| | | | | Method Studios Appoints Chris Webb as Executive Producer in Chicago
 Webb To Focus On Supporting Both Commercial And Feature Markets
Visual effects house, Method Studios, a Deluxe Entertainment Services Group company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Chris Webb as Executive Producer of Method Chicago. Webb will work closely with Creative Director Gil Baron in the continued expansion of the Chicago office, which opened its doors in July 2012.
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| | | | Method Studios Announces Top Flight Animation Hires
 Global VFX House Welcomes Erik-Jan de Boer, James Jacobs and Keith Roberts
Method Studios, a Deluxe Entertainment Services Group company, announced today the addition of three world-class animation artists to the Method Studios’ creative team.
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| | | | Leviathan Wins FITC Best Animation Award and WorldFest Platinum Remi Award for Visual/Special Effects
It has been an eventful week for everyone at the design-focused production studio Leviathan, and the company's principals are very proud to announce two major award wins. Over this past weekend at the 46thWorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, Leviathan's original short film "Lilith" was honored with the Platinum Remi Award for Visual/Special Effects. Then, at the FITC Toronto Design and Technology Festival on Monday, Leviathan's executive creative director Jason White personally accepted the FITC Best Animation Award for the studio's sensational "Wooden Toy" project for Ninja Tune recording artist Amon Tobin.
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| | | | Method Studios Appoints Christian Kubsch as President
 Darin Grant joins Method as Chief Technology Officer
Method Studios, a Deluxe Entertainment Services Group company, announced today that Christian Kubsch has joined the company as President. Kubsch will oversee Method’s global operations including the company’s main base in Los Angeles along with locations in London, Vancouver, Sydney, Melbourne, New York, Chicago, Detroit and Atlanta. Kubsch will report to Stefan Sonnenfeld, President of Creative Services, Deluxe. Darin Grant has been named Chief Technology Officer of Method Studios, and will report to Kubsch.
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| | | | Method Studios Provides VFX Expertise To KIA Super Bowl Spots
 Artists create fully CG animals, environments and augmented female robots
Method Studios, a Deluxe Entertainment Services Group company, has collaborated with agency David&Goliath on two commercials for KIA which premiered during Super Bowl XLVII. "Space Babies," directed by Jake Scott (RSA), and "Hotbots," directed by Carl Erik Rinsch (MJZ) provided a wealth of inspiring VFX challenges to Method's creative team in Los Angeles. Stephanie Gilgar, Method Studios' Executive Producer comments, "It's an honor to have been entrusted to deliver two of the most VFX-heavy ads seen during this year's big game - a yearly highlight in the US television commercials industry".
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| | | | Butter Signs Grigorov
 Butter Music and Sound is pleased to announce the addition of West Coast Creative Director Mario Grigorov.
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| | | | Michael Di Girolamo Named Chairman of the 22nd Annual AICP Show
Matt Miller, President and CEO of the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) announced today that Michael Di Girolamo, Partner/Executive Producer at Station Film, is the 2013 AICP Show Chairman. The Call for Entries for the AICP Show & Next Awards opens in early January 2013.
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| | | | Atanasio + Martinez Join MTh Directorial Roster
 Directorial team Anthony Atanasio and Valerie Martinez have joined MTh (Motion Theory)’s commercial roster for U.S. representation. Since teaming up in 2004 after Atanasio’s debut in the Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors Showcase at Cannes, the two have emerged as an award-winning pair, creating work for top brands including Nintendo, Nike, Audi, Levis, McDonald’s, Budweiser, General Motors and Toyota.
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| | | | AICP Digital Unveils Production Guidelines
Matt Miller, President and CEO of the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) and Dustin Callif, Executive Producer, Digital, at Tool, and President of AICP Digital, today unveiled guidelines for digital production. The document outlines best business practices for digitally produced content, including interactive, visual effects, design, and animation.
