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Friday, Sep. 23, 2011
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Looking back on our coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and their impact on different facets of our industry, I recall nurturing a budding hope 10 years ago that certain positive media developments might come out of the tragedy. For one, I thought 9/11 could serve as a wake-up call for mass...
Friday, Aug. 19, 2011
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A recent report from the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. (LAEDC) concludes that California's Film and Television Tax Credit is paying off handsomely for the Golden State. The LAEDC study estimated that the first 77 productions approved for the initial tax credit allocation of $198.8...
Friday, Jun. 17, 2011
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In this week's issue, we recap the panel discussions from the daytime SHOOT Directors/Producers Forum and evening New Directors Showcase; both events were held on May 10 at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Theatre in New York (see separate section). This is the ninth year of the Showcase; the...
Friday, May. 6, 2011
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In asking others to reflect on the career and contributions of production veteran Chuck Sloan, who passed away last month at the age of 71, I found myself hearkening back to when I first got to know Chuck in 1981 when he and director/cameraman Eric Saarinen teamed to form Plum Productions,...
Friday, Apr. 15, 2011
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Reality TV, the local television news, song lyrics or the lack thereof, mean-spiritedness that passes for acerbic wit--the list goes on and on of those factors that both spur on and/or are symptomatic of a dumbed down society. But true to the grammatical and mathematical proposition that two...
Friday, Mar. 25, 2011
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This week's lead story, "A Crude Awakening," chronicles the chilling effect an appellate court ruling in the case Chevron vs. Berlinger could have on documentary filmmakers. While this column often serves as home to my individual opinion, this time around we thought it apropos to provide a platform...
Friday, Feb. 18, 2011
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Audience fragmentation and the erosion of major network viewership are an accepted part of the media landscape. Diminished viewership, though, can at times result from concentrated media ownership and/or greed (arguably a redundancy). And I wonder how the advertising/media community feels about...
Friday, Jan. 21, 2011
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The title of this spot.com.mentary installment is that of a seminal book by Vance Packard. Released in 1957, The Hidden Persuaders contended that a significant percentage of advertising was insidiously manipulative, deploying consumer motivational research and other psychological techniques,...
Friday, Dec. 17, 2010
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Last month's 50th Anniversary Issue of SHOOT included assorted reflections on mentorship. Consider this column an addendum to that coverage, the bookends being the induction back in March of Mike Hughes into The One Club's Creative Hall of Fame, and last month's hiring of Fabio Costa, formerly a...
Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010
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While hindsight is 20/20, I wouldn't trade it for the 32/50 vision I've enjoyed as a contributor to SHOOT's coverage of the industry for 32 of the past 50 years. This publication continues to be a great perch from which to view an evolving community both in terms of art and commerce. SHOOT helped...

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