Sony "Made of Imagination" Commercial

This is a very special commercial, why? - The answer is that it is made by Wes Anderson and the crew that worked on Fantastic Mr. Fox. This commercial was made at LAIKA/house Studios. I loved Fantastic Mr. Fox, loved it!
Enjoy!

Sony Xperia Made of Imagination from McCann London on Vimeo.

The making of Wes Anderson's Made of Imagination...

Sony Xperia "Made of Imagination" from H.K. McCANN on Vimeo.

Full Credits

Client: Sony

Agency: McCann Worldgroup 

Animation Production Company: LAIKA/house

LEADS

Set/Model Fabrication Lead: Rob Melchior

Character Fabrication Lead: Katie Mello

Art/Stage Department Manager: Erica Johnson

Editorial Manager: Melissa Tvetan

ANIMATION              

Stop Motion Animation: Julianna Cox, Wendy Fuller, Chris Ohlgren, Suzanne Twinning

ART DEPARTMENT                          

Associate Art Director: Julian Laverdiere

Character Fabrication: Sara Neiman, Margaret Meyer,Belle Iskowitz,Cynthia Lahti, Ann Larson, Morgan Muta, Brett Superstar, Scott Tom, Cecilia Tonnisson, Lance Woolen

Armaturist: Sarah Hall, Miel-Margarita Paredes

Set Fabrication: Loren Candela, Claud Gilbert, Gary Logue, Scott MacGregor, Niles Snyder

Model Fabrication: Rachel Cherry, Toby Froud, Jesse Geisheker, Duncan Gillis, Larry King, Coby Lorang, Raul Martinez,Joe Schmidt

Graphic Artist: Dan Casey

Laser Cutter Tech: Dan Strong

CAD Artist/Fab Supervisor: Jon Warren

Practical Lighting Engineers: Clay Connally, Matt DeLeu

Scenic Painting: Anna Featherly, Jesse Geisheker, Loren Hillman, Leigh Jacob, Christina Owen, Miel-Margarita Paredes

Rapid Prototype Production: Michael Berger, Billy Cabey, Kingman Gallagher,Nicole Fitzhugh, Ty Johnson, Daniel Strong,Nick Vincent

Director of Rapid Prototyping: Brian McLean

Art  Dept. Coordinator: Tanya Smith

Associate Art Dept. Coordinator: Lindsey Reif, Carol Chow

Production Liaison: Alix Iverson

Production Assistants: Dave Gulick, Julia Morris

STAGE

Swing/Electric/Grip: Dan Ackerman, Clay Connally, Michael Gall

Motion Control: David Trappe

Assistant Camer: Jake Hauswirth

Wrangler: John Kirkley, Nick Mariana

Rigging: Sarah Hall,Colleen Flanigan

Behind-the-Scenes Coordinator: Alise Munson

Behind-the-Scenes Videographers: Jason Deymonaz, Paul Owens, Asif Siddiky, Hannah Gregg

Behind-the-Scenes Production Assistant: Jessica Funaro

POST PRODUCTION                         

Compositing Artists: Leif Peterson,Michael Nicholas

IT Support: Jeff Vandehey

Media Tech Support: Dave Drusky

Tape Room Op: Travis Ezell

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Moxie Pictures

Director: Wes Anderson

Executive Producer: Dan Levinson

Head of Production: Roger Zorovich

Executive Producer: Lizzie Schwartz

Producer: Jeremy Dawson,Molly Cooper

EDITORIAL                                 

Editor: Andy Weisblum, Beast

MUSIC/SOUND 

Music Supervisor: Randall Poster, Search Party

Music: Jonsi

Sound Design: Craig Henighan

Sound Engineer: Joe O’Connell, Blast Audio

AGENCY

McCann Worldgroup

EVP ECD: Tom Murphy

EVP ECD: Sean Bryan

SVP EP: Greg Lotus

VP CD: Jason Schmall

VP CD: Mat Bisher

Copywriter: Ryan Montant

Art Director: Richard Kluver

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