Commercial and TV production company Picrow has named Tiffany Caprice as its head of marketing and new business development. She will report to company founder/director Peter Lang. Caprice is no stranger to Picrow, having helped Lang cast his decade-long branding campaign for USAA Insurance while working in a sr. role at Dan Bell Casting. Caprice also cast talent for independent films and commercials through Sanford Casting. Caprice said that Picrow, having produced content for Amazon (including Transparent, Mozart in the Jungle, Goliath, Patriot, I Love Dick), is poised for further expansion, growing the careers of its directors with varied projects. She will also look to develop more business-direct production and branding. As a hybrid studio, production and post house, Picrow can take on any portion of a project (production, post) or handle work from inception to finish. Spots, documentaries, TV shows, branding films and theatrical features get produced at Picrow, which also maintains the turn-key production collective The Hall which recently won a Gold ADDY for its “Unforgettable” Disney commercial campaign….VR production and post studio Bipolar Id has signed with UTA for film and TV representation, as well as indie firms Bespoke (Meredyth Mann) and Obsidian (Brady Hurt, Matthew Butcher) for commercial representation in the East Coast and Midwest, respectively. Bipolar continues to be repped commercially on the West Coast by ResourceLA (Dana Balkin). On the heels of a VR campaign for MINI and innovative 360° experiences for Google, Carnival Cruise Line, Toyota and Nissan, Bipolar is gearing up for further expansion into commercial markets and original content. Bipolar’s recent projects include a stereoscopic 360° experience for the launch of the Google Daydream VR headset, co-produced with B-Reel….
2025 Camp Kuleshov Winners Celebrated In Chicago, L.A. and NYC
The Camp Kuleshov trailer competition for emerging creative artists in postproduction--a.k.a. Camp K--recognized its winning and honorable mention entries at events in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York. Trophies were bestowed in recognition of outstanding achievement in the categories of Editing, Sound Design and Graphics, as well as the Music Score category. Designed to give emerging talent a chance to heighten their creative and craft problem-solving skills while also gaining access to invaluable mentorship opportunities, Camp K challenges entrants to take existing films and re-imagine trailers for them as something new and different. The Lev Award--the grand prize for each category--will be announced at the AICP Awards in Chicago on November 20. Lev winners are selected from among the first prize winners in each category from each region. It’s named for Lev Kuleshov, the noted Russian filmmaker and editor who developed the Kuleshov effect, and is considered a pioneer in the editing craft. Camp K Los Angeles The West/Southwest Camp Kuleshov awards presentation and party took place on Wednesday, October 29, at Uppercut+Racket Club. The Halloween-themed event (costumes were encouraged) was emceed by Jay Nelson, founding editor at Cut+Run Los Angeles. In Editing, first place went to Alexandra Jimenez of Cosmo Street Editorial for her trailer for “Tropic Thunder,” which re-imagined the main character as the Devil; second place went to Luke Strickler of Arcade Edit for his re-working of “Duck Soup” with the devil as the main character; and third place was awarded to Rich Gonzalez of Cosmo Street Editorial for his work mashing up “Multiplicity” and “Looper” into a piece about psychological terror. Owen Stinsmuelhlen of... Read More