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Friday, May. 5, 2000
Robert Wherry Comes Aboard Go Film
Robert Wherry, former managing director and head of East Coast sales for bicoastal HKM Productions, has become a partner in bicoastal Go Film, the shop founded by Jonathan Weinstein. Additionally, another director is expected to sign with the company imminently, bringing Go Films roster to five...
Friday, May. 5, 2000
Dublin Productions Adds Director Randy Spear
Director Randy Spear has signed for spot representation with Dublin Productions, the Hollywood-based company headed by principal/ director Rick Dublin and executive producer Jonathan Miller. Spear comes aboard after spending two years at Los Angeles-based Palomar Pictures, which he joined in 97 (...
Friday, May. 5, 2000
Jack Raps Wins Belding Awards Sweepstakes Honor
The Jack in the Box restaurants spot, Jack Raps, directed by Dick Sittig of bicoastal/international @radical.media for his ad agency Kowloon Wholesale Seafood Company, Santa Monica, copped the best of show Sweepstakes honor in the Advertising Club of Los Angeles 34th annual Belding Awards...
Friday, May. 5, 2000
Telecom Italia Connects With Brando, Mandela And Allen
As the old adage goes, Its not what but who you know. This proved key in Leagas Delaney, Rome, developing a Telecom Italia campaign consisting of three spots which, respectively, star Marlon Brando, Nelson Mandela and Woody Allen. The ads broke in Italy on April 16, and were produced by RSA, London...
Friday, May. 5, 2000
SPOT.COM.MENTARY - Group Plan
Ironically, as the seemingly widening distance between the actors unions and the JPC has taken industry center stage (see lead story, p. 1), theres movement afoot to bring together other organizations that are finding their agendas share key goals and concerns. A prime example surfaced last month...
Friday, May. 5, 2000
YOUR SHOT - A NAB Perspective
If youve never been to NAB, you might be asking yourself, Is it really worth the time and expense? This question might have been well founded five years ago, when it seemed that only two kinds of people attended NAB: the executives walking around in suits in obscenely hot weather, and the video...
Friday, May. 5, 2000
SPECIAL REPORT: VISUAL EFFECTS - Bringing Bugs To Life
Whoever decided to call the latest Orkin Pest Control commercial Fake Out wasnt kidding. Directed by David Dryer of SunSpots, Hollywood, via J.Walter Thompson (JWT), Atlanta, the spot features a computer-generated cockroach so realistic that some viewers have actually destroyed their TV screens...
Friday, May. 5, 2000
SPECIAL REPORT: VISUAL EFFECTS - Hitting The Limit
I f you type the characters H-1B into the Internet search engine Alta Vista, it will refer you to over 12,000 Web pages, most of which are sites of immigration lawyers. They are offering help to high-tech U.S. companies and potential workers from overseas who want to use the U.S. Immigration and...
Friday, Apr. 28, 2000
Product Unveilings Abound At NAB
Continuing our coverage of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention in Las Vegas (4/8-13), the concept of divergent as opposed to convergent media emerged during the show, as reflected in feedback from leading postproduction house artisans (see Postproduction Special Report story,...
Friday, Apr. 28, 2000
SPECIAL REPORT: POSTPRODUCTION - Brave New World A look at the changing issues in post.
Postproduction continues to change at an ever-increasing pace. At the recently held National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention, the discussion centered on the continuing high-definition revolution, and the nascent convergent media industry. In The Buzz, several owners and operators from...