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Friday, May. 12, 2000
Hicks, Hughes Link With RSA Independent
LOS ANGELESaRSA Independent, the bicoastal shop that specializes in garnering spots for select feature filmmakers, has secured directors Scott Hicks (Shine, Snow Falling On Cedars) and Bronwen Hughes (Forces of Nature, Harriet The Spy). Nominated for a best director Academy Award in 97 for Shine,...
Friday, May. 12, 2000
Taking The Digital Plunge: Plum Productions Distributes 2,000 DVDs of Dir. Saarinens Reel.
In 70, Chuck Sloan went to New York to open the East Coast division of now defunct commercial production company Wakeford/Orloff. In those days, agencies generally screened spots on 16mm film. Sloan recalled there was nothing worse. It was a horrible way of presenting your companys work. If you...
Friday, May. 12, 2000
SPOT.COM.MENTARY: Digital Divide
As chronicled in SHOOT over the years, recently in our coverage of the H-1B visa cap being met six months ahead of schedule (SHOOT, 3/31, p. 1), the shortage of skilled high-tech workers in the U.S. has been cause for concern not only in Silicon Valley but also in the visual effects/CGI community...
Friday, May. 12, 2000
FLASHBACK: 5 years / 10 years
- MAY 12, 1995/After three years as VP/general manager, Ken Lorber has been named president of Post Edge, with offices in Hollywood, Boca Raton and South Beach, all Florida. He succeeds Michael Orsburn, who was the inventor of the da Vinci color corrector....Principals/editors Steve Bedner and Ciro...
Friday, May. 12, 2000
Your Shot: Strike Offers Challenges And Opportunities
SAG and AFTRA have begun a strike that deeply impacts the commercial advertising industry. We agree that the issues which precipitated this action need to be resolved by the performers and the media. However, in a business like advertising that is built upon fast turnaround, a work stoppage can...
Friday, May. 12, 2000
SPECIAL REPORT: CREATIVE DIRECTORS/WEST_ Elvis Sighting: David Helfrey helps Driveway.com communicate
Back in 90 when David Helfrey was a student at the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, Calif., a career counselor told him his portfolio was too individualistic for him to get a job. But it looks like Helfrey is having the last laugh. Hardly unemployable, Helfrey is now creative director at...
Friday, May. 12, 2000
SPECIAL REPORT: CREATIVE DIRECTORS/WEST_ San Francisco Treat: Two creatives make a killing, on and off Wall Street
Until about a month ago, the stock market had been riding a wave of what Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan called irrational exuberanceameaning unreasonably high investor confidence, and even higher prices. Recently, though, several high technology and dot-com stocks have dropped in value...
Friday, May. 12, 2000
SPECIAL REPORT: CREATIVE DIRECTORS/WEST_ Westward Bound: Gary Topolewski leaves the Midwest for the Left Coast
Creative director Gary Topolewskis spring journey to the West Coast took a few twists and turns. His trip is the story of an agency creative who, a little antsy after years of handling several brandsamost notably Jeep, in the DaimlerChrysler family of cars at FCB Worldwide Detroit, Southfield, Mich...
Friday, May. 12, 2000
BULLETIN BOARD
June 4/Hollywood: World Animation Celebration. (818) 575-9615; fax: (818) 575-9620; wacfestusa@aol.com ; www.wacfest.comA . May 15/Los Angeles: The IDA Awards, final call for entries deadline. (310) 284-8422, ext. 26; fax: (310) 785-9334; idaawards@documentary.orgA . May 17/New York: Shooting @...
Friday, May. 12, 2000
525 Studios Names Wells Exec. Producer
Postproduction house 525 Studios, Santa Monica, Calif., has hired Catherine Adams Wells as executive producer. In that role, Wells will oversee the production staff and help expand the companys 3-D animation group. Wells has 15 years of experience in live action and effects production. Most...