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Friday, Aug. 17, 2012
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Though I hadn't talked to him in some 10 years, I was saddened to learn of Ted Goetz's passing last month at the age of 84. Ted was one of the first people in the business I got to know when I joined this paper in the late 1970s. He was a straight shooter, a mentor of assorted producers in this...
Friday, Jun. 15, 2012
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For its Muse2Music event last month, the Association of Music Producers' (AMP) West Coast chapter commissioned three shorts and got in return for its investment a dozen distinctly different films. Getting 12 for the price of three sounds too good to be true, but it's because of the sounds--more...
Friday, May. 18, 2012
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SHOOT's annual New Directors Showcase has come a long way since relatively modest beginnings 10 years ago when it took place in conjunction with the Clio Awards Festival in Miami. We've gone from a small meeting room in a Miami Beach hotel to our long-running, ongoing venue, the Directors Guild of...
Friday, Apr. 20, 2012
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I had a classmate in college who quipped that she wanted to bring about positive change and to do good for society--that's why she had narrowed her career choices to either real estate or advertising. The joke still brings a smile to my face but thankfully there's some truth to her tongue-in-cheek...
Friday, Mar. 23, 2012
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The title of this installment of spot.com.mentary is a prevalent theme throughout this Directors Series issue as filmmakers ranging from emerging to established continue to be sparked by their passions, yielding notable work. On the established director front, consider the POV below this column in...
Friday, Feb. 17, 2012
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There's a debate over how much California's economy benefits from its Film & Television Tax Credit program. A report issued last summer by the L.A. County Economic Development Corp . and financed by the Motion Picture Association of America pegged an impact of $1.13 for every dollar the state...
Friday, Jan. 20, 2012
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Congress and politicians in general have all-time low public approval ratings in what's become an age of polarization, divisiveness and dysfunctional government. Yet before you think this is a contemporary phenomenon, consider some wit and wisdom from yesteryear. Mark Twain observed, "It could...
Friday, Dec. 16, 2011
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Our "Agency of the Year" coverage in this issue features the observations of several key players at TBWA\Chiat\Day and TBWA\Media Arts Lab, none more key than Lee Clow, global director, Media Arts TBWA Worldwide, and chairman of TBWA\Media Arts Lab . An icon in his own right, Clow offered...
Friday, Nov. 18, 2011
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This week, the second installment of our ongoing "The Road to Oscar" series appears, and these first two previews share an inspiring common ground that's a departure from the red carpet, glitz and glamour norm typically associated with the Academy Awards. Consider the feedback from directors Chris...
Friday, Oct. 21, 2011
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The passing of Steve Jobs has elicited numerous testimonials to his genius, his innovation, his historical impact on society, and in our corner of the world his prowess as a master marketer and his lofty standing as the client whom every agency dreams of having. His innovations made his competitors...

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