fxguide.com, Aug. 22, 2009
Stardust Provides Watercolor Beauty for Shell
The new UK Shell Campaign uses a truly beautiful technical painterly technique. Key artists from Stardust Studios tell fxguide about the painterly ‘Get the most out of every drop’ spots created for Shell in conjunction with JWT London....

iHeaden, Aug. 3, 2009
Shell's Beautiful New Commercials
For as gorgeous as these spots are I would think Shell would go with something soft. The audio is a little hard... anyway the visuals are worth checking out....

Videography.com, July 2009
Stardust's Bud Light Lime Spots Serve Up 'Summer State of Mind'
Bicoastal U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios collaborated with the creative team from DDB Chicago for Bud Light Lime. For the project, one :30 and two :15 design-intensive broadcast spots entitled "The Summer State of Mind" were created by Stardust under the direction of creative director Brad Tucker, in association with DDB Chicago...

IdN Onair, July 30, 2009
"Feed Your Imagination: NERDS" for Wonka by Startdust Studios
Production Company: Stardust Studios City/State: Bicoastal, USA Director: Neil Tsai Creative Director: Jake Banks Design Director: Neil Tsai Executive Producer: Paul Abatemarco Producer: Erin Sullivan Designers: Bill Bak, Gretchen Nash....

Stashmedia.tv, July 30, 2009
Stash #59 Releases August 5th
...Stardust paints a duo of complex watercolors for Shell...

SourceEcreative.com, July 28, 2009
Stardust Finds UK, European and Asian Representation with Rokkit
Bicoastal creative production company Stardust Studios has signed a new representation agreement with London-based production company Rokkit that will extend Stardust's marketing presence within the creative, commercial and music video production communities across the UK, Europe and Asia, excluding Japan....

Youmark.it, July 24, 2009
Shell, il massimo da ogni goccia
Da Londra per una campagna europea e asiatica, con l'invito a visitare il sito che parla anche italiano....

Universal Positive, July 23, 2009
Stardust Studios… going places!
Bicoastal U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios recently announced its new representation agreement with London-based production company Rokkit, which immediately extends Stardust's active marketing presence within the...

AdsoftheWorld.com, July 22, 2009
Bud Light Lime: The summer state of mind
Production Company: Stardust Studios; City/State: Bicoastal, USA; Director: Brad Tucker; Executive Producer: Paul Abatemarco; Line Producer: Winston Smith; Director of Photography: Jim Matlosz; Editor: Tony Hall; Producer: Alyssa Evans; Assistant Editor: Michael Merkwan; Creative Director: Brad Tucker; Designers: Neil Tsai, Gretchen Nash....

PubCreativo.com, July 22, 2009
Bud Light Lime: The summer state of mind
Advertising Agency: DDB, Chicago, USA SVP, Group Creative Director: Mark Gross VP, Creative Director/Art Director: Chris Roe VP, Creative Director/Copywriter: Chuck Rachford VP, Executive Producer: Will St. Clair Production Company: Stardust Studios City/State: Bicoastal, USA Director: Brad Tucker Executive Producer: Paul Abatemarco Line Producer: Winston Smith Director of Photography: Jim Matlosz Editor: Tony Hall Producer: Alyssa Evans Assistant Editor: Michael Merkwan....

VFXTalk.com, July 21, 2009
Stardust Gets Artistic For Wonka Nerds & Sweetarts
Bicoastal U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios is very proud to detail its artistic collaborations with the creative team from LA-based ad agency Dailey for WONKA® brand candies NERDS® and SWEETARTS®....

AdsoftheWorld.com, July 18, 2009
Ice Breakers: A state of mouth
Advertising Agency: ArnoldNYC, USA; EVP, Senior Creative Director: Sig Gross; Creative Director: Betsy Guerro; Producer: Marianne Toniolo Business Affairs: Cindy Hoffman; Production Company: Stardust Studios City/State: Bicoastal, USA; Director: Brad Tucker; Executive Producer: Paul Abatemarco; Line Producer: Winston Smith....

Agency Spy, July 16, 2009
Thursday Odds and Ends
Stardust Studios and LA-based agency Dailey invoke the spirit of Willy Wonka in a new series of ads for sugar-tastic Nerds and Sweetarts candies.

Beside Prime Site, July 16, 2009
Wonka x Stardust x Dailey
Great search for identity and visual style of the two new spots from Stardust and LA ad agency Dailey for Wonka-brand candies “Nerds” and “Sweetarts”.

DesignYouTrust.com, July 16, 2009
Wonka x Stardust
New spots from Stardust and LA ad agency Dailey for Wonka-brand candies “Nerds” and “Sweetarts”....

FWATheater.com, July 16, 2009
Shell - Performance: V Power
Each campaign spot begins by showing a drop of fuel falling onto a piece of paper to colorfully reveal live-action vignettes conveying consumers' everyday journeys. Each spot also drives viewers to the campaign's microsite, online at www.shell.com/everydrop.

Pristina.org, July 16, 2009
Stardust
Stardust 2009 Reel from Stardust Studios on Vimeo....

ScaryIdeas.com, July 16, 2009
WONKA : Feed Your Imagination - Sweetarts
Bicoastal U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios (www.stardust.tv) is very proud to detail its artistic collaborations with the creative team from LA-based ad agency Dailey for WONKA® brand candies NERDS® and SWEETARTS®. Unique :30 spots for both brands, created entirely in-house at Stardust under the direction of Neil Tsai, recently debuted on MTV, Nick at Nite, ABC Family and in other targeted broadcast and cable media outlets across the U.S....

CGNews.com, July 15, 2009
Stardust Gets Artistic For Wonka Nerds & Sweetarts
Bicoastal U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios is very proud to detail its artistic collaborations with the creative team from LA-based ad agency Dailey for WONKA® brand candies NERDS® and SWEETARTS®. Unique :30 spots for both brands, created entirely in-house at Stardust under the direction of Neil Tsai, recently debuted on MTV, Nick at...

Publicidade de Várzea, July 15, 2009
O máximo de cada gota
Campanha da JWT de Londres, criada para a Shell. Conceito matador e vídeos lindos....

ViaComIT, July 15, 2009
Wonka x Stardust x Dailey
Superbe recherche d’identité visuelle et stylistique les deux nouveaux spots réalisés par Stardust et l’agence de publicité Dailey pour la marque Wonka et les sucreries “Nerds” et “Sweetarts”. Les spot ont été dirigé par Neil Tsai qui avait déjà dirigé le superbe spot pour Fuel TV intitulé “Cardboard Robot“....

CGRecord.net, July 15, 2009
Stardust Demo reel 2009 and two more videos
Stardust is an award-winning creative production company, specializing in motion design, animation, visual effects and live-action production. This montage reel featuring some of the company's greatest project work was produced in June, 2009, to accompany the relaunch of its redesigned website at stardust.tv....

ItsArtMag.com, July 14, 2009
FOCUS : Shell's Eurasian Campaign by Stardust
Over the past eight weeks, a multifaceted integrated campaign for Shell from JWT London named "Get the most out of every drop," has launched within many countries in Europe and Asia, aimed at demonstrating the benefits of Shell's new Fuel Save products. Following the agency's vision, each campaign spot begins by showing a drop of fuel falling onto a piece of paper to colorfully reveal live-action vignettes conveying consumers' everyday journeys. Each spot also drives viewers to the campaign's microsite, online at www.shell.com/everydrop . The first broadcast ads, entitled "Fuel Economy," debuted in high-profile broadcast and cable outlets within targeted countries in April, and the latest ones, entitled "Performance," began airing this week. Key to campaign efforts within each country are a set of artistic, regionally customized broadcast spots created by the New York office of U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios in concert with JWT London's creative team, which consists of global creative director Jaspar Shelbourne, art directors Andy Huntindon and Martin Smith, head of broadcast Dean Baker and assistant producer Jack Bayley....

ScaryIdeas.com, July 14, 2009
Shell : Fuel Economy
Over the past eight weeks, a multifaceted integrated campaign for Shell from JWT London named "Get the most out of every drop," has launched within many countries in Europe and Asia, aimed at demonstrating the benefits of Shell's new Fuel Save products. Key to campaign efforts within each country are a set of artistic, regionally customized broadcast spots created by the New York office of U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios (www.stardust.tv) in concert with JWT London's creative team, which consists of global creative director Jaspar Shelbourne, art directors Andy Huntindon and Martin Smith, head of broadcast Dean Baker and assistant producer Jack Bayley...

Advertolog.com, July 13, 2009
Shell Performance: V Power
...Agency: JWT, London Group Creative Director: Jaspar Shelbourne Art Directors: Andy Huntindon, Martin Smith Head of Production: Dean Baker Assistant Producer: Jack Bayley Production Company: Stardust Studios, Bicoastal....

CGNews.com, July 13, 2009
Stardust Gives Artistic Performance for Shell
A multifaceted integrated campaign for Shell from JWT London named “Get the most out of every drop,” has recently launched within many countries in Europe and Asia, aimed at demonstrating the benefits of Shell’s new Fuel Save products. Key to campaign efforts within each country are a set of artistic, regionally customized broadcast spots...

Lineboil.com, July 13, 2009
Stardust and Dailey Unbox New Wonka Spots
Stardust Studios’s Neil Tsai directed these two new spots for WONKA candy brands Sweetarts and Nerds. Animators Hai Ho, Sam Sparks, Maithy Tran, Yan Ng, Giancarlo Rondavi, Hung Vodish, Daniel Loeb and Brian Broussard brought their creative skills to the project, employing traditional cel animation techniques and Adobe Creative Suite. The illustration work you see in the spots was generated by Jake Banks, Paul Abatemarco, Erin Sullivan, Bill Bak and Gretchen Nash. Richard Bronshvag, the creative director at West Hollywood-based Dailey, led the creative effort..

thegraffik, July 13, 2009
Shell/JWT London/Stardust
Nice spots here and here for Shell’s “Get the most out of every drop” campaign from JWT London with regionally customized broadcast spots created by Stardust’s New York studio.

JoeyTomatoes.com, July 13, 2009
SHELL'S EURASIAN INTEGRATED CAMPAIGN FROM JWT LONDON FEATURES ARTISTIC BROADCAST SPOTS FROM STARDUST STUDIOS
Bibby and his crew, including live-action producer Richard Kaylor and directors of photography Bryan Newman ("Fuel Economy") and Neil Shapiro ("Performance"), shot their location footage using Sony F35 and RED One digital camera packages. "Even though we knew we were going to treat the footage heavily, the client really wanted the reality of the real world to come through," said Bibby. "As a result, we needed a wide variety of shots to tell the story, all related to the driving experience and the different situations drivers find themselves in. To capture that footage, we used a process trailer to get interiors of our talent driving through the city, cranes to get overhead shots, and helicopters to get sweeping vistas. Also, a Pursuit Systems rig using a Porsche Cayenne Turbo, which had a 15-foot techno on its roof, was very helpful in capturing our car-to-car footage."...

JoeyTomatoes.com, July 13, 2009
STARDUST AND DAILEY FEED IMAGINATIONS IN ANIMATED BROADCAST SPOTS FOR WONKA® NERDS AND SWEETARTS
Tsai, Stardust's creative director Jake Banks, executive producer Paul Abatemarco, producer Erin Sullivan and designers Bill Bak and Gretchen Nash created their original illustrations, and project storyboards, using traditional cel animation techniques and Adobe Creative Suite....

JoeyTomatoes.com, July 13, 2009
STARDUST STUDIOS TEAMS WITH LONDON'S ROKKIT FOR UK, EUROPEAN AND ASIAN REPRESENTATION FOR COMMERCIALS AND MUSIC VIDEOS
...As stated on Rokkit's website, "They're very collaborative and they're bloody good."...

Atomic-Element.com, July 12, 2009
Shell Gas x Stardust
Shell "Performance: V Power" and "Fuel Economy"....

DirtyMouse.co.uk, July 12, 2009
Shell/JWT London/Stardust
Nice spots here and here for Shell’s “Get the most out of every drop” campaign from JWT London with regionally customized broadcast spots created by Stardust’s New York studio.

Adland.tv, July 10, 2009
New Shell Campaign from JWT London and Stardust Studios
...Following the agency's vision, each campaign spot begins by showing a drop of fuel falling onto a piece of paper to colorfully reveal live-action vignettes conveying consumers' everyday journeys. Each spot also drives viewers to the campaign's microsite, online at www.shell.com/everydrop. The first broadcast ads, entitled "Fuel Economy," debuted in high-profile broadcast and cable outlets within targeted countries in April, and the latest ones, entitled "Performance," began airing this week....

buzz et cie, July 10, 2009
Shell, tire le meilleur de chaque goutte
Magnifiques spots pour la nouvelle campagne de Shell, Get the most out of every drop. Pour accompagner ces spots, réalisés par le studio New-Yorkais Stardust, un site, à destination de l’Europe et de l’Asie, a également été réalisé par JWT Londres. Très belles réalisations....

Digital Buyologie, July 10, 2009
Wonka | Feed Your Imagination
WONKA® "Feed Your Imagination: SWEETARTS®" from Stardust Studios and WONKA® "Feed Your Imagination: NERDS®" from Stardust Studios.

StudioDaily.com, July 10, 2009
Stardust Studios Teams with Rokkit For UK, European And Asian Representation For Commercials and Music Videos
Bicoastal U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios is pleased to announce its new representation agreement with London-based production company Rokkit, which will immediately extend Stardust's active marketing presence within the creative, commercial and music video production communities across the UK, Europe and Asia, excluding Japan....

BoardsMag.com, July 9, 2009
Shell “Performance: V Power”
The power of a single drop....

DesignYouTrust.com, July 9, 2009
Shell’s campaign from Stardust
TV campaign created by Stardust for Shell named “Get the most out of every drop”. See the videos...

Feedhere.com, July 9, 2009
Stardust signs with Rokkit
Stardust recently relaunched its website, which over the years has attracted global attention and earned the coveted Favourite Website Awards Site of the Day Award, and other honors. “The new Stardust.tv is purely a visual site,” Banks said. “Compared with our previous version, this site focuses more on movement and functionality, and aims to give visitors a unique visual experience that will heighten the creativity in each spot we present.” The new site, and the company’s latest reel, can be viewed online at www.stardust.tv....

Scene 360 Illusion, July 9, 2009
Shell “Performance: V Power”
An artistic TV commercial for Shell's “Performance: V Power,” produced by Stardust Studios. Ad Agency: JWT London City/State/Country: London, England, UK Group Creative Director: Jaspar Shelbourne Art Directors: Andy Huntindon....

AnotherTitle.com, July 8, 2009
Stardust for Shell
Watch Shell “Performance”; Watch Shell “Fuel Economy”....

Computerlove, July 8, 2009
Shell V-Power
These beautiful and seamlessly crafted spots: Performance and Fuel Economy from Stardust deserve a spotlight....

Digital Arts Magazine, July 8, 2009
Stardust creates spots for Wonka brand sweets
US creative production company Stardust Studios has created two 30-second spots for Wonka brand sweets Nerds and Sweetarts through ad agency Dailey....

EricAlba.org, July 8, 2009
Stardust creates two fun spots for WONKA®
“Feed Your Imagination”....

Feedhere.com, July 8, 2009
Stardust Keeps it Liquid for Shell
Stardust extends a drop of Shell’s new V-Power fuel into two nicely rendered 30s. The studio shot live action elements with Sony F35 and RED One digital cameras then tracked and roto’d the elements before layering on their own live-action watercolor treatments. Stardust CD Alan Bibby: “Although we experimented with 2D and 3D CG solutions, particles, and CGI cloth, the goal of keeping the feeling real and organic led us to shoot real footage on location and combine it with real footage of ink spreading across paper.” Agency: JWT London.

FiredByDesign.com, July 8, 2009
Liquid motion
Stardust Studios and JWT London have released the latest in a series of broadcast spots for Shell, featuring artistic fluid effects....

MediaPost's Marketing Daily, July 8, 2009
Shell Unveils European, Asian Ad Push
Royal Dutch Shell has launched a European and Asian ad push, "Get the most out of every drop," via JWT London. The campaign, which uses a watercolor-like creative approach wherein moving images of cars appear to arise from paintings, is intended to tout Shell's V-Power products. The campaign uses regionally customized broadcast spots that were created by N.Y.-based Stardust with JWT London....

SHOOT Magazine, July 8, 2009
Shell's Eurasian Integrated Campaign from JWT Features Spots from Stardust
Over the past eight weeks, a multifaceted integrated campaign for Shell from JWT London named "Get the most out of every drop," has launched within many countries in Europe and Asia, aimed at demonstrating the benefits of Shell's new Fuel Save products. Key to campaign efforts within each country are a set of artistic, regionally customized broadcast spots created by the New York office of U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios in concert with JWT London's creative team, which consists of global creative director Jaspar Shelbourne, art directors Andy Huntindon and Martin Smith, head of broadcast Dean Baker and assistant producer Jack Bayley. Campaign spots can be viewed online at www.stardust.tv....

ViaComIT, July 8, 2009
Shell’s campaign from JWT features spots from Stardust
The campaign for Shell from JWT London named “Get the most out of every drop,” has launched within many countries in Europe and Asia, aimed at demonstrating the benefits of Shell’s new Fuel Save products. Key to campaign efforts within each country are a set of artistic, regionally customized broadcast spots created by Stardust’s New York studio in concert with JWT London’s creative team....

Ypsilon2.com, July 8, 2009
Shell | Get The Most Out Of Every Drop
A Shell lançou recentemente uma campanha integrada chamada “Get The Most Out Of Every Drop”, focando alguns países da Europa e Ásia, com o objetivo de demonstrar os benefícios dos novos produtos Fuel Save da marca. A criação é da JWT de Londres, e conta com 2 spots (1 lançado em Abril e outro agora) bem artísticos, criados pela galera da fodástica Stardust. Os vídeos são focados na idéia de gotas/fluídos, mostrando a performance e eficiência que se consegue com os novos produtos da Shell. A campanha se estende online através do site everydrop.shell.com, onde é possível obter todos os detalhes e informações dos tais produtos e da marca....

Ypsilon2.com, July 8, 2009
WONKA | Feed Your Imagination | NERDS e SWEETARTS
...A nova campanha dos caras não poderia deixar de ser um mundo mágico e de fantasia. “Feed Your Imagination” é uma colaboração artística entre a agência Dailey, de Los Angeles, com a fodástica Stardust Studios, e surge promovendo a marca, em especial as balas NERDS e SWEETARTS. A produção dos 2 spots lançados foi totalmente executada pela Stardust, com direção de Neil Tsai, que já trabalhou com grandes marcas como MTV, ABC, Nick at Nite, entre outras. Os vídeos buscam trazer o mundo mágico de WONKA para as telinhas, explorando as cores, a surpresa e a imaginação, tudo inspirado nos próprios doces da marca (com o toque único da Stardust). A campanha ainda se estende online através do site da marca, repleto de interatividade e promoções....

Dexigner.com, July 7, 2009
Shell's Eurasian Integrated Campaign From JWT Features Spots From Stardust
Over the past eight weeks, a multifaceted integrated campaign for Shell from JWT London named "Get the most out of every drop," has launched within many countries in Europe and Asia, aimed at demonstrating the benefits of Shell's new Fuel Save products....

Dimension 2.5, July 7, 2009
Shell “Performance” y “Fuel Economy”, de Stardust Studios
Stardust Studios ha finalizado recientemente los spots Shell “Performance” y “Fuel Economy” para la agencia internacional JWT London....

SHOOT Magazine, July 7, 2009
Stardust Studios Teams with London's Rokkit for UK, European and Asian Representation for Commercials and Music Videos
Bicoastal U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios is pleased to announce its new representation agreement with London-based production company Rokkit, which will immediately extend Stardust's active marketing presence within the creative, commercial and music video production communities across the UK, Europe and Asia, excluding Japan....

Creativity-Online.com, July 6, 2009
People news
Rokkit has signed U.S.-based mixed-media shop Stardust for representation in the UK, Europe and Asia.

LikeCool.com, July 5, 2009
Stardust 2009 Reel by Stardust Studios
stardust.tv's campaign video, featuring several of their greatest projects. Cool video!

BoardsMag.com, July 2, 2009
Industry news and people moves
Rokkit, London have signed American mixed-media company Stardust for commercial representation in the UK, Europe and Asia (excluding Japan).

Motionographer.com, July 2, 2009
Rokkit Signs Stardust
Rokkit signs Stardust for UK Commercial Representation.

ScaryIdeas.com, July 1, 2009
Stardust : Showreel
...After gaining global attention with a redesigned site in 2007, and since then riding a phenomenal wave of developments to deliver new work for major agencies and brands every week, today Jake and his colleagues are very proud to reveal the latest Stardust website... where again Jake was the creative director, but this time, the site's development was handled by Santa Monica-based nineindustries....

shots, July 1, 2009
STARDUST BLASTS OFF WITH ROKKIT
Given their names it was only a matter of time until US-based digital directing collective Stardust joined the Rokkit ranks. The new signing follows hot on the heels of a recent deal inked with LEGS and sees Rokkit substantially bolstering its roster. We hunted Stardust founder and CD Jake Banks down at the Gutter Bar in Cannes and between gulps of gin and tonic asked a series of increasingly personal questions about his background that may or may not have resulted in threats of violence. Fortunately neither side can remember any of that conversation so here's a SFW Q&A instead....

PixelArts Magazine, June, 2009
J-POWER Powers Life in HD Spots for Japanese Market Directed by Stardust's Jake Banks
..."The main focus of these spots was to show that J-POWER creates energy and makes everything possible for daily life," says Stardust's founder and creative director Jake Banks, who directed the spots....

DesignAside.com, June 30, 2009
Stardust Studios
E online il nuovo bellissimo sito dellagenzia stardust.tv....

DesignYouTrust.com, June 26, 2009
Stardust relaunches
New Stardust website “this site focuses more on movement and functionality, and aims to give visitors a unique visual experience...”

Adland.tv, June 25, 2009
Stardust Studios launches revamped site
Our friends over at Stardust Studios, a design-driven bi-coastal U.S. creative production company have redone their site. The original site launched at Stardust.tv in 2005, which was designed by founder/CD Jake Banks and developed by Joshua Davis Studios. Among the original site's honors, it was named the Favourite Website Awards Site of the Day in 2006, and earned the 2005 Tween Award for Best Reel. After gaining global attention with a redesigned site in 2007, and since then riding a phenomenal wave of developments to deliver new work for major agencies and brands every week, today Jake and his colleagues are very proud to reveal the latest Stardust website... where again Jake was the creative director, but this time, the site's development was handled by Santa Monica-based nineindustries....

Adland.tv, June 25, 2009
Stardust Studios - Reel (2009) 3:12 (USA)
Client: Stardust Studios.

DirtyMouse.co.uk, June 25, 2009
Stardust launch new site
SStardust have a new site, and boy is it visually intensive! The site was designed by founder/CD Jake Banks of Stardust and....

