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Salamandras From Elected AICE/East Prez
- Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
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Nitza From, owner/editor at New York-based editorial boutique Salamandra Images, has been elected president of the Association of Independent Commercial Editors (AICE) East Coast chapter by its...
AICP/Minn. Hosts DTV Conference
- Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
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Roughly 200 attendees representing advertisers, ad agencies, production companies and post houses learned about DTV and its potential impact on advertising during a Dec. 15 DTV conference hosted...
Cavanaugh Joins National Sound
- Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
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National Sound has hired audio post engineer Bill Cavanaugh, who, since joining the New York-based facility, has worked on promos for PBS and Lifetime Television.
At National Sound,...
Accom Acquires Scitex; Pinnacle To Buy Truevision
- Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
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MENLO PARK, Calif.-In the video-technology arena, 1998 was marked by numerous acquisitions, most notably Avid Technology's purchase of Softimage and Autodesk's announced plan to...
Chances Are: Gidget Serenades Taco Bell - Anthropomorphic Chihuahua Fun Continues In Ongoing TBWA/Chiat/Day Campaign.
- Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
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Gidget, the past year's most famous Chihuahua (and most fascinating, according to People magazine), makes another appearance in a Taco Bell spot created by TBWA/Chiat/Day, Playa...
Easy Rider Revisited In Rearview Mirror: Dennis Hopper Gets A Blast From The Past In European Spot For Ford Cougar.
- Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
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Director Paul Street-who made a major international splash with his 1997 Ford Puma spot, "McQueen," which incorporated footage of late actor Steve McQueen from the '68 film...
NEW YORK PRODUCTION: A Pat On The Back - An interview with Pat Swinney Kaufman, a.k.a. the commish.
- Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
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Pat Swinney Kaufman became the deputy commissioner/director of the New York State Governor's Office for Motion Picture and Television Development after Republican Governor George...
On And Off - New, low-cost finishing systems allow creative editors to move into online.
- Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
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With the arrival of nonlinear finishing systems, a number of creative editorial boutiques are now providing online editing for their clients. Some of the new nonlinear systems,...
Flatbedders: Back in the day, editors rolled up their sleeves and got physical.
- Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
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When veteran editor Billy Williams first started cutting commercials and film projects, he invested in a standard Movieola. "I took the first 10 grand I made and bought that...
NEW YORK PRODUCTION: No Way L.A. - More spot shops open in the Big Apple. Veteran Gotham shooters, meanwhile, continue to prosper. The lure of L.A. is there, but so far, the homeys are happy at home.
- Friday, Jan. 8, 1999
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It's the great debate: Los Angeles vs. New York. Soft or hard. Hot or cold. It's aerobics vs. psychotherapy. "Everybody has a different version about why they don't like L.A., and...