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Friday, Jan. 15, 1999
Crossroads Bugs Out For SmartBeep
CLIENT Map Mobile Communications/ SmartBeep. PRODUCTION CO. Crossroads Films, Los Angeles. Mark Story, director; Tim Suhrstedt, DP; Cami Taylor, executive producer; Norman Reiss, producer. Shot on location. AGENCY Mercury Advertising, Wrightsville Beach, N.C. Grant Pace, creative director/...
Friday, Jan. 15, 1999
The A+R Group Is Cool For CPK
CLIENT California Pizza Kitchen. PRODUCTION CO. The A+R Group, bicoastal. Michael Cuesta, director/DP; Roberto Cecchini, executive producer; Mike Downey, producer. Shot on location. AGENCY Foote, Cone & Belding, Chicago. David Moeller, senior VP/ client creative director; Joan Picchietti, art...
Friday, Jan. 15, 1999
Diet Debbie Does Kellogg's: "Only Celery For Me!" - Leo Burnett Spoofs Post-Holiday Weight Obsessions With Doll That Diets.
In an effective message about body-weight obsession that's both humorous and slightly unsettling, Leo Burnett Co., Toronto's latest :30 in the "Look Good On Your Own Terms" campaign for Kellogg's Special K stars a pasty-faced Chatty Cathy look-alike droning crash-diet dogma every time her cord is...
Friday, Jan. 15, 1999
Quiet Man Watches Over HBO For BBDO
CLIENT Home Box Office (HBO). PRODUCTION CO. PYTKA, Venice, Calif. Joe Pytka, director/DP; Suellen Wagner, executive producer. Shot at The Culver Studios, Culver City, Calif., and on location. AGENCY BBDO New York. Ted Sann, chief creative officer; Michael Patti, creative director/copywriter;...
Friday, Jan. 15, 1999
Bloodshed Sheds Light On Gang Experience: But Television Stations Have Thus Far Declined To Run Graphic Depiction.
Violent content has proven to be a double-edged sword in the case of an anti-gang PSA. The violence-which makes the piece poignant and compelling-has also caused cable and broadcast stations thus far to reject requests for airtime. "Arturo's Drive-By"-directed by Alex Mu˜oz, who recently moved from...
Friday, Jan. 15, 1999
"Gift Exchange"
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And in the case of "Gift Exchange," a :30 for the Oregon Lottery out of Moffatt/Rosenthal, Portland, Ore., an office worker hopes his colleagues turn out to be beholders superficial enough to judge a book by its cover-or, more accurately, a gift by its wrapping...
Friday, Jan. 15, 1999
Steven Ramser Launches Shop In Association With The End: Unscented Becomes Company Satellite.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.-Director Steven Ramser-who's worked under his own Unscented banner (in association with bicoastal production support services firm Johnson Burnett Productions) for the past several months after departing Los Angeles-based Morton Jankel Zander-has now formally made Unscented a...
Friday, Jan. 15, 1999
Amazon Adds Editor Taradash
CHICAGO-Amazon, a Chicago-based creative editorial shop, has hired editor Scott Taradash. He comes over after 15 months at post house Optimus, Chicago. Taradash began his career with an eight-year stay at Chicago post house Cutters Inc., where he initially served as an assistant before moving into...
Friday, Jan. 15, 1999
Jane Stuart Relinquishes Duties As Cabana Prez
NEW YORK-Jane Stuart and Louis Siracusano, CEO of Northvale, N.J.-headquartered Video Services Corp. (VSC), have agreed that Stuart will relinquish her duties as president of Cabana, a New York-based, VSC-owned editorial shop. Siracusano said Cabana operations manager David Cooper would temporarily...
Friday, Jan. 15, 1999
Silicon Graphics Inc. Enters: The NT Workstation Market
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-At press time, Silicon Graphics Inc., an industry leader in UNIX-based workstations for digital content creation, was unveiling its much-anticipated Windows NT-based visual workstations, marking the company's first foray into the NT workstation market. The Mountain View-...