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| | | | STORY Signs Director Ruben Latre
 Ruben Latre, a Barcelona-born director known for his innovative work in commercials, music videos, documentaries and broadcast design, has signed with STORY for exclusive representation in the United States. Latre, who is bilingual and currently resides in New York City, was included in Shoot Magazine’s 2011 New Directors Showcase and was also named Best New Director at the 2010 APCP Awards in Spain.
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| | | | Stardust Creates 2012 AICP Sponsor Reel
 Stunning visual imagery, explosive graphics and haunting track from Squeak E. Clean contribute to film short
Bi-coastal production company Stardust created the 2012 AICP Sponsor Reel, which premiered during an exclusive screening at last night's Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) Show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
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| | | | Digital Domain and Mothership's Nike "Biomorph" Commercial Spot Honored at AICP Show
Recognized among the year's best in commercial advertising, piece will become part of the Museum of Modern Art's Department of Film Collection
Digital Domain and its commercial production company Mothership were honored by the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) at last night's 2012 AICP Show held at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City. Nike "Biomorph," a 51-second short conceptualized, designed and directed by Mothership's David Rosenbaum for Nike, with visual effects by Digital Domain, was recognized in the Visual Effects category. Digital Domain's Aladino Debert served as visual effects supervisor on the spot. (See it here).
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| | | | Volt Studios Heats Up With Summer Expansion
 Minneapolis Post Studio Adds MPC Remote Color Viewing, Exclusive Minneapolis Representation of Editor Jonathan Del Gatto & New VFX/Design Talent
Summer marks a time of expansion for premiere Minneapolis post studio Volt Studios with the launch of its remote color viewing services through MPC (The Moving Picture Company), exclusive Minneapolis representation of editor Jonathan Del Gatto, and the addition of two staff artists to Volt Studios’ motion graphics and VFX department.
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| | | | Director Jason Smith Joins Harvest
 Harvest has signed award-winning director Jason Smith for exclusive US representation. At Harvest, Jason Smith joins a select and diverse director roster than includes The Hoffman Brothers, Matthias Zentner, Adam Goldstein, David Nutter and company co-founder Baker Smith.
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| | | | LA.B. Signs Director Adam Cameron
Los Angeles-based LA.B Film & Content signs director Adam Cameron for U.S. commercial representation. Cameron’s offbeat humor has been seen in dialogue-driven spots for such notable clients as Subway, AXE, Toyota, Mobil, Dunkin’ Donuts and Time Warner for top agencies including McCann Erickson, EuroRSCG, Mullen, GlobalHue and Kaplan Thaler Group. Coming to LA.B from Great Guns, Cameron’s most recent work includes a witty campaign for Lebron James’ new Home Court furniture line out of Mullen, Boston and doc-inspired spot for Movistar boasting the nontraditional goal celebration routines of an Icelandic soccer team in “St. Jarnan” out of DDB Madrid.
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| | | | The Goetz Brothers Sign With Mirror Films
 The award-winning duo, the Goetz Brothers, have signed with Mirror Films. The directorial team made up of Kevin and Michael Goetz was welcomed to Mirror Films by Owner/Executive Producer Eric Barrett.
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| | | | Colorist Brian “Crash” Carlucci Joins Filmworkers
 Former Riot, Santa Monica; FSM, Australia; and Rumblefish, Milano artist adds international flair and grading experience for top brands.
Colorist Brian “Crash” Carlucci, whose work spans four continents and is a frequent collaborator of some of the world’s top ad agencies and commercial directors, has joined Filmworkers, Chicago, as Senior Colorist.
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| | | | Director Tom De Cerchio and Incubator Find a New Home at Original
 Director Tom De Cerchio and his production company, Incubator, have joined bi-coastal production and post production company Original. De Cerchio is one of the most successful comedy directors in advertising and a winner of three AICP Awards among many other honors. His Bud Light spot, Limo, is in the Advertising Hall of Fame and is listed among USA Today’s Top 20 Spots of All-Time.