ViaComIT, June 24, 2009
Stardust relaunches stardust.tv
Le studio de motion design Stardust vient de mettre à jour son site web avec une nouvelle interface plus dynamique et visuele. Cette mise à jour à été de nouveau assurée par le directeur de création Jake Banks (qui avait réalisé la première version en 2005) et le développement confié à nineindustries. Cette mise à jour inclut bien les nouveaux travaux qu’ils ont fait pour leurs clients (ci-dessous le nouveau showreel)....

Adrants.com, June 23, 2009
Boobs Kushed, Microsoft Scratches, BK Gets BJ
Creative production company Stardust Studios is out with a new website. Founder/CD Jake Banks said, "Compared with our previous version, this site focuses more on movement and functionality, and aims to give visitors a unique visual experience that will heighten the creativity in each spot we present."

Computerlove, June 23, 2009
Stardust
Bicoastal motion design studio Stardust updates their website with a fresh and dynamic interface. The update includes loads of new works for clients like Adidas, Shell, Promax BDA NYC to name a few.

Feedhere.com, June 23, 2009
Stardust Relaunches
Ambitious and visual new showcase CD: Jake Banks, site development by Santa Monica-based nineindustries....

otakumag.com, June 23, 2009
stardust.tv
Stardust relaunches stardust.tv as pure visual site, in motion….

shots, June 23, 2009
NEWS IN BRIEF
After launching its original website in 2005, Stardust reveals its latest website designed by founder Jake Banks and developed by Santa Monica-based nineindustries. The site includes a montage reel featuring some of Stardust's most recent hits.

Motionographer.com, June 22, 2009
Stardust Updates with a New Site and Reel
CD: Jake Banks, site development by Santa Monica-based nineindustries....

SourceECreative.com, June 16, 2009
Member news from around the world
Bicoastal U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios just produced a spot titled "The Summer State of Mind" for DDB Chicago and Bud Lime. The goal of the spot, which was cut in thirty and fifteen second versions, was to show off all the aspects of summer crammed into a bottle. As such, the ad features a seamless blending of high-speed cinematography of Bud Light Lime pouring into a bottle with other live-action elements shown in silhouette, including young people dancing, playing volleyball and enjoying the sunset on a beach, all linked by compositing and CGI design. "The finished spot presents the best of several ideas we presented on how we thought we could make the bottle look cool," says Stardust creative director Brad Tucker, who directed. "We enjoy working in the type of collaborative environment this project represents, and feel that the quality of these finished spots is a direct result of our relationship with DDB's creative team and their openness to our ideas." Additional Stardust credits include Executive Producer Paul Abatemarco and Producer Alyssa Evans. The spots were edited by Stardust editors Tony Hall and Michael Merkwan. Agency credits go to Mark Gross, Chris Roe, Chuck Rachford and Will St. Clair. All spots feature the Santogold track "Lights Out," and final mixes are courtesy of Jimmy Hite of Santa Monica's Margarita Mix and Dave Gerbosi of Chicago's Another Country.

kirameki, June 21, 2009
Stardust
Latest works from Stardust Studios....

LineBoil.com, June 12, 2009
Stardust Brings Big Daddy Back for Dodge
In an homage to Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's design legacy, Stardust, Los Angeles produced this new animated ad for Texas Dodge Dealers Association. It's titled Shared Passion, and the agency leading the creative was BBDO, Detroit....

DesignScene.net, June 9, 2009
Bud Light Lime spot
Bicoastal U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios (www.stardust.tv) is very proud to detail its close collaborations with the creative team from DDB Chicago for Bud Light Lime....

VisionResearch.com, June 8, 2009
Bud Light Lime serves up “Summer State of Mind” TV Spots
3 Commercials Shot with Vision Research's Phantom HD Camera...

Youmark.it, June 8, 2009
Bud Light Lime, l'estate in una bottiglia
A ognuno il suo sorso, in un mix di live-action e CGI

Blog.163.com, June 7, 2009
J-POWER
SANTA MONICA, CA. and NEW YORK: J-POWER "nature" from Stardust Studios on Vimeo. In cooperation with Japanese production company Kirameki (www.kirameki.cc)...

IdN, June 5, 2009
"Global" and "Environment" spots for J-Power by Stardust Studios
Project name: J-POWER "Global" & "Environment"

sputnik7.com, June 5, 2009
Stardust Serves Up Summer For Bud Light Lime
With the goal of presenting all the great aspects of Summer in a bottle, the spots feature a seamless, stylized blending of high-speed cinematography of Bud Light Lime pouring into a bottle with many other live-action elements -- including shots of young adults dancing, playing volleyball and enjoying a picturesque sunset on a beach -- all united by artful editing, compositing and CGI design....

VFXTalk.com, June 5, 2009
Stardust Bring Summer to Bud Light Lime
Stardust Studios is very proud to detail its close collaborations with the creative team from DDB Chicago for Bud Light Lime. For the project, one :30 and two :15 design-intensive broadcast spots entitled "The Summer State of Mind" were...

StudioDaily.com, June 4, 2009
Top Spot of the Week: J-Power "Global"
Design/Animation Company: Stardust Studios City/State: Bicoastal, Usa Creative Director: Jake Banks Executive Producer: Paul Abatemarco Design Director: Neil Tsai Producers: Jody Mackinnon, Clara Park, Steven Poulsen...

SkillDiary.com, June 3, 2009
Stardust Studios'tan iki yaratici HD Video
Stardust kurucusu Jake Banks yakinlarda McCann Erickson Japonya yaratici grubuyla Tokyo Electric Power Development (J-Power) için iki tane çok basarili HD reklam filmi çalismis....

CGNews.com, June 2, 2009
Stardust Bring Summer to Bud Light Lime
Stardust Studios is very proud to detail its close collaborations with the creative team from DDB Chicago for Bud Light Lime. For the project, one :30 and two :15 design-intensive broadcast spots entitled “The Summer State of Mind” were created by Stardust under the direction of creative director Brad Tucker, in association with DDB....

DesignYouTrust.com, June 2, 2009
J-Power campaign by Stardust Studios
Absolutely worth seeing is this amazing new set of spots from Stardust...

Digital Arts Magazine, June 2, 2009
Stardust styles a summer state of mind for Bud Light
Stardust Studios has created one 30-second and two 15-second design-intensive broadcast spots entitled The Summer State of Mind for Bud Light through agency DDB. Each of the spots debuted on May 10 during high-profile US primetime broadcast coverage, like the 2009 NBA playoffs, and continue to air widely....

BestAdsonTV.com, June 1, 2009
Bud Light Lime "The Summer State of Mind"
Production Company: Stardust Studios City/State: Bicoastal, USA...

DirtyMouse.co.uk, June 1, 2009
Stardust Studios
Stardust Studios have been pumping out more high calibre motion work, their latest offering being a couple of delightfully summery commercial spots for Bud Light Lime....

FiredByDesign.com, June 1, 2009
Bottled sunshine
Production/Postproduction: Stardust Studios Executive producer: Paul Abatemarco Producer Alyssa Evans Designers Neil Tsai and Gretchen Nash Flame artist Alan Latteri Lead compositor Matt Lavoy 2D/3D artists Chris Eckardt, Joseph Andrade....

JoeyTomatoes.com, June 1, 2009
Bud Light Lime Serves-Up Summer State of Mind in High-Profile Broadcast Spots from Stardust and DDB Chicago
With the goal of presenting all the great aspects of Summer in a bottle, the spots feature a seamless, stylized blending of high-speed cinematography of Bud Light Lime pouring into a bottle with many other live-action elements -- including shots of young adults dancing, playing volleyball and enjoying a picturesque sunset on a beach -- all united by artful editing, compositing and CGI design. From the appearance of the pouring liquid at the beginning through the final presentation of Bud Light Lime bottles, design flourishes and the sunset beach party, Tucker's unique fusion of talents in filmmaking, design and storytelling shine through....

POPSOP.COM, June 1, 2009
Bud Light Lime: "The Summer State of Mind"
US creative production company Stardust Studios worked with the creative team from DDB Chicago for Bud Light Lime beer brand commercials. For the project, one :30 and two :15 design-intensive broadcast spots entitled "The Summer State of Mind" were created by Stardust under the direction of creative director (CD) Brad Tucker, in association with DDB Chicago's SVP and group CD Mark Gross, VP CD/art director Chris Roe, VP CD/copywriter Chuck Rachford, and VP executive producer Will St. Clair....

TAXI Design Network, June 1, 2009
Bud Light Lime Spots From Stardust, DDB Serve Up Summer State Of Mind
...From the appearance of the pouring liquid at the beginning through the final presentation of Bud Light Lime bottles, design flourishes and the sunset beach party, Tucker's unique fusion of talents in filmmaking, design and storytelling shine through....

CGRecord.net, May 31, 2009
Summer State of Mind
Stardust is an award-winning, full-service creative production company, specializing in motion design, animation, visual effects and live-action production. Led by founder and creative director Jake Banks...

Dexigner.com, May 29, 2009
Bud Light Lime Serves-Up Summer State of Mind in High-Profile Broadcast Spots
...For the project, one :30 and two :15 design-intensive broadcast spots entitled "The Summer State of Mind" were created by Stardust under the direction of creative director (CD) Brad Tucker, in association with DDB Chicago's SVP and group CD Mark Gross, VP CD/art director Chris Roe, VP CD/copywriter Chuck Rachford, and VP executive producer Will St. Clair....

DigitalFacility.com, May 29, 2009
Bud Light Lime Serves-Up Summer State of Mind in High-Profile Broadcast Spots from Stardust and DDB Chicago
..."The finished spot presents the best of several ideas we presented on how we thought we could make the bottle cool," Tucker began.  "We enjoy working in the type of collaborative environment this project represents, and doing jobs from the initial phases, and feel that the quality of these finished spots is a direct result of our great relationship with DDB's creative team and their openness to our ideas."...

Dimension 2.5, May 29, 2009
"The Summer State of Mind", de Stardust
Llega el buen tiempo y con él, las campañas más "refrescantes" del año. Brad Tucker de Stardust dirige el siguiente spot “The Summer State of Mind” para la marca de bebidas Bud Light Lime. Rodado con cámaras Red One a una resolución de 3K y a una velocidad de 48fps para su posterior reproducción a cámara...

ItsArtMag.com, May 29, 2009
Summer State of Mind by Stardust
The Summer State of Mind" were created by Stardust under the direction of creative director (CD) Brad Tucker for Bud Light Lime, in association with DDB...

The Briefing Room at Digital Content Producer, May 29, 2009
Bud Light Lime Spots from Stardust and DDB Serve-Up Summer State of Mind
...one :30 and two :15 design-intensive broadcast spots entitled "The Summer State of Mind" were created by Stardust under the direction of creative director (CD) Brad Tucker, in association with DDB Chicago's SVP and group CD Mark Gross, VP CD/art director Chris Roe, VP CD/copywriter Chuck Rachford, and VP executive producer Will St. Clair. Each of the spots debuted on May 10 during high-profile U.S. primetime broadcast coverage, like the 2009 NBA playoffs, and continue to air widely....

SHOOT Magazine, May 29, 2009
Bud Light Lime Serves-Up Summer State of Mind in High-Profile Broadcast Spots From Stardust And DDB Chicago
For the project, one :30 and two :15 design-intensive broadcast spots entitled "The Summer State of Mind" were created by Stardust under the direction of creative director (CD) Brad Tucker, in association with DDB Chicago's SVP and group CD Mark Gross, VP CD/art director Chris Roe, VP CD/copywriter Chuck Rachford, and VP executive producer Will St. Clair. Each of the spots debuted on May 10 during high-profile U.S. primetime broadcast coverage, like the 2009 NBA playoffs, and continue to air widely....

Dexigner.com, May 28, 2009
Bud Light Lime Serves-Up Summer State of Mind in High-Profile Broadcast Spots
For the project, one :30 and two :15 design-intensive broadcast spots entitled "The Summer State of Mind" were created by Stardust under the direction of creative director (CD) Brad Tucker, in association with DDB Chicago's SVP and group CD Mark Gross, VP CD/art director Chris Roe, VP CD/copywriter Chuck Rachford, and VP executive producer Will St. Clair....

Universal Positive, May 28, 2009
What's great about summer, in a bottle…
Stardust's Brad Tucker and the creatives from DDB Chicago have served-up summer in a bottle for Bud Light Lime in this spot you've probably seen a lot if you've been watching the NBA Playoffs. More information is available on the project here.

ScaryIdeas.com, May 27, 2009
Bud Light Lime : The Summer State of Mind [Video]
Bud Light Lime : The Summer State of Mind [Video]. Stardust West creative director Brad Tucker is very proud to detail his close collaborations with the creative team from DDB Chicago for Bud Light Lime in our complete story below....

ViaComIT.com, May 27, 2009
Stardust Studios x J-Power
Le fondateur de Stardust Studios, Jake Banks a récemment travaillé avec les créatifs de l'agence japonaise McCann Erickson pour la création de deux spots en....

viad.tv, May 27, 2009
Bud Light Lime "The Summer State of Mind"
Production Company: Stardust Studios; City/State: Bicoastal, USA; Director: Brad Tucker...

SHOOTOnline.com, May 27, 2009
Stardust's Ice Breakers Spot for ArnoldNYC
Under the direction of EVP and senior creative director Sig Gross and his colleagues from ArnoldNYC, bicoastal US creative production company Stardust Studios recently produced a colorful spot for Hershey Canada's Ice Breakers Mints....

Inside That Ad, May 26, 2009
Ice Breakers Turn You to Mr. Freeze
Stardust Studios transformed the scruffy looking kid in the spot into a corny looking version of Mr. Freeze in the spot above for Ice Breakers Cool Mint candy....

CGNews.com, May 25, 2009
Stardust’s Icebreakers Features Hand-Drawn Cel Animation
Under the direction of EVP and senior creative director Sig Gross and his colleagues from ArnoldNYC, bicoastal U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios recently produced a colorful spot for Hershey Canada’s Ice Breakers Mints. Stardust West creative director Brad Tucker directed, and Jonathan Wu served as Stardust’s art director, for the :15 spot entitled...

JoeyTomatoes.com, May 25, 2009
STARDUST'S ICE BREAKERS SPOT FOR ARNOLDNYC FEATURES INVENTIVE USE OF HAND-DRAWN CEL ANIMATION
..."We've been experimenting more and more with cel animation and are really finding it to be a fun and exciting technique," added Tucker. "We hope to do more of it in the future."...

Dexigner.com, May 24, 2009
Stardust's Ice Breakers Spot for Arnoldnyc Features Inventive Use of Hand-drawn Cel Animation
Stardust West creative director Brad Tucker directed, and Jonathan Wu served as Stardust's art director, for the :15 spot entitled "A State of Mouth," which debuted exclusively in Canada in April, where it will continue to run for the foreseeable future. Arnold's project team also included creative director Betsy Guerro, and producer Marianne Toniolo....

AdFreak, May 21, 2009
Ice Breakers may cause druggy nightmares
Stardust Studios animated this psychedelically cool "State of Mouth" Ice Breakers spot from ArnoldNYC that transforms a scruffy-looking poser into some kind of groovin' electric glacier god. At one point, he looks like an anime version...

Widetube.net, May 21, 2009
J-POWER - Environment
"The main focus of these spots was to show that J-POWER creates energy and makes everything possible for daily life," says Stardust's founder and creative director Jake Banks, who directed the spots.

Adrants.com, May 20, 2009
Icebreakers Turn Dude into Stoner Cartoon
ArnoldNYC partnered with Stardust Studios to develop "A State of Mouth," a bizarre :15 spot in which a friendly-enough-looking guy pops an icebreaker into his mouth and turns into some psychedelic spaghetti-headed Picasso thing....

Blog 2 Blog Design, May 20, 2009
Stardust - J-Power
Stardust har laget denne kampanjen for J-Power fra Japan. J-POWER "nature" from Stardust Studios on Vimeo. J-POWER "growth" from Stardust Studios on Vimeo. Fett! Sjekk ut Stardust.

Brentter.com, May 20, 2009
Ice Breakers Mints - A State of Mouth
Here's a cool (no pun intended) new :15 second spot airing exclusively in Canada for the month of April buy the folks over at Stardust Studios and ArnoldNYC. Promoting Hershey Canada's Ice Breakers Mints, this short piece begins with...

Dimension 2.5, May 20, 2009
Honda Insight "Multiplicity", de Stardust
Brad Tucker y Jonathan Wu, de Stardust, han dirigido la campaña “Multiplicity” del nuevo Honda Insight para la agencia RPA. Con una duración de 2:20 minutos, se presenta como un tour interactivo. Desde su departamento de marketing me facilitan la siguiente entrevista con Jonathan Wu, uno de los co-directores del proyecto junto a Brad Tucker, ambos...

MacVideoPro, May 20, 2009
Stardust Delivers Ice Breakers Spot for ArnoldNYC
Ad Features Inventive Use of Hand-Drawn Cel Animation

Ypsilon2.com, May 20, 2009
Ice Breakers Mints
A criação ficou por conta da ArnoldNYC, com produção da fodástica Stardust Studios. "A State Of Mouth" tem como foco o público de 18 a 24 anos e o objetivo é mostrar uma jornada causada pela sensação de estar com um Ice Breakers Mints...

Beau Duncan, May 19, 2009
2010 Insight Virtual Tour
Honda Insight "Multiplicity" Interactive Tour from Stardust Studios on Vimeo.

CleverPeeps.com, May 19, 2009
Honda Tour
Honda Insight "Multiplicity" Interactive Tour from Stardust Studios on Vimeo....

FWATheater.com, May 19, 2009
J-POWER - Environment
"The main focus of these spots was to show that J-POWER creates energy and makes everything possible for daily life," says Stardust's founder and creative director Jake Banks, who directed the spots.

Digital Buzz Blog, May 19, 2009
Honda Insight Hybrid: Virtual Tour Video
This is the new Honda Insight Hybrid Virtual Tour Video that was created by RPA & Stardust Studios to launch exclusively online (here) as an experience that introduces you to the Honda Insight. What I love about a video like this...

FWATheater.com, May 19, 2009
J-POWER "Environment"
J-POWER "Global"
"The main focus of these spots was to show that J-POWER creates energy and makes everything possible for daily life," says Stardust's founder and creative director Jake Banks, who directed the spots.

JoeyTomatoes.com, May 19, 2009
On our automotive podcast
Directed by Stardust's Brad Tucker and Jonathan Wu through ad agency RPA for the 2010 Honda Insight Hybrid. The 2:20 video entitled "Multiplicity" was produced as an interactive tour of the Insight to exclusively be featured at www.honda.com/Insight. The project went live on the site on 4/10....

ScaryIdeas.com, May 19, 2009
Honda Insight Hybrid : Multiplicity [Video]
...Adam Lowrey Agency Producer: Brian Donnelly Agency Associate Producer: Lyndsey Wilson Production Company: Stardust Studios City/State: Bicoastal...

Youmark.it, May 18, 2009
J-Power, naturalmente giapponese
L'Electric Power Development di Tokio crea energia e rende tutto possibile

AdsoftheWorld.com, May 17, 2009
J-Power electric power development: Environment
J-Power electric power development: Global
Design/Animation Company: Stardust Studios, USA Creative Director: Jake Banks Executive Producer: Paul Abatemarco Design Director: Neil Tsai Producers: Jody MacKinnon, Clara Park, Steven Poulsen Designers: Neil Tsai, Gretchen Nash...

Changethethought.com, May 17, 2009
Stardust - J-Power Campaign
Stardust sent me news of this recent campaign for J-Power in Japan. I was really amazed by the animation. Beautiful work. Wow, there is a lot of credits on this one: PROJECT NAME: J-POWER "nature" RUNNING TIME: :30 ...

DesignScene.net, May 17, 2009
Honda Insight "Multiplicity" Interactive Tour by Stardust Studios
Advertising Agency: RPA; Chief Creative Officer: David Smith; Art Director: Bang Pham; Production Company: Stardust Studios; Creative Director: Brad Tucker; Art Director: Jonathan Wu....

DirtyMouse.co.uk, May 17, 2009
Stardust Studios Updates
Stardust Studios have recently created two HD spots for Tokyo’s Electric Power Development (J-POWER). You can catch ‘Global’ and ‘Environment’ on Vimeo.

SourceECreative.com, May 13, 2009
Member news from around the world
In cooperation with Japanese production company Kirameki, bicoastal production company Stardust Studios recently produced two HD spots for Tokyo's Electric Power Development (J-POWER) through the creative team at McCann Erickson Japan. The two HD :30 spots, entitled "Global" and "Environment," were directed by Stardust's founder and creative director Jake Banks and began airing in April in Japan. "The main focus of these spots was to show that J-POWER creates energy and makes everything possible for daily life," says Banks. "One was an environmental spot, and the other was a global spot that speaks to the industries, businesses, infrastructures and everything that the company powers." Although the original approach called for stock footage, Banks and the agency's creatives, including Isamu Nakamura, Takehiko Araki and Kenichi Horie, ultimately agreed on the benefits of capturing original live-action footage for the project. During one day of green screen shooting on a soundstage in Tokyo, Banks and director of photography Naoki Noda captured HD footage of actors and various animals. Artists at Stardust's Santa Monica studio then used Maya to create the natural habitats, the turbine and many other elements for both spots, and Adobe After Effects was used for visual effects and compositing. The spot was produced for Kirameki by Sachiko Tamaru, and executive produced for Stardust by Paul Abatemarco. Neil Tsai was Design Director, with Jody MacKinnon, Clara Park and Steven Poulsen producing for the studio.

JoeyTomatoes.com, May 11, 2009
J-POWER Powers Life in HD Spots for Japanese Market Directed by Stardust's Jake Banks
...Although the original approach called for the use stock footage, Banks and the agency's creatives, including creative director and copywriter Isamu Nakamura, and art directors Takehiko Araki and Kenichi Horie, ultimately agreed on the greater benefits of capturing original live-action footage for the project. During one day of green screen shooting on a soundstage in Tokyo, Banks and director of photography Naoki Noda captured HD footage of actors and various animals using the ARRIFLEX D-21 camera package....

Partfaliaz.net, May 11, 2009
2 J-POWER spots directed by Jake Banks
In cooperation with Japanese production company Kirameki, bicoastal US creative production company Stardust Studios recently produced two HD spots for Tokyo's Electric Power Development (J-POWER) through the creative team at...

PerfumeCommercials.blogspot.com, May 10, 2009
Hugo Boss - Hugo
Hugo Boss Perfume: Hugo Model: Jonathan Rhys-Meyers Director: Stardust Photographer: Rankin Agency: Callegari Berville Grey Producer: Stardust Studios Year: 2006 - 2007...

Shortcuttero.blogspot.com, May 9, 2009
Stardust "j-power"
J-POWER "Global". ART DIRECTORS: Takehiko Araki, Kenichi Horie. DESIGN/ANIMATION COMPANY: Stardust Studios....

IdN Onair, May 8, 2009
"Global" and "Environment" spots for J-Power by Stardust Studios
Project name: J-POWER "Global"&"Environment"...

AnotherTitle.com, May 7, 2009
Stardust Turns on the J-Power
Stardust pumps up the chroma on the flora and fauna for a Japanese electricity company called J-Power. Live action elements were shot during a one day green screen shoot in Tokyo with the rest of the elements created in Maya and...

