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Tony Ke has joined Tribal Worldwide as group creative director for Experience Design. He will be based in the agency's New York office. In this new position, Ke will be responsible for work across the shop's client roster including H&R Block, Pfizer Consumer Healthcare, and Alcon Visioncare....
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Director/Writer Kim Mordaunt's "The Rocket" Soars Over Tribeca
Backstory On The Film Which Scores Best Narrative Honor Along With Best Actor and Audience Award at the 12th Annual Festival
by A SHOOT Staff Report
NEW YORK, May 03, 2013 -- Top honors at the recently concluded 12th annual Tribeca Film Festival included Best Narrative Film in the eyes of not only the judges but also the Audience Award competition for The Rocket, written and directed by Kim Mordaunt in what has proven to be an auspicious narrative feature directorial debut. >more
Digital Newfronts Report: YouTube Says Battle With TV Is Already Over
by Jake Coyle, Entertainment Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- In a flashy presentation to advertisers Wednesday night, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt declined to forecast that Internet video will displace television watching. Instead he declared: "That's already happened." Schmidt said "the future is now" for YouTube, which recently passed the milestone of 1 billion unique visitors every month. >more
Digital NewFronts Report: Yahoo Courts Advertising Community With Original Shows
by Jake Coyle, Entertainment Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- Yahoo's latest slate of original programming is led by Ed Helms as a 4-inch-tall crime fighter. "Tiny Commando," created by the "The Office" star, was unveiled Monday night in a presentation by Yahoo to advertisers in New York. It stars Helms, along with Zachary Levi, of "Chuck," and Gillian Jacobs, of "Community." >more
Mobile Accounts For 30 Percent of Facebook's Advertising Revenue in Q1
by Barbara Ortutay, Technology Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- Menlo Park, Calif.-based Facebook said that its mobile advertising revenue was 30 percent of its total ad revenue in the first quarter, amounting to $375 million. That's up from 23 percent, or $306 million, in the fourth quarter. In the third quarter — the first time it disclosed such figures — the company generated 14 percent, or $153 million, of its advertising revenue from mobile. >more
Year Two Of Digital Entertainment Upfronts Reflects Promise, Progress
by Jake Coyle, Entertainment Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- There will be plenty of hoopla this week in New York at the second Digital NewFronts, the digital world's take on the annual TV "upfront" tradition. But ahead of this year's five-day-long overture to Madison Avenue, there is substantive talk regarding the great progress of digital entertainment. >more
Tribeca Film Fest's Audience Award Winners: "The Rocket" and "Bridegroom"
NEW YORK -- "The Rocket," directed by Kim Mordaunt, and "Bridegroom," directed by Linda Bloodworth Thomason, won the Tribeca Film Festival's Audience Awards for Best Narrative and Best Documentary Film, respectively. Each winner receives a cash prize of $25,000. >more
Ben Richardson Lands First Production House Roost, Signs With Saville To Direct Spots
LOS ANGELES -- Ben Richardson, whose inspired lensing of Beasts of the Southern Wild earned him Best Cinematography honors at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and this year's Film Independent Spirit Awards, has joined the directorial roster of Saville for spot representation in North America. This marks the first production company affiliation for Richardson as a filmmaker. >more
CP+B Hires 3 Creative Directors, 1 Associate CD
BOULDER, Colo. -- CP+B's creative department in Boulder has hired creative directors Michael Raso, Alex Lea and Julian Newman, as well as associate creative director Hemant Anant Jain. Raso comes over from Ogilvy Sydney, Lea from Saatchi & Saatchi, Newman from Publicis USA and Jain from Albion London. >more
Perry Essig Named Creative Director at TBWA\Chiat\Day NY
NEW YORK -- Perry Essig, former executive VP/exec creative director at Publicis, is joining TBWA\Chiat\Day New York to lead creative on the global Accenture account. For the last five years at Publicis, Essig headed creative and award-winning campaigns for Citibank across all of its platforms. >more
Coca-Cola, McDonald's Set For Induction Into AMP Hall of Fame
NEW YORK -- The Coca-Cola Company and McDonald's have been named to the inaugural AMP Awards for Music and Sound, to be presented by the Association of Music Producers on May 7th of Creative Week in New York City. The iconic companies are being recognized for Outstanding Achievement in the Use of Music to Define the Brand. >more
CLIO 2013 Winners Announced; Google Named Advertiser of The Year
