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Friday, Jan. 31, 2003
Michael Orlando Joins GTN Travelling Pictures
Visual effects/3-D artist Michael Orlando has joined GTN Travelling Pictures, the visual effects department of postproduction facility GTN, Oak Park, Mich. For the last seven years, Orlando was working exclusively on feature films. Contributing in numerous capacities—from 3-D animation to miniature...
Friday, Jan. 31, 2003
The Next Generation
There aren't too many professions still following the apprenticeship tradition. The tried-and-true method of learning a trade at the side of a master workman has largely been abandoned in favor of book learning and on-the-job training. The editing profession, however, is steeped in apprenticeship...
Friday, Jan. 31, 2003
SPECIAL REPORT: EDITORS_ New Cutters In Town
As evidenced by the lead story in this week's special report on editors, grooming the next generation of cutters requires skill, talent and a certain amount of luck. The following is a look at three editors making their mark in the editing world. While each editor is experienced, all are relatively...
Friday, Jan. 31, 2003
Reebok Gets Office Help
Whassup!" is no longer the catch phrase du jour, but "Whooooo!" may pick up where the once-popular Budweiser adage left off. For those who missed the Super Bowl last Sunday, "Whooooo!" is the triumphant battle cry of Terrible Terry Tate. The Tate character—whose relentless work-a-day life is the...
Friday, Jan. 31, 2003
Post/VFX, Music/Sound Design, Equipment and Stock Footage Briefs
SHORT CUTS Editor Jeff Selis cut "Answer 6 Flip," a music video-style commercial for Reebok via New York agency The Arnell Group. The :60 (which also has :30 and :15 lifts), features black-and-white footage of Philadelphia 76ers star Allen Iverson handling and dribbling a basketball to the hip-hop...
Friday, Jan. 31, 2003
ON THE MOVE
New Faces Boyd Coyner and Kai Zastrow have joined TBWA/Chiat/Day , San Francisco, as creative directors. Additionally, Brian Hughes has joined the shop as an art director. Creative director Jamie Barrett has been promoted to partner from associate partner at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners , San...
Friday, Jan. 24, 2003
ON THE MOVE
New Faces Tony Granger will join Saatchi & Saatchi , London, as executive creative director, replacing David Droga, who assumed worldwide creative duties at Publicis. Granger was most recently managing partner/executive creative director at Bozell, New York. Replacing Granger is David Nobay ,...
Friday, Jan. 24, 2003
Less Is More
The top three music and sound design tracks on SHOOT's winter top 10 chart all take a minimalist approach—orchestras and rock bands are nowhere to be heard. Bicoastal tomandandy created a drum-based track for Nike Apparel; Volkswagen uses a spare, electronic cacophony from New York-based composer...
Friday, Jan. 24, 2003
SPECIAL REPORT: MUSIC & SOUND DESIGN_ Mixed Media
Last fall, composer/musician Ben Neill released the album Automotive—and subsequently brought new meaning to the phrase "going commercial." The CD consists of 10 new full-length versions of the jazz/electronica pieces Neill created for several Volkswagen spots out of Arnold Worldwide, Boston. "I...
Friday, Jan. 24, 2003
SPECIAL REPORT: MUSIC & SOUND DESIGN_ Hat Trick
In the commercial business, music composers are often behind-the-scenes kind of people. Sure, some may play in bands that they invite their friends to see on Saturday night, but for the most part, when it comes to advertising, they're faceless artisans. Recently, however, Taylor Mclam, a composer...