CGNews.com, May 7, 2009
Stardust Creates Environment For J-Power
In cooperation with Japanese production company Kirameki, bicoastal U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios recently produced two HD spots for Tokyo’s Electric Power Development (J-POWER) through the creative team at McCann Erickson Japan. The two HD :30 spots entitled “Global” and “Environment” directed by Stardust’s founder and creative director Jake Banks began airing in April....

Computerlove, May 7, 2009
J-POWER Powers Life in HD
...Actors and animals were shot over green screen in one day on a soundstage in Tokyo with a ARRIFLEX D-21 camera package. Later on artists at Stardust's Santa Monica studio used Maya to create the natural habitats, the turbine and many other elements for both spots. Adobe After Effects was used for visual effects and compositing....

DesignScene.net, May 7, 2009
Stardust's Jake Banks for J-POWERs Global and Environment
Artists at Stardust's Santa Monica studio then used Maya to create the natural habitats, the turbine and many other elements for both spots, and Adobe After Effects was used for visual effects and compositing....

Digital Arts Magazine, May 7, 2009
Stardust creates kaleidoscopic effects for Japanese energy spots
Stardust Studios has created two HD spots for Tokyo's Electric Power Development (J-POWER) company that feature some innovative use of kaleidoscopic camerawork and reflected CG. The two HD 30-second spots entitled Global and Environment were directed by Stardust's founder and creative director Jake Banks began airing in April in Japan, where they will continue to run for the next year....

ItsArtMag.com, May 7, 2009
Focus : "Stardust for J-Power"
...Although the original approach called for the use stock footage, Banks and the agency's creatives, including creative director and copywriter Isamu Nakamura, and art directors Takehiko Araki and Kenichi Horie, ultimately agreed on the greater benefits of capturing original live-action footage for the project. During one day of green screen shooting on a soundstage in Tokyo, Banks and director of photography Naoki Noda captured HD footage of actors and various animals using the ARRIFLEX D-21 camera package....

ScaryIdeas.com, May 7, 2009
J-POWER : Environment
J-POWER : Global
In cooperation with Japanese production company Kirameki (www. kirameki.cc), bicoastal U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios (www.stardust.tv) recently produced two HD spots for Tokyo's Electric Power Development (J-POWER) through the creative team at McCann Erickson Japan. The two HD :30 spots entitled "Global" and "Environment" directed by Stardust's founder and creative director Jake Banks began airing in April in Japan, where they will continue to run for the next year....

Dexigner.com, May 6, 2009
J-Power Powers Life in HD Spots for Japanese Market Directed by Stardust's Jake Banks
In cooperation with Japanese production company Kirameki, bicoastal U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios recently produced two HD spots for Tokyo's Electric Power Development (J-POWER) through the creative team at McCann Erickson Japan....

Dimension 2.5, May 6, 2009
J-POWER "Global" y "Environment", de Stardust
Encabezados por Jake Banks, Stardust ha sido la productora seleccionada por McCann Erickson Japan para la realización de la última campaña para televisión de Tokyo’s Electric Power Development (J-POWER), en colaboración con la compañía japonesa Kirameki. Ambos spots fueron filmados en la ciudad de Tokio con una cámara HD ARRIFLEX D-21 y postproduccidos en el estudio...

Feedhere.com, May 6, 2009
"Global" and "Environment"
Watch "Global" and "Environment" · Agency: McCann Erickson Japan, Inc., Production: Kirameki, Inc. & Stardust Studios Director: Jake Banks DOP: Naoki Noda Design/animation: Stardust Studios Music: Hifana

Advertolog.com, May 5, 2009
TV-spot: J-POWER: Environment
Tags: Japan, McCANN ERICKSON JAPAN, J-POWER, J-POWER Powers Life. PROJECT NAME: J-POWER "Global" and "Environment" RUNNING TIME: 2 x :30 DATE OF FIRST AIRING: April 15, 2009 (Japan only) FILM STAGE/LOCATION(S): Japan...

Boards, May 5, 2009
J-Power "growth"
Stardust create a kaleidoscopic city scape in these Japan-only spots for the Electric Power Development Co. Ltd aka J-Power.

Boards, May 5, 2009
J-Power "nature"
Stardust create a kaleidoscopic city scape in these Japan-only spots for the Electric Power Development Co. Ltd aka J-Power.

Coloribus.com, May 5, 2009
"Environment" commercial for J-POWER in Japan by McCANN ERICKSON JAPAN
In cooperation with Japanese production company Kirameki (www. kirameki.cc), bicoastal U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios (www.stardust.tv) recently produced two HD spots for Tokyo's Electric Power Development (J-POWER)...

quevoisje.fr, May 1, 2009
Time-lapse tutoriel, une dynamique temporelle
Time-lapse, pour la capture de mouvements. Le terme "Time-lapse" désigne en Anglais une technique cinématographique qui consiste à capturer des images à une vitesse plus lente que celle de leur projection....

SourceECreative.com, Apr. 29, 2009
Member news from around the world
Draftfcb recently approached Stardust about creating a spot to promote Pacific Gas & Electric’s charitable Climate Smart program, which enlists customers in a voluntary program aimed at offsetting greenhouse gas emissions through environmental conservation, restoration and protection projects. The spot, titled "Climate Smart,” was conceived by Draftfcb San Francisco's Colin McRae, Tony Vazquez, Justin Hargraves, Eric Molina and Dan Watson. It called for a time-lapse approach featuring imagery of a home that looks like an SUV, to complement the voiceover copy that explains that generating the energy a typical northern California home uses over the course of a year emits the same amount of greenhouse gas as an SUV, and urges customers to join the program to help the utility balance out its emissions. "Maya, After Effects, time-lapse footage and stock photography were all used to create the look of the spot," explains Stardust Creative Director Brad Tucker, who directed. "Clever compositing with lots of toggling key frames were the key to making the house feel like it’s really moving through the seasons.” Additional credits go to Stardust Exec Producer Paul Abatemarco, Producer Jody McKinnon, Editor Michael Merkwan, Art Director Jonathon Wu and Designer Gretchen Nash.

POST Magazine, Apr. 27, 2009
TELECINE BOUTIQUE 'NEW HAT' OPENS
Since opening, the studio has contributed to work for Cisco (O&M/Lost Planet), Blackberry (Leo Burnett Chicago/Stardust Studios), and Chase (Mcgarrybowen/NY/Spotwelders)....

IBelieveinAdv.com, Apr. 22, 2009
Honda Odyssey: Van Stunts
Advertising Agency: RPA, Santa Monica, USA; Chief Creative Officer: David Smith; Creative Directors: Joe Baratelli, Pat Mendelson; Associate Creative: Director/Art Director Chuck Blackwell; Art Director: Jonathan Wu; Copywriter: Seth Prandini; Agency Executive Producer: Gary Paticoff; Agency Producer: Brian Donnelly; Production Company: Stardust Studios, Bicoastal, USA...

Universal Positive, April 22, 2009
Earth Day 2009 and beyond... onward and upward!
Huge thanks to Earth Day LA's Jim Stewart, Ph.D., for these insights for continuing to make positive impacts through our day-to-day activities… and to my inspirational buddy Kacy Palmieri, who has worked with Earth Day LA for the past several years, for passing along Jim's sage advice. Also please enjoy the following spot from Stardust Studios for PG&E's ClimateSmart program....

Adme.ru, Apr. 9, 2009
PG&E ClimateSmart: "Climate Smart"
...Production Company: Stardust Studios.  Directors: Brad Tucker....

BestAdsonTV.com, Apr. 9, 2009
PG&E ClimateSmart: "Climate Smart"
Earlier this year, the creative team from Draftfcb San Francisco approached Stardust about creating a spot to promote PG&E's charitable ClimateSmart program, which enlists customers in a voluntary program aimed at offsetting greenhouse gas emissions through environmental conservation, restoration and protection projects....

Motionographer.com, Apr. 9, 2009
Stardust for PG&E
Quickies by dieLAMB

Ypsilon2.com, Apr. 9, 2009
PG&E: Climate Smart
Novo comercial da PG&E, Companhia de Gás e Eletricidade do Pacífico, criado pela Draftfcb com produção da fodástica Stardust Studios. O objetivo é divulgar o ClimateSmart, um programa voluntário que possibilita aos seus clientes compensar suas emissões de gases do efeito estufa provenientes da utilização de energia em suas casas. O vídeo é regado de animação 3D da melhor qualidade, mostrando uma casa em um timelapse ao decorrer do ano, calculando o quanto está sendo emitido de CO2 na atmosfera. Fodástico.

BestAdsonTV.com, Apr. 1, 2009
Clorox Disinfecting Wipes: "Fashionably Clean"
DDB West make the packaging for the the new Clorox Wipes come alive in an interesting way....

Stuff That is Relevant, Apr. 1, 2009
Honda Odyssey: Van Stunts
...Production Company: Stardust Studios, Bicoastal, Usa...

SourceEcreative Newsletter, Mar. 30, 2009
Member News: Stardust Studios
Stardust Studios recently produced a 1980s-themed live-action spot for RPA and Honda--a popular brand in this edition of the newsletter--titled “Van Stunts.” Directed by Stardust's Santa Monica-based Art Director Jonathan Wu, the spot is part of the agency’s "Respect the Van" theme for the Honda Odyssey mini-van. In this execution, the campaign embraces classic and kitschy vans as seen in 1980s US movies and TV shows, all designed to remind consumers that back in the day, vans were cool—as evidenced by the old bumper sticker that used to say 'If this van’s rockin', don’t bother knockin'."....

TheInspirationRoom.com, Mar. 25, 2009
Honda Odyssey in Van Stunts
Honda has launched “Van Stunts”, a 30 second television commercial with a 1980s theme, featuring clips from memorable 1980s TV and movies continuing the tag line, “Respect the Van” with the assurance that the Van is Still Rocking....

I Believe in Advertising, Mar. 24, 2009
Honda Odyssey: Van Stunts
...Director: Jonathan Wu....

ScaryIdeas.com, Mar. 24, 2009
Honda Odyssey : Van Stunts [Video]
Directed by Jonathan Wu at Stardust Studios Creative agency: RPA, Santa Monica Creatives: David Smith, Joe Baratelli, Pat Mendelson, Chuck Blackwell....

Youmark.it, Mar. 24, 2009
Honda, essere cool con il Van
Dal 1980 a oggi ne ha fatta di strada

JoeyTomatoes.com, Mar. 23, 2009
LATEST RPA HONDA ODYSSEY SPOT FROM STARDUST STUDIOS RECALLS VAN'S HISTORIC COOLNESS
...Stardust's project producer Josh Libitsky and Steven Poulsen handled research and licensing to secure use of clips from memorable 1980s TV and movies, and they also organized a shoot to capture the scene of a van spinning out. Working with director of photography Pat Notaro and a very small crew, Jonathan Wu captured the original footage using a Panasonic HDVX camera. That footage was color graded, and grain and filters were added in After Effects to make it match the look and feel of the licensed footage....

BrilliantCommercials.com, Mar. 19, 2009
Honda Odyssey: Respect the Van
Directed by Jonathan Wu at Stardust Studios Creative agency: RPA, Santa Monica Creatives: David Smith, Joe Baratelli, Pat Mendelson, Chuck Blackwell. A-Team was composed by Keith Horn at Hum Music.

BestAdsonTV.com, Mar. 19, 2009
Honda Odyssey: "Van Stunts"
Building on RPA's "Respect the Van" theme for the Honda Odyssey, agency VP, associate creative director and art director Chuck Blackwell and copywriter Seth Prandini have evolved the 2009 campaign creative to embrace memorable footage of cool vans from 1980s TV and movies. The spot's original music spoofs 1980s TV show theme music, with the goal of reminding consumers of the historical coolness of driving vans.

No Fat Clips!!!, Mar. 18, 2009
Honda Odyssey: Van Stunts
The van's still rockin'...

ScaryIdeas.com, Mar. 18, 2009
Honda Odyssey : Van Stunts [Video]
Honda Odyssey : Van Stunts. Memorable footage of cool vans from 1980s TV and movies is mixed with new footage in this new commercial for Honda vans. Directed by Jonathan Wu at Stardust Studios Creative agency: RPA, Santa Monica...

SHOOT, Mar. 18, 2009
Latest RPA Honda Odyssey Spot from Stardust Studios Recalls Van's Historic Coolness
Bicoastal creative production company Stardust Studios (www.stardust.tv) recently produced a 1980s-themed live-action spot for the creative team from advertising agency RPA and their clients at Honda. The new :30 "Van Stunts" spot directed by Stardust's Santa Monica-based art director Jonathan Wu started airing via spot TV buys and on targeted websites this month, is set to go into broadcast and cable rotations across the U.S. in April....

'Boards Magazine, Mar. 17, 2009
Honda Odyssey “Van Stunts”
The van has no equal....

Coloribus.com, Mar. 17, 2009
Honda Odyssey: Van Stunts
Honda Odyssey: Van Stunts. TV-Spots HONDA ODYSSEY RPA ... Production Company: Stardust Studios, Bicoastal Director: Jonathan Wu...

Adland, Mar. 4, 2009
Clorox - Fashonably Clean - (2009) :30 (USA)
Designs reach even the clorox packaging now:  "Cleaning messes never looked better as Clorox Disinfectant Wipes now comes in a dispenser so fashionable, the designs seem to leap off the package."...

TheAdFeed.com, Feb. 25, 2009
Clorox - Fashionably Clean
...Production Company: Stardust.  Director: Brad Tucker...

LiquidTreat.com, Feb. 9, 2009
Pop Culture
There are plenty of creative baby-making ideas in The Kama Sutra, but The Kinda Sutra appeals to the confused kid in all of us. This documentary short chronicles childhood misunderstandings about where babies come from: The stork? The poop chute? Little pollywogs in the lake that swim into girls? In a series of interviews, adults admit to these misguided theories from their growing-up years, then each comical scenario plays out through animation. The real birds-and-bees info in the film comes from the mouths of well-informed babes. Watch the excerpt at www.thekindasutra.com.

AdRants.com, Jan. 26, 2009
'Kinda Sutra' Exploits Reproductive Trial-and-Error
...With help from Stardust Studios, director Jessica Yu of Nonfiction Unlimited produced "The Kinda Sutra" as an entry to Sundance's Documentary Shorts section. In it, a handful of brave adults admit how they were told babies were made....

Animation World Magazine, Jan. 26, 2009
Explore the Kinda Sutra Through Animation
...Produced by Nonfiction Unlimited, Yu's directorial home for commercial projects, THE KINDA SUTRA represents a collaboration with many well-known commercial production industry companies and individuals, including Stardust Studios, Lost Planet Editorial and editor Kim Bica, and many others. The project's exec producer, Loretta Jeneski of Nonfiction, noted, "The idea all along was to bring together some great talent from the commercial industry to help realize Jessica's vision. From the beginning we knew we wanted to make something special and get it into Sundance. Everyone got behind that idea and put everything they had into making the project great enough to fulfill that very lofty goal."...

Computer Graphics World, Jan. 21, 2009
Documentary Filmmaker Jessica Yu Debuts Short Film
..."Creating the puppets for Stardust to animate was also a very involved process," Reifke continues. "Each moving part is a separate illustration that was penciled, watercolored, inked, then scanned and rebuilt in the computer. The animation came out great, and I think it does a great job of maintaining the two-dimensional feel Jessica wanted. Overall, I like to think we stayed true to the original 'Kama Sutra' while also infusing it with the uniquely comical twist Jessica wanted."...

Digital Arts Magazine, Jan. 21, 2009
Oscar-winner shows The Kinda Sutra at Sundance
..."After realizing that Jessica wanted a true representation of the original Karma Sutra and getting my hands on a copy, I found the illustrations to be truly beautiful, and things started flowing nicely," Reifki began. "It was daunting to recreate such ornate decorative elements because it required so much more time and effort, but it was definitely worth it. The book's paintings lack true perspective and therefore have a very flat quality, which I mirrored. The colours in a lot of the original art tend to be faded and drab so I took the liberty of making them a little more contemporary and vibrant by taking cues from the set created for the interviews....

TAXI Design Network, Jan. 21, 2009
NEWS: Stardust Studios: Sundance Short "The Kinda Sutra"
...For Stardust West's executive producer Paul Abatemarco, after getting Degan's original call, he and his colleagues, including design director Neil Tsai and producer Megan Kennedy, also were eager to enlist in the project....

BlogLive Sundance 2009, Jan. 20, 2009
Nonfiction Unlimited’s Jessica Yu Returns to Sundance Film Festival with Documentary Short, The Kinda Sutra
...“I had seen a clip where the animated elements were illustrated by Nate Reifke and the animation was performed by Stardust. As soon as I saw that, I said, ‘We have to get these people.’ I just felt that they would totally get it and they could create what I wanted — and they did.”...

Current.com, Jan. 20, 2009
Provocative new documentary short debuts at 2009 Sundance Film Festival
...Produced by Nonfiction Unlimited, Jessica's directorial home for commercial projects, "The Kinda Sutra" represents a collaboration with many well-known commercial production industry companies and individuals, including Stardust Studios, Lost Planet Editorial and editor Kim Bica, and many others....

SHOOT Magazine, Jan. 20, 2009
Nonfiction Unlimited's Jessica Yu Returns To Sundance Film Festival With Documentary Short, "The Kinda Sutra"
Colorful, Mixed-Format Project Reflects Artistry of Numerous Top Commercial Industry Players

3D World, December 2008
Projects round-up
Fruit Loops.  Animated characters made of thousands of individual fruits burst out of a soft drink bottle to engage in sporting activities in Stardust's spot for Nestle's Jamba Juice.  Creative director Brad Tucker based the animation on data from a suitably energetic motion-capture shoot.  "That data was then imported straight into Maya and applied to the 3D models," he says.  "Getting the mocap data to blend between characters and controlling the particles in a way that made each transition believable and realistic was a challenge that required extensive R&D."

Boards, December, 2008
DESIGN & GRAPHICS:  Substance over style... The design and motion graphics roundtable
Participants:  Jake Banks, Founder/Creative Director, Stardust....

SourceEcreative Newsletter, Nov. 20, 2008
Member News
Bicoastal production company Stardust Studios recently produced a high-definition 3D animated spot for ad agency RPA and Honda. Directed by Stardust's Jonathon Wu, it broke last month. The spot was tied in to the theatrical release of Walt Disney Picture’s megahit High School Musical 3: Senior Year, and featured a visual motif familiar to all HS students: the yearbook. The spot, titled Yearbook, begins with a Wildcats-themed yearbook lying on a student's desk. After opening, the book's pages flip past, featuring photos of the movie's stars and handwritten notes and artsy doodles. When a Honda Odyssey appears and begins driving through some of the book's layouts, the illustrated doodles and other photographic elements come to life around the minivan, until more 3D-illustrated pages present the film's title. RPA's project team included EVP/chief creative officer David Smith, SVP/creative directors Joe Baratelli and Pat Mendelson, VP/associate creative director/art director Chuck Blackwell, copywriter Seth Prandini, SVP/executive producer Gary Paticoff, and senior producer Brian Donnelly—all of whom could probably fit comfortably in an Odyssey while on their way to Century City to see Quantum of Solace. Additional Stardust credits go to creative director Brad Tucker, executive producer Paul Abatemarco, producer Josh Libitsky, editor Michael Merkwan, art director Jonathan Wu and designers Jonathan Wu and Ling Feng. Music by Hum, mixed at Margarita Mix. 

StudioDaily.com, Nov. 20, 2008
Top Spot of the Week: AT&T "Beat City"
Production Company: Stardust Studios.  City/State: New York, NY.  Director: Alan Bibby....

Coloribus.com, Nov. 18, 2008
Honda Odyssey "High School Musical 3"
RPA, Santa Monica recently collaborated with Stardust's Santa Monica-based artists to produce an HD, 3D animated yearbook-themed cross-promotional spot for the Honda Odyssey as part of Honda's promotion of Walt Disney Pictures High School Musical 3: Senior Year....

Ypsilon2.com, Nov. 17, 2008
Stardust apresenta Honda Odyssey em “High School Musical 3”
Para quem não assistiu ainda (como eu), a Disney firmou um contrato com a marca japonesa Honda, para que os carros que aparecem no filme High School Musical 3: Ano da Formatura sejam da montadora. Entre os modelos que estarão nas telas figuram uma minivan Honda Odyssey, um S2000 da cor rosa-choque, um Honda Pilot e um Civic Hybrid. “Estamos focados em famílias. Estes são os pais e mães com quem queremos falar”, afirmou o diretor de propaganda da Honda na América, Tom Peyton.....

Adland, Nov. 14, 2008
Honda Odyssey - "High School Musical 3" - (2008) :30 (USA)
Stardust's Santa Monica-based artists recently produced a HD, 3D animated yearbook-themed cross-promotional spot for the Honda Odyssey as part of Honda's promotion of Walt Disney Pictures' "High School Musical 3: Senior Year." And yes, that's Kevin Spacey's voice.

The Briefing Room at Digital Content Producer, Nov. 14, 2008
Honda Odyssey Travels Through a Simulated “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” Yearbook in RPA’s Cross-Promotional Spot Created by Stardust
...“RPA’s creative team approached us with the idea of creating a yearbook-themed cross-promotional spot for the Honda Odyssey as part of Honda’s promotion of Walt Disney Pictures’ ‘High School Musical 3: Senior Year,’” Wu explained. “The main points were to make sure it was photo-real and authentic to a high school yearbook. The guys at RPA gave us great input, and we applied their ideas throughout the process, which really made the piece come together well. It was a great collaboration.”

SHOOT Magazine, Nov. 13, 2008
Honda Odyssey Travels Through a Simulated "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" Yearbook in RPA's Cross-Promotional Spot Created by Stardust
Bicoastal creative production company Stardust Studios recently produced a high-definition (HD) 3D animated spot for the creative team from advertising agency RPA and their clients at Honda. The :30 spot directed by Stardust's Santa Monica-based art director Jonathan Wu debuted across the U.S. last month...

FWA Theater, Nov. 3, 2008
Video of the Day:  AT&T Beat City
Showcasing a promotional offer from AT&T for the new Sony Ericsson W350 cell phone, which features the Walkman(R) 2.0 Music Player.

Media Magazine, October, 2008
Decades-dense
The American Telegram & Telegraph company might be shaking off the last of its 1880s dust; it recently teamed with a band from the double-oughts that borrows some of its sound from the 1980s and named itself for the decade after: AT&T and BBDO New York enlisted Scottish indie band 1990s for the "Beat City" spot - a computer-generated animation set to music to launch the new '80s-cum-retro-futuristic Sony Ericsson Walkman phone. Jackie McKeown, lead singer and guitarist, had a few comments on being the brand's new house band....

BestAdsonTV.com, Oct. 30, 2008
AT&T: Beat City
To showcase a promotional offer from AT&T for the new Sony Ericsson W350 cell phone, which features the Walkman(R) 2.0 Music Player, BBDO New York's creative team put together a character listening to music on his Sony Walkman phone and calling for his clothes, hair and demeanor to change as his music changed....

