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Friday, Jan. 17, 2003
ASIFA Unveils Annie Spot Nominees
Acme Filmworks, Hollywood, heads the field of spot nominees in the 30th annual Annie Awards, which recognizes outstanding achievement in animation. The Annies are presented by the Burbank-headquartered International Animated Film Society (ASIFA-Hollywood). Under the aegis of executive producer Ron...
Friday, Jan. 17, 2003
Skopas Heads To Charlex
Anne Skopas, most recently an executive producer at visual effects/design facility Guava, New York, has joined postproduction/design/ graphics firm Charlex, New York, in a newly created senior producer position. For Skopas, producing at Charlex is a return to her commercial postproduction roots. "...
Friday, Jan. 17, 2003
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
New Faces John Russo has joined DDB New York as co-executive director, partnering with John Staffen to run the agency's creative department. He was most recently executive creative director at D'Arcy, New York. Michael Hart and Chris Lange , copywriter and art director, respectively, at Fallon...
Friday, Jan. 17, 2003
Post/VFX and Music/Sound Design Briefs
SHORT CUTS Northern Lights Post , New York, edited and onlined a campaign for The Larry Sanders Show , which is now airing on Bravo. "What Night," "Take a Bite," "Acting Process" and "Part Owner" feature comic Garry Shandling meeting James Lipton of Inside the Actors Studio on the street, where the...
Friday, Jan. 17, 2003
BBDO's "Buffer Zone"
Male ritual—it's older than ancient gladiator tournaments, and more often than not, it's a fairly loathsome entry in the register of sociological phenomena. Dr. Freud once pointed out that as long as man has known fire he's known the ritual of competition. The primitive Bobs, Ralphs and Larrys of...
Friday, Jan. 10, 2003
Outlook 2003: Industry Predictions
Editors' Note: Due to space constraints , SHOOT ran the 2003 production outlook in an abbreviated form in the Jan. 10 issue. The outlook, in its entirety, appears below. Outlook 2003 For an assessment of what the state of production will be in 2003, SHOOT posed the following questions to a cross-...
Friday, Jan. 10, 2003
Coming Through For NYC
On the evening of Nov. 2, two great cities squared off in a battle at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs. The terms of the duel were simple: representatives for New York and San Francisco were each given one hour to convince the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) to select their city as...
Friday, Jan. 10, 2003
SPECIAL REPORT: NEW YORK_ Selling New York
To put it mildly, this is a challenging time to be commissioner of the New York City Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting (MOFTB). An economic slowdown and the aftereffects of Sept. 11 have hit New York City especially hard. Businesses of all kinds are suffering—the commercial...
Friday, Jan. 10, 2003
SPECIAL REPORT: NEW YORK_
Below are credits for each NYC2012 short film: The Dream Begins CaseGiraldi Media, bicoastal. Bob Giraldi, director; Tim Ives, DP; Carol Case and Patti Greaney, executive producers; J.P. Greaney, producer. 89 Editorial, New York. Paul Kelly, editor/sound designer; Corey Budro, assistant editor; Bob...
Friday, Jan. 10, 2003
Post/VFX and Music/Sound Design Briefs
SHORT CUTS R!OT Manhattan completed a graphics package for one of Cinemax's digital channels, ThrillerMax. Conceived by R!OT designer Michael Spoljaric, the graphics evoke the dark and moody aura of ThrillerMax. The designs consist of bold typography and sketchy, hand-drawn animations composited...