Word Viral Epidemic
Board Flow Board Flow
Monitor A quickie with an agency producer
A rock star in a producer's body, Randy Cohen, VP/director of broadcast at Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners, New York woos with red and keeps creatives calm .
Prompting action
UK directing collective minivegas use visual effects to assist charities in global AIDS awareness effort
Build it or bust it
A Band Apart goes long form
Nike mines online minds
Searching for talent where you least expect it
Playlist
A new monthly feature dedicated to new music videos
Top Spots
Nike "Shoxploitation", Audi "Letters", FedEx "Sweeps", Travelocity "Airline", Nextel "Bees"
Entertaining the pitfalls of a burgeoning medium
Now that the honeymoon is over, what are the problems with branded content?
Spotopsy Artful Consolidation
Motion Theory brings high art to high tech for HP
Director's Chair Czech, mate
Ivan Zacharias jumps high, but sets his own bar
Production Company of the Year Production Company of the Year
What makes a production company great? Great directors, solid management, an impressive reel? The answer is yes to all of the above, but in the case of our production company of the year, it's also about more...
The Never Establishment
Radical investment pays off for 2004's Prodco Of The Year
Production's Top 20
Do you like lists? We like lists. Here are the Top 20 production companies of the year as we see them
Anonymous Content? Hardly.
Five years in the making
All it takes is some Moxie
Robert Fernandez gets a little help from his friends
The Freshmen
Every year reaps a new crop of upstart production companies hoping to make their mark on the big bad commercial world. Here we look at three who've not only found a place for themselves in the sprawling scene, but have bought a sofa, hung some photos and invited friends over.
Animation Hey good lookin'
In researching this animation report we were faced with what could be compared to a pageant of beauties. We've selected a few that stood out from the crowd - though thankfully, not one vowed to fight for world peace. Herewith, the animation equivalent of the swimsuit competition.
Animation gets own stage at Partizan
Partizan Lab acts as a "breeding ground" for creativity, ideas and innovation
Inventory Inventory + Hookups
A look at who's making the moves
Rear View What it's like to move from editor to director
Award-winning editor Glenn Martin shares his experiences of moving from the front to the back of the edit suite, and how you never lose the editor inside
TOP SPOT A Nike triple play
Slick efforts from the sports giant look great, but do we really connect with these super athletes?
CAMPAIGN VIEWPOINT Campaigns: Animated technology; a Starburst valentine; Esuvees make good pets
HP comes up with a fresh palette; Let me lick your Starburst; The Esuvee rodeo is in town and it's furry
BUSINESS AND PEOPLE MOVES Industry highlights
Emoto grows from AdMusic; In the Groove branches out; Blue Rock adds Tranquility; Rooftop opens; CO3 gets UP; and PROMAX looks for judges...
People Moves
JWT names Craig Davis global CCO; Saatchi LA gets new head of broadcast; plus more...
EVENTS RES Screening Series expands
Opens in Toronto in Feb
DGA announces winners
Third time a charm for Noam