Coloribus.com, Oct. 29, 2008
AT&T: Beat City
Advertiser: The New AT&T.  Product: Walkman Phone, Sony Ericsson W350.  Ad Agency: BBDO.  City/State: New York, NY...

Computerlove, Oct. 29, 2008
Beat City
Apparently, new generation music players will let you change clothes, hair and demeanor at your will. The spot has been directed by Alan Bibby and produced at Stardust.

It's Art, Oct. 29, 2008
Spot / VFX:  Beat City
Stardust depicts a Beat City for AT&T....

No Fat Clips, Oct. 29, 2008
AT&T: Beat City
Apparently, new generation music players will let you change clothes, hair and demeanor at your will.  The spot has been directed by Alan Bibby and produced at Stardust. Edited by Andrew Borin....

Chicago Sun-Times, Oct. 13, 2008
AT&T spot heavy on beat, light on heart
...A new AT&T commercial from BBDO/New York promoting a stylish Sony Ericsson flip phone that doubles as a music player is a good example of how young people today like to, uh, communicate with their peers through the medium of advertising....

FWA Theater, Oct. 8, 2008
2008 WNBA Playoffs - From 2to1
"From 2 to 1" focuses-in on the two teams in the WNBA Finals, the Detroit Shock and San Antonio Silver Stars....

Dzine.tv, Oct. 7, 2008
Stardust Delivers WNBA Playoff Campaign for Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
Under the creative direction of agency partner/creative director Jamie Barrett, group creative directors Chris Ford and Ari Weiss, and art director Adrien Bindi, Stardust's founder Jake Banks served as director and his team's creative director in bringing the campaign concept to life. Among his MVPs for the challenging project, Banks names his VFX supervisor Andrew Ashton, director of photography Jaron Presant, producers Rich Kaylor and Megan Kennedy, and many others....

DiretodoForno.com.br, Oct. 5, 2008
WNBA | Expect Great
Responsável pelas peças da NBA, a agência Goodby, Silverstein & Partners também assina as peças da WNBA, produzidas em parceira com a produtora Stardust Studios, e, na minha opinião, os filmes ficaram tão bons quanto os da liga....

TheInspirationRoom.com, Oct. 5, 2008
WNBA Playoffs Expect Great Finalists
Filming was shot by director Jake Banks via Stardust Studios with director of photography Jaron Presant, executive producer Paul Abatemarco, producers Rich Kaylor and Megan Kennedy, VFX supervisor Andrew Ashton, editor Tony Hall....

TAXI Design Network, Oct. 3, 2008
Stardust Delivers WNBA Playoff Campaign
The broadcast campaign from advertising agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners for this year’s WNBA playoffs debuted over the past several weeks, featuring many of the league’s preeminent stars and showcasing the live-action production talents of bicoastal creative production company Stardust Studios....

Advertolog.com, Oct. 1, 2008
Spot: WNBA Playoffs: From 2 to 1
Game one of their WNBA Finals matchup took place last night....

Coloribus.com, Oct. 1, 2008
TV-spot: WNBA Playoffs: From 2 to 1
Stardust's Santa Monica team delivered the first campaign spot, entitled "From 8 to 1," several weeks back, as well as "From 2 to 1," the latter of which focuses-in on the two teams in the WNBA Finals, the Detroit Shock and San Antonio...

BestAdsonTV.com, Sep. 27, 2008
WNBA: 2008 WNBA Playoffs "From 2 to 1"
..."The choreography, placement of athletes, and sheer number of variables was enough to melt anyone's brain," said Chris Ford, Group Creative Director for Goodby, Silverstein & Partners. "But having seen Stardust's creativity and attention to detail pay off in the animation department, we were confident Jake and his guys could pull off this complicated shoot and piece of post production."...

Boards Online, Sep. 25, 2008
WNBA: From 8 to 1
Now you see 'em, now you don't....

SourceEcreative Newsletter, Sep. 24, 2008
Member News
Stardust, well-known for creating fully animated worlds with lots of intriguing content inside them also have a solid reputation for finding live-action techniques to address potentially complicated production challenges. Recently the team put their talents to work in the first spot of the campaign for the WNBA entitled From 8 to 1. Starring various players from the WBNA teams, this first spot will be followed by new versions over the weeks ahead featuring the players still in contention for the WNBA title. Conceived by Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, others lending their skills included director Jake Banks, EP Paul Abatemarco, editor Tony Hall, VFX supervisor Andrew Ashton, and online editor Michael Merkwan. 

Film&Video Magazine, Sep. 23, 2008
Going "From 8 to 1" for WNBA Playoffs
With Roto and Paint, Stardust Studios Does the Tournament in Real Time....

MediaPost's Online Media Daily, Sep. 18, 2008
AT&T Ads Locate 'Discoverer' Of The Internet
...Aside from the 3G mobility ads, AT&T also launched "Beat City" to target 18- to 34-year-olds. In that ad produced by Stardust Productions, the digital character listens through headphones to a variety of music--from rock to hip hop to techno--on a Sony Ericsson W350 Walkman phone as the song morphs into various musical beats as the landscapes changes to convey moods....

SourceEcreative Newsletter, Sep. 11, 2008
Member News
Stardust recently produced a spot for agency Publicis/New York and their clients at Nestle's Jamba Juice. The 30-second spot, Fruit Pixels, was helmed by creative director Brad Tucker and features a plethora of spinning and image-forming fruit goodness set to the song Fruit Machine by The Ting Tings. Additional Stardust talents included EP Paul Abatemarco, art director Jonathon Wu, and VFX supervisor Andrew Ashton as well as Sound Lounge mixer Eric Warzecha. 

Adweek, Sep. 10, 2008
Ad of the Day:  AT&T Beat City
...Driven by computer animation, the commercial opens with a product close-up as a hand flips the phone shut and the music starts to play. A stylish young man then walks through city streets that change in appearance as the music shifts through different styles. Ultimately, the guy walks through a futuristic cityscape on invisible sidewalks suspended in air. The copy "Music & Phone Remixed" appears in windows of the skyline....

Brentter.com, Sep. 5, 2008
Jamba Juice - Fresh Pixels
Here’s a cool new spot for Nestle owned Jamba Juice by Publicis NY and Stardust Studios. Something interesting about this project was the way in which they animated the figure on the swing-set. It was all taken from a motion-capture shoot over at Santa Monica-based Perspective Studios where they had a live model performing the swimming, swinging and other actions that you see in the finished spot....

Adland, Sep. 4, 2008
Jamba Juice - "Fruit Pixels" - (2008) :30 (USA)
Director Brad Tucker and his colleagues organized a motion capture shoot at Santa Monica-based Perspective Studios for this project, where they shot a model performing the swinging, swimming and other actions you see in the finished spot. "The data from that shoot was then imported straight into Maya," Tucker explained. "From there, we applied the data to the 3D models to create the motions you see the characters performing....

Dexigner.com, Sep. 4, 2008
Stardust Gets Fruitful for Jamba Juice in Colorful 3D Animated Spot
...To the sounds of the song "Fruit Machine" by The Ting Tings, the animated character swings, swims, plays volleyball and soccer, and the fruit pieces then form the Jamba Juice logo before swirling back into the bottle....

FWA Theater, Sep. 4, 2008
Jamba Juice - Fruit Pixels
In this 3D animated spot directed by Stardust's Santa Monica-based creative director Brad Tucker, a Jamba Juicie bottle opens, releasing a swirling cornucopia of vibrant fruit pieces which form into the shape of a person....

Motiongraphics.it, Sep. 4, 2008
Jamba Juice - Stardust
Ci scrive Stardust Studio per aggiornarci sul loro ultimo lavoro, 30 secondi di spot per il succo Jamba della Nestle , realizzato per l’agenzia di pubblicità Publicis di New York.  In questa animazione 3d, una bottiglia di succo Jamba si apre lasciando esplodere un mondo di colori, lo spot è un susseguirsi di forme umane composte da ogni tipo di frutto. Il tutto è stato realizzato in motion capture e successivamente nella fase 3d utilizzando il software Maya.

S.Jeon, Sep. 4, 2008
www.stardust.tv
Name: Stardust Studios. Location: New York, New Yor & Santa Monica, California...

Adrants.com, Sep. 3, 2008
Jamba Juice: Now In Handy-Dandy Plastic Bottles!
Jamba Juice makes its foray into the grocery aisle with a celebratory ad by Publicis/NY and production firm Stardust. In "Fruit Pixels," a bouquet of berries spring out of a Jamba smoothie bottle and shape-shift into a swinging schoolgirl, a swimmer, a volleyball player and the Jamba Juice logo before slipping back into the bottle, now neatly capped....

Advertolog.com, Sep. 3, 2008
Jamba Juice: Fruit Pixels
Released:  September 2008; Brand name:  Jamba Juice; Agency:   PUBLICIS NEW YORK; Country:   USA...

Animation World Network, Sep. 3, 2008
Stardust Gets Fruitful For Jamba Juice In Colorful Spot
...In the 3D animated spot, a Jamba Juicie bottle opens, releasing a swirling cornucopia of vibrant fruit pieces which form into the shape of a person. To the sounds of the song "Fruit Machine" by The Ting Tings, the animated character swings, swims, plays volleyball and soccer, and the fruit pieces then form the Jamba Juice logo before swirling back into the bottle. Female voiceover artist Di Johnston tags the spot, "Introducing Jamba Smoothies and Juicies, now available at your local grocer. Jamba: Live fruitfully."...

BestAdsonTV.com, Sep. 3, 2008
Jamba Juice: Fruit Pixels
...In this 3D animated spot via Publicis New York and directed by Stardust Studios' Santa Monica-based creative director Brad Tucker, a Jamba Juicie bottle opens, releasing a swirling cornucopia of vibrant fruit pieces which form into the shape of a person. To the sounds of the song "Fruit Machine" by The Ting Tings, the animated character swings, swims, plays volleyball and soccer, and the fruit pieces then form the Jamba Juice logo before swirling back into the bottle. Female voiceover artist Di Johnston tags the spot, "Introducing Jamba Smoothies and Juicies, now available at your local grocer. Jamba: Live fruitfully."...

Coloribus.com, Sep. 3, 2008
Jamba Juice: Fruit Pixels
..."The thing I'm most pleased with is that each character transitions fluidly to the next one with no hiccups," says Tucker. "We controlled the particles in a way that made each transition believable and realistic… and we also held true to our initial designs and worked with the agency creatives and Nestle/Jamba to create a spot that worked for all of us."...

Evermotion.org, Sep. 3, 2008
Fruity Pixels by Stardust
Bicoastal creative production company Stardust Studios recently produced a spot for the New York-based creatives from advertising agency Publicis and their clients at Nestle’s Jamba Juice....

It's Art, Sep. 3, 2008
Fruit Pixels by Stardust
Stardust Studios recently produced a spot for the New York-based creatives from advertising agency Publicis and their clients at Nestle’s Jamba Juice. The :30 spot directed by Stardust’s Santa Monica-based creative director Brad Tucker debuted in targeted broadcast and cable TV outlets earlier this summer, and continues to air widely...

Pixel Pasta, Sep. 3, 2008
Jamba Juice: Fruit Pixels
Executive Producer: Paul Abatemarco (Stardust); Producer: Josh Libitsky (Stardust); Director: Brad Tucker; Production Company: Stardust Studios....

Videography, Sep. 3, 2008
Stardust Gets Fruitful for Jamba Juice
..."The agency brief was to create a fun environment, made of fruit, that could come to life and communicate that Jamba Juice is a drink for a healthy, lively, energizing lifestyle," says Tucker....

FWA Theater, Aug. 31, 2008
Westchester Medical - Through the Years
Stardust's New York team produced a visually arresting spot combining live-action footage with animated content for Princeton, New Jersey-based ad agency Princeton Partners and their clients at the Westchester Medical Center.

Animation World Network, Aug. 28, 2008
Stardust Navigates New York's Westchester Medical Center
Bicoastal creative production company Stardust Studios recently produced a spot for Princeton, New Jersey-based ad agency Princeton Partners and their clients at the Westchester Medical Center, located in Valhalla, New York. The :30 spot directed by Stardust's New York-based creative director Alan Bibby debuted regionally earlier this month, and is set to continue airing over the weeks ahead....

Boards Online, Aug. 28, 2008
Westchester Medical Center: Through the Years
Stardust takes a walk on the Westchester side....

The Briefing Room at Digital Content Producer, Aug. 28, 2008
Innovative New Spot from Stardust Artfully Showcases How Westchester Medical Center is Transforming Healthcare
...For the post-production workflow, the live-action elements were assembled using Final Cut Pro, and Stardust’s team then created the lavish virtual hospital in Maya and used Adobe After Effects for integrating the live-action into the animated environments. “Being in the rooms at Westchester, meeting the doctors, techs and staff - especially in the Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital - was all incredibly affecting,” Bibby added. “Hearing that everyone who appeared in the spot loved the final piece meant a lot to each of us, and we’re also very proud of the amazing job all the artists did on the piece.”...

Digital Producer, Aug. 28, 2008
Project Profile:  Innovative New Spot from Stardust Artfully Showcases How Westchester Medical Center is Transforming Healthcare
"Through the Years" Airing Regionally in Northeastern U.S....

SourceEcreative Newsletter, Aug. 28, 2008
Member News
Stardust's New York team recently produced a visually arresting :30 spot combining live-action footage with original animated content for New Jersey-based ad agency Princeton Partners and their clients at the Westchester Medical Center. The :30 spot, entitled Through the Years, was directed by Stardust creative director Alan Bibby and showcases the medical center's transformative and groundbreaking investments in healthcare. Rounding it out for Stardust were executive producer Mike Eastwood and HOP Beth Vogt. 

TAXI Design Network, Aug. 28, 2008
Stardust Artfully Showcases Westchester Medical Center
..."Our charge was to reintroduce Westchester Medical Center as one of the region's premier destinations for advanced care," explained Princeton Partners' Daniel Veltri. "We wanted to produce a spot that not only mirrored the hospital's cutting-edge technology, but also showcased this world-class facility."...

Feedhere.com, June 12, 2008
Stardust Returns to Broadway
Stardust Studios just moved their New York City studio to smart and sleek new space designed by LA architecture and development firm assembledge+.  Originally based in Venice, California, Stardust’s first New York studio opened in 2004 at 446 Broadway, and eventually moved to Lafayette in SoHo. With a growing reputation and workload, Stardust’s founder Jake Banks signed the lease on a unique 7,000 square-foot loft back on Broadway.  Startdust founder Jake Banks: “We had really grown out of our old place on Lafayette. For our new studio, we wanted a cool space that everyone wanted to hang out in and was large enough for our staff but still in the cool part of SoHo.”...

Creativity-Online.com, Mar. 10, 2008
Cheetos: Laundromat
Chester knows best.  Graphics Company: Stardust Studios....

Creativity-Online.com, Mar. 10, 2008
Cheetos: Mr. Clean
Graphics Company: Stardust Studios....

Creativity-Online.com, Mar. 10, 2008
Cheetos: Plane
Graphics Company: Stardust Studios....

Boards Magazine, Mar., 2008
A Look at Who's Making the Moves
Stardust Studios, Santa Monica hired Paul Abatemarco, ex-VP and head of sales for Radium, as EP....

Boards Magazine, Feb., 2008
A Look at Who's Making the Moves
Stardust, Santa Monica hired art director Jonathan Wu....

SHOOT Magazine, Feb. 8, 2008
Street Talk
Stardust in Santa Monica has hired Paul Abatemarco as executive producer. He was vice president and head of sales at Radium, and previously headed up operations at Riot....

Communication Arts, Feb. 1, 2008
Today's EXHIBIT:  HP "Serena" TV spot... TV/Radio Commercials, Consumer
Santa Monica-based Stardust Studios contributed design, animation and visual-effects artistry for this Goodby, Silverstein & Partners broadcast spot....

POST Magazine, Jan., 2008
VFX for Spots; Getting your effects supervisor involved early is a win-win for everyone
Alan Bibby and Stardust helped digitally transform Black & Decker's VPX to show all the tools' capabilities for agency McCann, NY...

SourceEcreative, Jan. 31, 2008
New Hire:  Paul Abatemarco joins Stardust as executive producer for West Coast studio
..."My goal is to be a valued resource to our clients and also our employees," he said.  "I came to Stardust because, creatively, the work is unparalleled and I wanted to be a part of it. Jake Banks’ vision for the future and where he envisions Stardust being headed sealed the deal for me."...

shots, Jan. 30, 2008
MOVERS
Stardust in Santa Monica has hired Paul Abatemarco as executive producer. He was vice president and head of sales at Radium, and previously headed up operations at Riot....

SHOOT Magazine, Jan. 25, 2008
Cinematography: Reflections On Personal And Professional Milestones Come Into Focus; Three cinematographers share insights on breakthroughs spanning Sundance, ASC Awards and Red One
...DP Simon Thirlaway recently wrapped what's billed as being the first cinema ad lensed by the Red One digital camera and released wide in theaters. The precedent-setting spot is a :30 teaser for this year's Doritos "Crash The Superbowl Contest." Directed by art director Trevor Shepard of bicoastal Stardust Studios for Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco, the piece premiered in theaters across the U.S. last month....

Creativity-Online.com, Jan. 24, 2008
People news
Former Radium VP Paul Abatemarco joined Stardust Studios as the executive producer of the creative production company's Santa Monica studio.

Boards Online, Jan. 22, 2008
Industry news and people moves
Stardust Studios in Santa Monica has hired Paul Abatemarco, ex-VP and head of sales for Radium, as executive producer.

CGSociety.org, Jan. 17, 2008
T.A.G.'s Zune campaign features custom animated spot from Stardust on New York City's Times Square "Geoffreytron" billboard
Stardust Studios recently produced a 0:15 video installation piece for a Zune account creative team from newly established shop, T.A.G., San Francisco.  The finished piece entitled "Zune Tron" ran on the famous 20-foot LED "Geoffreytron" video billboard located above Toys"R"Us in New York City's Times Square throughout the recent holiday season, and Stardust's artwork created for the project has also been used in the agency's campaign print and online banner ads....

SourceEcreative Newsletter, Jan. 17, 2008
Member News
Bicoastal creative production company Stardust Studios recently produced a dynamic :15 video installation piece for a Zune account creative team from newly established shop, T.A.G./San Francisco. The finished piece entitled "Zune Tron" ran on the famous 20-foot LED "Geoffreytron" video billboard located above Toys 'R' Us in New York City's Times Square throughout the recent holiday season, and Stardust's artwork created for the project has also been used in the agency's campaign print and online banner ads. Stardust's project team consisted of creative director Jake Banks, art director Jonathan Wu, producer Lisa Pierce, designer/2D animator Bill Bak, designer Emie Lee, 3D animators James Anderson and Brian Broussard, and 3D modeler Chris Eckardt. 

Youmark.it, Jan. 17, 2008
Billboard, la musica si comunica in silenzio; Lo ha fatto 'Zune Tron', a New York, nello spazio disponibile sopra Toys"R"Us in Times Square
Potere del mezzo, della creatività, della tecnologia. Il video dinamico nasce da un'idea di T.A.G. di San Francisco (unit di McCann Worldgroup), nuova agenzia del brand. A realizzarlo Stardust, che ha interpretato la richiesta di comunicare in modo astratto i plus del player digitale multimediale targato Microsoft...

StudioDaily.com, Jan. 16, 2008
Five Questions with... Jonathan Wu, Art Director, Stardust Studios
Jonathan Wu, Art Director, Stardust Studios, steps up to answer Five Questions.   Recent Project: Zune "Tron"...

Digital Content Producer Newswire, Jan. 16, 2008
T.A.G.'s Zune Campaign Features Custom Animated Spot from Stardust on New York's Times Square "Geoffreytron" Billboard
Producd for a Zune account creative team from newly established shop, T.A.G., San Francisco, which included group creative directors Scott Duchon and Geoff Edwards, art director Rey Andrade, copywriter Joe Rose, director of broadcast production Jan O'Malley and agency producer Lee Anne Weldon. The finished piece entitled "Zune Tron" ran on the famous 20-foot LED "GeoffreyTron" video billboard located above Toys'R'Us in New York City's Times Square throughout the recent holiday season....

3DWorldMag.com, Jan. 11, 2008
Stardust's Zune campaign
Stardust Studio‘s Santa Monica team recently produced a dynamic :30 video installation piece for the Zune account creative team from newly established shop, T.A.G., San Francisco....

NetDiver.net, Jan. 11, 2008
What's new? In Design? New Media scene? Industry events?
Part of another HP campaign, Serena, yes da girl who cam slam her opponents to dust, is the center character. Gotta luv her attitude, she's a winner and ain't shying away from challenges.  The visual effects are stunning and produced by extra talented Stardust! Don't miss their reel to see their capabilities....

Dexigner.com, Jan. 9, 2008
Stardust Animates Zune for Times Square's GeoffreyTron Video Billboard
..."The agency let us know they were interested in producing a video piece for the Zune player on the 'Geoffreytron,'" Wu explained.  "The brief essentially called for us to express all the things the Zune artistically.  In our approach, we came up with 20 different styles using abstract ways of representing the Zune player's capabilities using sound waves and other designs.  The creatives asked us to mix and match a few of the boards, representing different artists' work."...

Dirty Mouse, Jan. 9, 2008
Stardust
Motion graphics and video editing studio Stardust have a most impressive portfolio of work.  They have recently been working on promoting the Zune, and for a product that next to the all-conquering iPod appears doomed, they have done a good job. This motion animation appeared on the big screen in Times Square, and stills from it have been used in a slick print campaign. Think I’d still rather an iPod Touch though…..

Partfaliaz.fr, Jan. 9, 2008
Visualiser de la musique sans le son ?
C'est le challenge relevé par les créatifs des studios stardust dans le cadre d'une campagne de l'agence T.A.G. pour les lecteurs mp3 Zune. Il s'agissait de créer une animation destinée à être diffusée sur un écran géant au centre de New-York. Le dossier de presse en Anglais… Le site de Stardust....

shots, Jan. 9, 2008
Cut & Paste: Zune "Tron"
A New Year. A new piece of Zune work, this time by Stardust Studios....

TAXI Design Network, Jan. 9, 2008
T.A.G.'s Zune Campaign: Custom Animated Spot from Stardust on Times Square
...Stardust’s project team consisted of creative director Jake Banks, art director Jonathan Wu, producer Lisa Pierce, designer/2D animator Bill Bak, designer Emie Lee, 3D animators James Anderson and Brian Broussard, and 3D modeler Chris Eckardt. “The agency let us know they were interested in producing a video piece for the Zune player on the ‘Geoffreytron,’” Wu explained. “The brief essentially called for us to express all the things the Zune artistically. In our approach, we came up with 20 different styles using abstract ways of representing the Zune player’s capabilities using sound waves and other designs. The creatives asked us to mix and match a few of the boards, representing different artists' work.”...

Ventilate.ca, Jan. 9, 2008
Zune Tron
Stardust created this :15 sport for Zune which ran throughout the holidays on the 20-foot LED “Geoffreytron” billboard in Times Square.

