Features
Technology giant Samsung has entered the branded entertainment field with an innovative, interactive film project. Available at www.anyfilms.net, the series is a spy film with 10 different characters, one event, 10 possible endings, and 11,000 ways to...
The winter top 10 music and sound design chart yielded a trio of tracks that effortlessly drives the picture. In ESPN's "Believe," part of the long-running "Without Sports" campaign, a simple score perfectly illustrates the hope people harbor for their favorite sports team to win--and the agony...
As high definition makes its way into the commercialmaking vocabulary, there are many new terms, concepts and processes. And it's no surprise that some misconceptions have also surfaced in the professional community. SHOOT surveyed a series of companies that offer HD services, looking for...
Last weekend, the Visual Effects Society (VES) held its annual Show and Tell, featuring some of the work nominated for its annual VES Awards, which this year will be staged Feb. 15 at the Hollywood Palladium....
The Directors Guild of America (DGA) will announce the winner of the honor for best commercial director of 2005 at a ceremony on Jan. 28. The field of nominees consists of some of the most talented helmers working in the spot world. And...
Production and post companies in key cities in the Midwest report that business is doing well, with an increase in work, and in some cases, expansion and diversification. For...
"It's eighty degrees here right now, so it's a decision not made lightly," jokes Michael Folino, who this month is departing his native Los Angeles to become chief creative officer at DDB Chicago. "I wasn't looking to leave Los Angeles, so...
After a nearly yearlong search, Leo Burnett USA, Chicago, has a new creative leader, John Condon, a 19-year veteran of the agency, who is an executive VP/group creative head, will assume the chief creative officer role...
"Toy is a metaphor for the kind of work we want to do," says Ari Merkin, founding partner at the just opened agency named Toy, New York. "No matter what age you...