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Archive: Apr 1, 2001


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Points For Execution
Points For Execution
Board Flow
is a regular feature that ...
is a regular feature that will act as a gauge to monitor the activity of upcoming commercial production. The following chart is intended as a snapshot view of the level of "board flow" (i.e., potential scripts from ad agencies) that commercial production houses in various markets across North America experienced during the preceding month. The synopsis of each market is based on conversations with anywhere from six to a dozen production house executives in each market who were asked to comment on the number and type of "boards" they had received from ad agencies over the most recent month. The chart reflects "board flow" from mid-February to mid-March.
Spotopsy
Lots of ads toy with ...
Lots of ads toy with defying convention as a sales tool, but the latest spot for Reebok actually walks the walk. Not only are up-tempo, non-sales visuals and beats slammed together in a frenetic frenzy of nail-biting chaos, the new Reebok kicks shown at the spot's close actually detonate and explode!
Ideas
"Our credo is: ...
"Our credo is: Advertising That Doesn't Suck," reveals Dan Pawych, creative director at Palmer Jarvis DDB Downtown, a division launched by Palmer Jarvis DDB (PJ DDB) just over one year ago to handle the newly acquired Budweiser and Bud Light accounts for Labatt Breweries of Canada.
Director's Chair
The fact that Marcelo ...
The fact that Marcelo Szechtman's love for cinematic realism began as a love-hate relationship with advertising is not lost on the Argentine director.
Special Report: First Boards Awards
Winner, Directors
Winner, Directors
Finalist: Directors
Finalist: Directors
Finalist: Directors
Finalist: Directors
Finalist: Directors
Finalist: Directors
Finalist: Directors
Finalist: Directors
Winner: Editors
Winner: Editors
Finalist: Editors
Finalist: Editors
Finalist: Editors
Finalist: Editors
Winner: Animation ...
Winner: Animation Directors/Supervisors
Finalist: Animation ...
Finalist: Animation Directors/Supervisors
Finalist: Animation ...
Finalist: Animation Directors/Supervisors
Finalist: Animation ...
Finalist: Animation Directors/Supervisors
Winner: Composer
Winner: Composer
Special Report: Production Technology + Post
London-based Rushes, ...
London-based Rushes, Liberty Media's special effects and post-production house, has just completed 2D and 3D effects on "Die Hard," a spot for client Ford through Y&R, Frankfurt for a yet-to-be-determined European release.
Santa Monica post ...
Santa Monica post facility Riot has produced a 30-second spot for Budweiser out of DDB, Chicago. "Little Red People" marked the directorial debut of matte painter turned visual effects designer/director Deak Ferrand, who shot the project with DP David Franco through La Fabrique d'Images in Montreal, Canada.
Robert Kirkpatrick has ...
Robert Kirkpatrick has opened Lava Pictures in Miami, a visual effects boutique specializing in design, animation and effects for broadcasting and advertising.
Special Report: Pre-NAB
David Krall, president, ...
David Krall, president, Avid Technology
Chris Ford, senior ...
Chris Ford, senior product manager for Maya at Alias|Wavefront.
Teresa Ragan, director, ...
Teresa Ragan, director, industry marketing, Discreet
Adam Welsh, managing ...
Adam Welsh, managing director, Cintel Inc.
Steve Owen, business ...
Steve Owen, business manager for workstations, Quantel
Skip Pizzi, technical ...
Skip Pizzi, technical manager for worldwide TV standards and strategy for the Microsoft TV Platform Group
Rick Gans, director of ...
Rick Gans, director of marketing, agency and corporate segments, WAM!NET
Music & Sound
Commercially viable ...
Commercially viable hip-hop is no new phenomenon, just ask Jay-Z. But increasingly hip-hop artists are contributing hits and original tracks to spots, lending instant street cred to brands aiming at the ever-jaded urban consumer. Boards takes a gander at a number of recent such campaigns.