AdCult.com, Jan. 8, 2008
LED Video Billboards - Zune Tron Ad in Times Square
One of the latest and greatest campaigns to hit New York City's Times Square recently was for the Microsoft Zune. Stardust animations created "Zune Tron", a 15 second video which was aired on the Geoffreytron billboard above the entrance of the enormous Toys "R" US. The 20 ft LED ad was aired over… 

AdRants.com, Jan. 8, 2008
Zune Goes Silent, Stays Pretty, Over Times Square
The Zune is getting mighty sexy ad-wise. (Not like Microsoft hasn't got the blow to cash -- er, the cash to blow.)  The brand enlisted TAG, SF to build a silent spot for the 20-foot GeoffreyTron billboard in Times Square. The final product, Zune Tron, made use of work by Stardust, whose job it was to enliven the spot without use of actual sound. That's a tall order considering the product is an MP3 player, but it turned out damn pretty. It must have been gorgeous in person.

Advertolog.com, Jan. 8, 2008
Print: ZUNE: TRON
...One of the styleboards created by Stardust’s artist Ling Feng was selected for a print ad which has run in issues of Rolling Stone, Wired and many other high-circulation consumer...

BestAdsonTV.com, Jan. 8, 2008
ZUNE VIDEO BILLBOARD
Bicoastal creative production company Stardust Studios recently produced a dynamic :15 video installation piece for a Zune account creative team from newly established shop, T.A.G., San Francisco, which included group creative directors Scott Duchon and Geoff Edwards, art director Rey Andrade, copywriter Joe Rose, director of broadcast production Jan O'Malley and agency producer Lee Anne Weldon. The finished piece entitled "Zune Tron" ran on the famous 20-foot LED "GeoffreyTron" video billboard located above Toys"R"Us in New York City's Times Square throughout the recent holiday season, and Stardust's artwork created for the project has also been used in the agency's campaign print and online banner ads....

Luminescene.com, Jan. 8, 2008
Stardust animates Zune
Stardust team recently produced a dynamic video installation piece entitled “Zune Tron”.… 

Motiongraphics.it, Jan. 8, 2008
Stardust video billboard
Stardust ha recentemente prodotto una serie di 30 installazioni video per il nemico numero uno di ipod, Microsoft Zune. Sono presenti nei negozi monomarca a San Francisco. La creatività usata è stata riprodotta anche per la campagna stampa e web.
Il video che vi proponiamo qui invece è posizionato a New York in Times Square occupando 6 metri in larghezza.

NumeroF.com, Jan. 8, 2008
Zune, por Stardust
Del último trabajo de Stardust. La animación, en un formato muy peculiar y con 15 segundos de duración es para el reproductor musical Zune en el que emplearon el software Maya para la creación del 3d y After Effects para el 2d y la composición ayudandose de los plugins de Trapcode, 3D Stroke y Particular. Muy currado.

TheFWA.com, Jan. 8, 2008
MOTION PIECE
Stardust recently produced a video installation piece for the Zune.

Trend Hunter Magazine, Jan. 8, 2008
LED Video Billboards - Zune Tron Ad in Times Square
...“Stardust was really able to bring out the most from a silent medium. This campaign is all about music, and bringing it to life without sound was not an easy task. However, they were able to continue the story we began from TV and execute it in an incredibly fresh and iconic way,” Scott Duhon said.... 

SourceEcreative Newsletter, Jan. 17, 2008
Member News
Bicoastal creative production company Stardust Studios recently produced a dynamic :15 video installation piece for a Zune account creative team from newly established shop, T.A.G./San Francisco. The finished piece entitled "Zune Tron" ran on the famous 20-foot LED "Geoffreytron" video billboard located above Toys 'R' Us in New York City's Times Square throughout the recent holiday season, and Stardust's artwork created for the project has also been used in the agency's campaign print and online banner ads. Stardust's project team consisted of creative director Jake Banks, art director Jonathan Wu, producer Lisa Pierce, designer/2D animator Bill Bak, designer Emie Lee, 3D animators James Anderson and Brian Broussard, and 3D modeler Chris Eckardt. 

Boards, Dec., 2007
Fuelling up; Fuel TV taps into design royalty with signature series IDs
..."The creative direction from Fuel TV is always very open and fun to work on," says Stardust design director Neil Tsai. He worked on two signature ID projects this year; one with illustrator Nathan Reifke which aimed to "portray the universe as a giant machine" complete with interlocking gears and seamless transitions, and another with LA based-art/fashion collective Cardboard Robot. While the collaboration with Reifke was largely a matter of animating his illustrations, the Cardboard Robot piece integrated live action, graphics and 3D animation. "I felt very comfortable having creative discussions with Fuel every time, because they'll always listen and consider," says Tsai....

Boards, Dec., 2007
Rep Round Up
Midwest repping firm Get Reehl will rep Stardust Studios for the US West Coast.

Creativity-Online.com, Dec. 19, 2007
People news
Bi-coastal production company Stardust added Jonathan Wu as an art director for the company's West Coast studio in Santa Monica.

Shots.net, Dec. 19, 2007
ON THE MOVE
Jonathan Wu has been hired as an art director to work at Stardust's Santa Monica studio.

Boards Online, Dec. 18, 2007
Industry news and people moves
Stardust Santa Monica has hired art director Jonathan Wu.

MediaPost People On the Move, Dec. 18, 2007
Headliners This Week
Stardust Studios named JONATHAN WU as art director for the company's West Coast studio.

SourceEcreative, Dec. 18, 2007
New Signing:  Jonathan Wu, Stardust Studios
...Jonathan was born in Taiwan in 1981, and his family moved to Los Angeles in 1983.  Since graduating from Cal State Long Beach with a B.A. in Art in 2005, he has contributed his design, animation, compositing, texturing and modeling expertise to many high-profile projects for leading LA area motion design firms as a freelance artist.  He worked on ATTIK’s Scion "Fable of the Deviants" spot, the recent "Imagine" project for FUEL TV, TBWA\Chiat\Day's "Party" for Apple, and breakthrough projects for the LA Zoo, 311 and They Might Be Giants.  At Stardust, his freelance contributions were key to several 2007 projects, including Pontiac "Details" for Leo Burnett and HP "Serena" for Goodby, Silverstein and Partners.   Most recently, he served as art director on Zune "Tron," a custom video billboard piece created for McCann Worldgroup's San Francisco creatives which ran for over a month on the famous 20-foot LED GeoffreyTron in New York City’s Times Square.....

CG Magazine (China), November, 2007
Oversea VFX Express:  NYSE "Portal Universe"

CG Magazine (China), November, 2007
Oversea VFX Express:  Pontiac "Details"

SHOOT Magazine, Nov. 23, 2007
Rep Report
Bicoastal production house Stardust Studios has become the first company to be repped on the West Coast by mainstay Midwest independent rep firm Get Reehl, which recently expanded with the opening of a Santa Monica office. Stardust continues to be handled in the Midwest by Get Reehl, which is headed by Jill Reehl. Get Reehl has repped Stardust in the Midwest since 2002. For its West Coast base, the rep firm has hired a full-time staffer, Maggie Davis, who previously worked for production house Radke Films in Canada....

Creativity-Online.com, Nov. 19, 2007
People news
Bicoastal creative production company Stardust Studios announced that it is the first company to be represented by Midwest commercial rep firm Get Reehl following the Chicago-based outfit's West Coast expansion.

Adland, Nov. 12, 2007
NYSE - One Destination (2007) 0:30 (USA)
NYSE - Market Conditions (2007) 0:30 (USA)

Partfaliaz.fr, Nov. 1, 2007
Partfaliaz interview Jake Banks, fondateur et directeur de création de Stardust Studios 
Stardust est une société de production créative et souvent primée, spécialisée en motion design, animation, effets spéciaux et émissions "live". Dirigée par Jake Banks, les bureaux de Stardust à Santa Monica et New York redéfinissent continuellement la création de publicités, clips vidéo et présentations. Leurs récents travaux incluent des projets pour des agences de pub, des marques et des artistes parmi les plus grands....

Adrants, Nov. 1, 2007
New NYSE Spots Are Well-Produced, but Not Disarming
"One market. Infinite possibilities." That's the going slogan for the NYSE, a brand so big and so embedded in the American financial subconscious that seeing an ad for it almost confuses us.  This pair of spots -- dubbed Market Conditions and One Destination -- are chock-full of NYSE listed companies and glorify the speed and interconnectedness so necessary to business today. The agency responsible is Fallon Worldwide, but the smooth production comes from Stardust....

BestAdsonTV.com, Nov. 1, 2007
FALLONS HELPS NYSE TAKE STOCK
..."Because Stardust had already done extensive work for NYSE listings commercials, their familiarity with the brand's vision really gave us a jump start on this project," said Gibbs, Fallon's group creative director. "Credit goes to the client as well for understanding the need to stand out visually, especially in the insanely cluttered financial category."...

It's Art Magazine, Oct. 17, 2007
Making of:  Pontiac "Details"
Interview with Stardust Studio's creative director Brad Tucker...

Youmark.it, Oct. 10, 2007
Stardust, il primo ciak italiano è con Barilla
Come potrà essere la 'sua' Barilla?  Jake Banks si racconta a youmark....

Ad-titude.com, Oct. 6, 2007
New animated spot for Pontiac
...In the campaign's stylized black-and-white footage, all of which is 3D animation created at Stardust and finished in HD resolution, Pontiac's 2008 G6 GXP Coupe, Solstice GXP Roadster and Torrent GXP Crossover are featured racing through high-contrast urban cityscapes - and revealing key design details through creative transitions....

SourceEcreative Newsletter, Oct. 3, 2007
Member News
There's a wondrous new :60 NYSE spot from Stardust Studios via Fallon/Minneapolis making the airwave rounds. Directed by Jake Banks, the animated ad, Portal Universe, debuted on ESPN's Monday Night Football and will continue to air during MNF and other high-profile broadcasts over the weeks ahead. Other Stardusters included executive producer Mike Eastwood, editor Michael Merkwan, art director Kinda Akash, designers Alan Bibby, Neil Tsai, & Brad Tucker, and producers Lindsay Yacura & Amber Ventris. Mixer Tim West weighed in for POP Sound.

CGNews.com, Sep. 29, 2007
Stardust Creates Wonderland for NY Stock Exchange
Bicoastal creative production company Stardust Studios recently produced a set of wondrous new brand ads for the New York Stock Exchange via Minneapolis-based advertising agency Fallon. The campaign's three animated spots, consisting of a :60 entitled "Portal Universe" and two :30s entitled "Brand Products" and "Brand Listings," debuted on Sept. 17 during ESPN's broadcast of Monday Night Football (MNF), and will continue to air during MNF and other high-profile broadcasts into November....

TAXI Design Network, Sep. 27, 2007
Stardust and Fallon Take New York Stock Exchange to Wonderland
..."Because Stardust had already done extensive work for NYSE listings commercials, their familiarity with the brand's vision really gave us a jump start on this project," said Gibbs, Fallon's group creative director. "Credit goes to the client as well for understanding the need to stand out visually, especially in the insanely cluttered financial category."...

Dexigner.com, Sep. 26, 2007
Stardust and Fallon Take the New York Stock Exchange to Wonderland
..."We've done a lot of work with Fallon before, including last year's New York Stock Exchange listing spots," said Stardust's founder and creative director Jake Banks. "This year, to take the campaign in a new direction, Mike Gibbs and his team wanted to create an epic, three-dimensional, metaphorical world for all these different offerings from the New York Stock Exchange, like futures, bonds, equities and options. They wanted this really interesting take on the content... not straight 3D, not ultra- realistic... a little bit of stylization and lots of visual surprises."...

Adweek, Sep. 25, 2007
Ad of the Day:  NYSE Ads Make the Market Fun
When the New York Stock Exchange talks about liquidity, they mean liquidity, complete with fishies and sea coral. Now those are two assets that can really pad a Wall Street portfolio.  This new campaign from Fallon for NYSE/Euronext is full of such cool visualizations of financial metaphors, both abstract and in the case of the sea monsters, pretty literal. It's also chock-full of dazzlingly fluid visual surprises, all made in CG animation produced by Stardust Studios....

Digital Arts, Sep. 25, 2007
Stardust takes NYSE to brave new world
Creative production company Stardust Studios has created a set of brand ads for the New York Stock Exchange in conjunction with Minneapolis-based advertising agency Fallon....

TheFWA.com, Sep. 25, 2007
MOTION PIECE
Stardust and Fallon take the New York Stock Exchange to Wonderland.

Youmark.it, Sep. 25, 2007
La visione ‘serena’ di HP
‘Hands/The Computer is Personal Again’ si arricchisce di un nuovo film. Con la Williams che ci racconta il suo mondo racchiuso in un PC.  Animation/VFX/Design Company: Stardust Studios...

CreativeMac.com, Sep. 24, 2007
Stardust and Fallon Take NYSE Euronext to Wonderland
New Brand Spots Airing During 'Monday Night Football' Broadcasts...

SourceEcreative Newsletter, Sep. 24, 2007
Member News
Stardust Studios comes through in a pinch with director Brad Tucker at the helm for client Pontiac via Leo Burnett/Detroit. In the campaign's stylized black-and-white footage, (all of which is 3D animation, finished in HD resolution), Pontiac's 2008 G6 GXP Coupe, Solstice GXP Coupe and Torrent GXP are featured racing through line-art urban cityscapes - all the while revealing key design details through creative, organic transitions. Other Stardust-ers included EP Mike Eastwood, producer Amber Ventris, VFX supervisor Chris Eckardt, lead designer Jonathan Wu, animator Anthony Furlong, editor Sean Uren, and 3D artists Brian Broussard, Hai Trong, James Anderson, Jonathan Wu, Kyle Cassidy, Robin Roepstorff, Teft Smith, Tomohiro Murayama, & Yas Koyama. Also in from Stardust is their participation on an HP spot via Goodby, Silverstein & Partners. Directed by Joseph Kahn of HSI, the spot Serena is the latest in its award-winning "Hands"/"The Computer is Personal Again" ad campaign. Starring the colorful Ms. Williams, others contributing were HSI EP Michael McQuhae and producer Jay Shapiro, Stardust creative director Jake Banks, EP Cory Cirillo, & design director Neil Tsai, and mixing house POP Sound.

Motionographer.com, Sep. 22, 2007
Stardust for NYSE
...this NYSE spot from Stardust is a nice ride through surreal landscapes. The first transition from board room table to underwater seascape is the trick that sold me on the whole act, though. Beautifully executed.

Youmark.it, Sep. 21, 2007
Pontiac, quando l’animazione è emozione
Non ha paura di Porsche, non ha paura di Bmw. E lo dice in bianco e nero. Rincorrendo e facendosi rincorrere dalle immagini. Perché è disegnata per l’azione. Parola di Matt Dillon. Casa di Produzione Stardust Studios, Bicoastal.  Regia Brad Tucker.

Boards Online, Sep. 20, 2007
NYSE Euronext: Portal Universe
Fallon and Stardust explore the animated portals of the New York Stock Exchange.

Numerof.com, Sep. 20, 2007
Pontiac Details, de Stardust
El nuevo proyecto de Stardust para Pontiac; una animación en HD dirigida por el creativo de Stardust, Brad Tucker y que constará de tres partes, “GXP G6?, “Details” y “Halo”....

Adrants, Sep. 18, 2007
Adrants Likes Fallon's NYSE Commercial. Are we Right Or Are We Ill?
Now there are some out there who would trash this latest work from Fallon for the NYSE as mindless blather but we like it. Perhaps it's the nifty animation from Stardust. Perhaps it's the metaphors that refer to areas of the NYSE. Perhaps. it's the soothing, baritone voice of the announcer. Perhaps it's that Fallon simply caught is in the rare state of a good mood. Whatever it is, we like this spot. Watch it and let us know what you think....

alpha245, Sep. 17, 2007
It's all in the "Details"
Ooooh, this is pretty...Here's a stylish new :60 animated high-def spot for Pontiac out of Leo Burnett/Detroit entitled "Details." The team created this in conjunction with Stardust Studios....

Studio Daily, Sep. 17, 2007
Top Spot of the Week:  Pontiac "Details"
"The agency presented us with the great of idea of bringing out the details of the Pontiac GXP series through these spots," Tucker explained. "After we won the pitch, we concentrated on the look of the background environments and the transitions. From there, we handled the spot as though it was a live-action job." Continuing, Tucker added, "We did hand-drawn storyboards to develop the story and editorial sense of the spot, then we did pre-vis on the entire spot with low poly models. Once all of our shots were locked, we built out all the environments, and started to add the high-res vehicles, working closely with the agency to achieve perfect lighting on the cars everywhere they appear."...

Dexigner.com, Sep. 15, 2007
Stardust's Artistry Shines in Details Animated HD Broadcast Spot for Pontiac
Brad Tucker, creative director for bicoastal creative production company Stardust Studios, has just directed a new set of stylish animated HD spots for Pontiac via Leo Burnett Detroit....

Adland, Sep. 14, 2007
Pontiac - Details (2007) 0:60 (USA)
..."The idea for this spot was born from one simple, key visual and one simple thought: It's all in the details," says Leo Burnett Detroit creative director Jeff Cruz. "Stardust really embraced that, not only as the concept of the spot, but in the way they executed it. Their attention to the little things is a big reason why these spots turned out the way they did -- and for that, we're thankful."...

MediaPost's Marketing Daily, Sep. 14, 2007
Pontiac, Microsoft Co-Promote Launches Of GXP Cars, 'Halo 3'
PONTIAC IS EXPLOITING THE SERENDIPITOUS timing of the launches of the new Xbox 360 game, "Halo 3," and its own factory-tuned GXP version of the G6 car with a cross-promotional campaign that includes one of the new raft of TV spots for the GXP cars--plus events and interactive components touting the car and the game, which goes on sale midnight on Sept. 24. The new ads this fall, via Leo Burnett, Detroit-based interactive agency Digitas and Hollywood, Calif.-based Stardust Productions, include a recently launched 60-second ad and two 30-second spots....

Adrants, Sep. 13, 2007
With HD Magic, Stardust Turns Pontiac into Dream Machine
You know, this is probably the coolest ad ever to sport a Pontiac. It actually made us want to look at one.  Directed by Stardust for Pontiac, via Leo Burnett, Detroit.

Digital Arts Magazine, Sep. 13, 2007
Pontiac is back in black-&-white
Brad Tucker, creative director for creative production company Stardust Studios has just directed a new set of stylish animated HD spots for Pontiac via Leo Burnett Detroit....

Makecurves.com, Sep. 13, 2007
STARDUST :: HP Serena
Le studio Stardust, nouveau lecteur de Makecurves nous livre un habillage TV réalisé avec Neil Tsai pour la chaine Fuel TV. Encore du bon travail de ce studio avec un mix graphique que l'on commence a retrouver régulièrement....

Shots.net, Sep. 13, 2007
Contenders:  Some of the great new work in contention for shots 104
Proving that you can't beat black and white, Pontiac's latest spot...

TAXI Design Network, Sep. 13, 2007
Stardust: 'Details' Animated HD Broadcast Spot for Pontiac
...The campaign's broadcast elements consist of a :60 spot entitled "Details," a :30 spot entitled "GXP G6," and another :30 version entitled "Halo" which features a tie-in with the much anticipated release of "Halo 3," the final game in Microsoft's Xbox 360 "Halo" Trilogy, which is due out worldwide later this month. The "Details" :60 debuted this month on ABC and ESPN during college football broadcasts, and each spot will air widely over the weeks ahead....

Core77.com, Sep. 12, 2007
Pontiac CGI spot
Pontiac's head-turning Solstice is a particularly rad-looking automobile--surprising that it came out of GM's dusty studios--and now it's got a worthy commercial. Production company Stardust Studios was tapped to create some 30- and 60-second spots for the Pontiac stable, and rather than go with the tired car-on-an-empty-winding-road trope, came up with some eye-popping CGI spots set in graphic urban environments....

Boards Online, Sep. 11, 2007
Hewlett-Packard: Serena
HSI's Joseph Kahn, Stardust Studios and Serena Williams lend their hands to HP's latest.

Boards Online, Sep. 11, 2007
Pontiac: Details
It's all in the details.  Client: Pontiac.  Agency: Leo Burnett, Detroit.  Production Company: Stardust Studios, Bicoastal.  Director: Brad Tucker.

Creativity-Online.com, Aug. 29, 2007
Pontiac: Details
When Matt Dillon says it's designed for action... well, people listen.

Creativity-Online.com, Aug. 29, 2007
HP:  Serena
Serena swings her own way.  Graphics Company: Stardust Studios....

Creatiu.com, Aug. 16, 2007
Cardboard Robot
El equipo de Stardust Studios nos hace llegar este original vídeo realizado para Fuel TV en colaboración con Nathan Reifke y dirigido por Neil Tsai. El proyecto se llevó a cabo con tomas rodadas en Los Ángeles, posteriormente se utilizó Maya para la animación y After Effects para la rotoscopia y la composición final. Descubre todos los detalles de la producción aquí....

TAXI Design Network, Aug. 13, 2007
Stardust.tv Re-launched Website
In 2005, Stardust launched its website at www.Stardust.tv, designed by founder/CD Jake Banks and developed by Joshua Davis Studios. Among the site's honors, it was named the Favourite Website Awards Site of the Day last November, and earned the 2005 Tween Award for Best Reel. The new site for Stardust has just launched at the same address....

Dexigner.com, Aug. 8, 2007
Stardust Studios' Neil Tsai Directs Fuel Tv Signature Series ID 17
...The challenge presented to Stardust for ID number 17 was to feature the work of Cardboard Robot, an art collective led by Mason Brown.  "The brief for this project came in with Mason's art work, and at first, we weren't sure what this promo piece wanted to convey to viewers," Tsai explained.  "But then we went to Long Beach to tour Mason's studio, and we quickly came to understand his man-versus-machine and anti-war sentiments, and how his military background influences his art.  With this understanding, we decided to film the real robot, and create this kind of exploration of the city and mysterious industrial feeling."...

Creativity-Online, Aug. 7, 2007
Design studio touts work and minimalism
Without the aid of design guru Josh Davis (due to time conflicts) this time around, motion graphics studio/creative agency is moving on with its newly redesigned website--this time with the help of studio Hyperprism. With a sleek and minimal emphasis, the newly reformed black & white destination features a handful of rollover windows that showcase the real visual stimuli, including Stardust's recent work--clients like NYSE and Pepsi--as well as a portfolio of greatest hits touting everything from videos for indie band Sloan to work for brands like Sprint, Fuel TV and more....

Duncan't TV Ad Land, Aug. 7, 2007
Fuel TV Cardboard Robot
Action sports television network FUEL TV has launched a signature series ID featuring the work of art collective Cardboard Robot....  Filming was directed by Neil Tsai via Stardust Studios, Santa Monica, with creative director Jake Banks, executive producer Corey Cirillo, line producer Rob Knox, director of photography Jordan Levy. Editor was Michael Merkwan. Post-Production producer was Lisa Pierce....

