New York City-based QUIET MAN has completed "Caterpillar," a :20 CGI show
open for the Sci-Fi Channel, a cable service. The spot features a robot
caterpillar who changes into a metallic spider. Todd Mueller directed.

Toronto-based TOPIX/MAD DOG has completed the computer animated :15 Russell
Stover Peanut Butter and Jelly Cups "Oil Well" for Russell Stover and
Berstein-Rein. For the spot, TOPIX/Mad Dog developed proprietary fluid
dynamics software that can be customized to replicate jelly spurting out of
an "oil" derrick. Done in Softimage, the spot features little chocolate
construction workers who become excited when their derrick hits jelly. Sean
Montgomery directed.

London-based PASSION PICTURES' CG animation director Chris Knott and post
production house RUSHES' Paul Wratten have finished "Very Boggy," a :40
spot for Nouvelle toilet tissue. In the spot a variety of toilets open and
shut in time to the music of Handel's "Water Music." CG animator Chris
Knott reproduced the toilet seats which were first shot as live-action
reference. Mark Wilson completed all the builds, surfacing, lighting, and
compositing in Lightwave 5.6.

Mumbai, India-based GRAPHITI MULTIMEDIA has completed "The Case of the
Missing Tooth" for Pepsodent, a 7-minute infomercial in which detectives
Sqeezy, a tube of toothpaste, and Bristles, a toothbrush, work their way
through a tooth maze, battle germs in a haunted house, peer into a food
cave, and are lectured by a dentist who explains to them the benefits of
good oral hygiene. Traditional line drawings were used to create the
characters, but environments were produced in 3D Studio Max. Cambridge

Hollywood-based Super 78 used Adobe After Effects 4.0 to design the 2D
graphics for a :30 spot, "Wanna Bet?," for YouBet.com, a new thoroughbred
horseracing on-line wagering service.

Santa Monica, California-based Mixin Pixls completed the computer animation
for "Mouse," a spot for DiTech.com in which a computer comes to life and
tells its owner about DiTech.com. Live-action was directed by Ken Roberts
for Laguna Beach, California-based Ken Roberts Productions.

Hollywood-based Ring of Fire has completed the visual effects for two spots
for the Nissan Infiniti Q45 SUV sedan. "Monoframe" shows the solid, steel
chassis of the Infiniti Q45 SUV sedan falling toward the Mojave Desert,
then transforming into a shining Infiniti Q45 when it hits the ground.
"Flower" uses time-lapse photography to show a flower blooming in the glow
of the head lamps of a new Infiniti Q45. Live-action was directed by Nico
Beyer for New York-based Compass Films, and TBWA Chiat/Day was the agency.

India-based Graphiti Multimedia has completed a :20 spot for Wimpy's Fast
Food (New Delhi, India). The spot features a jolly and plump animated man
who entices viewers by wielding his fork around live footage of a Wimpy's
cheeseburger and fries. Graphiti used Cambridge Animation Systems' Animo
software. Puneet directed for production company Chaitra Leo Burnette
(Delhi).

QUIET MAN did the CGI effects for "Limo," a spot for Denny's new All-Star
Slams line of breakfast combos. A follow-up to last summer's "Rooster,"
"Limo" features a studish rooster wooing a barnyard of lovesick hens to the
beat of The Commodore's "Love Machine." Michael Schrom directed for
production company Michael Schrom & Company; Marie Lenz was executive
producer, and Philana Dias was Flame/effects artist for Quiet Man.

Washington, D.C.-based Interface Media Group did the 3D animation for
"Warning Label." Developed through Washington, D.C.-based Ogilvy Public
Relations Worldwide for the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta,
Georgia, the spots use two 3D characters, Carson and Noma, to help stress
the need for protection from ultra-violet sunrays to avoid skin cancer.
Carol Hilliard was art director and 3D animator. Live-action footage was
produced by Washington, D.C.-based ThinkFilm. Joe Becker directed and
Stephanie Antosca Boright produced for ThinkFilm.