We proudly present Mad Ruffian’s top 10 VFX Ads we Wish We’d Made. They’re not in order of favourites, we love them all for different reasons, and we think they’re all visual effects masterpieces in their own way. Absolute respect to the VFX companies and directors who made them. And, though there have been countless ads that feature great animation or VFX and the quality just gets more and more impressive every year, each of these has a bit of something #MadRuffian about it and boy, do we wish we’d made them.
GE ‘Childlike Imagination’ (2014) - dir. Dante Ariola / VFX by Method Studios
Chipotle ‘The Scarecrow’ (2013) dir. Brandon Oldenburg, Limbert Fabian / VFX Moonbot Studios
Canal+ “The Bear” (2011) - dir. Matthjis van Heijningen / VFX Mikros Image
Guinness “noitulovE” (2006) - dir. Daniel Kleinman / VFX by Framestore
Beatles ‘Rock Band’ (2009) dir. Pete Candeland / VFX Passion Pictures
Guinness ‘Surfer’ (1999) - dir. Jonathan Glazier / VFX by the Computer Film Company (now part of Framestore)
Coca-Cola ‘The Happiness Factory’ (2006) - dir + VFX PSYOP
Audi ‘Birth’ (2015) - dir + VFX Andrew Procter / The Mill
JBL - ‘Ear of the Tornado’ (2012) - dir + VFX PSYOP
Three ‘Sing It Kitty’ (2014) dir. Traktor / VFX MPC