Adrants, Aug. 4, 2007
Stardust Gets Sentimental, Launches Creative Montage on .tv
Having been among the first to leap onto the .tv train in 2005, Stardust has just posted a 2007 montage of its ads on the homepage.  Before we even go into the montage, Stardust.tv by itself was given the Favourite Website Awards Site of the Day in November as well as the 2005 Tween Award for Best Reel.  This kind of news typically means jack to us but after watching the montage, we're inclined to disagree with our first inclination....

Motionographer, Aug. 1, 2007
Stardust's Big Update
The crew at Stardust has put together a major update. Creating a whole new website, a fresh montage along with a long list of new work to display. It is a whole lot of new over at Dust. Coming from an old crew member, its great to see all the fine work that is being pumped out of there.

411 Update, July 2007
Stardust Studios Changes Location
Stardust Studios has announced its move to a new 7000 sq. ft. space in SoHo last month, which was designed by David Thompson and Assembled Edge. They are now located at 591 Broadway, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10012. Phone number remains the same.

CG Magazine (China), July, 2007
Oversea VFX Express:  Paulig Presidentti "Fantasia"

Animation World Magazine, Jul. 31, 2007
Hot Spots Showcase 5: The Best in Animated & VFX Commercials:  Stardust Studios
Presidentti Fantasia.  "Finishing the entire spot in full HD was a huge endeavor, as was working with a remote client. In the end, it's a beautiful piece, which grew and changed over the length of the project while staying true to the initial vision. Every one of our designers and animators put a huge amount of effort, time and artistry into it under intense pressure, and we feel the results speak for themselves." -- Alan Bibby, Stardust's project creative director....

Makecurves.com, July 27, 2007
STARDUST :: Fuel TV
Le studio Stardust, nouveau lecteur de Makecurves nous livre un habillage TV réalisé avec Neil Tsai pour la chaine Fuel TV. Encore du bon travail de ce studio avec un mix graphique que l'on commence a retrouver régulièrement....

Jung von Matt/Neckar Bewegungsmelder, July 27, 2007
STARDUST/FUEL TV
Eigentlich ist Motion Design ja eher Fabians Ecke. Der will aber nicht, also dann ich: Stardust hat für Fuel TV eine sehr schöne neue Signature Series ID für den Cardboard Robot gebaut. Das interessante: Um den gewünschten Look beim Footage Material zu bekommen wurden drei verschiedene Kameras verwendet: Eine antike 1929 DeVry 35mm Handkurbel Kamera, eine Bolex Super 16mm und eine Panasonic P2 HD....

Youmark.it, July 27, 2007
Fuel TV, quando il promo è d’autore
L’emittente americana non è nuova ad iniziative sopra le righe. Ora omaggia l’arte con un video in cui invece di presentare se stessa presenta the Cardboard Robot, laboratorio sperimentale di architettura e design. Il film è stato prodotto dagli Stardust Studios....

Boards Online, July 26, 2007
Fuel TV: Signature ID 17 - Cardboard Robot
Stardust's Neil Tsai collaborates with the Cardboard Robot collective for this Fuel TV ID.

CGNews.com, July 26, 2007
Stardust Studios Directs Fuel TV Signature Series
The challenge presented to Stardust for ID number 17 was to feature the work of Cardboard Robot, an art collective led by Mason Brown. "The brief for this project came in with Mason's art work, and at first, we weren't sure what this promo piece wanted to convey to viewers," Tsai explained....

NumeroF.com, July 26, 2007
Fuel TV: Signature Series ID #17
 la colaboración de Stardust, (compañía especializada en motion, animación, efectos visuales) con el ilustrador Nathan Reifke, para el último “Signature Series ID” de FUEL TV, canal dedicado integramente a deportes de acción (muy recomendado). El director Neil Tsai ha sido encargado de dirigir el proyecto número 17 para FUEL TV.  Para lograr el aspecto del vídeo, Tsai y el director de fotografía Jordan Levy usaron tres cámaras diferentes, una DeVry de 35mm, una Bolex Super de 16mm y la Panasonic hvx-200 (tirando a 720p a 24 fotogramas al segundo en modo nativo)....

VFXTalk.com, July 26, 2007
Stardust Studios Directs Fuel TV Signature Series
...FUEL TV's Signature Series IDs, inspired by limited edition signature skateboard decks, have earned awards and accolades from action sports athletes and artists alike. Stardust's collaboration with artist Nathan Reifke on Signature ID number 16 earlier this year - which was led by the company's Santa Monica-based design director Neil Tsai - is part of a package that recently earned FUEL TV the 2007 BDA Gold Award in the Art Direction & Design, Image Campaign category....

TheFWA.com, July 26, 2007
MOTION PIECE
Stardust directs Fuel TV series ID featuring Cardboard Robot....

Adrants, July 25, 2007
Cardboard Robot Brings Tin Man to Life in Streets of LA
Stardust Studios' Neil Tsai directed a new project for the Cardboard Robot art collective, a street art group led by Mason Brown....

Ventilate, July 25, 2007
STARDUST : FUEL TV
Stardust’s latest Signature Series ID for Fuel TV, featuring the work of Cardboard Robot, and art collective led by Mason Brown. To get the desired look for the original footage in-camera, three different cameras were used; an antique 1929 DeVry hand-crank 35mm (with 5205 250 daylight film), a Bolex Super 16mm (7205 daylight film) and a Panasonic P2 HD.

IT'S ART Magazine, July 19, 2007
How Stardust has digitally dressed Sloan's band members
Jake Banks, Stardust Studios' founder and creative director, and Neil Tsai, the design director for Stardust's Santa Monica studio who served as lead designer on this project and contributed greatly to its creative vision, use an experimental illustration style to make the Sloan's band members appear as pieces of sewn fabric inside an imaginary world....

Boards Online, July 10, 2007
Sloan: I've Gotta Try
Stardust stitches up some fancy new duds for Canadian indie heroes Sloan....

SourceEcreative Newsletter, July 10, 2007
Member News
Stardust Studios and Revolver Film Company teamed up to create a unique new music video for Canadian band Sloan and the track I've Gotta Try from their eighth studio album Never Hear the End of It. Between creative director Jake Banks and design director Neil Tsai, the idea they presented suggested using an experimental illustration style to make the band members appear as pieces of sewn fabric inside of an imaginary world. Instead of creating the band in 3D and texturing them, the Stardust team shot and then textured them. Additional talents included EP Corey Cirillo, 3D animators Sam Sparks, Ash Wagers, Danny Koenig, David Glicksman & Asher Dudley, After Effects/3D Studio Max animator Daisuke Yamazaki, and effects artists Stephanie Tucker, Michael Plescia, Viviana Kim & Tiffany Germann. Post producer Lisa Pierce also weighed in.

Stash 34, July 6, 2007
Presidentti Fantasia
They take coffee seriously in Finland.  Well, at least they drink more of it per capita than anyone else on the planet, so updating the look and feel of the 80 year-old Gustav Paulig brand required a treatment that would generate a new level of interest without trampling the brand's traditional elegance....

Digital Arts, July 5, 2007
Stardust’s magic coffee spot
US studio Stardust has created a fantastic animated journey through a golden landscape as a spot for premium Finnish coffee brand Paulig Presidentti....

Makecurves.com, July 1, 2007
STARDUST :: Sloan
Stardust est un studio NewYorkais que l'on a plus a présenter. Le voila de retour sur Makecurves pour le clip qu'il vient de réaliser pour le groupe Sloan et le titre "I've gotta try".

The FWA Newsletter, June 2007
FWA News, 19 May 2007
Stardust produced the best motion piece of the month for Presidentti....

Ventilate, June 2007
Stardust
Stardust is an amazingly deep and creative resource for creating content that is original, arresting, powerful and fun....

Dexigner.com, June 29, 2007
Stardust Studios' Jake Banks Directs New Music Video for Sloan's "I've Gotta Try"
...Between Banks and Neil Tsai, the design director for Stardust's Santa Monica studio who served as lead designer on "I've Gotta Try" and contributed greatly to the creative vision, the idea they presented suggested using an experimental illustration style to make the band members appear as pieces of sewn fabric inside of an imaginary world. "The song is about imagination, and the idea that anything is possible," Banks said. "That's how we looked at this: We wanted to try something new that was refreshing, where instead of creating these guys in 3D and texturing them, we shot them and textured them."...

CreativeMac.com. June 26, 2007
Stardust Studios' Jake Banks Directs New Music Video for Sloan's "I've Gotta Try"
Stardust West's design director Neil Tsai also stars behind the scenes....

Music Video Wire, June 26, 2007
Stardust Studios' Jake Banks Directs New Music video For Sloan's "Ive Gotta Try"
Stardust Studios’ founder and creative director Jake Banks is such a huge fan of Canadian pop-rock band Sloan, he and his colleagues from the successful bicoastal creative production company have poured vast amounts of time and resources into creating a unique new music video for the track “I’ve Gotta Try”....

Lounge72.com, June 22, 2007
News
The new video for Canadian pop-rock band Sloan is an amazing new piece of work by the magicians over at Stardust.

Dexigner.com, June 15, 2007
Stardust Creates Stylized Nevada Desert
...in Animated Spot for Las Vegas Springs Preserve...

The Briefing Room, Digital Content Producer, June 8, 2007
Stardust Creates Stylized Nevada Desert in Animated Spot for Las Vegas Springs Preserve
Bicoastal creative production company Stardust Studios has created a new :30 spot promoting the Las Vegas-based Springs Preserve via Montreal-based advertising agency Sid Lee. The spot debuted in Las Vegas area theaters on May 4 ahead of screenings of “Spider-Man 3,” and will continue airing in regional cinemas over the weeks ahead. It also made its broadcast debut this week, and will eventually be featured in video installations in high-profile Las Vegas hotels....

Motionographer, June 8, 2007
First Boards Awards
Boards Magazine is another great motion-graphics and commercial production news resource, if you don’t already check it out. Our own Jon Saunders with Kim Dulaney, and Emmett Dzieza designed the open for their (not-so) recent Awards Show while at Stardust. It’s a liquid-smooth camera move through an otherworldly landscape of groovy organic lines, mushrooms, crystal caves, feathers and a city in the clouds. Sweet.

IT'S ART Magazine, June 7, 2007
Let Me Tell You
...The animation team used Adobe Creative Suite to create original elements, Boujou for camera tracking and Maya and Adobe After Effects for animation and final compositing. The project was finished in standard definition, but remastered in 2K by National CineMedia for theatrical screenings....

Adland, June 4, 2007
Stardust Studios and SEK & GREY Oy team up for Fantasia
Bicoastal U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios has teamed-up with Helsinki-based advertising agency SEK & GREY Oy to create a :40 theatrical/broadcast brand spot for Paulig Presidentti, the prestigious coffee brand launched nearly 80 years ago by Finland's leading coffee roaster, Gustav Paulig Ltd. The 3D animated spot entitled "Fantasia," was created exclusively for distribution in Finland....

Dash-Dash, June 4, 2007
Stardust - Fantasia
Coffee ad by Stardust for Paulig Presidentti. Unbelievable transitions, very fluid and well executed. 

Eje-Zeta Magazine, June 3, 2007
Spot Fantasía
Stardust Studios y SEK & GREY Oy estuvieron a cargo de crear este spot comercial llamado Fantasía para la marca de café más prestigiosa de Finlandia, Paulig Presidentti.

Boards, May, 2007
A LOOK AT WHO'S MAKING THE MOVES
Bicoastal Stardust hired Mike Eastwood as executive producer in New York and promoted former design director Alan Bibby to creative director. Former designer Kinda Akash will move to New York as senior art director. Producer Lindsay Yacura also moves to NY. In Santa Monica, former design director Brad Tucker was promoted to CD, and AD Neil Tsai was promoted to design director.

Studio Daily, May 31, 2007
Animating a Coffee-Lovers’ Fantasy; Stardust Studio Creates Animated HD Spot for Finnish Coffee Brand
When the boards for the Finnish coffeemaker, Paulig Presidentti, came to Stardust Studios in New York, they were instantly attracted to creating animation within the brand’s signature green and gold color scheme....

Toolfarm, May 31 2007
Inspirations:  Paulig Presidentti Coffee Ad "Fantasia"
I originally posted this spot on May 18, but decided to repost it since Studio Daily has a great article about the commerical. Check out the article: Animating a Coffee-Lovers' Fantasy: Stardust Studio Creates Animated HD Spot for Finnish Coffee Brand written by Matt Armstrong....

Blog for Revolver Films, May 30, 2007
SLOAN "I've Gotta Try"
Stardust are known for their beautiful creations for commercials such as Nokia, Windows XP and Nike, as well as music videos for Incubus and The Futureheads. They've now used their skills to create this mindblowing video for Sloan's new song "I've Gotta Try". It's a non-stop wave of colours and textures, that oozes talent!

Reel-Exchange Newsletter, May 25, 2007
Millimeter Presents Most Watched Reels:  Stardust Studios' 2006 Montage
Stardust Studios is an award-winning creative production company specializing in motion design, animation, visual effects, and live-action production. The company's clients include Hugo Boss, Target, Scion, and Nike.  Check out the reel....

Adrants, May 18, 2007
Presidentti: the Coffee of Choice for Fairies, and Possibly Bjork
We've never seen anyone push coffee quite like this before, and we have to admit we dig it, even if we're not on 'shrooms. The magic was cultivated for Finland's Paulig Presidentti by Stardust Studios and Helsinski's SEK & GREY Oy. And bless their hearts, there's method to the madness. The notion was to convey a transcendent sensory experience while using the familiar Presidentti colour scheme and golden cup, which is something like a pimp goblet for caffeine. The slogan translates, "from the best coffees in the world." Mm. They could have done more with that. We would have shot for something more along the lines of, "from the ashes of the fresh-risen phoenix."

Creativity E-Mail, May 18, 2007
The Latest:  Presidentti Fantasia
Add some cream, sugar and whimsy to your morning Joe.  Production Company: Stardust.

Llamame Lola, May 18, 2007
Fantasia by Stardust Studios
La agencia SeK & Grey de Helsinki ha formado equipo junto a la productora Bicoastal U.S. y Stardust Studios con motivo de la creación de un spot para la marca de cafés finesa Paulig Presidentti. Se trata de una producción enteramente realizada en 3D titulada Fantasia que se emite exclusivamente en Finlandia desde el 30 de abril. El creativo que ha trabajado en este proyecto es Mikko Petäjä, con Jusa Valtonen como copy creativo y Olli Korpiala como ejecutivo de producción. La múscia es obra de Tuomas Kantelinen, mezclada por Mikko Oinonen.

Makecurves.com, May 17, 2007
STARDUST :: Fantasia
Le studio Stardust reviens avec un superbe spot conçu par l'agence Sek & grey. Réalisé pour une marque de café Finlandaise, PRESIDENTTI.

Images Mouvantes, May 18, 2007
Presidentti (publicité)
L'agence newyorkaise Stardust vient de signer ce spot "enchanteur" pour la marque de café finlandaise Presidentti.
Un régal pour les yeux !

VFXTalk.com, May 16, 2007
Animated HD Theatrical Spot “Fantasia” From Stardust Studios
...Paulig's premium coffee brand Presidentti is one of two flagship Paulig brands introduced in 1929, and its signature colors of green and gold have long been used in both packaging and advertising. The company’s long history of innovate advertising, promotional and customer service initiatives have made the Paulig brand family synonymous with uncompromising quality, professional pride and warm, enjoyable moments. According to Stardust creative director Alan Bibby, this year, SEK & GREY’s creatives wanted to create something that took the revered brand to a new level of interest – without sacrificing any of its elegance or other important qualities....

Motionographer, May 15, 2007
Stardust for Paulig Presidentti
It’s been a while since we’ve posted work by Stardust, and I’ve missed their polished style. Their triumphant return to Motionographer’s humble spotlight is with this lushly detailed, fluidly animated spot for Finland’s premier coffee brand, Paulig Presidentti....

MarSciTechtainment, Apr. 25, 2007
Stardust designs for 2007 First Boards Awards... and delivers... 
Among the remarkable companies that I am very proud to have on my client list is bicoastal creative production company Stardust Studios. Growing his business exponentially over the past few years and continuously expanding his talent roster, capabilities, client-list and creative output, founder and creative director Jake Banks is a phenomenal artist and entrepreneur. Jake personally led the recent effort to design and produce the promotional materials, print elements, winner's DVD and opening reel for Boards Magazine's 2007 First Boards Awards, which honors and celebrates the next generation of artistans at work in the commercial production industry....

Creativity E-Mail, Apr. 23, 2007
MOVERS:  People News from Stardust
Stardust hired Mike Eastwood as executive producer for its New York-based studio. Also in New York, former design director Alan Bibby was promoted to creative director, and designer Kinda Akash will move from Stardust West to New York with the new title of senior art director. Producer Lindsay Yacura is also making the move East. At Stardust West, former design director Brad Tucker was promoted to creative director, and art director Neil Tsai was promoted to design director.

Shots, Apr. 18, 2007
On the Move
Stardust Studios has taken on Mike Eastwood as executive producer at its New York studio. Former design director Alan Bibby, also of the New York office, has being promoted to creative director. Designer Kinda Akash moves to New York from Stardust West with the new title of senior art director. Also moving from West to East is producer Lindsay Yacura. In Santa Monica, former design director Brad Tucker has been promoted to creative director, and art director Neil Tsai has been promoted to design director.

Broadcasting & Cable, Apr. 16, 2007
Fates & Fortunes
At Stardust Studios: Mike Eastwood, formerly executive producer for Eyeball NYC, joins as executive producer, New York studio; Alan Bibby, design director, New York, promoted to creative director; Kinda Akash, designer, Stardust West, named senior art director, New York; Lindsay Yacura, producer, Stardust West, named producer, New York; Brad Tucker, design director, Santa Monica, Calif., promoted to creative director; Neil Tsai, art director, Santa Monica, promoted to design director.

dzine.tv, Apr. 12, 2007
Stardust Studios Adds Staff and Reorganizes Studios
While also announcing the hiring of industry veteran Mike Eastwood in the position of executive producer for its New York-based studio, bicoastal U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios today heralded several other key promotions and relocations meant to bolster operations on both coasts.

SourceEcreative Newsletter, Apr. 11, 2007
Member News
While also announcing the hiring of industry veteran Mike Eastwood in the position of executive producer for its New York-based studio, bicoastal production company Stardust Studios heralded several other key promotions and relocations meant to bolster operations on both coasts. In New York, former design director Alan Bibby was promoted to creative director.  From Stardust West, former designer Kinda Akash relocates to New York with the new title of senior art director.  Also moving from West to East is producer Lindsay Yacura.  In Santa Monica, former design director Brad Tucker earned the promotion to creative director, while art director Neil Tsai was promoted to the position of design director....

Boards Online, Apr. 10, 2007
BUSINESS AND PEOPLE NEWS
Bicoastal Stardust has hired Mike Eastwood as executive producer in its New York studio and promoted former design director Alan Bibby to creative director. Former designer Kinda Akash will move from LA to New York to work as senior art director. Producer Lindsay Yacura also moves from LA to New York. In Santa Monica, former design director Brad Tucker has been promoted to creative director, and art director Neil Tsai has been promoted to design director.

MediaPost People On the Move, Apr. 10, 2007
Headliners This Week
Stardust Studios hired MIKE EASTWOOD as executive producer of its New York office. ALAN BIBBY was promoted to creative director; KINDA AKASH was named senior art director; LINDSAY YACURA was named producer; BRAD TUCKER was promoted to creative director; and NEIL TSAI was elevated to design director.

Dexigner.com, Apr. 9, 2007
Stardust Studios Adds Executive Producer in New York, Announces Key Promotions and Reorganization
...Until his departure last year, Mike Eastwood had been the executive producer for Eyeball NYC since 1999, and he also simultaneously held the same position with commercial music shop Expansion Team, which was launched within Eyeball's studio in 2002. Eastwood admitted being attracted by Stardust's overall work, its vibe, and Banks' sincerity and desires regarding growth and operational goals for his East Coast studio. "I like Jake's style, and considering the relatively young age of the company, I'm impressed at the quality and diversity of work that they're producing worldwide from the two offices, and how quickly they've risen within the industry."...

POST Magazine, Apr. 9, 2007
STARDUST APPOINTS & PROMOTES STAFFERS
Stardust Studios (www.stardust.tv), with New York and Hollywood locations that specialize in motion design, animation, visual effects and live-action production, has made several changes to its staff recently. In addition to hiring Mike Eastwood as executive producer for its NYC studio, the company has also made several promotions....

SHOOT Magazine, Apr. 6, 2007
Stardust Hires Eastwood, Promotes Key Staffers
Along with the recent hiring of industry veteran Mike Eastwood in the position of executive producer for its New York-based studio, bicoastal creative production company Stardust Studios (www.stardust.tv) has made several other key staff promotions and relocations meant to bolster operations on both coasts....

SHOOT Magazine, Apr. 4, 2007
iSPOT of the Week: Nike's Long Form Animated Video Promotes 25th Anniversary Shoe
Q1. What are you working on today?  A1. I am training magical insects to do acrobatics... Seriously....

Studio Daily, Apr. 3, 2007
Five Questions with... Justin Blyth, Art Director, Stardust Studios
Q1. What are you working on today?  A1. I am training magical insects to do acrobatics... Seriously....

3DCreative, March 2007
More Happy
"One of the best features of the spots is the organic quality of the animation. We chose to bring the elements into a 3D world and give each one a different persnoality by the way they animated."

Computer Arts, March 2007
Design in motion
...“Like many of our leading competitors, we do everything,” says Jake Banks, owner, creative director and director of the award-winning Stardust. “That’s not only graphics and animation, we actually work with our agency clients, and their clients, as creative partners from the concept stage of a project, then handle casting, direct the live-action film and photo shoots, and then handle the design, animation, visual effects, editorial and final conforming for most of the projects we deal with.”...

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Bonus DVD Contents
Latest TV commercial for Hugo Boss...

Ventilate, Mar. 21, 2007
STARDUST : PEPSI
Stardust.tv designed and animated these four new spots for BBDO, with end graphics created by Mass Market.  Have a look at: PHOTO BOOTH, CHINA WALL, RIMS and QUILT FEATHER....

Makecurves.com, Mar. 19, 2007
STARDUST :: Nike Air Force 25
Et voila une petite merveille que l'on doit au Studio Stardust pour l'équipementier de l'Oregon, Nike et sa Légendaire Nike Air Force.

Adrants, Mar. 16, 2007
Nike Revives Rakim with Force Montage
Nike is less shoe purveyor than societal tastemaker. With symphonic float like a butterfly, sting like a bee undercurrents, their marketing work consistently defines our image of victory and strength-oriented aesthetics. They even turn breathing into athletic art.  Nike's especially good at throwbacks and mash-ups. We're old-school Rakim fans so we're pretty taken with this web-only spot for Nike Force, entitled Force Heritage.  The lovechild of R/GA and Stardust Studios, the spot showcases 25 years of Nike Force ad history with a Rakim-laced custom track from creative director Alex Moulton and composer Mike "G:Neu" Genato of Expansion Team.  It takes a special kind of touch to make Air Forces appealing; we were never fans of the shoe. But it has lent itself to a lot of evolution and playful cultural design. We kind of wish the spot played more with that than with the usual sweaty basketball player mishmash.  Nonetheless, the spot's delicious. Look at us, look at us, we're gushing like head-bopping break-dancing groupies back in grade school. We'd act on the feeling except at this point in our lives we'd probably break our tailbones. Better to just bob.

