar BBDO - Creative Director: Daryl Corps; Ben Kay - Director: Christian Bevilacqua - Production: Therapy Films - Music: Tom Ingleby, Adelphoi Music LTD; Joe Mount at Wave - Brand: Samaritans - Animators: Martin Stacey, Justin Summers

Berlitz - Silicon

Agency: Grey, Tel Aviv - Executive Creative Director: Yonatan Stirin - CD/CW/AD: Shani Gershi - Agency Producer: Rinat Keinan, Asaf Ronen - Production: Muki Ben Hemo - Post Production: Broadcast - Director: Regev Contes - Photographer: Benji Cohen - Editor: Oded Farber

Berlitz - Transexual

Agency: Grey, Tel Aviv - CD/CW/AD: Shani Gershi - Agency Producer: Rinat Keinan, Asaf Ronen - Production: Muki Ben Hemo - Director: Regev Contes - Post Production: Broadcast - Photographer: Benji Cohen - Editor: Oded Farber

Berlitz - Toupee

Agency: Grey, Tel Aviv - Executive Creative Director: Yonatan Stirin - CD/CD/AD: Shani Gershi - Agency Producer: Rinat Keinan, Asaf Ronen - Production: Muki Ben Hemo - Post Production: Broadcast - Director: Regev Contes - Photographer: Benji Cohen - Editor: Oded Farber

Berlitz - Wheelchair

Agency: Grey, Tel Aviv - Executive Creative Director: Yonatan Stirin - CD/CW/AD: Shani Gershi - Agency Producer: Rinat Keinan, Asaf Ronen - Production: Muki Ben Hemo - Post Production: Broadcast - Director: Regev Contes - Photographer: Benji Cohen - Editor: Oded Farber

Hummer - Headline Heroes
Watch the spot here.

Agency: Modernista - Executive Creative Directors: Lance Jensen, Gary Koepke - Creative Directors: Tim Vaccarino, Joe Fallon - Art Directors: Tim Vaccarino, Jeff Church - Copywriter: Joe Fallon - Executive Producer: Eric Voegele - Producer: Eric Voegele, Jess McMahon - Asst. Producer: John Gates - Account Director: Darren Foot - Design Co: String - Director: John Fan, Mark Kudsi - Editor: Mark Hoffman - Producer: Pat Nugent - Designers: Krystal Chinn, Ryan Gibson, Chad Howitt, Miwa Matreyek, Evan Parsons, Jesse Sorin

Truth - Magical Amount

Agency: Arnold Worldwide, Boston; Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Miami - Chief Creative Officer: Pete Favat, Alex Bogusky - Creative Directors: John Kearse, Tiffany Kosel, Tom Adams - Music Producer/Composer: David Yazbek - Art Director: Rob Kottkamp, Kristen Landgrebe, Andy Minisman, Paul Keister - Copywriter: Will Chambliss, Pete Harvey, Omid Farhang, Bob Cianfrone - Production: Carron Pedonti, Angela Narloch - Director: Tom Kuntz - Animation - Saul & Elliot, Curious Pictures

Bodog Fantasy: Waterfall

Bodog Fantasy: Waterfall
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Agency: Riptown, Vancouver - Art Director: Graham MacInnes - Copywriter: Michael Milardo - Production Company: Steam Films, Toronto - Director: Matthew Swanson - Director of Photography: Philip Lanyon - Executive Producer: Michael Haldane - Producer: Oliver Lindsay - Editorial: Transmission, Vancouver - Editor: Bradley Smith - Visual Effects: Lux VFX, Vancouver - CG Supervisor: Kevin Little - Digital Artists: Greg Hansen, Ryan Jensen

Bodog Fantasy - Bedroom

Bodog Fantasy: Bedroom
Caricato da dropkickmonkey

Agency: Riptown, Vancouver - Art Director: Graham MacInnes - Copywriter: Michael Milardo - Production Company: Steam Films, Toronto - Director: Matthew Swanson - Director of Photography: Philip Lanyon - Executive Producer: Michael Haldane - Producer: Oliver Lindsay - Editorial: Transmission, Vancouver - Editor: Bradley Smith

