Word Bring on the boxheads
BOARD FLOW Board flow
MONITOR A quickie with an agency producer
Chris Rossiter, EVP/director of broadcast production, Leo Burnett USA, discusses his traveling political debate roadshow, why certain crews infuriated him during the LA riots and why his kids need Treos too.
Jane Lloyd reborn
Happy's Award-winning short becomes music video
MSN looks to the future
Taps the supernatural to promote new services
Two-minute tales
Toyota and American Express go cinematic for the Oscars
Playlist
Mogwai "Friend of the Night"; Secret Machines "Lightening Blue Eyes"; Autechre "Pro Radii" (Spec)
Top Spots
A look at the month's notable work
Same old song and dance?
American music houses push PROs for better tracking
SPOTOPSY Strength in numbers
180 Amsterdam takes Adidas to the people for 2006 World Cup campaign
ON LOCATION Fire on ice
Visa finds snow, isolation in Germany and Austria
DIRECTOR'S CHAIR Second coming
Fresh from MTV-topping work with Green Day, Sam Bayer comes home to HSI
I.D. Coke's new wave
Brand New School's effervescent take on Coke
Rock talk
Creative Bubble animates rockers' pearls of wisdom
FIRST BOARDS AWARDS The seventh annual First Boards Awards
Winners and finalists from the 2006 installment of our new-talent competition
Jeff Labbé, @radical.media
Winner: Directors
Andreas Hasle, Roses Are Blue (US)
Finalist: Directors
Agustin Alberdi, Landia/Carbo Films
Finalist: Directors
RBG6, Nexus Productions
Finalist: Directors
Michael Long, Freelance director
Finalist: Directors
Brad Waskewich, Rock Paper Scissors
Winner: Editors
Crandall Miller, The Whitehouse
Finalist: Editors
Matt Murphy, Rock Paper Scissors
Finalist: Editors
Nicklas Andersson, Framestore CFC
Winner: Animators
Joshua Merck, The Mill NY
Finalist: Animators
Vincent Baertsoen, The Mill London
Finalist: Animators
Seth Gollub, Framestore NY
Finalist: Animators
Greg Griffith, Stimmüng
Winner: Composers
Mark Chu, Yessian
Finalist: Composers
Benjamin Pacheco, Human
Finalist: Composers
Tim Kentley, XYZ Studios
Winner: Motion Graphics/Designers
Guy Atzmon, RhinoFX
Finalist: Motion Graphics/Designers
Josh Horowitz, John Earle and Ben Yonda, Nickelodeon Brand Image Group
Finalists: Motion Graphics/Designers
TRIBUTE Top of the Hill
After 25 years, DDB's Grant Hill is still modest about his success
Testimonials
Friends of Grant speak out
EDITORIAL REPORT Creativity or commodity?
Weighing in on the topic of agency in-house editorial departments
Suite travels
The dos and don'ts of on-location editing
INVENTORY Inventory & hookups
A look at who's making the moves
REAR VIEW The future is connected
Kevin Roberts assesses the screen age with Sisomo