Adweek, Mar. 12, 2007
Best Spots of February:  Academy Awards | "Close-up"
People on the street recite their favorite movie lines in this spot promoting the Oscars broadcast on ABC.  Visual Effects: 
Stardust, Santa Monica.

Adland, Mar. 4, 2007
Weekend roundup - commercials this week in the archive
BBDO has done a series with Stardust Studios, starting with Pepsi Photo Booth.... 

Digit, Mar. 1, 2007
Stardust puts Pepsi in motion
Stardust has completed four spots for Pepsi through ad agency BBDO New York. They were designed, animated and finished in-house by the artists at Stardust Studios, and began airing in the US on Feb 5.... 

Stash, February 2007
Issue #29
Highlights include two new Signature series IDs from artists Chris Yormick and Nathan Riefke for Fuel TV...

Animation World, Feb. 26, 2007
Stardust Studios Promotes Two in Production
Stardust Studios has brought onboard Corey Cirillo as exec producer, and promoted senior producer Amy Kaufman Levy to the newly created position of head of production. Both execs will be based in the company's Santa Monica, California, studio.... 

VFXWorld, Feb. 26, 2007
Stardust Studios Promotes Two in Production
...Cirillo began her career in advertising with Ogilvy & Mather New York. Working on the account side on the agency's IBM account nearly five years, she worked closely with Big Blue's marketing execs and top ad industry creatives to develop integrated campaigns which emphasized TV -- all spots were directed by Joe Pytka -- and also included print and radio elements. She later moved to Los Angeles, where she joined TBWA\Chiat\Day to manage cross-media campaign developments for Ballpark, Jimmy Dean and Shell. She has been account director/sales and marketing for the award-winning bicoastal music and sound design company Elias Arts since 2005. Kaufman Levy spent the first two years of her career as a graphics coordinator/producer for L.A.-based Fox Sports/Fox Sports Net, where her work with senior vp/creative director Scott Bantle for on-air promotions and others earned more than 20 PROMAX & BDA Awards. After stints as graphics producer for 3 Ring Circus and senior producer for Exopolis, she began freelancing with Stardust last year as a producer. High-profile Stardust projects has produced so far at include Nokia PARIS, the Honda Fit campaign, recent campaigns for Macy's and Best Buy, and many others....

Adrants, Feb. 23, 2007
Nathan Reifke Adds Whimsy to Action Sports
Stardust Studios enlists the magic stylistics of Nathan Reifke to add colour to their Signature Series IDs, inspired by limited edition signature skateboard decks starting in 2004. The first 15 have generated accolades from both artists and enthusiasts of unsanctioned - er, action sports.  The Fuel TV release of Number 16, which aired in December, is a collabo with design director Neil Tsai and animators Kevin Ferrara and Daisuke Yamazaki. The spot starts with a natural birth - the sprouting of a plant - and evolves into man-made machinery.... 

Feed, Feb. 23, 2007
THE DRINK HAS NEW CLOTHES
Here's an eyefull of candy from BBDO NY and Stardust for Pepsi. Two of four spots in a new campaign....

Dzine.tv, Feb. 22, 2007
Artist Nathan Reifke and Stardust Gear Up for Fuel TV
For ID number 16 of 100, FUEL TV's creative team of senior producer for on air promotions Todd Dever and producer Michael Cooley paired renowned illustrator and skateboard deck designer Nathan Reifke with Stardust's Santa Monica design director Neil Tsai and animators Kevin Ferrara and Daisuke Yamazaki. The finished piece, which began airing on FUEL TV in December, combines Reifke's illustrations in a flowing, stylized animation that plays out through a single shot over thirty seconds....

Digit, Feb. 19, 2007
Stardust combines decks and FX for Fuel TV
Stardust has teamed up with illustrator and skateboard deck designer Nathan Reifke for the latest ident for US-based 'action sports' channel Fuel TV.... 

Boards Online, Feb. 17, 2007
Fuel TV - Signature Series ID #16
Stardust created this ID for Fuel TV based on the work of illustrator and skateboard deck designer Nathan Reifke.

Ventilate, Feb. 17, 2007
STARDUST : PEPSI
Stardust.tv designed and animated these four new spots for BBDO, with end graphics created by Mass Market.  Have a look at: PHOTO BOOTH, CHINA WALL, RIMS and QUILT FEATHER....

Bedagi.com, Feb. 16, 2007
Artist Nathan Reifke and Stardust Gear Up for FUEL TV Signature Series ID #16 of 100
Bicoastal U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios (www.stardust.tv) today detailed its contributions to the latest Signature Series ID for FUEL TV, the country’s only 24/7 television network dedicated to the lifestyle of action sports. The network began producing the Signature Series IDs – which are inspired by limited edition signature skateboard decks – in 2004, and the first 15 versions have earned awards and accolades from extreme sports athletes and artists alike...

SHOOT Magazine, Feb. 16, 2007
Street Talk
Bicoastal Stardust Studios has added Corey Cirillo as executive producer while promoting Amy Kaufman Levy to head of production. Cirillo most recently served as account director/sales and marketing at bicoastal Elias Arts....

Dzine.tv, Feb. 9, 2007
Stardust Adds Talent
Bicoastal U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios (www.stardust.tv) has added Corey Cirillo to its staff in the position of executive producer, while also promoting senior producer Amy Kaufman Levy to the new position of head of production. In making the announcement, Stardust's founder and creative director Jake Banks confirmed that both executives will be based in the company's Santa Monica studio....

AdCritic / CREATIVITY E-mail, Feb. 6, 2007
MOVERS: More Cannes Jury action and people news from Stardust Studios, Untitled and more 
Stardust Studios hired Corey Cirillo, formerly of Elias Arts, as Executive Producer, and promoted Amy Kaufman Levy, formerly a Stardust freelance senior producer, to the new position of head of production....

MediaPost's People On the Move, Feb. 6, 2007
Headliners This Week
Stardust Studios named COREY CIRILLO as executive producer and promoted AMY KAUFMAN LEVY to head of production. 

Digital Producer, Feb. 5, 2007
Stardust Adds Executive Producer, Names New Head of Production
Bicoastal creative production company bolsters account management, production strengths...

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DVD Rom Content
Interview with Stardust...

StudioDaily.com, Jan. 29, 2007
Five Questions with... Trevor Shepard, art director, Stardust Studios
Trevor Shepard, art director at Stardust Studios steps up to answer Five Questions. 

AIGA Los Angeles Events, Jan. 5, 2007
Stardust Studio Tour - Sold Out
Tuesday, January 9, 2007 | 7:00 to 9:00pm 

AdCritic / CREATIVITY E-mail, Jan. 5, 2007
MOVERS
Stardust added Trevor Shepard as art director for the West Coast studio in Santa Monica.... 

MacAnimationPro, Jan. 5, 2007
Stardust Studios Hires Trevor Shepard; 2004 SCAD Graduate Lands Role as Art Director for West Coast Studio
...Soon after graduating from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2004, Shepard landed a freelance assignment with CMT in Nashville, then accepted a full-time position as a designer/animator with Atlanta's Primal Screen.  Relocating to Los Angeles in Dec. of 2005, his unique talents quickly helped him land work with Stardust and other top LA design studios....

Media Life, Jan. 3, 2007
Top Stories:  People
Creative production company Stardust Studios has hired Trevor Shepard as art director of its West Coast studio in Santa Monica. Shepard had been working with the company for the past year as a freelance art director, designer and animator....

MediaPost's People On the Move, Jan. 3, 2007
Headliners This Week
Stardust Studios named TREVOR SHEPARD as art director for the company's West Coast office.

Television Week, Jan. 1, 2007
Newsmakers:  Production
Trevor Shepard to art director, West Coast, Stardust Studios, from freelance art director, designer, and animator.

Entertainment Engineering, Dec., 2006
Mixing Live-Action with 3D Designs
Stardust creates a new world for Hugo Boss Green in a global cross-media campaign with an overriding theme of irreverence....

CGNews.com, Dec. 28, 2006
Stardust Hires Trevor Shepard as Art Director for West Coast Studio
“One of the biggest draws of Stardust was the amazing talent that they have in-house,” Shepard commented. “The creative team here is constantly creating work that is visually breathtaking, and being given this opportunity to collaborate with the team here on a permanent basis was an opportunity I could not pass up. With the amount of creativity and detail that Stardust puts into their work, it’s obvious that they build strong relationships with their clientele, which allows them to develop each project to a creative level rarely seen....

Dzine.tv, Dec. 22, 2006
Stardust Hires Trevor Shepard as Art Director
..."Trevor is a hybrid of everything," said Stardust founder and creative director Jake Banks. "He's an animator, art director, designer, illustrator... an all-around talented dude. He can lead or animate a whole project. He has a great way with clients and his creative vision is very progressive."...

StudioDaily, Dec. 21, 2006
Stardust Hires Art Director Trevor Shepard
Bicoastal U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios has added Trevor Shepard to its staff in the position of art director for the company's West Coast studio in Santa Monica, after employing him as a freelance art director, designer and animator over the past year....

Boards, Nov., 2006
What's Up!  Publisher's Commentary
This month, we bid farewell to our sales manager and friend of five years, Laura Coones.  After years of liaising with Stardust on creative marketing and advertising solutions, Laura is joining the motion graphics powerhouse, where she'll work as producer in the New York office....

Boards, Nov., 2006
Inventory & hookups:  A look at who's making the moves
Bicoastal Stardust Studios struck deals with Resource Paris and Paris-based prodco Les Telecreateurs to have its talent roster represented in France and The Netherlands....

It's Art Magazine, Issue No. 7, 2006
Jake Banks, Stardust Studios
We're proud to start a new series of interviews with Jake Banks, Owner, Creative Director and Director of Stardust Studios.  This interview will be the opportunity to dive into the creative advertising world and its creative processes....

AdCritic.com, Nov. 30, 2006
The Latest:  abovetheinfluence.com - SLOM
Graphics:  Stardust Studios.

Digit, Nov. 27, 2006
Hugo Boss
A global campaign is one thing – but handling a simultaneous print and broadcast spot is a huge challenge. Stardust stepped up to the plate...

LA Weekly, Nov. 22, 2006
Santa Monica or Saigon?  A Tale of Two Brothers
Two weeks after our first meeting, I hook up with Chris again at Blind, where the office is only just starting to wind down at 8 o’clock....  We step up into his black Mercedes G500, a Hummer-like box Chris says was originally designed for the Austrian army. I can’t resist asking if it’s more fuel efficient than its American cousin. “I hope so,” he says sheepishly as we sit in traffic on Venice’s Main Street, passing within blocks of some of Blind’s main competitors: Logan, Stardust and Motion Theory....

Adland, Oct. 31, 2006
News to groove on from production land
Bicoastal U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios today announced a representation deal with Resource Paris and Paris-based production company Les Telecreateurs that will offer Stardust's talents as live-action directors, designers, animators and visual effects artists throughout France and The Netherlands. Stardust's owner and creative director/director Jake Banks (pictured left) recently teamed with Paris-based Callegari Berville Grey through Les Telecreateurs to create the new look for – while also designing and directing – the global cross-media campaign for Hugo Boss Green. The bold print and TV ads star Golden Globe-winning actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Banks is also currently directing a spot for Bouygues Telecom through Les Telecreateurs via DDB Paris....

SHOOT, Oct. 20, 2006
Rep Report
...Paris-based production house Les Telecreateurs and Raquel Elfassi at Resource Paris will handle representation in France and The Netherlands for the talent roster at bicoastal Stardust Studios spanning live-action directors, designers, animators and visual effects artists...

Oh la la Paris, Oct. 19, 2006
JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS // HUGO BOSS AD
This advertisement campaign by Hugo Boss is one of the largest campaigns undertaken by the company after it moved into ‘men’s grooming’ last year. The 30-second ad is further broken down to 30, 20, 15 and 10-second segments. The ad carries a punch line, ‘Just a fragrance- the rest is up to you’....

Adland, Oct. 18, 2006
Banks does TV and print for Hugo Boss' new campaign
The full array of talents behind bicoastal U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios are on display in a new print and television campaign for Hugo Boss Green debuting worldwide. Together with the brand's marketing executives and the creative team from Paris-based Callegari Berville Grey, Stardust’s owner and creative director/director Jake Banks helped to create the new look for – while also designing and directing – the breaking cross-media campaign's bold print and TV ads, which star Golden Globe-winning actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers and introduce the new cologne for men....

Oh la la Paris, Oct. 18, 2006
JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS // HUGO BOSS VIDEO
Featuring one of our favorite actor, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, the new TV ad spot for Hugo Boss, entitled ‘Launch’, was created by US production company Stardust Studios and Paris-based ad agency Callegari Berville Grey....

Shots, Oct. 18, 2006
Rhys Myers stars in Boss spot...
Director Jake Banks of bicoastal US production company Stardust Studios has just released a new TV spot for Hugo Boss Green starring actor Jonathan Rhys Myers. The spot shows Myers walking through a stylised CG generated cityscape and features a mix of live action and animated elements, including stills photography by Rankin. 

Adpunch, Oct. 17, 2006
Hugo Boss New Ad Campaign Features Jonathan Rhys Meyers
This advertisement campaign by Hugo Boss is one of the largest campaigns undertaken by the company after it moved into ‘men’s grooming’ last year. The 30-second ad is further broken down to 30, 20, 15 and 10-second segments. The ad carries a punch line, ‘Just a fragrance- the rest is up to you’....

Mad.co.uk, Oct. 16, 2006
Hugo Boss goes Green with new ad
Featuring Match Point star Jonathan Rhys Meyers, the 30-second TV ad spot, entitled ‘Launch’, was created by US production company Stardust Studios and Paris-based ad agency Callegari Berville....

Boards Online, Oct. 13, 2006
Hugo Boss - Launch
Stardust thrust actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers into a topsy turvy urban landscape for Hugo Boss.  DESIGN/VFX/ANIMATION COMPANY: Stardust; CITY/STATE: Bicoastal, USA; ECD/DIRECTOR: Jake Banks; EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Eileen Doherty; PRODUCER: Rachel Doyle; VFX/CG SUPERVISOR: Doug Purver; DESIGN DIRECTOR: Brad Tucker.

Digit, Oct. 13, 2006
Stardust creates global Hugo Boss spot
US studio Stardust has created a global print and television campaign for Hugo Boss Green - a new brand debuting worldwide. Together with the brand’s marketing executives and the creative team from Paris-based Callegari Berville Grey, Stardust’s owner and creative director/director Jake Banks helped to create the new look for – while also designing and directing – the breaking cross-media campaign’s bold print and TV ads, which star Golden Globe-winning actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers and introduce the new cologne for men....

It's Art Magazine, Oct. 13, 2006
Launch - New Hugo Boss campaign
Stardust Studios full array of talents are on display in the breaking global print and TV campaign for Hugo Boss Green which is currently debuting worldwide. Working with the brand’s marketing executives and the creative team from Paris-based Callegari Berville Grey, Stardust’s owner and creative director/director Jake Banks helped to create the new look for – while also designing and directing – the breaking cross-media campaign’s bold print and TV ads, which star Golden Globe-winning actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers and introduce the new cologne for men. Paris-based production company Les Télécréateurs and world-renowned photographer Rankin are also among the collaborators for the campaign's ads, which feature Meyers and the distinctive Hugo Boss Green bottle in a stylized blending of live-action elements with 3D designs and flowing motion graphics....

Makecurves.com, Oct. 13, 2006
STARDUST :: Hugo Boss
Hugo Boss pour sa dernière campagne a fait appel au Studio NewYorkais "Stardust", qui fait partie des meilleurs studios de production. Cette fois encore, il nous livre une petite merveille de motion design.

Adrants, Oct. 12, 2006
Hugo Boss Creates 3D World For New Cologne
We're not usually a fan of highly stylized commercials just for the sake of being highly stylized but this Callegari Berville Grey-created, Stardust-produced Hugo Boss Green campaign featuring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, is stylized for a reason and seems to catch our eye. Like Coke's Happiness Factory, the spot illustrates the world of beauty a cologne can create. Oh, sorry, we got caught up in all the hype there for a minute but a cologne doesn't just make you smell good. It's supposed to whisk you away to another world for a moment and make you feel special. That's what this campaign does in our opinion....

Digital Producer, Oct. 12, 2006
Stardust Creates New World for Hugo Boss Green in Global Cross-Media Campaign Produced with Les Télécréateurs
Jake Banks Directs Print/TV Campaign Starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers....

The Futon Critic, Oct. 2, 2006
SCI FI CHANNEL'S 'VISIONS FOR TOMORROW' LAUNCHES AT 'WIRED' NEXTFEST
...Postcards from the Future are messages sent to us by the children of the future. They are hopeful messages of gratitude, their world having been vastly improved because of actions taken today. The campaign features three spots: one generic, one highlighting the successful implementation of alternative energy sources, and one which reveals the positive impact of a futuristic language communicator in eradicating global misunderstanding and conflict. The PSAs were created by SCI FI's in-house creative team in collaboration with Santa Monica-based Stardust Studios, which developed the futuristically evocative graphics package. The PSAs debut on SCI FI Channel and its digital properties today....

CREATIVITY, Sep., 2006
Campaign: Comcast's Child Labor Rules
Just another day in the office break room.  Graphics: Stardust Studios.

SHOOT, Sep. 22, 2006
The Best Work You May Never See: Goodby Cleans Up For The California Coastal Commission
...The GSP team on the public service spot consisted of creative director Jeff Goodby, associate creative director/art director Paul Foulkes, associate creative director/copywriter Tyler Hampton and producer Michael Damiani. Executive creative director Jake Banks headed a Stardust coterie of talent that included executive producer Eileen Doherty, designer Kinda Akash, animator Sam Sparks and effects artist Mikey Plescia. "What I really like about the finished spot is its style; it's not quite animation, but it's not real either," observed GSP's Hampton. "It draws people in, and then it's quite eerie once this creature comes out. Overall it feels like something that will cut through the usual live-action things you see on television."  GSP's Foulkes said that the agency turned to Stardust for this "miracle of birth gone wrong idea," based on past positive collaborations with the studio on end-graphics work for the Comcast campaign. He credited the Stardust ensemble with taking the "Non-Native Species" idea and running with it, resulting in an eloquent pro-environmental spot.  Doherty said Stardust was "instantly attracted" to the project for its potential to do ecological good. "We knew right away that this piece had the chance to motivate people to make a positive difference for California's coastline."...

Campaign, Sep. 15, 2006
The Work: New campaigns - The world
NOKIA - NOKIA 6265 LAUNCH - ASIA AND CANADA CREDITS Project: Nokia 6265 launch campaign Client: Cory Jones, CDMA marketing manager, Nokia Brief: Support the introduction of Nokia's multifeatured CDMA phone into new global markets Creative agency: Grey Worldwide Writer: Brian Fallon Art directors: Doug Fallon, Brian Fallon Planner: Julia Silka Media agency: n/a Production company: Stardust Studios Directors: Jake Banks, Neil Tsai Editor: Dave Schulman, Stardust Studios Post-production: Stardust Studios Audio post-production: Snyder Music Exposure: TV in Asia and Canada THE LOWDOWN Nokia is using TV advertising that merges live action and visual effects to launch what it claims is its most feature-rich handset to date. Filmed at locations around Los Angeles, the 30-second spot shows young people in a range of colourful settings. Flowing bands of light lead from one scene to the next and the action culminates in a couple enjoying a fireworks display from the top of a skyscraper....

StudioDaily, Sep. 13, 2006
Five Questions with... designer Kinda Akash
Q.  What are you working on today?  A.  Staying sane! We're working on this great little commercial for Nickelodeon and then a not-so little campaign for (sorry, cannot disclose — check-back next month!)....

Digital Producer, Sep. 5, 2006
Stardust Brings Award-Winning California Coastal Commission Imagery to Life
...Stardust's designer Kinda Akash and Doherty worked closely with the agency's creative team to nail-down the spot's concept.  "The agency wanted something that looked realistic," Akash began.  "As we looked further into the reality of putting a cigarette on a baby chick, and showing other aspects of pollution, we suggested a more stylized approach, which ultimately we all felt did the best job of showcasing pollution's harmful effects."...

MarSciTechtainment, Sep. 5, 2006
All about cleaning up the world's coastlines....
Thanks to everyone around the globe for sharing the news on the work of Goodby, Silverstein & Partners and Stardust Studios for the California Coastal Commission in the Public Service Announcement entitled "Non-Native Species" which you can view online here. A smaller MPEG version is available here.  The goal of the PSA is to spur as many people as possible (last year, a record 52,000 volunteers showed up) to participate in the 22nd annual California Coastal Cleanup Day, scheduled for Sept. 16, from 9 a.m. to noon, at more than 700 locations around the state. Volunteers will clean trash and debris from 1,100 miles of the California coast, and another 1,000 miles along the inland shorelines of bays, creeks, rivers and lakes throughout California. Organizers of this year's event hope to build on the success of last year's, when an estimated 52,000 volunteers turned out to remove nearly 1 million pounds of debris from California's shorelines, marking the largest single event in terms of volunteers and pounds of debris in the cleanup's history....

It's Art Magazine, Sep. 2, 2006
Cigarettes
This spot for the California Coastal cleanup, has been created for Goodby, Silverstein & Patners in San Francisco and their clients at the California Coastal Commission by Stardust Studios . The public service announcement is meant to rally support for the California Coastal Cleanup Day, scheduled for Sept. 16.

Computer Graphics Magazine, August, 2006
Stardust Studios

Animation World Magazine, Aug. 31, 2006
Hot Spots Showcase 4: The Best in Animated & VFX Commercials:  ATTIK
With the approval of Scion’s executives, we conceived each new Brand TV ad, and then worked with different design/animation companies to create unique spots that could stand alone while also complementing one another as a campaign. For Swarm, Stardust’s team brought a lot of artistry to our vision, and also worked closely with the team at Hydraulx to ensure that all the design elements flowed seamlessly into the finished spot. We feel that Swarm is a powerful example of content that can successfully attract today’s young automotive customers....

Animation World Magazine, Aug. 31, 2006
Hot Spots Showcase 4: The Best in Animated & VFX Commercials:  Stardust Studios
“This was a unique opportunity for us to show TBWA\Chiat\Day —and nearly 90 million viewers of the Super Bowl XL halftime show, where this spot debuted — how our production and creative teams could combine efforts to deliver all the elements necessary to create a beautifully unified sequence realizing a powerful concept. The agency’s creative team envisioned this set of automotive spots where the visuals were the key aspect, and where the hero car did not have to be seen throughout. By shooting the car in a way that was in tune with our animation sequences, and then applying our full capabilities to make everything flow together naturally, we were able to deliver this engaging spot, which seemed to exceed everyone’s expectations.” — Stardust’s Jake Banks....

