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Friday, May. 2, 2003
Hydraulx Hires Randall As Executive Producer
Eliza Randall has been named executive producer at Hydraulx, a Santa Monica-based visual effects house active in commercials, music videos, film and TV. In addition to executive producing jobs, Randall will serve as visual effects supervisor on select projects. Randall had formerly been freelancing...
Friday, May. 2, 2003
Different Kinds Of Ads
Saturn's "Sheet Metal" has been lauded as one of the most innovative car spots in recent years. The ad depicts a series of automotive scenarios—children riding a school bus, a car backing out of a driveway, backed-up traffic on a highway overpass, a motorist receiving a ticket for a traffic...
Friday, May. 2, 2003
SPECIAL REPORT: WEST COAST CREATIVE VOICE_ Driving Desire
The concept of a car inspiring a passion for driving is not a particularly original idea—in fact, it's as well traveled as a 1973 El Dorado. But a recent campaign for the newly redesigned Nissan Maxima out of TBWA/Chiat/Day, Los Angeles, gives the idea a new twist. The new package, comprising the...
Friday, May. 2, 2003
Tapehouse Trio Moves To TCS-N.Y.
Colorist Joe Gawler and technical directors Christian Zak and Charles Kouzoujian, all longtime staffers at The Tapehouse family of New York-based companies, have joined Technicolor Creative Services-New York (TCS-New York). The move reunites the team with former Tapehouse colleagues Alfie Schloss,...
Friday, May. 2, 2003
FLASHBACK: 5 YEARS/10 YEARS
MAY 1, 1998/Director/designer Marianne Angelo has come aboard Santa Monica-based Crash Films for representation in spots and music videos….Director Richard Reiss has joined Nocturnal Commercials, a New York-based division of bicoastal Epoch Films. Reiss comes over from Machine, New York….In a move...
Friday, May. 2, 2003
Ad Pros Make A Joyful Noise
In the advertising world, it's often muttered that everyone has an axe to grind. That cliché may or may not be true, but mix up the phrasing a bit, and you'll arrive at a truth most everyone can agree on happily. In this creative industry—more likely than not—your co-worker probably has an axe to...
Friday, May. 2, 2003
Sound Designer Dave Baker Rides In Red Car
While still available as an audio engineer at San Francisco-based Crescendo! Studios, mixer Dave Baker has expanded his repertoire to include sound design services, and recently entered into an affiliation with Red Car. Per the arrangement, the editorial/post house can tap into Baker's talents and...
Friday, May. 2, 2003
Smith Comes Aboard Barton:Holt
Barton: holt music & sound design, Culver City, has signed songwriter/record producer Mike "Smidi" Smith for spotwork. Hardly a stranger to commercials, Smith gained recognition as an ad composer through Hear Music, Santa Monica, and at Hummingbird, Nashville, before shifting full time to...
Friday, May. 2, 2003
Signing A Double Treat
Treat, the bicoastal production arm of creative services firm Dogmatic, also bicoastal, has added directors Jimmy Diebold and Dinh Long Thai. The two men will be represented as a team—Diebold+ Thai—as well as individually. Both helmers are 2002 graduates of the filmmaking BFA program at the Art...
Friday, May. 2, 2003
Runaway Prodn. Task Force Formed In N.Y.
The Creative Coalition—a nonprofit, nonpartisan social and public advocacy organization of the arts and entertainment community—recently announced the formation of the New York Runaway Production Task Force. The aim of the task force is to combat the negative economic impact that runaway film and...