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Friday, Feb. 8, 2002
Dir. Ericstam Joins Original
Director Jesper Ericstam has signed with Los Angeles-headquartered Original Film for exclusive commercial representation in the U.S. The deal marks the Stockholm-based helmer's first stateside production roost. A native of Sweden, he continues to be repped in Scandinavia by Mekano Film, Stockholm...
Friday, Feb. 8, 2002
Farrell Named CFC Deputy Dir.
Melinda A. Farrell, an industry veteran whose experience spans features, TV and new-media projects, has been named deputy director of the California Film Commission (CFC). She will report directly to CFC director Karen Constine. Gov. Gray Davis (D-Calif.) appointed Farrell to the CFC position. She...
Friday, Feb. 8, 2002
Italy-Bound: Bartoletti To Exit Y&R Chi.
Karim Bartoletti—who's served as senior VP/director of broadcast production for Young & Rubicam (Y&R), Chicago, since July 2000—plans to leave the agency to return to his native Italy. There he will join the Milan office of production house Film Master as executive producer in the...
Friday, Feb. 8, 2002
Not So Super Feedback On Big Game Ads
Super Bowl XXXVI was an upset on a couple of fronts. For one, the New England Patriots beat the heavily favored St. Louis Rams. Second, it is one of the few times in Super Sunday history that the game actually held viewer interest through all four quarters, with the Pats' Adam Vinatieri kicking the...
Friday, Feb. 8, 2002
AMP Scores Nationally, Regionally
The Association of Music Producers (AMP) has named eight new members to its national board, extended its geographic reach with the launch of a Florida chapter, and handed the organization's presidential reins over to Jeff Rosner, executive producer/founder of New York-based Sacred Noise. Rosner...
Friday, Feb. 8, 2002
SPECIAL REPORT: POSTPRODUCTION_ HD's Spot Transition
For those unsure about what 1080/24p is: In simple terms, it is a high-definition format that looks—and acts—more like film than arguably anything before. In less simple terms, it is a high-definition, digital production medium that emulates the 24-frame picture capture rate beloved by filmmakers...
Friday, Feb. 1, 2002
Post/VFX And Music/Sound Design Briefs
SHORT CUTS Montreal-based Pascal Blais Productions animated "Classic Sundblom", a :30 via McCann-Erickson, New York. The spot, directed by Alexander Petrov, brings to life a Haddon Sundblom illustration, with Petrov using his oil-painting-on-glass animation technique which he used in the making of...
Friday, Feb. 1, 2002
A Winter Wonder-Land: Olympics Spot Strategy
The numbers are in. And they've already broken through the snow-covered roof, as ad time on the Winter Olympics has proven to be a commodity at least rivaling—if not in some respects surpassing— even that for the coveted Super Bowl. Reports are that NBC is on the way to achieving its goal of...
Friday, Feb. 1, 2002
FLASHBACK: 5 YEARS/10 YEARS
JANUARY 31, 1997/Bicoastal production companies The End and Harmony Pictures have teamed to open a London office. Called The End (London) Ltd., the new venture mirrors the setup in New York, where the shops maintain autonomous businesses within shared space….The Sussan Group, a New York-based...
Friday, Feb. 1, 2002
Editor Brian Durkin Heads Back To Go Robot!
Who says you can't go home again? Editor Brian Durkin has done it twice, now returning to New York-based editorial house Go Robot!, after spending the past couple of years at FilmCore Santa Monica. His first tour of duty with Go Robot! started in late 1998, when the shop was founded by editor Adam...