Planters Naturally Remarkable Ad Campaign 'Tree-athalon'

Advertising legend Mr. Peanut is back in this entertaining claymation TV commercial for the American snack food giant. The iconic symbol of Mr. Peanut was first created in 1916 as part of a publicity contest to come up with the brands logo and the winning entry was a rudimentary design created by a grade school boy. The company polished up the character and his various re-carnations has represented the company ever since.


Credits:
Advertising Agency: Being,USA
Creative Directors: Kris Wixom, Alisa Sengel Wixom
Copywriters: Jonathan Marshall, Josh DiMarcantonio
Art Director: Eric Stevens
Head of Production: Robert Valdez
Senior Producer: David Fisher/Media Arts
Associate Producer: Alison Gottlieb/Media Arts
Production Company: SMUGGLER
Partners/Executive Producers: Patrick Milling Smith, Brian Carmody
Executive Producers: Allison Kunzman, Lisa Rich
Director: Ringan Ledwidge
Producer: Sally Humphries
Production Company: LAIKA/house
Supervising Animation Director: Mark Gustafson
Creative Director/Animation Director: Kirk Kelley
President/EP: Lourri Hammack
Producer: Rebecca Bowen
Associate Producer: Evan Smith
Director of Photography: Eric Adkins
Editor: Michael Corrigan
Sound Design: Sound Lounge
Engineer: Phil Loeb
Asst. Engineer: Evan Mangianele

Showtime Short Stories Promo Ad "The Deep"

As part of their Short Stories Series, Showtime has released "The Deep", a clever animated underwater journey created by internationally renowned director PES. The stop motion spot uses just metal objects and tools, producing a surprisingly organic feeling in this impressive short film advert.


Credits:
Written/Directed/Animated: PES
Producer: Sarah Phelps, PES
VFX Compositing: Wolfgang Maschin, Demiurge

Lego Short Film Advert "The Brick Thief"

Ad agency Pereira & O'Dell has launched their latest installment for its Lego Click marketing campaign with a short film advert called "The Brick Thief". Lego commercials have always been innovative mostly due to the inherent creativity of its product, as it lends itself well to stop motion animation. This spot stretches both the laws of physics and imagination, as it features a whimsical scientist stealing Lego bricks from unsuspecting kids in his wacky Lego lab.

Credits:
Agency: Pereira & O'Dell PJ Pereira
Chief Creative Officer Kash Sree
Executive Creative Director Jason Apaliski
ACD/Art Director Jaime Robinson
ACD/Writer Sara Krider
Producer Jeff Ferro
Director of Production Gary Theut
Director of Client Services Skylar Fogel
Account Executive Production company: MJZ Blue Source
Line Producer Eric Stern
Executive producer David Zander
Excutive Producer Eduardo Martinez
Director of Photography Veronica Falcon
Choreographer Nicolas Scabini
Art Director Editorial: Rock Paper Scissors Damion Clayton
Editor: Carol Lynn Weaver

Lipton Brisk Commercial "Machete" starring Dany Trejo

Lipton Brisk Iced Tea recent ad campaigns have been producing some great stop-motion animated commercials with the likes of Rocky, voiced of course by Sylvester Stallone and John McClain voiced by Bruce Willis fighting off George Jefferson, and of course Bruce Lee battling the Karate Kid. This most recent TV spot "Machete" takes a different take in that it features great character actor Dany Trejo reciting the story of his spin- off Grindhouse movie Machete in only :65 seconds. In addition, this new campaign by Lipton is trying to start a large Facebook following where you can tell your story in the hopes of one day starring in your very own animated Brisk ad.

Lego Build Together Commercial "Road Trip"

From the iconic building block toy Lego, comes their latest ad in the Build Together series. New York-based Click 3X and its interactive division, ClickFire Media, utilize stop motion animation to great effect producing another great spot.

Credits:
Client: lego
Agency: in-house
Production Company: Click 3X Date
Post production: Click 3x
Creative Manager: Roger Cameron
Lead AD/New Media: Scott Decoteau
Account Manager: Jordyn Curtis
Model Designer: Paul Chrzan
Marketing Director: Ethan Sack Assistant
Brand Manager: Patrick O'Neil
Prod/Post Co: Click 3X
Creative Director/Flame Artist: Mark Szumski
Director/ DP: Peter Corbett
EP: Jason Mayo
Producer: Steve Holiner
Line Producer: Rob Mackler
Stop Motion Supervisor/Animator: Eileen Kohlhepp
Stop Motion Rigger/Assistant: Elise Ferguson
3D Animator: Spyro Serbos
Nuke/Flame Artist: Liz Berndt
After Effects/CGI: Mark Rubbo
Online Ad Units: ClickFire Media
Senior Interactive Producer: Ephraim Kehlmann
Music/Sound: Sounds Like Click
Sound Designer/Mixer: Brian Scibinico
Composer: Andre Fratto

New LG Kompressor Commercial "Something Lurking"

A mix between Toy Story and Robot Chicken, this new commercial for LG's Kompressor Elite vacuum is visually stunning. The effects are inventive as it mixes computer 3D animation with live action stop motion, and the result is incredible. Highlights include the shag carpet sharks and the thematic soundtrack.

Credits:
Agency: Young & Rubicam
Executive Creative Directors: Scott Vitrone, Ian Reichenthal
Global Creative Director: Stuart Harricks, Andrew McKechnie
VP, Creative Director/Art Director: Gabriel Hoskins
Creative Director/Writer: Cheryl Chapman
Executive Directors of Content Production: Lora Schulson, Nathy Aviram
Senior Content Producer: Tennille Teague
Executive Music Producer: Eric David Johnson
Assistant Content Producer: Luiza Naritomi
Production Company: Psyop/Smuggler
Director: Psyop
Psyop Creative Directors: Marie Hyon, Marco Spier
Executive Producers (Psyop): Lucia Grillo, Justin Booth-Clibborn, Lydia Holness
Producers (Psyop): Michael Neithardt, Sean Sullivan
Executive Producers/Partner (Smuggler): Patrick Milling Smith, Brian Carmody
Executive Producer/COO (Smuggler): Lisa Rich
Executive Producer: Allison Kunzman
Head of Production: Laura Thoel
Live Action Producer: Erin Wile
Director of Photography: Fred Elmes
Animation: Psyop
Lead 3D Artist: Christian Bach
3D Artists: Todd Akita , Alvin Bae, Jonah Friedman, David Barosin, Miguel Salek, Xuan Siefert, Jimmy Gass, Pat Porter, Kitty Lin, Keith Kim
3D Animator: Jae Ham
Lead 2D Artist: Nick Tanner
2D Artists: Adam Flynn, Dan Short
Designers: Anh Vu, Jonathan Saunders
Editor: Cass Vanini
Storyboard Artist: Ben Chan
Tracking: Joerg Liebold
Design Interns: Sam Ballardini, Hung Liao
Music and Sound Design: Q Department