Virgin Atlantic - Time

Agency: RKCR/YR, London - Creative Director: Mark Roalfe - Creatives: Gethin Stout, Joe Fitzgerald, Kim Hutcheson - Agency Producer: Sally Pritchett - Production Company: Another Film Company, London - Director: Jeff Stark - Editor: Bruce @ The Quarry - Producer: Cathy Green - Post-Production: Frank Lambertz @ MPC - Audio Post-Production: Jungle Studios

Nokia 1812 - Murder Taco - Zombie

Agency: R/GA, New York - Executive Creative Director: Taras Wayner - Writer: Ben Hughes - Art Director: Douglas Dauzier - Agency Producer: Robert Khristov - Production Company: Hungry Man, New York - Director: Amy Nicholson - Executive Producers: Steve Orent, Tom Rossano - Head of Production: Caroline Gibney - Line Producer: Karen Wolfe - DP: Jerry Risuis - Editors: John Young, Nicole Didio

MTV - Audition
Watch the spot here.

Production Company: MTV - MTV Producer: Sean Linehan - Art Director: Jim Muscarella - Copywriter: Clay Weiner - Director: Clay Weiner - DP: Joe Zizzo - Producer: Dan O'Brien - Editor: Gary Knight - Editorial Assistant/Producer: Naomi Spiro - Composer: Tomandandy - Sound Mix: Matt Richman, Nutmeg - Online Editor: Steve Hoppe - GRFX: Element - Post Facility: Peepshow - Colorist: Tom Poole, Company 3 - Stylist: Avena Gallagher

Mentos - Amusement Park

Agency: BBH, Japan - Art Director: Steve Nakamua - Copywriter: Masahi Kawamua - Producer: Kenji Tanaka - Production Company: Backyard, Los Angeles - Director: Don Rase - DP: Kevin Emmons - Executive Producer: Peter Steinzeg - Producer: Sharon Groh - Editor: Bob Mori @ Cake - Assistant Editor: Daniel Reitzenstein - Executive Producer: Tatiana Derovanessian - Producer: Patty Gaskey - Visual Effects/Animation Co: Pi - VFX Artist: Josh Kirschenbaum - Executive Producer: Tatiana Derovanessian - Telecine: Company 3 - Colorist: Shane Harris

Babelgum Online Film Festival - Advertising Award.

The global online event celebrating the best in international independent film is a brilliant opportunity for emerging filmmaking talent including students. Films submitted to the competition will be showcased on the Babelgum Online Film Festival Channel launching next year. Winners in each of the seven categories get 20.000 euros, any advertising revenue share and the chance to show off to their mates.
Want to be like Spike the 'Inside Man' airing his film Jesus Children of America exclusively on Babelgum? Join the competition now to enter your film for the Babelgum Online Film Festival competition awards.

Hollywood director Spike Lee will be the Honorary Judge of the Babelgum Online Film Festival competition that awards cinematic work judged to be outstanding.


Festival Categories
The Babelgum Online Film Festival features the following seven competitive categories:

The Babelgum Looking for Genius Award - to new or emerging talent who display clear and outstanding achievement through direction, animation, writing and/or camera work

The Babelgum Short Film Award - to the best short film (preferably under 20 minutes) that presents a clear, concise and original vision using the short film genre

The Babelgum Documentary Award - to the documentary that best presents its subject in a truthful and fair manner while being original and thought provoking

The Babelgum Animation Award - to the film that best displays story and the craft of animation

The Babelgum Social/ Environment Award - to the film that effectively addresses an issue impacting the world today

The Babelgum Spot/ Advertising Award - to the most creative advertising spot highlighting a certain product

The Babelgum Music Video Award - to the most innovative music promo