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Agent Russell Todd, formerly of Pacific Palisades, Calif.-based Smith.Gosnell.Nicholson & Associates, has opened his own Los Angeles area venture, Russell Todd Agency, which reps Steadicam/camera operators for commercials as well as longform projects.... DP Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC, is back in...
Convergence is the buzz word du jour in media circles. But what does convergence mean for those of us who produce music and sound design? What happens when the public is armed with a digital television that allows viewers to delete commercials with a simple command? You could assume many of us...
At approximately 9:47 on June 29, Scott Fessler, Katsin/Loeb's creative assistant, ambled up to me and murmured, "I think we just won a Cannes Gold [for the Cybercash campaign]."
"Obscenity, obscenity," I calmly responded. "You gotta be blanking me, and have you told Frank and Annie (art...
California's anti-smoking campaign—out of asher& partners, Los Angeles (which recently merged with Italia/Gal to form Asher/Gal)—includes several entries which, over the past couple of years, have made SHOOT's "The Best Work You May Never See" gallery. But thankfully, enough Californians—...
A product demonstration commercial for a golf club shaft is not typically the stuff from which agency creative dreams are made. But Phoenix-based advertising shop E.B. Lane managed to bring something new and different to that proposition in this :60 for Scottsdale, Ariz.-based golf shaft and...
Thanks to a new mattress, at last you're getting a good night's sleep. But what about your former sleeping aids? You may be resting, but counting sheep are congregating on the lawn beneath your window, demanding to know why their services are no longer needed.
This is the premise of Serta...
CLIENT
Barron's.
PRODUCTION CO.
Straw Dogs, Los Angeles.
Jesse Dylan, director; Harris Savides, DP; Craig Rodgers, executive producer; John Benet, producer. Shot at Broadway Studio, Astoria, N.Y.
AGENCY
Angotti, Thomas, Hedge,
New York.
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CLIENT
Kia Motors America/Kia Spectra.
PRODUCTION CO.
Promiseland, Hollywood.
Steve Kessler, director; Amir Hamed, DP; Lesa Lakin, executive producer; Lara Pillar, producer, "Drive In"; Paul Mannix, producer, "Cruising." "Drive In" shot on location in Azusa, Calif. "...
At first, it's a curious sight. Three older white-haired men—all in a row—walk behind a young woman down a city street. Clad in conservative business suits, the men keep pace with the female, finally stopping at a soda vending machine. As she's about to make a selection, one of the men stops her...
At approximately 9:47 on June 29, Scott Fessler, Katsin/Loeb's creative assistant, ambled up to me and murmured, "I think we just won a Cannes Gold [for the Cybercash campaign]."
"Obscenity, obscenity," I calmly responded. "You gotta be blanking me, and have you told Frank and Annie (art...