NEW YORK -- The CLIO Awards has announced its 2013 winners, recognizing creative excellence and breakthrough work in the advertising industry. Winners will be honored at the 54th annual CLIO Awards ceremony, taking place on May 15 at the Museum of Natural History in New York City. >more
Netflix's "House of Cards" Earns Webby Special Achievement Award
by Jake Coyle, Entertainment Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Webby Awards are honoring "House of Cards" producers Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti with a Webby special achievement award. The political thriller, for which Netflix released all 13 episodes at once, proved that digital media can produce cable-quality drama. Netflix also won for best streaming media site. >more
R&H Alum Thom Burkhart Named Sr. Producer at Steele Studios
SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Steele Studios, a postproduction and visual effects house, has named Thom Burkhart as sr. producer. He formerly served as head of digital postproduction for Rhythm & Hues for 14 years. Burkhart worked ove the years on high-profile features (Life of Pi, X-Men, Moneyball) and commercials (Budweiser, Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Honda, Toyota). >more
Pinewood To Open Its First U.S. Studio in Georgia
by Christina A. Cassidy
ATLANTA (AP) -- The British film studio home to the James Bond franchise announced plans Monday for its first U.S. movie production facility at a site near Atlanta. The large-scale film complex will be called Pinewood Atlanta and the studio would manage the facility under an agreement with a group of private investors. The studio will be developed on 288 acres south of Atlanta and include at least five soundstages as well as production offices. >more
Study Finds Violence Prevalent on Primetime TV
by David Bauder, Television Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- A study of 392 prime-time scripted programs on broadcast networks shown during the month following Vice President Joe Biden's January meeting with entertainment industry executives on the topic revealed that 193 had some incident of violence, according to the Parents Television Council. >more
Steven Poster, ASC, Re-elected President of International Cinematographers Guild
LOS ANGELES -- Incumbent president Steven Poster, ASC was re-elected and the slate of candidates backing the policies of the current administration won a decisive majority on the National Executive Board of the International Cinematographers Guild in the unofficial election results announced yesterday. >more
Georgia's Filming Prospects, Infrastructure Grow
by Christina A. Cassidy
ATLANTA (AP) -- Not only are TV shows like "The Walking Dead" and films like "The Hunger Games" sequel filmed in Georgia, but tens of millions of dollars are being invested to build up critical infrastructure. No fewer than five major studio developments or expansions have been announced in recent months with the goal of luring big-budget blockbusters. >more
SHOOT News Briefs for the Week of April 29, 2013
Steven Spielberg to direct "American Sniper"; Studios go direct to fans for social media boost; DreamWorks buying AwesomenessTV for about $33M; Conde Nast launches Vogue, Wired web series; PepsiCo pulls Mountain Dew ad after criticism; U.S. home video spending rises 5% in Q1; JCPenney ad apologizes to customers; IBM makes molecular movie; Paltrow, Parker launch Web series for AOL; Candice Bergan producing film on her famed father; Firth, Stone to star in Woody Allen's new comedy; Tribeca draws 450,000-plus attendees; Braff raises $2M on Kickstarter in 3 days; Jerry Lewis makes appearance at Tribeca Film Festival; Clint Eastwood hopes to direct for another 20-plus years. >more
Top Spot of the Week: Nike's "No Angel"
Brigg Bloomquist--who's being handled by GO Film--directed this :30 which depicts the sprawling, image-obsessed Los Angeles market. Boutique agency Union Made Creative, San Francisco, was tasked with developing a grand theme that could not only hold all the disparate sports in the region but also nod to the city's preoccupation with fame and the oft-overlooked work it takes to attain it. >more
The Best Work You May Never See: Seattle International Film Festival's "Curious"
A young woman walks through a forest and stops to peer through a tree knothole--within the tree she finds a world of cinema's classic moments, scenes recreated in miniature with 3D models, some of which were computer designed, then made into physical models using a 3D printer, and some sculpted and painted by hand using clay and other materials. >more
New Short: "Beth"
You know a song is a classic when it gets parodied. The legendary KISS ballad "Beth" is no exception. This brand new short film based on the KISS Gold-selling single from their 1976 album Destroyer, is brought to you by director Brian Billow through Anonymous Content, and advertising creative director Bob Winter. >more
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> Top Spot of the Week: Nike's "No Angel"
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