Cheesecake Factory "Close Encounter" (2016) :23 (USA)

It's okay, fry pan. You were having a dream about a microwave. Cute animation for The Cheesecake Factory who is positioning itself as taking its time to cook your meal as opposed to you know, using the microwave. This is part of The cheesecake Factory's new animated campaign called "The Kitchen Speaks."

Client: Cheesecake Factory:
Donald Evans - Chief Marketing Officer

Lead Agency: Pereira & O’Dell
Chief Creative Officer - PJ Pereira
Executive Creative Director - Jonathan Woytek
Group Creative Director - Jason Apaliski
Art Director - Tyler Jensen
Copywriter - Demian Kendall
Associate Director of Creative Services - Jennifer McConville
Project Manager - Melissa Redada
Co-Director, Account Services - Ryan Toland
Account Director - Nidhi Chinai
Senior Account Executive - Stephanie Stoutner
Account Executive- Jenna Hering
Chief Strategy Officer - Matt Herrmann
Director of Strategy – Alan Stout
Strategic Planner - Beth Windheuser
VP, Communications Strategy - Joshua Brandau
Associate Communications Strategy Director- Ashley Wells
Senior Communications Strategist – Breanne Brock
Associate Director of Social Strategy- Danielle Marcello
Creative Social Strategist- Oscar Nilsson
VP, Production - Jeff Ferro
Broadcast Producer - Bill Spangler
Director of Business Affairs - Russ Nadler
Business Affairs Coordinator- Christina Hadly

Animation: House Special
Director - Aaron Sorenson
Creative Director - Kirk Kelley
Executive Producer - Lourri Hammack
Producer - Julie Ragland
Editor - Cam Williams
Flame Artist - Rex Carter
Storyboard Artist - Joe Merideth, Gordon Clark
Character Designer Aaron Sorenson
Production Design - Michelle Kwon
Layout - Stephen Bodin, Alan Cook
2D Animator(s) - JD Buffam, Sam Neimann, Temris Ridge, Frank Summers, Lyla Warren
Assistant Animator – JD Buffam
After Effects Artist – Stephen Bodin
Production Coordinator – Alix Iverson
Production Assistants – Alex Webster, Emma Van Halsema
Compositing Artist – Stephen Bodin, Jose Diaz
Tape Room Op – Dino Coons

Music/Sound: 740 Sound