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| | | | A New Method Emerges In Australia
Sydney and Melbourne add to Method Studio’s Global Footprint
Method Studios, the visual effects group within the Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, announced today the addition of three facilities in Australia, further expanding Method’s already established network of studios in Los Angeles, Vancouver, New York and London.
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| | | | Splice Welcomes New Creative Director Shannon Pettini
 Splice Here® has welcomed Creative Director Shannon Pettini to its award-winning design team. Pettini joins the company having had extensive tenures as a Senior Creative Manager for nationally renowned retailers Target and Dayton-Hudson/Marshall Field’s. She has also served as Executive Creative Director at interactive/design agency Catalyst and Good People Branding.
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| | | | Original Names Jonathan Del Gatto to Head New Post Division
 Bi-coastal production company Original has partnered with award-winning editor/ director Jonathan Del Gatto as creative director of its newly-formed post production division. Original (formerly Original Film) has been expanding aggressively and the new post offering will allow it to provide turnkey services for broadcast advertising, branded content and other forms of visual media.
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| | | | Visual Effects Companies CIS and Method Form Global Powerhouse
Rebranded to Method Studios
Deluxe Entertainment Services Group today announced the rebranding of its award-winning visual effects companies, Method, which Deluxe acquired from Ascent Media in December 2010, and CIS Visual Effects. The expanded company has been renamed to Method Studios, a world class entity specializing in the creation of visual effects for the feature film and commercial markets.
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| | | | Innovative Editor Akiko Iwakawa Joins Cut + Run
 Akiko Iwakawa has joined Cut + Run’s roster of editors. Akiko is known for such compelling commercials such as Nike “Classic,” AT&T “Up & Up,” Reebok “Migration,” and LG “World of Steam,” and provocative and original music videos for Lou Reed, Johnny Cash, Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, Bright Eyes, and Depeche Mode.
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| | | | Image Metrics Animates Legendary Coach John Wooden
Renowned UCLA Basketball Coach Delivers New Lines in Motion Theory's Sports Spot to Promote Commitment to NCAA Players' Roles as Students
Image Metrics, Inc. (OTC BB: IMGX), a leading provider of facial animation technology and services for the entertainment industry, today revealed its work with creative production studio Motion Theory on an official 2010 NCAA March Madness public service announcement (PSA) that will air throughout the year to encourage NCAA athletes to commit equal effort to both studies and sports.
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| | | | Motion Theory Gives Generative Art a Human Touch for IBM
Scientific Data is Transformed into a Unique Visual Language in 'Data Baby,' Directed by Mathew Cullen for Ogilvy & Mather/NY
Creative production studio Motion Theory applies generative art techniques into a new TV commercial for IBM via ad agency Ogilvy & Mather/New York.
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| | | | Boris FX Announces Boris Job Slate Plug-in for Apple Final Cut Pro
Automatically Create Commercial Slates Based on Data from the Ad-ID Advertising Identification System
Boris FX , the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, today announced Boris Job Slate, a new Apple Final Cut Pro plug-in that automatically creates commercial slates based on XML files received from the Ad-ID advertising identification and management system. Boris Job Slate saves production time and reduces operator error by eliminating the need for manual text entry with a standard text tool.
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| | | | Digital Domain's Game Face for 'Assassin's Creed II'
Digitally Enhanced Faces of Assassin's Victims Haunt Viewers in Commercial for New Ubisoft Release
Digital Domain forces viewers to stare deep into the faces of the freshly deceased in "Eyes," a television commercial for "Assassin's Creed II," the new third-person action-adventure video game from Ubisoft.
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| | | | Jonathan Del Gatto Edits Award-Winning Chambers Hotel Video Art Piece
Garners Cannes Gold Lion & AICP Next Award
Earlier this year, the agency creatives at Barrie D'Rozario Murphy/Minneapolis turned to the talents of Editor Jonathan Del Gatto for an innovative video art piece for the Chambers Hotel. The intriguing project has garnered prestigious awards this season including a Cannes Gold Lion and an AICP Next Award.
