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Friday, Nov. 21, 2008
Warren Kushner Spreads His Wings At Partizan
A spec reel showcasing his filmmaking prowess broke Warren Kushner into the spot directorial ranks, landing him on the roster of HSI Productions in March 2000, just a couple of months before the SAG/AFTRA strike against the advertising business began and went on 'til late into that calendar year...
Friday, Nov. 21, 2008
Stock Footage: Stock Answers Score Originality Points For Content, Business At Large
Canvassing the stock footage community, SHOOT sought feedback on not only industry trends but also new offerings that would be of interest to advertising agency creatives and producers relative to commercials as well as other forms of sponsored content. On the trendy front, we asked for...
Friday, Nov. 21, 2008
Australia & New Zealand: Things Are Looking Up For The Advertising Industry Business Down Under
Film commissioners from around the world are currently in Wellington for the 33rd annual Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI) Cineposium 2008 which is running from Nov. 19-23. Peter Jackson, the Academy Award-winning director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy which filmed on...
Friday, Nov. 21, 2008
Editing & Post: New Toys, New Models
While the technology curve continues to be steep with new innovations making an impact both on the creative and business fronts, sometimes the cause and effect can get lost in the shuffle as companies scramble day to day to maintain a positive momentum. So SHOOT thought it a good time for...
Friday, Nov. 7, 2008
U.K./U.S. Exchange: Both Sides of the Pond
Winston Churchill referred to the United Kingdom and the United States as two great countries separated by a common language. There's both truth and fiction in that quip relative to industry shops that maintain operations on both sides of the Atlantic. The fiction is that despite being separated by...
Friday, Nov. 7, 2008
Music & Sound: Taking It To The Streets
A backwards approach proved to be forward thinking in the marketing of the new Oasis album "Dig Out Your Soul." The conventional litmus test for a hit CD is that the music seeps into mainstream culture--or at least pockets of culture--resulting for example in hit songs being performed by street...
Friday, Nov. 7, 2008
Music & Sound: Tracks Straight From The Heart
While the top two entries on SHOOT's Fall Tracks Chart are distinctly different, they share the bond of dealing with matters of the heart--one from a deep human relationship standpoint, the other centering on a misguided walrus drawn to an odd mating call. Finishing first in our Chart is "Heart,"...
Friday, Nov. 7, 2008
Music & Sound: Spot Catalog
Ranging from orchestral to choral, "reality music" to indie rock, jazz, hip-hop, rocktronica and pop, here's a sampling of new offerings from music libraries over the past six months--the focus being on fare that is most relevant to the advertising industry: 5 Alarm Music URL: www.rescuerecords.net...
Friday, Nov. 7, 2008
Music and Sound: Fall Top Ten Sound Tracks
View the spots and learn more about the companies and people behind the great range of music, sound design and audio post represented in the selections for this Fall's SHOOT Top 10 Spot Tracks Chart. SHOOT Top 10 Fall 2008 Spot Tracks Chart Title Music/Sound Audio Post Agency Production 1 United...
Friday, Nov. 7, 2008
Rock 'n' Role Playing
Gregory Grene, Draftfcb New York's director of music, is a member of a band called The Prodigals. A couple of tracks he wrote for--and which were performed by--the band have found a new life on the big screen as they were licensed for Pride and Glory , the recently released cop drama starring Ed...