Adrants, Aug. 30, 2006
Cig Egret Urges Californians to Join Coastal Cleanup Day
Created by Goodby Silverstein & Partners and produced by Stardust Studios, this PSA for the California Coastal Commission, an extension of a previously created poster campaign, demonstrates, through the animated birth of a Cig Egret, the cigarette, along with other trash is not native to the California coast. The spot urges people to participate in the California Coastal Cleanup Day September 16....

CGChannel, Aug. 30, 2006
Stardust Brings Award-Winning California Coastal Commission Imagery to Life
Bicoastal creative production company Stardust Studios recently designed and produced a startling, powerful animated PSA to complement ad agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners’ ongoing, award-winning campaign for the California Coastal Commission. The :30 spot entitled “Non-Native Species” is currently being made available to the media to help promote this year’s California Cleanup Day, scheduled for Sat., Sept. 16, and other related events scheduled to run through Oct. 8.  Last year’s campaign elements from the agency, which included posters featuring Audubon-inspired images of imaginary creatures made from trash, such as the CigEgret, SporkCrab and ColaBass, earned major 2006 One Show and Cannes Advertising awards. This year, the agency’s creative team, including creative director Jeff Goodby, associate creative directors Paul Foulkes and Tyler Hampton and producer Michael Damiani, called upon Stardust to stylishly conjure one of the creatures for a PSA....

Feed, Aug. 30, 2006
Stardust Brings California’s “Non-Native Species” to Life
Part of Goodby, Silverstein & Partners’ Ongoing Campaign, PSA Spot Promotes 2006 California Cleanup Day...

Motionographer, Aug. 30, 2006
Stardust: Non-Native Species
Promoting California Cleanup Day, Stardust was recently called upon to produced a :30 spot entitled “Non-Native Species”. The character CigEgret makes it’s comeback from last year’s Cannes Advertising award-winning campaign by Goodby Silverstein & Partners. Visually the spot takes every aspect on screen and alters it’s health - so to speak....

Luminescene, Aug. 30, 2006
Hot Bullets
Non-native species:  Stardust loves the nature.

RevolverLover, Aug. 30, 2006
STARDUST brings...
...award-winning California Coastal Commission imagery to life. The:30 spot entitled “Non-Native Species” is currently being made available to the media to help promote this year's California Cleanup Day.

Boards Online, Aug. 22, 2006
California Coastal Commission - Non-Native Species
Stardust give life to a questionable pun in this environmental PSA.  Visual Effects/Animation: Stardust, Santa Monica; Creative Director: Jake Banks; Designer: Kinda Akash; Animator: Sam Sparks; Executive Producer: Eileen Doherty.

AdCritic / CREATIVITY E-mail, Aug. 18, 2006
Non-Native Species Not Extinct
Following up on its successful poster campaign for the California Coastal Commission in which hybrid creatures like the Spork Crab and Cig Egret are created from beach trash, San Francisco's Goodby Silverstein & Partners launched a integrated sophomore effort tied to the CCC's September 16 Clean-up Day. The campaign features outdoor and poster work as well as a pamphlet (an in-depth "field guide"), collectible postcards and this spot, "Non-Native Species," showing the birth of a Cig Egret. "We thought originally this would be a live action shot," says associate creative director Tyler Hampton. "[Stardust] had the idea of making it more stylized, and ultimately more interesting. We're really happy with the style of that, it feels really unique." After receiving positive feedback from children and teachers who placed the posters in their classrooms (and bring their classes on field trips for Clean-Up Day) Goodby decided to make a collection of six postcards for kids to swap, available along with the posters and in locations like surf and coffee shops. The extra elements of the pro bono campaign owe much to the momentum the original work got in awards shows (it won a Silver Lion at Cannes) and around the state, says ACD/Art Director Paul Foulkes. "Because it garnered so much positive attention, people have been willing to give a lot more to the cause this year; that applies to the vendors we're working with and community groups."... 

FastChannel's CreativeChannel, Aug. 7, 2006
Stepping Out with Stardust
Earlier this year, Jake Banks and his colleagues at bicoastal creative production company Stardust Studios launched into their fifth year in business. Prior to setting up his own shop, owner and executive creative director Banks had grown accustomed to personally handling nearly every facet in creating an endless array of star-studded commercial campaigns, motion design, animation, music video, print and in-store projects. Now, as time marches on and the company’s work and reputation spreads around the planet, interest in the full range of Stardust’s talents is virtually exploding....

Boards Online, Aug. 1, 2006
Nokia - More than a Phone
Stardust lights up the nightlife for this Nokia spot.  Production/Design/Animation/VFX Company: Stardust Studios (bicoastal); Co-Director, Co-VFX Supervisor, Executive Creative Director: Jake Banks; Co-Director, Co-VFX Supervisor, Art Director: Neil Tsai 
Executive Producer: Eileen Doherty; DP: Karsten "Crash" Gopinath; Line Producer: Rich Kaylor; Post Producer: Mark Mutschler; CG Supervisor, 3D Artist: Cary Janks; Effects Artists: Daniel Garcia, Michelle Higa.

Digital Producer, Aug. 1, 2006
Stardust Studios Creates Broadcast Spot and Print Elements for Grey Worldwide's Nokia 6265 Cross-Media Campaign
Bicoastal creative production company Stardust Studios recently delivered a high-profile broadcast spot and print elements for a cross-media campaign for Nokia via New York's Grey Worldwide.  Co-directed by Stardust's owner and executive creative director Jake Banks along with Stardust's Santa Monica-based art director Neil Tsai, the broadcast spot entitled "More Than a Phone" debuted in Asia over the past several weeks and will continue to air in Canada and other countries over the weeks ahead.  In addition to providing design, live-action production, animation, visual effects and editorial for the spot, Stardust also directed the print shoot as part of its one-day, four-location production, which took place on-stage at the Hollywood Loft and in other Los Angeles area locations....

Studio Monthly, Aug. 1, 2006
Playing With Parameters by Beth Marchant, Editor-in-Chief
Stardust Studios is a relatively new effects shop with offices in Santa Monica and New York. We love what Stardust does and how they operate, rendering new forms with novel combinations of readily available gear and software. The studio’s 22 employees work to blend together film, video, fluid illustration, 3D—you name it—for a range of editorial, live action, animation, visual effects, Web and print projects. All of it is done on Macs and PCs; no finishing on Flames here. The results are lush, fun and sometimes hypnotically surreal, like their short film Step Into Blue for Bombay Sapphire Gin, which won a World Gold BDA award. You’ve probably seen some of Stardust’s other work in action. Animated spots for Honda, Nissan, Nike and BMW and in-store videos for MAC Cosmetics have all grabbed attention in and out of the industry.  With SIGGRAPH on our minds, we asked Stardust to create something special for our August cover. Art Director Neil Tsai, working with Executive Producer Eileen Doherty, used 3ds Max, Photoshop and Illustrator to produce two equally breathtaking yet different options for us. Inside, Stardust Design Director Brad Tucker goes in another direction and shows you how to take multi-pass renders of Cinema 4D elements and blend them in your After Effects comps (page 16)....

Studio Monthly, Aug. 1, 2006
Blend Cinema 4D Elements with 2D After Effects Animation for a 2.5D Look
YOUR GUIDE:  Brad Tucker, Design Director, Stardust Studios.  Award-winning Stardust Studios’ Design Director Brad Tucker is a 2002 graduate of the California Institute of the Arts. Brad has earned credits on work for some of the most renowned firms in the market space, including Buck, Brand New School and Logan. As design director at Stardust, his contributions have helped land and develop countless projects, score numerous awards and generate editorial exposure....

3D Creative, July, 2006
Feature Story
Stardust's work on ATTIK's latest Scion campaign...

AdCritic.com, Jul. 31, 2006
The Latest:  Comcast - Can-Do Crew
The Latest:  Comcast - The Early Episodes
The Latest:  Comcast - The Mail Time Song
Graphics:  Stardust Studios.

FastChannel CreativeChannel Newsletter, Jul. 24, 2006
Member News From Around the World
Bicoastal Stardust Studios recently delivered a high-profile broadcast spot for Nokia via New York's Grey Worldwide.  Co-directed by Stardust's owner and executive creative director Jake Banks along with Stardust's Santa Monica-based art director Neil Tsai, the spot entitled More Than a Phone debuted in Asia over the past several weeks and can now be seen in Canada and the U.S.  In addition to providing design, live-action production, animation and visual effects for the broadcast spot, Stardust also directed a print shoot as part of its one-day, four-location production, which took place on-stage at the Hollywood Loft and in other Los Angeles area locations.

Feed, Jul. 18, 2006
Motion Graphics LA (MGLA) Meeting tonight, July 18...
LINEUP: Cinema 4D Tips / EA Sports FightNight Commercial / Stardust's MAC Cosmetics Project / demo reels / door prizes / & more....

3D Creative, June, 2006
Feature Story
Stardust's Nike Basketball spot...

MarSciTechtainment, Jun. 28, 2006
Apple.com Pro feature on Stardust Studios...
I began working with the extremely talented folks at Stardust Studios at the end of last year, and sharing their phenomenal works with the world-at-large has made for a thrilling ride so far in 2006. This creative production company continues redefining cutting-edge aesthetics in motion design, animation, visual effects and live-action productions for commercials, music videos and high-profile branded content presentations, and their style is earning fans around the world....

Apple.com, Jun. 19, 2006
Stardust Studios:  Banking on Imagination
Jake Banks has no patience for design that simply makes things pretty or even particularly precise. In the award-winning body of work that Mac-based Stardust Studios has created under Banks’s direction, spring colors sprout through a black-and-white winter. Cars become birds. Birds become people. People paint flowers into air.  With Banks’s enthusiasm and progressive sense of invention, it hasn’t taken long for this young bicoastal company — Banks launched Stardust in 2003 — to attract clients like Nike, Honda, BMW, Nokia, and Bud Light....

SHOOT Magazine, Jun. 2, 2006
Brandstand: NikeBasketball.com's "What's Your Game About" Taps Into NBA Stars
As the National Basketball Association playoffs reach the conference finals stage, many of the game's biggest stars—including NBA MVP Steve Nash whose Phoenix Suns are still in the hunt for this season's championship title—are featured in a Web-only video on nikebasketball.com. The slightly longer than a minute-and-a-half piece, What's Your Game About, was produced by Nike Brand for interactive agency R/GA, New York, with design and animation from bicoastal Stardust Studios....

Digital Producer, May 26, 2006
Stardust Brings Motion Graphics "A"-Game to Web-Only Nike Brand Short for R/GA
Bicoastal creative production company Stardust Studios is very proud to detail its recent work for R/GA, the advertising agency for the digital age, on a web-exclusive 1:39 brand video entitled "What's Your Game About" for Nike Brand.  In developing the project, R/GA's creative team called upon Stardust to provide original design and animation custom-tailored to Nike's Flight, Force and Uptempo brands, which are showcased in the finished piece.  The video is currently featured on NikeBasketball.com....

CreativeMac, May 18, 2006
Stardust Collaborates with MAC Cosmetics to Create "Culture Bloom"
Artistic Presentation Showcases Unique Spring Color Collection...

MarSciTechtainment, May 17, 2006
Great work: Honda Fit "Food Chain"
I'm very proud of my clients' contributions to the broadcast elements of the high-profile, cross-media Honda Fit ad campaign from ad agency RPA. For your enjoyment, here is the "Food Chain" spot that has been featured in the top international trade media outlets since first debuting back on Apr. 20.  Directed by MJZ's Phil Joanou, the award-winning Los Angeles visual effects and design company A52 provided the spot's design, animation and effects work, and the end-tags were created by bicoastal Stardust Studios. More information and complete credits for this spot are online here. Bon appétit!

Digital Producer, May 3, 2006
Stardust Contributes Design, Animation, VFX and Finishing to Two Honda Fit Spots
Also Designs End-Tags for Ten Innovative Honda Fit Launch Spots....

3DCreative, March 2006
Industry Articles
Stardust's Nissan Murano Campaign...

Dzine.tv, Mar. 17, 2006
Stardust's Talents Soar in Nissan Murano Campaign from TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles
...After receiving the agency’s request for proposal, Banks and his team created a written treatment, in-depth storyboards and a series of motion tests, all of which helped to land the job. Upon award, the team began previsualizing the camera moves for the live-action shoot, building a 3D car in Maya and moving the cameras around to match camera-car and helicopter perspectives.  Filmed with the assistance of director of photography Neil Shapiro, Banks used a camera car, a helicopter, and locked- down mounts to capture the shots and get the angles necessary to match his storyboards. "We had to shoot the car in a way that would be in-tune with the animation that had elements of flowing, soaring and gliding," he said. "The way we approached the project – doing extreme dynamic camera moves – allowed us to be more free with animation."...

AdCritic.com, Mar. 15, 2006
The Latest:  Washington Mutual - Launch
If the bankers say no, Washington Mutual says yes. Graphics:  Stardust Studios.

Philly Creative Guide, Mar. 3, 2006
Art Directors' Club :: Stardust and Focus: Philadelphia
The Art Director’s Club of Philadelphia presented a double bill in Northern Liberties on March 2. The program began with an exclusive preview of Focus: Philadelphia, the annual showcase of work by some of Philadelphia’s top photographers. The evening’s headline event was Stardust, the New York and Los Angeles – based design powerhouse. Stardust is notable for creating distinctive, visually intriguing TV spots that seamlessly combine live motion photography with CG animation. Clients include a who’s who list of blue chip advertisers: Nike, Nokia, Bud Light, BMW, Pepsi, ESPN, Microsoft, Nissan, Hewlett Packard, Target and Microsoft....

FastChannel CreativeChannel Newsletter, Mar. 1, 2006
Member News From Around the World
Stardust Studios recently completed design, animation and visual effects on a new spot for Nokia via Bates/Asia in Singapore.  Titled Paris, the spot features a man and a woman who find inspiration from the phones of the Nokia L’Amour Collection.  Stardust talents included executive creative director Jake Banks, executive producer Eileen Doherty, producers Amy Kaufman Levy, Kathy Cogar, art director Doug Purver, 2D/3D artists Sakona Kong, Christian Perez, Mike Plescia, Sam Sparks and Dave Yan and online editor Michael Merkwan. 

CREATIVITY, Feb, 2006
Campaign: The Business of Funny
TBS is up to more funny business in a new campaign from Mother/New York. More specifically, it's getting down to the business of funny, introducing the network's Department of Humor Analysis after 2004's look inside the call center, a campaign from Publicis/N.Y. that won praise and awards. The new campaign's cinema, broadcast and viral videos, directed by Thomas Thomas' Kevin Thomas, show a tour of the department and its research, led by John Cleese. Client: TBS Agency: Mother/N.Y. Director: Kevin Thomas/Thomas Thomas Films Editor: Mike Douglas/Cut & Run Graphics: Stardust Studios.

MediaBistro's UnBeige, Feb. 22, 2006
The Pretty Things on the Idiot Box
Saints be praised that the Advertising/Design Goodness captured clips of those Nissan spots from that terrific new campaign. It was one of those things that we'd see on tv, think, "Wow, who did that?! Let's look that up in the morning." But then, of course, it slipped by until then next time and we'd think, "Okay, next time we're at the computer, we're going to look up who did that ad." and so on. Thus, this blessed site saved us from our Sysaphisian endeavor and now we know that it was TBWA\Chiat\Day and Stardust Studios (the latter of which we have a big, big crush on). Here's the whole scoop...

Boards Online, Feb. 20, 2006
Nissan - Fly
More swish Nissan work from Stardust.  PRODUCTION/ANIMATION/EDITORIAL/VFX COMPANY: Stardust Studios. CITY/STATE: Santa Monica, CA.  DIRECTOR, EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Jake Banks.  EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Eileen Doherty.  DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Neil Shapiro.  EDITOR: Tony Hall.  LIVE ACTION PRODUCER: Rich Kaylor.  POST PRODUCER: Erin Sullivan.  LEAD ANIMATOR/VFX SUPERVISOR: Shane Zucker.  ART DIRECTOR: P.J. Richardson.  DESIGNER: Neil Tsai.  ANIMATORS: Joseph Andrade, Chris Eckhart, Scott Signore, Ian Townsend, Ash Wagers.

Advertising/Design Goodness, Feb. 17, 2006
Nissan
Bicoastal creative production company Stardust Studios recently delivered the third spot in a high-profile broadcast campaign for the Nissan Murano and TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles....

CreativeMac.com, Feb. 17, 2006
Stardust’s Talents Soar in Nissan Murano Campaign from TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles
Bicoastal creative production company Stardust Studios recently delivered the third spot in a high-profile broadcast campaign for the Nissan Murano and TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles. Directed by Stardust’s owner and executive creative director Jake Banks, the first spot entitled “Soar” broke in Dec., “Glide” debuted just before Super Bowl XL and aired during ABC’s Super Bowl Halftime Show, and the third spot – entitled “Fly” – began airing nationally this week....

StudioDaily.com, Feb. 17, 2006
Nissan Murano Campaign Soars
Bicoastal creative production company Stardust Studios recently delivered the third spot in a high-profile broadcast campaign for the Nissan Murano and TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles. Directed by Stardust’s owner and executive creative director Jake Banks, the first spot entitled “Soar” broke in Dec., “Glide” debuted just before Super Bowl XL and aired during ABC’s Super Bowl Halftime Show, and the third spot – entitled “Fly” – began airing nationally this week. Stardust also provided design, live-action production, animation, editorial and visual effects for the campaign....

Boards Online, Feb. 14, 2006
Nissan - Glide
Stardust adds another installment to its stellar Nissan campaign.  PRODUCTION/ANIMATION/EDITORIAL/VFX COMPANY: Stardust Studios. CITY/STATE: Santa Monica, CA.  DIRECTOR, EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Jake Banks.  EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Eileen Doherty.  DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Neil Shapiro.  EDITOR: Tony Hall.  LIVE ACTION PRODUCER: Rich Kaylor.  POST PRODUCER: Erin Sullivan.  LEAD ANIMATOR/VFX SUPERVISOR: Shane Zucker.  ART DIRECTOR: P.J. Richardson.  DESIGNER: Neil Tsai.  ANIMATORS: Joseph Andrade, Chris Eckhart, Scott Signore, Ian Townsend, Ash Wagers.

Television Week, Feb. 13, 2006
Newsmakers
Michael Neithardt to senior producer, Stardust Studios, from freelance producer.

SHOOT Magazine, Feb. 10, 2006
Mother Gives Birth To Online Humor Study For "Very Funny" Network
By now most of us are familiar with TBS' "Very Funny" branding campaign—particularly the actresses from Sex and the City laughing and saying those exact words during brief promos for the show. To further that campaign, Mother, New York has developed a Web site for the network at TBSHumorStudy.com. The serious site solicits silly input from viewers on what is funny to them....The animation for the virals was done through Stardust, Los Angeles....

SHOOT Magazine, Feb. 10, 2006
Street Talk
Michael Neithardt has joined Stardust Studios as senior producer. He will work out of the bicoastal company's New York office. The overall shop continues to be headed by executive creative director Jake Banks....

VFXWorld, Feb. 7, 2006
Not Just Post Any More for Commercial VFX; Karen Raugust looks into how these days vfx houses are brought onto a commercial project during planning and pre-production rather than post-production
Over the last decade, agencies, directors and editors increasingly have come to view vfx houses as creative and technical partners throughout the entire commercial production process. In other words, they no longer consider digital and visual effects simply as post. Vfx houses’ guidance during pre-production not only saves time and money, but can also help agencies create groundbreaking campaigns using the latest tools.... “Vfx is utilized differently now, so the old approach doesn’t work,” echoes Eileen Doherty, exec producer at bicoastal Stardust. She stresses that vfx and motion graphics are not afterthoughts anymore, as they once were....

shots, Feb. 1, 2006
ON THE MOVE:  Moves this week at Uncle, BeachHouse, Hoben Film, Blink Pictures, Triangle, Final Cut and Stardust Studios
Bicoastal production company Stardust Studios has taken on Michael Neithardt as senior producer to run the company's New York studio. Formerly an assistant to Bob Weinstein at Miramax, Neithardt has credits spanning features, television and theatre, and has worked with Stardust on several recent high-profile projects on a freelance basis.

FastChannel CreativeChannel Newsletter, Feb. 1, 2006
Member News From Around the World
Stardust Studios announced the addition of senior producer Michael Neithardt to their roster.  A former assistant to Bob Weinstein at Miramax Films and a veteran producer with credits spanning the worlds of feature films, television and theater, Neithardt has worked with Stardust on a freelance basis on several recent high-profile projects.  In his new role, Neithardt will be responsible for the overall operation of Stardust’s Manhattan office in SoHo as well as overseeing each project for the New York studio. 

Boards Online, Jan. 31, 2006
Industry news and people moves
Bicoastal creative prodco Stardust has hired Michael Neithardt as senior producer to run the company's NY studio. Neithardt, previously an assistant to Bob Weinstein at Miramax Films, had previously worked with Stardust on a number of projects on a freelance basis....

HollywoodIndustry.com, Jan. 31, 2006
Stardust Names Michael Neithardt to Run New York Studio; Veteran producer's credits span the worlds of feature films, television and theater
Bicoastal creative production company Stardust Studios has hired Michael Neithardt as its new senior producer.  A veteran producer with credits spanning the worlds of feature films, television and theater, Neithardt has worked with Stardust on a freelance basis on several recent high-profile projects....

MediaPost's People On the Move Jan. 31, 2006
Headliners This Week
Stardust Studios has hired MICHAEL NEITHARDT as senior producer. Neithardt is responsible for the overall operation of Stardust's Manhattan studio in SoHo, and will oversee projects for the New York studio....

POST Magazine, Jan. 30, 2006
MICHAEL NEITHARDT TO RUN STARDUST'S NEW YORK STUDIO
NEW YORK - Bicoastal creative production company Stardust Studios (www.stardust.tv) has hired Michael Neithardt as its new senior producer. Neithardt brings with him film, television and theatre credits, and has worked with Stardust in the past on a freelance basis.... 

AdCritic / CREATIVITY E-mail, Jan. 27, 2006
Movers
Michael Neithardt has joined Stardust Studios in New York as senior producer.... 

Boards Online, Jan. 3, 2006
Nissan - Soar
Stardust engineers an elegant transformation for Nissan.  PRODUCTION/ANIMATION/EDITORIAL/VFX COMPANY: Stardust Studios. CITY/STATE: Santa Monica, CA.  DIRECTOR, EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Jake Banks.  EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Eileen Doherty.  DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Neil Shapiro.  EDITOR: Tony Hall.  LIVE ACTION PRODUCER: Rich Kaylor.  POST PRODUCER: Erin Sullivan.  LEAD ANIMATOR/VFX SUPERVISOR: Shane Zucker.  ART DIRECTOR: P.J. Richardson.  DESIGNER: Neil Tsai.  ANIMATORS: Joseph Andrade, Chris Eckhart, Scott Signore, Ian Townsend, Ash Wagers.