Rising New York Animation Studio Nathan Love Experiencing Summer of Love

Latest Commissions Deliver Studio's Artistry Worldwide Across All Media

NEW YORK - (June 2, 2010) - World-class animation studio Nathan Love is very proud to share news of the growing love currently being experienced by owners and creative directors Joe and Kate Burrascano, executive producer Michael Harry and their colleagues, as they begin their third year in business. Founded in New York in 2007, Nathan Love has already built a solid reputation for producing original content for advertising, film, television, web, videogames and other applications.

"As we enter our third year as a studio, we continue to be inspired and grow as a company with each project we produce," began Joe Burrascano, who was recently featured in SHOOT Magazine's 2010 New Directors Showcase. "Our incredible artists and producers deserve a lot of the credit, as well as our representatives around the world, the clients whose challenges take our artistry to new levels, and the growing number of fans for our work around the globe. We have a long way to go to become the next Pixar, but we are all very appreciative, and very fired up."

As of today, the company's latest project work is featured on their website at www.NathanLove.com. Here's a quick rundown of the some of the newest projects on display.

• Behold the first of six new spots to come pairing the talents of Nathan Love with agency 22squared for Baskin-Robbins.
• The studio's collaborations with Goodby, Silverstein & Partners for Pop Secret on three imaginative and entertaining animated spots starring the Kernel family all appear on the website. Worth noting, these characters and other artworks created by Nathan Love are now being featured in Pop Secret's product packaging and promotional displays showcased in retail settings across America.
• Further artistic teamwork with GSP creatives shines through in two new animated spots directed by Nathan Love for Commonwealth Bank of Australia currently airing widely down under.
• Look for a custom animated cross-marketing spot for Nickelodeon and State Farm Insurance which debuted this month, starring none other than Dora The Explorer.
• Enjoy the new Chips Ahoy "Limbo" spot representing the studio's first endeavor with creatives from Draft FCB in Shanghai and Lunar Films.
• Check out a fun new in-theater spot commissioned by New York advertising agency ML Rogers that recently debuted in theaters nationwide.
• Also experience clips from the 12 narrative cinematics Nathan Love creative directed for Electronic Arts' epic, monumental videogame release, "Dante's Inferno."

With its client list spanning advertising and entertainment agencies, major corporations, content developers and distributors, Nathan Love is represented on the U.S. East Coast by Blah! Blah. Blah?, on the U.S. West Coast by creative studio Mothership, and in Europe by Tandem Films.

About Nathan Love
Break out the crayons and beer, because Nathan Love is ready to play! This world-class animation studio is known for creating memorable characters, detailed worlds and engaging narratives, making it a party and inviting your whole crew. Driven by a passion for storytelling, their creative, technical and production capabilities are constantly evolving. Equally at home creating sensational 2D and 3D animation, the studio's talents span all aspects of project creation and production. They are creators of commercial campaigns, original films, super-fun web content, video game projects, merchandise and more. Besides their extraordinary craftsmanship Nathan Love is also fun and inviting to work with, enjoying daily collaborations with leading creatives, live-action and CGI directors, sound designers, composers, web developers and other artists. So next time you're dreaming-up a project, drop your briefcase and join the fun atNathanLove.com, or call +1.212.925.7111

Commonwealth Bank of Australia "Goals" and "Resolutions"

15 spots currently airing in Australia (only) for Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Nathan Love had the opportunity to work with multiple creatives at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners in San Francisco. Under the creative direction of ACDs Mike Mazza and Mark Dunn and coordinated by producer Barbro Eddy, they teamed with art director Jason Warne and copywriter Steve Nathans on "Goals," and art director Antonio Marcato and copywriter Thomas Kemeny on "Resolutions." In the words of Nathan Love's co-founder and creative director Joe Burrascano, who was recently featured in SHOOT Magazine's 2010 New Directors Showcase, "These two spots posed the interesting challenge of creating believable paper elements in CG. In order to inform the process, our designer broke out some paper, tape and glue to construct real-life models of the shapes that would later be modeled and rigged in Maya."

