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Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010
Mentorship: Lending A Hand
While I share remembrances of agency creative Mike Koelker and production house exec Frank Tuttle in my personal reflections on mentorship in my welcoming column for this 50th Anniversary Issue, another person came immediately to mind when I began writing the intro to this feature heralding...
Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010
Spawning Grounds: Nurturing Growth
Inexorably intertwined with mentorship are those companies that have proven to be spawning grounds for talent over the years. Though the following is a far-from-comprehensive rundown, an informal survey of industry folk repeatedly yielded the names of several shops that have or have had a...
Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010
Creative & Executive Reflections: Sharing Insights, Perspectives On The Past, Present and Future
A cross-section of industry folk offered their reflections on varied questions posed in a SHOOT survey relating to their careers, positive influences, changes in the business, pressing issues, and remembrances. Feedback on one of the queries, asking respondents to identify their industry mentors,...
Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010
Industry Group Reflections: A Sense Of Organization; Feedback From Industry Leaders
SHOOT has long embraced industry trade associations and organizations, with reportage chronicling in many cases their birth and most assuredly their evolution, their concerns, issues, setbacks and accomplishments. Our opinion pieces and coverage have also at times provided advocacy and momentum for...
Friday, Oct. 15, 2010
A Chair With A Growing Number Of Seating Arrangements
In this Fall Directors Series Issue, there are assorted examples of directors crossing over between or among disciplines. This week's lineup of profiles includes: long-time commercial director Gary McKendry who earned an Oscar nomination several years ago for best short film and is now in post on...
Friday, Oct. 15, 2010
Music & Sound: Elias Arts, Team One, Lexus IS Navigate Ambitious "Music Track"
A sound system can be a selling point for an automobile. But this spot for the 2011 Lexus IS takes audio to a whole new level with the car performing a percussion solo as it motors along a special race track, hugging the curves in a display of precision, power and musicality. It all begins in a...
Friday, Oct. 15, 2010
Music Notes: Yessian, MusicBox, Et Al
Yessian Music , bicoastal and Detroit, has extended its reach globally, launching an office in Hamburg, Germany, with executive producer Ingmar Rehberg. As a seasoned performer with over 500 live concerts to his name, Rehberg brings to Yessian 10 years as a music producer for Germany's advertising...
Friday, Oct. 15, 2010
Prelude to 50th Anniversary Series: Part IX: Then, Now and Looking Ahead--Tom Kuntz, Lance Acord
To commemorate its 50th anniversary, which comes upon us in December, SHOOT continues a special series of features in which noted industry executives and artists reflect on the changes they've seen over the decades, the essential dynamics that have endured, and their visions and aspirations for the...
Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010
Cinematographers and Cameras Series: Lens Crafters and Artists
In this installment of our Cinematographers and Cameras Series, we share a tale of two DPs. One cinematographer has the ongoing creative challenge of shooting the lauded FOX TV series Glee , continuing a groundbreaking collaboration with its creator Ryan Murphy, which includes their having earlier...
Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010
Up & Coming Directors: The Fall Collection
User-generated content and contests have made their mark in our fall crop of up-and-coming directors. Consider Keegan Wilcox who responded to a call for entries into Philips' Tell It Your Way filmmaking competition. His short film Porcelain Unicorn won, thus joining the ranks of shorts directed by...