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Friday, Mar. 21, 2003
Preserving The Ecosystem
Kathy DiToro, executive VP/ director of broadcast production at Campbell Mithun, Minneapolis, has been involved in her fair share of high profile, well received, creatively fulfilling commercials over the years. But at press time, she was in the midst of arguably one of the more significant...
Friday, Mar. 14, 2003
Mentoring With Grace
In reflecting on the industry's history, invariably the topic of mentorship arises. Webster's defines a mentor as "a wise and trusted teacher or counselor." However, there have been mentors who never consciously taught or counseled—yet who through their work and by example have influenced the next...
Friday, Mar. 7, 2003
Costume Change
For the first time in its five-year history, the Costume Designers Guild Awards has a category for commercials. The recognition from the Costume Designers Guild, IATSE Local 892, was described by veteran costume designer Bobbie Mannix as being "a very progressive move," underscoring the...
Friday, Feb. 28, 2003
This Is Jeopardy
When the category is "Film Commissions," appropriately enough the name of the game is Jeopardy, as evidenced by the front page of last week's SHOOT, which contained stories on the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission and the Film California First anti-runaway production program...
Friday, Feb. 21, 2003
"In The Zone"
Location, location, location." This mantra of savvy real estate investors—both residential and commercial—is now also reflected in a photo exhibition running for the next seven-and-a-half weeks at the Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood. Free to the public, the exhibit consists of location...
Friday, Feb. 14, 2003
Reminders
I'm getting to the point in life when reminders are particularly helpful. For me, they're often notes jotted down in a daily planner. But sometimes they can take an unexpected form—in this case, two industry award show nominations. One is for Conrad L. Hall, whose cinematography on Road to...
Friday, Feb. 7, 2003
Deep 6
The more things change, the more they remain the same. Consider a page-four column I penned 10 years ago about Channel 6, the local West Valley, Calif., cable station with paid commercials that are largely a festival of diet infomercials, pitches for balding remedies, wonder acne treatments and...
Friday, Jan. 31, 2003
Intentional Grounding
What happens here, stays here." That's the apropos catch-line appearing at the end of each ad in a clever, offbeat and entertaining eight-spot Las Vegas tourism campaign directed by hungry man's Bryan Buckley for agency R&R Partners, Las Vegas, Nev. Perhaps the best ad in the bunch is "Mistress...
Friday, Jan. 24, 2003
Group Plan
In Illinois, the industry wind is blowing toward marshalling resources to make the state more competitive for filming, as well as content creation and development. This was reflected in the formation of the Illinois Production Alliance (IPA), which SHOOT reported on last week (1/17, p. 1). IPA...
Friday, Jan. 17, 2003
Sands Of Time
Even though "The Best Work You May Never See" is now in its sixth year, the positive charge still resonates for SHOOT when a spot initially recognized in that gallery goes on to gain wider-spread attention. That's exactly what happened when the International Animated Film Society (ASIFA-Hollywood)...

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