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Friday, May. 16, 2003
It's A Go: David Dobkin Helms Spots
Director David Dobkin, who took a year-and-a-half hiatus from commercialmaking to helm the feature Shanghai Knights starring Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson, has returned to the ad discipline, signing with bicoastal Go Film. At press time, he had already embarked on his first job at Go, a package of...
Friday, May. 16, 2003
New Directors Showcase
SHOOT is pleased to present its very first New Directors Showcase, which spotlights directors who have been helming ads for less than two years. The new kids on the block come from a variety of locales, including several European countries, Japan, and the United States. Some helmers are familiar...
Friday, May. 16, 2003
World Wide Wadio Wins IBA Radio Sweepstakes Honor
World Wide Wadio, Hollywood, serving as a hybrid agency/production house, won the Sweepstakes Best of Show Radio honor at the 43rd annual International Broadcasting Awards (IBA) competition, for its TBS Superstation ad, "Blame TBS." Jeff Howell served as director/producer, with Michael Niles...
Friday, May. 16, 2003
SPECIAL REPORT: POSTPRODUCTION_ Eyeing Retina
A major telecine commitment is being made in San Francisco, a market where the norm has been for ad agency producers and creatives to shuttle to Los Angeles and other cities for high-end film-to-tape transfer. Designed to keep more of that Bay Area agency work at home is Retina, a telecine/...
Friday, May. 16, 2003
SPECIAL REPORT: POSTPRODUCTION_ New In Town
During the seven years she spent as a producer with agency Riester-Robb, Phoenix, Louise Parker enjoyed every aspect of spot making—except postproduction. "I found it frustrating that, just because you're in a peripheral market, you're still not getting the quality and the services you can get in a...
Friday, May. 9, 2003
Liberty Media Set To Buy Remaining Shares Of Ascent
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.—Liberty Media Corp. (NYSE: L, LMC.B) plans to buy all shares of Santa Monica-headquartered Ascent Media Group (Nasdaq: AMGIA) that it does not already own. The deal would make Ascent—the publicly traded parent of such commercial postproduction entities as Company 3, R!OT and Method...
Friday, May. 9, 2003
Tangerine Merges With City Lights
NEW YORK—Tangerine Films, a New York-based production company founded almost one year ago by executive producer Sal Del Giudice, has merged with City Lights Productions, New York, the commercial division of City Lights Media Group, New York. As part of the deal, Del Giudice will now be running City...
Friday, May. 9, 2003
Post/VFX, Music/Sound Design Briefs And Music Video Briefs
SHORT CUTS Revolve , an Austin, Texas-based broadcast design company, completed an open and graphics package for "The WB Buzz," for KNVA-Austin. "The WB Buzz" is a thirty-second update that airs three times daily in the Austin area. Revolve artisans visited the University of Texas campus and asked...
Friday, May. 9, 2003
ON THE MOVE
New Faces Jerry Cronin has stepped down as executive creative director of BaylessCronin , Atlanta. William Dunlap is retiring as chairman of Campbell Mithun, Minneapolis, assuming the role of chairman Ermeritus. Account Movement Nextel Communications has awarded its $160 million ad account to TBWA/...
Friday, May. 9, 2003
Licensing Issues
The confluence of advertisers seeking a patina of hipness through cutting edge music in their commercials and unknown bands—who make that kind of music—aggressively chasing exposure through television spots, has thrust an already thriving music licensing business into hyper-drive during the last...