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Friday, Feb. 14, 2003
And The Nominees Are …
The first annual awards presented by the Visual Effects Society (VES), scheduled for Feb. 19, will honor a broad spectrum of visual effects artistry from a variety of disciplines, including commercial work. In the spot categories, everything from fully CGI animals to models and miniatures has been...
Friday, Feb. 14, 2003
SPECIAL REPORT:VFX & ANIMATION_ Crystal Gazing
For this week's special report on animation and visual effects, SHOOT canvassed executives from visual effects and animation companies to see what they think of the state of the business, and what 2003 will bring to the industry. The questions asked were: What trends and developments do you expect...
Friday, Feb. 14, 2003
Tim Mack Joins cYclops
Tim Mack has joined cYclops, New York, as its executive in charge of production. He comes to the post after two years as executive producer for Jones Films, the in-house production company of Deutsch, New York. Mack, who will work closely with Mike Jurkovac, cYclops' CEO/executive producer, will...
Friday, Feb. 7, 2003
Eric King Reports To Headquarters
SANTA MONICA—Eric King, who exited his associate creative director's post at TBWA/Chiat/ Day, San Francisco, in November, has made the jump to director, joining bicoastal Headquarters. King, who's directed a smattering of spots in recent years, is best known for an agency creative pedigree that...
Friday, Feb. 7, 2003
Tony Tabong Joins Charlex
Hybrid postproduction/design/graphics firm, Charlex, New York, has hired 3-D character animator Anthony Tabtong. Most recently, Tabtong served as a 3-D artist at Curious Pictures, New York, where he animated spots for AT&T and Target, among others. Principals at Charlex brought Tabtong aboard...
Friday, Feb. 7, 2003
NEWSBRIEFS
Henninger Media Services (HMS), Arlington, Va., has named Eric Hansen as chief operating officer. He assumes responsibility for HMS' day-to-day operations at its Arlington and Washington, D.C. facilities, as well as all marketing, sales and account management functions. Prior to joining HMS, Hansen...
Friday, Feb. 7, 2003
Collaborative Effort
When Bozell New York awarded managing director stripes last year to its head of broadcast production and its then number two creative director, it said that the two would "work closely together to streamline the creative process," and that they would "open the lines of communication between the...
Friday, Feb. 7, 2003
SPECIAL REPORT: AGENCY PRODUCERS_ Playing The Field
For the first time since its inception in 1979, the cable sports network ESPN has launched a comprehensive branding campaign. (In the past, the network has advertised specific shows and content.) The new package, titled "Without Sports," began airing in December. Created by Wieden+Kennedy (W+K),...
Friday, Feb. 7, 2003
SPECIAL REPORT: AGENCY PRODUCERS_ The Right Stuff
Last fall, Mary Cheney, head of production at Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH), New York, was in pre-production on Levi's Type1 Jean's "Stampede," which aired during last month's Super Bowl telecast. A few days before the production was set to shoot in Los Angeles, director Frederic Planchon of Academy,...
Friday, Feb. 7, 2003
Post/VFX, Music/Sound Design And Equipment Briefs
SHORT CUTS Dallas-based Reel FX Creative Studios worked on spot for Hasbro's G.I. Joe via Tracy Locke, Dallas. "Joe vs. Cobra II" (:60) features ten characters, four vehicles and three environments, all created in CG. Early on in the project, Reel FX presented the agency with a storyline through...

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