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Visual Effects Society Explores Methods To Simplify Business: Will Examine Need To Create Visual Efx Bid Form.
- Friday, Jan. 15, 1999
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SHERMAN OAKS, Calif.-The visual effects industry may be driven by creative people, but, according to Tom Atkin, executive director of the Sherman Oaks-based Visual Effects Society...
Coppos Films Signs Director Steve Suchman: Prodn. Designer's Spec Reel Piques Co. Interest.
- Friday, Jan. 15, 1999
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LOS ANGELES-Bicoastal Coppos Films wasn't looking to sign a new director-until executive producers Allison Nunn and Bill Bratkowski saw Steve Suchman's spec reel.
"We all...
Dir. Carolyn Coal Joins Headquarters: Gold Clio-Winning Spotmaker Has Short Film Set For Sundance.
- Friday, Jan. 15, 1999
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SANTA MONICA-Director Carolyn Coal-who last year won a Gold Clio in the student category for "It's Claire," a poignant AIDS Awareness Durex condoms commercial she conceptualized,...
TBWA/Chiat/Day Goes Virtual For barnesandnoble.com
- Friday, Jan. 15, 1999
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In an effort to increase traffic on barnesandnoble.com, Barnes & Nobles Internet bookstore, TBWA/Chiat/Day, New York, produced a four-spot campaign featuring popular authors Stephen King, Tom...
Gift Exchange
- Friday, Jan. 15, 1999
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And in the case of Gift Exchange, a :30 for the Oregon Lottery out of Moffatt/Rosenthal, Portland, Ore., an office worker hopes his colleagues turn out to be...
Coppos Films Signs Director Steve Suchman: Prodn. Designers Spec Reel Piques Co. Interest.
- Friday, Jan. 15, 1999
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Bicoastal Coppos Films wasnt looking to sign a new director-until executive producers Allison Nunn and Bill Bratkowski saw Steve Suchmans spec reel.
We all felt it was one of the better...
YOUR SHOT: Sparring With The Champ
- Friday, Jan. 15, 1999
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I GUESS WE ALL HAVE OUR favorite moment in advertising. For what its worth, this is mine.
Parkinsons disease has been in the news lately. A lot of people are learning a lot more about it...
SPOT.COM.MENTARY: Blood But No Guts
- Friday, Jan. 15, 1999
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THE DOUBLE STANDARD between program and spot content resurfaces in the case of a public service ad that thus far has been rejected by cable and TV stations for its graphic depiction of gang...
Turning Over A New Maple Leaf: More U.S. directors travel north to shoot Canuck spots. Cant they find a Canadian to do this? asks a border guard.
- Friday, Jan. 15, 1999
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Canadians are familiar with American imports. Twenty percent of all U.S. exports are shipped north of the border, to Americas largest trading partner. Automobiles, textiles and agricultural...