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Friday, May. 19, 2000

- MAY 19, 1995/The $50,000 GRANDYatop prize at last week's Advertising Club of New York's ANDY Awardsawas bestowed upon the Nike spot "The Wall" directed by Joe Pytka of PYTKA, Venice, Calif., for Wieden & Kennedy, Portland, Ore....Former executive producer/managing director Stelio Kitrilakis...

Friday, May. 19, 2000

YOUR SHOT: Plugged (Further)

Everyone always wonders what the next big revolution will be. Ever looked through old Popular Science magazines and seen what we felt the future would be like back in the '50s? Funny, but way, way off. In our industry (postproduction and animation), the digital revolution certainly was a biggie...

Friday, May. 19, 2000

SPECIAL REPORT: MUSIC & SOUND DESIGN_ Have No Fear: Building Creative Relationships

Jamie Lamm, composer/executive producer at Fearless Music, New York, believes names should reflect action. When Lamm opened Fearless in '95, he chose the moniker by flipping through his record collection. The title to the soundtrack of the '93 film Fearless caught his eye and became the company...

Friday, May. 19, 2000

SPECIAL REPORT: MUSIC & SOUND DESIGN_ Bay Area Rockers: Hank Smith Music Livens Up The San Francisco Music Scene.

based music house Hank Smith Music (HSM), don't expect to speak with Hank. He doesn't exist. "Usually we tell people that Hank's out of town right now, but that we can help them," explains Mark Harrison, executive producer/composer at the music shop. You won't be able to reach Hank, but you will be...

Friday, May. 19, 2000

SPECIAL REPORT: MUSIC & SOUND DESIGN_ Ear Candy: A Look At The Sweet-Sounding Top Three

For SHOOT's Spring Top 10 spot tracks, the top three ads demonstrate how music and/or sound design can help a spot succeed. In the number one spot, Polaroid's "Shopping," a funky jazz tune helps sell the JoyCam camera to young hipsters. In "Casual George" for the U.S. Mint, which landed at number...

Friday, May. 19, 2000

SPECIAL REPORT: MUSIC & SOUND DESIGN_ Striking A Chord: SAG/AFTRA Action Concerns Music Cos

Since the May 1 start of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) strike against the advertising industry, much has been reported about the action in terms of its effects on production. A less-discussed issue is how the SAG/AFTRA strike is...

Friday, May. 19, 2000

Shooting Gallery Signs Allen Weiss

Shooting Gallery Productions (SGP), the spot/ music video production division of New York-headquartered independent film studio The Shooting Gallery, has signed director/cameraman Allen Weiss. For the past year, Weiss has directed through his own shop, Brackish Films, in Raleigh, N.C. During that...

Friday, May. 19, 2000

Lovinger Mahoney Adelson Adds Director Charlie Cole

Director/cameraman Charlie Cole has come aboard New York-based production house Lovinger Mahoney Adelson (LMA) for commercial representation. Previously, Cole was with bicoastal Straw Dogs, which he joined at the end of '96. While there, his credits included Chase Manhattan Bank's "Saturday Morning...

Friday, May. 19, 2000

NEWSBRIEFS

Eyeball, a New York visual effects shop, has added three to its staff: art director Jory Hull, designer Tatiana Arocha and editor Alex Moulton....Animator Jeffery Varab has joined Orlando, Fla.-based AARGH! Animation. He departs from FOX Animation Studios, Phoenix, where he worked on upcoming...

Friday, May. 12, 2000

NEWSBRIEFS

New York post/graphics house Project M has tapped Joshua Moss as producer/editor. He had been freelancing for the company for a year. Earlier, Moss was production manager at now closed R/Greenberg Associates....Grandview Island Productions, New York, has named Marcel Dumont executive producer. He...