Commercials

QuietMan Animates Baby Bottle Pops

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QuietMan recently flexed its concept-to-completion bona fides with an animated/live-action hybrid spot promoting The Topps Company's Baby Bottle Pops candy.

Duck Throws a Knife Party with Simon Robson

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DUCK has sliced two birds with one stone, considerably escalating its presence in both the live-action and animation realms with the addition of versatile director Knife Party.

2012 CLIO Award Winners Announced

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The winners of the 2012 CLIO Awards, one of the world's most recognized awards competitions honoring excellence in advertising, design and communications, were announced this week by Prometheus Global Media.

Gravity Animates Microsoft Web Video

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Gravity was tapped by Microsoft Advertising and Y&R New York to create and produce the CG-animated “Samurai,” an original, two-minute web video promoting Microsoft.

DUCK Animates Massive U.S. Olympics Campaign

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DUCK brought the full force of 10 of its best to bear on a monster 12-spot campaign for the United States Olympic Committee via Y&R.

Click 3X Brings Beloved Monopoly Dog to Life

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Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks? Click 3X does just that in a high-energy spot for the Maryland Lottery's MONOPOLY scratch-off ticket, bringing the board game's iconic dog to startling CGI life.

Venables Bell & Partners Create House of Flying Laptops for Intel

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Venables Bell & Partners has released the latest TV spot for Intel, "House of Flying Laptops."

Decon Keeps Rolling with Sacha Jenkins

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After snagging a pair of key advertising talents in EP Misha Louy and CD Wyatt Neumann, Decon is keeping the momentum going with the addition of publishing, music and TV veteran Sacha Jenkins.

2012 Webby Awards Winners Announced

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Pinterest, Google+ and Spotify will each be presented with their first Webby Awards alongside special recognition honorees Instagram and Bjork at The 16th Annual Webby Awards on May 21, at the Hammerstein Ballroom.

Yucel Erdogan Joins Z Animation

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Z Animation announced that it has signed Turkish-born artist Yucel Erdogan to its talent roster.

Aardman Creates New Look for Clipper Tea

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Aardman partnered with agency WARL and Clipper Tea to create a gorgeous new UK TV ad campaign for Clipper’s Everyday Teas.

MassMarket Promotes Blythe Dalton

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Blythe Dalton has been promoted to Head of Production at MassMarket, overseeing all projects run in-house for the West Coast office.

Nice Shoes Helps Craft New Look for Supercuts

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No hairstyle is complete without the perfect color - a philosophy Nice Shoes kept in mind when it handled color grading on a recent Supercuts campaign.

Simon Mowbray Joins Zoic Studios

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Culver City/Vancouver-based visual effects house Zoic Studios bolsters its cadre of high-level visual effects talent with the addition of veteran Creative Director/VFX Supervisor/Flame Artist Simon Mowbray.

Red Giant’s Plot Device Nominated for Vimeo, Webby Awards

Red Giant’s short film, “Plot Device,” has picked up a lot of traction with nominations for a Webby award and the Vimeo Festival + Awards.

Aardman Joins Forces with Levi Roots

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Aardman has joined forces with Levi Roots to produce his first ever above-the-line advertising campaign for Reggae Reggae Sauce.

Zoic Promotes Levi Ahmu to Creative Director

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Zoic Studios has promoted rising visual effects talent Levi Ahmu to Creative Director.

Charlex Makes a Splash with all

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Charlex showed off the full range of its production and post-production capabilities recently with a lively spot for all Laundry Detergent via Merkley + Partners.

Phoenix Cashes in with CCTV Campaign

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Phoenix recently completed a striking :30 spot promoting China Central Television's (CCTV) Biz Asia America, an hour-long daily global economics news program.

Nice Shoes’ Roma Hits Winning Shot for UPS

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Nice Shoes Flame artist Vin Roma took time out from filling in his March Madness bracket to put together some game-breaking creative finishing on an NCAA basketball-themed campaign for UPS via Ogilvy.