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| | | | Final Cut/New York Welcomes Editor Stephane Dumonceau
Final Cut is pleased to announce that Stéphane Dumonceau is joining the company. Dumonceau will be based in the New York office working with an esteemed roster, which includes Carlos Arias, Alex Hagon, Sarah Iben, Akiko Iwakawa, JD Smyth, Jeff Stevens, Ashley Kreamer and Michael Dart Wadsworth, as well as Composer/Sound Designer Terressa Tate.
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| | | | DUCK Takes Simon Blake Under Its Wing
Los Angeles-based DUCK, formerly Duck Soup Studios is pleased to welcome veteran multi-disciplined director Simon Blake to their growing roster. Over the past several years, Blake has directed under the aegis of Chelsea Pictures, Sandwick Films and Brick.
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| | | | MOO Studios Signs Pamela Hanson
Continuing to expand its talent roster, Los Angeles-based hybrid creative studio MOO, which specializes in animation, commercials, interactive, and talent management proudly announces the signing of famed fashion photographer Pamela Hanson, to their Commercial division.
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| | | | Ad Biz Has a New Way to 'Trackdown Music' for Spots
Industry Vet Korbin Kraus Launches Revolutionary Database/Service Dedicated to Searching and Securing Music Originally Created Specifically for Spots
Typically, music companies compete to deliver the perfect track for a spot as work-for-hire composers. Also common is the process of licensing existing music created by recording artists. Trackdownmusic.com offers the ad community an entirely new approach to finding music for spots.
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| | | | News: MOO Studios Makes Magic for Xbox
Shaun Sewter of MOO Studios directs this live-action claymation spot where the world of Xbox comes alive. A lump of green clay is molded and manipulated into the symbols of Xbox’s newest blockbuster games.
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| | | | News: Version2 Stretches the Imagination Branding the AICP Show @ MoMA
The entire Version2 team pitches in for the second year in a row to bring us masterfully animated opening titles, event instillations, and DVD show packaging for the 2007 AICP show held June 5th at the MoMA, NYC. Head Of Production Frank Devlin commented on the effort, “Having worked on the AICP show last year, we really wanted to do it bigger a better.
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| | | | News: Digital Domain Recruits Trio Of Top Creative Senior Executives In The Visual Effects Industry
Trio includes Mark Miller of Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), now new president of Digital Domain
Digital Domain, the Academy Award®-winning full-service digital studio and production company responsible for jaw-dropping visual sequences in such films as "Titanic," "Day After Tomorrow," "I, Robot" and the upcoming Clint Eastwood film, "Flags of our Fathers," as well as commercials such as the recent Budweiser Super Bowl "Superfan" spot, has hired a trio of executives that have served as instrumental leaders of one of the visual effects industry's most accomplished companies.
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| | | | News: Digital Domain Closes $31 Million Round of New Financing
New Investment Enables Academy Award®-winning studio to expand efforts in breakthrough Photo-Realistic Human Visual Effects technology
Digital Domain, the Academy Award®-winning full-service digital studio and production company responsible for jaw-dropping visual sequences in such films as "Titanic," "Day After Tomorrow" and "I, Robot" as well as commercials such as the recent Budweiser Super Bowl "Superfan" spot, has received a $31 million investment from Falcon Investment Advisors and GunnAllen Financial.
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| | | | News: Effects giant Digital Domain acquired by investment group
Academy Award®-winning effects house finds founder Scott Ross stepping down as CEO but remaining a consultant to the company
Digital Domain, the Academy Award®-winning full-service digital studio and production company responsible for jaw-dropping visual sequences in such films as “Titanic,” “Day After Tomorrow” and “I, Robot” as well as commercials such as the recent Budweiser Super Bowl “Superfan” spot, has been acquired by South Florida-based Wyndcrest Holdings, LLC, a group led by director Michael Bay and investor John Textor.
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