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Steamy automobile encounters typically involve teenagers, occur in the backseat, and work best when both people are inside the vehicle.
"Airbag" offers several dramatic departures from that scenario, yet still yields a climactic result for the participants. In this :30, the couple is...
A nerdish, bespectacled spokesperson for fast food chain Burgerville is introduced—with a touch of '60s sitcom kitsch—in "Mr. Convenient," a :30 out of Portland, Ore.-based agency Big Ads. We find "Mr. Convenient" in his car, ordering a drive-through breakfast at Burgerville. "A bacon and egg...
Taking a kid to work is a noble undertaking; it might inspire a youngster to think about his or her own future career possibilities. But as a new Monster.com spot demonstrates, doing so could be hazardous to your own job, or at least to your stress level.
The :30, "Shadow Day," promoted...
Santa Monica-based No Prisoners, the live-action production company launched in November as a sister shop to No Prisoners 3DFX, has signed New York-based rep firm Roxanne & Co. to handle East Coast sales, and Chicago-based Nikki Weiss & Co. to cover the Midwest....Correction: Manhattan...
Phillip Collins has departed bicoastal Atherton after two years as director of marketing and sales. Collins explained that he had attained key marketing goals for the shop, and agreed with Atherton's partners that "returning to the independent rep structure is now best for the company." Atherton...
Word is that director David Kellogg has exited bicoastal/international Propaganda Films and joined 8Media, the bicoastal shop formed by Propaganda founder/former chairman Steve Golin.... Bicoastal Cohn+Company is now representing directors Olivier Venturini, Martin Bell and Mark Raymon Bennett;...
There are many of us in the advertising community, both on the production house and agency sides of the business, who are deeply saddened by the passing of Phil Peyton. I hope it's all right that I speak for a lot of great and talented people who were taught and mentored by this man.
Phil...
The relevance of the Sundance Independent Film Festival to the commercialmaking community has taken on additional dimensions this year, as chronicled by reporter Sarah Woodward in a two-part story, the first installment of which is in this week's issue (see p. 1).
Continuing are the...
fEBRUARY 3, 1995/EDS (formerly Electronic Data Systems), Dallas, a computer services subsidiary of General Motors (GM), has acquired post house Varitel Video, with offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco. The purchase price was undisclosed....Director John Hilton has signed with Chelsea...
FEBRUARY 3, 1995/EDS (formerly Electronic Data Systems), Dallas, a computer services subsidiary of General Motors (GM), has acquired post house Varitel Video, with offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco. The purchase price was undisclosed....Director John Hilton has signed with Chelsea...