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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...
Friday, Apr. 28, 2000
BULLETIN BOARD
April 20-May 4/San Francisco: The 43rd San Francisco International Film Festival. Brian Gordon, (415) 929-5014; ggawards@sfiff.orgA . - May 1/San Francisco: RESFEST Digital Film Festival. Early deadline for submissions; late deadline is June 15. (415) 267-4848; www.resfest.com .... - May 3-June 4/...
Friday, Apr. 28, 2000
Acting
Riddle: When do As equal a failing grade? Answer: When the As are Major League Baseballs Oakland As and youre critiquing their prowessaor lack thereofain stage acting. In this quirky, humorous spot conceived by FCB, San Francisco, to promote the Oakland As, several of the teams players including...
Friday, Apr. 28, 2000
Bidding War Kills Die Hard Performance: Bruce Willis Finds It Hard To Be Heroic In The Midst Of A firedup.com Auction.
You cannot duplicate the moviegoing experience. But you can sure undermine it if the theaters audience is hell-bent on negotiating for anything and everything in sight, be it a bag of popcorn, a pair of shoes or a handbag. Entitled Total Impact, this spot for auction Web site firedup.com opens at a...
Friday, Apr. 28, 2000
Spot Industry Braces For Imminent Actors Strike
With an actors strike set to begin on May 1 (SHOOT, 4/21, p. 1), the spotmaking community is preparing to continue production with nonunion actors and willing union actors in the U.S. or in foreign countries, if necessary. Were going to hunker down and do as much work as we can, related Matt Miller...
Friday, Apr. 28, 2000
HSI Goes Digital With Bitmax Deal
VENICE, Calif.aHSI Productions, the bicoastal commercial house under the aegis of Stavros Merjos, has inked an exclusive pact with Hollywood-based Bitmax, a digital services company. Per the deal, Bitmax will compress and author DVD reels for all HSI directors, including those repped by HSIs...
Friday, Apr. 28, 2000
AICE Eyes New Chapters And ITS Link
The Association of Independent Commercial Editors (AICE) is looking to broaden its reach via several means, including the formation of new chapters, and an exploration of how to best develop a closer working relationship with the Association of Imaging Technology and Sound (ITS). AICE national...
Friday, Apr. 28, 2000
Smoke Editor Hamaker Moves To Liquid Light
Smoke editor Marc Hamaker has joined visual effects studio Liquid Light as part of the New York companys expansion into broadcast promotion. Hamaker just completed a four-year tenure as an editor/ compositor in the promotions department of CBS affiliate WBZ-TV, Boston. Liquid Light recently moved...
Friday, Apr. 28, 2000
YOUR SHOT: Spring Fever
With winter behind us, we heartily embrace spring and its promise of summer. Deprived of warmth and light for so long, how else could we feel? One thing that always enlivens the grayness is the presence of flowers. Their colors and fragrances reach for our attention and speak in their own languages...
Friday, Apr. 28, 2000
FLASHBACK
Hollywoods Mark Miller, previously VP of operations and engineering at the company, has been promoted to president....Creative Film Management, New York, has signed Ken Olin as a spot director. Olin, who most recently played Michael Steadman on ABCs thirtysomething, directed the feature film...