Grayson Matthews Audio ...
Grayson Matthews Audio Design crammed more musical styles into a new campaign for Five-Alive than Madonna has packed into her entire career.
Sharing, the Pig Way
Sharing, the Pig Way
By assembling musicians ...
By assembling musicians from across the bleeding edge of contemporary American music, the Downtown Composers Collective (DCC) offers creatives access to talent beyond the simplistic scope of most mainstream music.
Bang For Your Buck
Bang For Your Buck
Signal To Noise
Signal To Noise
Regional Focus: Canada
You've just come off the ...
You've just come off the busiest year of producing commercials you've ever had. What are you going to do now? While the slow pace of production early this year accommodated trips to Disneyland (or India or Italy or the South Pacific), it's not all suntans and postcards for Canadian producers. Coming home, producers are hustling to address a number of challenges that are sure to make for an interesting year.
Jet Set
Jet Set
The effects of watching ...
The effects of watching an inordinate amount of TV commercials manifest themselves differently in different people. For some it can mean softening of the cerebral cortex.
It looks like the ...
It looks like the Five-Alive shipped to the creative department at Leo Burnett, Toronto was laced with something funky. The latest campaign for the drink, "Feel Alive" is two 30-second spots, each subdivided into five, five-second vignettes with a crisp five-second closer.
Manta DSP
Manta DSP
Dewey Nicks of bicoastal ...
Dewey Nicks of bicoastal Epoch Films recently wrapped a campaign for Rogers AT&T, which he shot through his Canadian production company, Blink, Toronto.
Noted animator Bruce ...
Noted animator Bruce Alcock returned to Canada last year to found his new venture, Global Mechanics, with the goal of offering a multi-technique approach and a one-stop facility for those interested in mixing live action and an array of different animation looks.
Bulletin Board
Ramser Applies Lotion
Ramser Applies Lotion
TBWA/London Fcuks with ...
TBWA/London Fcuks with BACC
180 Launches New Adidas ...
180 Launches New Adidas Campaign
First Look Media Opens, ...
First Look Media Opens, Welcomes Ross
Wow + Flutter Sets up ...
Wow + Flutter Sets up Shop in Santa Monica
Italian Directors Set Up ...
Italian Directors Set Up Association
matthews/mark Unleashes ...
matthews/mark Unleashes Bogeyman for Golf Odyssey
Winkler's SAFE Within 89 ...
Winkler's SAFE Within 89 Greene
Candeland Animates ...
Candeland Animates Gorillaz
Simpson Kennet Becomes ...
Simpson Kennet Becomes Completely Transparent
No Guns Signs Jabes and ...
No Guns Signs Jabes and Bazzi
Trans-Atlantic Whitehouse ...
Trans-Atlantic Whitehouse Post Productions Opens
Anonymously Gorgeous
Anonymously Gorgeous
The Ammo Conspiracy
The Ammo Conspiracy
Inventory
A look at who's making ...
A look at who's making the moves

Advertising
Wow + Flutter Sets up Shop in Santa Monica
by: Sandy Hunter Apr 1, 2001 Print

Minneapolis-headquartered music company Wow + Flutter is opening a new office and studio in Santa Monica, CA for April 1st.

Co-owner, composer/producer and marketing director Jerry Brunskill is moving to Los Angeles to oversee the new shop.

Brunskill says there are several reasons behind the expansion to Los Angeles. He says that the company's work creating interstitial music for ABC and CBS could be better served by an office closer to the clients' operations. Also, Brunskill feels that being in Los Angeles will help Wow + Flutter increase its national profile. Thirdly, a new venture called Journey Books, which will produce musical accompaniment for audio books, will be operated out of the Santa Monica studio.

Joining Brunskill in the new office are freelance composer Michael Wandmacher and composer/producer/engineer Ken Brahmstedt, who, like Brunskill will make the transition to LA from Minneapolis over the coming months.

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Wow + Flutter> www.wowandflutter.com


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