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Friday, Apr. 25, 2003
White House Rollback: A Filming Oasis In Wilderness?
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The White House has rolled back protections on numerous parcels of land that were designated as wilderness areas under the Clinton administration. The action—taken earlier this month in response to a suit filed by the State of Utah—could alter how millions of acres of public land...
Friday, Apr. 25, 2003
Means To A Directorial End: Roaring Tiger
SAN FRANCISCO—Tommy Means, principal/executive producer of San Francisco-based cross media production firm Mekanism, has linked with Roaring Tiger Films (RTF), the San Francisco-based production services outfit headed by president/executive producer Carey Crosby. Per the deal, RTF will market Means...
Friday, Apr. 25, 2003
Evolving Relationships
For this week's special report on production companies, SHOOT surveyed agency producers, heads of production, creatives and executives at production houses to get a sense of how people are feeling about the changing nature of relationships between ad shops and production companies. Agency folks...
Friday, Apr. 25, 2003
SPECIAL REPORT: PRODUCTION COMPANIES_ Is The Future Now?
Branded content—what one agency creative calls "glorified product placement"—is the topic du jour in the advertising community these days. But so far, only a few agencies and advertisers have been adventurous enough to take the plunge, most famously Fallon Minneapolis and BMW North America for...
Friday, Apr. 25, 2003
NEWSBRIEFS
Tampa Digital Studios (TDS) has added Rob Tiisler and Jeff McKown to its staff. Tiisler, who will serve as director of creative services at TDS, began his career in 1985 working on sports broadcast production, and over the years has held a variety of creative management postions, including...
Friday, Apr. 25, 2003
FLASHBACK: 5 YEARS/10 YEARS
APRIL 24, 1998/Creative Film Management, New York, has signed three feature filmmakers—Betty Thomas, Brad Silberling and John Herzfeld—for commerical representation….Dublin Productions, with bases in Minneapolis and Hollywood, has added comedy director Bob Morrow (known professionally as Bob) to...
Friday, Apr. 25, 2003
HKM Signs Directors Jacobs & Briere, Diebel
Bicoastal HKM Productions has signed director Eden Diebel and the directing team Jacobs & Briere (Kim and Alain, respectively) for exclusive commercial representation in the United States. Diebel's previous stateside roost was bicoastal Headquarters, while Jacobs & Briere had been with...
Friday, Apr. 25, 2003
The Martin Agency Delivers The Goods In UPS Spots
When delivery service UPS decided to update its image, the company turned to The Martin Agency, Richmond, Va. The ad shop came up with the "Brown" campaign, which debuted during the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. The ads all feature the slogan, "What can Brown do for you?"—which is...
Friday, Apr. 25, 2003
Cosmo Street Adds Spaulding And Godfrey
Bicoastal editorial house Cosmo Street has signed two cutters and a producer to its full-time staff, and secured an agreement to rep the talent of London-based editorial shop Peep Show throughout the United States. Editor Lucas Spaulding, formerly with MacKenzie Cutler, New York, is relocating to...
Friday, Apr. 25, 2003
Directors Steve Fong, Gary Shaffer Go Kaboom
Directors Steve Fong and Gary Shaffer have come aboard kaboom, the San Francisco-based production house headed by owner/executive producer Lauren Schwartz. They round out a directorial roster that also consists of Doug Werby and Tom Jones. Fong was formerly at Trio Films, Venice, Calif., a...