Friday, Nov. 21, 2008

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...

Friday, Nov. 21, 2008

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...

Friday, Nov. 21, 2008

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...

Friday, Nov. 7, 2008

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...

Friday, Nov. 7, 2008

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...

Friday, Nov. 7, 2008

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...

Friday, Nov. 7, 2008

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...

Friday, Nov. 7, 2008

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. ...

Friday, Nov. 7, 2008

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 ...

Friday, Nov. 7, 2008

At press time, noted director Bob Giraldi of bicoastal Giraldi Media, and the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York--an artists' education institute for which he's served on the faculty since 1968--...

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