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Some droids lost their lives in the making of this commercial for Verizon, by Mcgarrybowen. The woman in this ad, who we guess we are to assume is a Verizon employee – in which case they must have a pretty rigorous hiring process – has to take out a few of them in a futuristic gladiator-style arena death match. That’s because the telco’s Droid Bionic phone is “Made from machines to rule all machines.”

Credits:

advertiser: Verizon
agency: mcgarrybowen
managing partner/executive CD: Mark Koelfgen
ECD: Russell Lambrecht
ACD/copywriter: Tiffany Smith
ACD/AD: Michael Cannova
head of production: Roseanne Horn
executive producers: Celia Williams, Drew Lippman
producer: Chad Garber
director of music production: Jerry Krenach
music producer: Jean Scofield
business affairs director: Joanne Garber
talent manager: Sue Ayson
group managing director: Christopher Reintz
account supervisor: Lindsey Schmidt
account executive: Lizzy Dietrich
account executive: Joey Ziarko
asst account executive: Dana Cui
prodco: Biscuit Filmworks
director: Noam Murro
managing director: Shawn Lacy
executive producer: Colleen O’Donnell
line producer: Jay Veal
post production producer: Gary Naccarato
DoP: Simon Duggan
production effects: Legacy FX
production designer: Bruce McCloskey
editorial:Arcade Edit
editor: Stewart Reeves
assistant editor: Luke McIntosh
producer: Ali Reed
executive producer: Deanne Mehling
VFX: Method LA
senior CD/senior VFX supervisor: Dan Glass
senior executive Producer: Gabby Gourrier
head of production: Stephanie Gilgar
VFX producer: Krystina Wilson
VFX coordinator: Anastasia von Rahl
on set VFX supervisor: Phil Brennan
VFX supervisor: Sean Faden
CG supervisor: Michael-Sean Foley
pre viz: Halon Entertainment
concept art (RAM and HDMI Bot): Legacy FX
concept art (4G bot): Olivier Pron
concept art (arena exterior): Ev Shipard, Cartel Artists
concept art (arena interior): Lubo Hristov, Christov FX
modeling Supervisor: Masa Narita
modeling: Alex Whang, Lim Bunupuradah, Toshiro Sakamati
texture: Brian Ripley, Josh Frontino
on-set tracking/tracking supervisor: Fabio Zapata
rigging: Eugene Jeong, Briana Hamilton, Jesse Carlson
tracking: Danny Garcia, Mike Maker, Tom Stanton, Sean Gray, Christina Boice, Luis Rodriguez
match move: Lauren Van Houten
matte painting: Wei Zheng, Lubo Hristov – Christov FX, Steve Viola – Rok!t Studios
houdini: Khi Kim, Brett Angelillis, Karl Kohlman, Jeff Willette, Rachael Campbell
animation supervisor: Steward Burris
animation: Jonah Austin, Jordan Harris, John Nguyen, Aaron Schultz
VRay: Scott Metzger, Mike Dalzell, Daniel Buck, Chris Brown, David Lo
compositing supervisors: Patrick Ferguson / Jeff Allen
nuke: Dan Akers, Andy Mower, Krista Benson, Marc Nanjo, Sandro Blattner, Vinh Nguyen
flame: Jonathan Lagache
roto /paint : Eva Snyder, Pam Gonzalez, Patricio Fernandez, Mark Duckworth, Kenneth Lui
color grading: CO3/LA
colorists: Stefan Sonnenfeld, Tom Poole
Title Design + Animation: Elastic
executive producer: Jennifer Sofio Hall
producer: Jamie McBriety
music: Original Music by Q Department
sound design: Brian Emrich for Trinitite Studios
mix Facility: Sound Lounge
mix: Tommy Jucarone