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Creative solutions company mOcean, best known for the design and production of original motion graphics for the theatrical and broadcast arenas, has broadened into the spot business under the creative direction of founder/ executive creative director Michael McIntyre.
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Jeremy Hollister has been named creative director of broadcast design at R!OT Design, New York (formerly R!OT Manhattan). Hollister will provide creative supervision for all design-related projects undertaken by the studio. A key member of R!OT's design team since 1996, Hollister has won...
Rick Orlando has come aboard Creative Bubble, a New York-based postproduction shop, where he will serve as Avid editor. He comes over from Penny Lane Studios, New York, where he held the title of senior Avid editor….Debra Jentis-Price has joined The PPS Group, Cincinnati, as producer/project...
For this week's special report on equipment and gear, SHOOT canvassed select artisans from the production, postproduction and audio sides of the business about their favorite commercialmaking tool—be it equipment or software. SHOOT also asked what they anticipate in terms of new technology, and...
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The Ink Tank, New York, completed animation for the documentary Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns). Directed by A.J. Schnack of Los Angeles-based Bonfire Films of America, the independent film chronicles the lives of pop duo They Might Be Giants through...
Bob Moore, Fallon Minneapolis' number two creative, is leaving that agency for Publicis, Seattle. Creative director at Fallon for only 19 months, with this move he becomes co-president/executive creative director. Both firms belong to the Publicis Groupe.
Copywriter Linus...
Defying the principle that you can only have two of the three values—good, fast and cheap—visual effects company Click 3x, New York, agreed to do a Comcast Digital Cable campaign. It took it on as a labor of love—love for the agency (Red Tettemer, Narberth, PA) and love for the campaign itself...
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A52, Los Angeles, provided visual effects for Nissan's "Side Effects," via TBWA/Chiat/Day, Los Angeles. The :30, directed by rad-ish of bicoastal Go Film, focuses on a Nissan Altima traveling down a road, giving viewers a rollercoaster-type ride, and ending with...
Atlanta may not be burning, but TV commercial production and postproduction is starting to heat up again. In recent months, Stephen Moe of Comotion Films, Atlanta, has shot "Dreams," an American General Financial Group ad, and has helmed "Not Alone" and "Amy," a pair of BlueCross BlueShield of...
Director/ designer Tuesday McGowan has signed with Picture Park, Boston and Santa Monica, for exclusive commercial representation. In a separate move, she has also joined the staff at digital visual effects studio Radium, San Francisco and Santa Monica, as a designer.
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