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    AICP Awards Tour to kick off in L.A. with director David Shane as the featured speaker

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    Director David Shane of O Positive will be the featured speaker at the gala screening of the 2024 winners at the AICP Awards in Los Angeles. The event at The Ebell of Los Angeles will kick off the awards’ 2024 National Tour.

    Set for Thursday, July 25, the L.A. event starts with a happy hour from 6 to 7 pm, with the program to follow. The evening closes out with a reception from 8 to 11 pm. Ticket information is available here.

    As the evening’s featured speaker, Shane will take attendees through a journey to examine the creative process and the nuances of working with actors. Joining him will be Chloe Wepper, an actor who appeared in Shane’s Apple spot “Album Cover,” a winner in the Performance category at this year’s AICP Show. Wepper is also known for her work on “Office Christmas Party,” “Star Trek: Picard” and “The Rookie,” among other credits.

    Their conversation will delve into all aspects of performance and acting for film. Shane will also discuss the creation of his short film for the AICP Awards, “The Journey,” which will be screened at the start of the program.

    A founding partner of O Positive, Shane–known for his work in comedy–has won awards around the world. His “Best Friends” spot for Uber One |Uber Eats won the Advertising Excellence honor at this year’s AICP Show. It was also nominated for an Emmy Awards this year, as was “Album Cover.”

    The Los Angeles event launches this year’s AICP Awards National Tour, with similar events on tap for San Francisco on Oct. 16, Dallas on Nov. 14 and Chicago on Nov. 21. A date for the AICP Awards in Mexico City will be announced shortly.

    Established in 1992, The AICP Show is the most important advertising showcase in the U.S. dedicated to excellence in craft. The AICP Post Awards, which debuted in 2001, honors excellence in a wide range of postproduction crafts and disciplines. And the AICP Next Awards, launched in 2007, highlights the winners of the 11 Next categories, which honor innovative marketing communications.

    Honorees of the AICP Show, The AICP Next Awards and The AICP Post Awards are preserved in The Museum of Modern Art’s Department of Film’s state of the art archives for future generations to study and are available for use or exhibition by the museum’s curators.

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    How Prime Video’s “Burn Bar” is changing the way we watch NASCAR

    Saturday, June 14, 2025
    In this screen shot from Prime Video broadcast released by Prime Video, The "Burn Bar," lower left, is used to measure Ryan Blaney's performance during a NASCAR on Prime broadcast of a NASCAR Cup Series auto race from Lebanon, Tennessee, on June 1, 2025. The AI tool was developed by Prime Video to measure a car's burn rate and fuel levels. (Prime Video via AP)

    NASCAR fans have grown accustomed to seeing speed, throttle and braking on broadcasts for years. There has been one measurement, though, that has eluded networks and viewers for years.

    Until now.

    Viewers of the Prime Video races have been able to see fuel usage with the introduction of the Burn Bar. Race teams have measured burn rates and fuel levels down to the last ounce for years, but the methodology has been kept secret for competitive reasons.

    Prime Video, though, developed an AI tool using car data available to broadcasters and teams that can measure miles per gallon. The Burn Bar made a brief appearance during Prime's first broadcast, the Coca-Cola 600 on May 25. It has been used more frequently the past two weeks and will be deployed again on Sunday during the race in Mexico City.

    NASCAR on Prime analyst Steve Letarte, a former crew chief for Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr., contributed to the development of the Burn Bar and sees it as the first step in taking race analysis to a new level.

    "It's the first true tool that is taking information off the car, making calculations and then displaying to the fan a calculation or measurement that is being used in the garage. And it does affect the team," he said. "There's not a sensor on the car giving us miles per gallon. It's a mathematical calculation of other cars performances."

    The AI model analyzes thousands of performance data per second, including a range of in-car telemetry signals, RPMs, throttle and optical tracking of each car's position. The model then evaluates each driver's fuel consumption and efficiency throughout the race.

    Letarte worked with Prime Video "Thursday Night Football Prime Vision" analyst Sam Schwartzstein and Amazon Web Services... Read More

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