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Friday, Feb. 9, 2001
The Case Of The Abducted Dog
A family dog emerges from a quiet country home, making his way out to the middle of a deserted field. A bright light appears and a UFO abducts the dog. Next he stands under the harsh lights, in front of a gathering of alien representatives, being interrogated by their head honcho. When asked what...
Friday, Feb. 9, 2001
Flashback: 5 Years/10 Years
FEBRUARY 9, 1996/Hollywood-based Pittard Sullivan has opened a new facility in New York, headed by Alan Schulman, former creative director at Foote, Cone & Belding, Chicago….Pat Howley has resigned as president of EDEFX Group, New York and Miami, joining Multi Video Group/ Rhinoceros, New York...
Friday, Feb. 9, 2001
People on the Move
Doner , Southfield, Mich., has promoted Michael DiStefano from VP/associate creative director to VP/creative director. Wieden+Kennedy , New York, has added three to its creative department. Ted Royer , who joins as art director, had been serving as regional creative director, Latin America, for...
Friday, Feb. 2, 2001
Flashback: 5 Years/10 Years
FEBRUARY 2, 1996/Quark Inc., Denver, has bought a partial ownership stake in Colossal Pictures, San Francisco. Majority interest remains with Colossal's co-founder/chairman Drew Takahashi and director/co-founder Gary Guitierrez….Tim Timpanaro has joined Multi Video Group/Rhinoceros, New York, as...
Friday, Feb. 2, 2001
The Layperson's Super Bowl
Every year the advertising industry goes hog-wild with anticipation over upcoming Super Bowl ads and every year the same people are faced with big-time disappointment. I've been covering the commercial industry for three years and inevitably the reaction has been dismay followed by nostalgia of...
Friday, Feb. 2, 2001
Post Talent
Clive Christopher is an accomplished colorist who came over to Manhattan Transfer, New York, as director of telecine imaging last summer. Since arriving at the facility, he has worked on ads for Merrill Lynch and the launch campaign for Cingular. In "Magic Colors" he discusses his new roost and his...
Friday, Feb. 2, 2001
SPECIAL REPORT: POST TALENT_ Magic Colors
For over a decade, Clive Christopher, director of telecine imaging at Manhattan Transfer, New York, has been crisscrossing the Atlantic for stints at a variety of post houses. In the process, U.K. native Christopher has acquired an American-born wife, two children—one born in the U.S., the other in...
Friday, Feb. 2, 2001
SPECIAL REPORT: POST TALENT_ Subtle Touches
The term "visual effects" often conjures up striking, computer generated imagery. So it's ironic that some effects artists create work that, ideally, can't be seen at all. As James Bygrave, a visual effects artist who works on the Henry out of The Finish Line, Santa Monica, puts it, "A lot of the...
Friday, Feb. 2, 2001
Jed Schroeder; Michael G. Collins
Diana Schroeder , who heads Spotmakers, the production department at Dallas-based The Richards Group, and her husband, Jed Schroeder , a Richards Group creative, are leaving the agency and moving to Chicago, where Jed will join DDB on Feb. 12, as an associate creative director; Diana will remain at...
Friday, Feb. 2, 2001
Post/VFX and music/sound design briefs
SHORT CUTS Mixin Pixls , Santa Monica, provided visual effects and post services to a Honda three-spot campaign via La Agencia de Orci, Los Angeles. "Reflections" and "Parallel Youniverse" spotlight the Honda Civic Sedan and Accord Sedan, respectively. "Night Life" proved to be the most challenging...