Commonwealth Bank of Australia "Goals" from Nathan Love on Vimeo.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia "Resolutions" from Nathan Love on Vimeo.

FULL PROJECT CREDITS

Project Name: Commonwealth Bank of Australia "Goals" and "Resolutions"
Project Length: 2 x :15
Debut Dates: "Goals" 5/2/10, "Resolutions" 5/10/10 (Australia only)

Client: Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Ad Agency: Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
City/State: San Francisco, CA
Associate Creative Directors: Mike Mazza, Mark Dunn
Art Director ("Goals"): Jason Warne
Copywriter ("Goals"): Steve Nathans
Art Director ("Resolutions"): Antonio Marcato
Copywriter ("Resolutions"): Thomas Kemeny
Producer: Barbro Eddy

Production Company: Nathan Love
City/State: New York, NY
Director: Nathan Love
Creative Director: Joe Burrascano
Executive Producer: Mike Harry
Producer: Derrick Huang
Art Director: Morgan Schweitzer
Project Lead: Frank Naranjo
3D Animation Lead: Ryan Moran
3D Animators ("Resolutions"): David Han, Eric Bribiesca
2D Animators: Matt Lee ("Resolutions" only), Steig Retlin
Rigging: Vadim Kiyaev
Lighting & Rendering Lead: Denis Kozyrev
Texture/Lighting/Composite Artists: Denis Kozyrev, Richard Kim
Pipeline TDs: Stephen Mackenzie, Jesse Clemens
Modeling ("Goals"): Denis Kozyrev, Arsen Arzumanyan
Modeling ("Resolutions"): Youngmin Kim
Editing / After Effects: Kristjan Zaklynsky

Music:
"Goals": Swamp Samba by Shawn Lee's Ping Ping Orchestra
"Resolutions": Courtesy of Getty Music

Final Mix Company: One Union Recording
City/State: San Francisco, CA
Mixers: Eben Carr and Andy Greenberg

Voiceover Company: RMK Voice Productions
City/State: North Sydney, NSW
Voiceover Artist: Andrew Carlton

Scion "Reinvent The Wheels"

"Reinvent The Wheels" is a six-episode web-exclusive reality video series designed to give up-and-coming artists a chance to showcase their innovative ideas and build a car to further their creative craft while pushing the boundaries of self-expression. The series premiered at www.ReinventTheWheels.com back on March 29, and is also available via a mobile application, via many social networking sites and an embeddable Facebook application. In episode six, which debuted on May 3, DJ Anthony Valadez was crowned the winner. All episodes remain online, and beginning on May 10, the third phase of ATTIK's promotional assets began appearing online and via traditional media placements.

Project director Judy Wellfare and her colleagues at We Are Plus are very proud to detail their creative new brand film showcasing the category-leading SMART Board interactive whiteboard from SMART Technologies. Produced for SMART's agency, Toronto-based Sharpe Blackmore Euro RSCG, the nearly 3-minute film entitled "The Magical Classroom" is being distributed internationally in seven languages via viral seeding and Facebook, and will also be featured in other applications and materials by SMART's marketing team. Client: SMART Technologies

Ad Agency: Sharpe Blackmore Euro RSCG
Creative Director: Ron Tite
Associate Creative Director: Michael Willson
Art Director: Gira Moin
Writer: Erin Beaupre
Executive Producer: Francesca Marchese

Production Company: We Are Plus
Director: Judy Wellfare
Creative Directors: Jeremy Hollister, Judy Wellfare
Technical Director: Seth Pomerantz
Lead Animator: Peter Wallach
Animators: Matthew Amonson, Jeremy Bronson, David Bell
Flash Animator: Aleth Romanillos
Animator/Compositors: Adam Stockett, Luis Simoes and Salvatore Randazzo
Executive Producer: Zu Al-Kadiri
Line Producer: Kea Allcock

Production Services Company: Pioneer Productions
Producer: Agustin Ortiz

Prop Construction: SodaPasta, Buenos Aires

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