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Friday, Apr. 18, 2003
AICE: Vegas Departure, PSA Arrival
Consider it the end of one tradition and the beginning of another. Since the mid-1980s, the Association of Independent Creative Editors (AICE) has held one of its two annual national board meetings in Las Vegas during the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention. The Vegas venue was a...
Friday, Apr. 18, 2003
Ad Buzz Prevalent At NAB; Viability Of :30s Defended
While he believes new media choices that empower consumers will transform key aspects of advertising and the broadcast business model, Jeff Shell, CEO of Gemstar-TV Guide International, Pasadena, Calif., provided a bit of historical perspective underscoring that changes in the marketplace don't...
Friday, Apr. 18, 2003
Locations Thrives, Film Offices Survive
The 18th annual Locations Trade Show, presented last weekend (April 11-13) at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium by the Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI), offered not only a broad spectrum of filming sites and services, but also a far reaching range of situations. On one hand,...
Friday, Apr. 18, 2003
FLASHBACK: 5 YEARS/10 YEARS
APRIL 17, 1998/Colin Hickson, formerly head of production at London ad agency WCRS, has moved to California and joined bicoastal/international Propaganda Films as its head of commercial production in the U.S.... Hungry Man, New York, has signed two new directors: Mark Foster, an established...
Friday, Apr. 18, 2003
Geoff McGann Links Up With V12 Commercials
Director Geoff McGann has joined the roster at V12 Commercials, a division of Studios V12, Santa Monica. With experience as both a helmer and an agency creative, McGann said he hopes to concentrate on developing branded entertainment projects at his new production company home. McGann told SHOOT he...
Friday, Apr. 11, 2003
L.A. Spot Lensing Up In March
LOS ANGELES—Is it a barrage of activity before the lull or the beginning of an upward trend for spot lensing in Los Angeles? That's the open-ended question contained in the figures for TV commercial location shoot days in Greater Los Angeles last month, as compiled by the Entertainment Industry...
Friday, Apr. 11, 2003
Click 3X And Arf & Co. Form Strategic Alliance
NEW YORK—Click 3X, New York, and Arf & Co., Hoboken, N.J., have entered into a strategic relationship. Designed to provide a comprehensive approach toward problem solving for commercials and other media, the agreement unites Click 3X's expertise in computer animation, compositing, visual...
Friday, Apr. 11, 2003
Post/VFX and Music/Sound Design Briefs
SHORT CUTS New York-based DMA Animation produced two-and-a-half minutes of character animation for Bally Gaming and Systems' "Saturday Night Live's Church Lady." Licensed from NBC and Broadway Video, New York, Bally will install "Church Lady" in casinos nationwide, and internationally, in June. In...
Friday, Apr. 11, 2003
SPECIAL REPORT: AGENCY CREATIVE_ A Bug's Life
Lo the battered thumbs of a generation, so cruelly blistered on the unforgiving buttons of their Nintendo Gameboys. A bit dramatic? Probably. The issue at hand is, after all, a mere video game console. But in case you haven't heard, video games aren't just for kids anymore. The teens who took up...
Friday, Apr. 11, 2003
Mark Fish, Ray Billings Swim With Pisces, Boston
Mark Fish has returned to Pisces—the Boston-based postproduction company he helped launch—as CEO. One of Fish's first moves in his new position was to hire Ray Billings, an executive with a background in online marketing and communications, as VP of Pisces. With his management team complete, Fish...