WORD Probing diversity
BOARDFLOW Board flow
Los Angeles: 7/10; Toronto: 8/10; New York: 7/10; London: 8/10
MONITOR A quickie with an agency producer
Greg Lane, Sr. Vice President, Director of Media Production at GSD&M in Austin, reveals the conflict between his inner-professor and his inner-Ashton Kutcher.
Of bites and brands
JWTwo Entertainment delivers "Lovebites" for Sunsilk
Caakthal party
Cruise spoof gets top marks at AICE NY Trailer Park
Playlist
Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton "Doctor Blind", Bob Dylan "When The Deal Goes Down", Zero 7 (Feat. Jose Gonzalez) "Futures" (spec)
Topspots
Cadillac "New Job", Orange "Magic Numbers", WTC Memorial Foundation "Where Were You", 3 Mobile "Expo"
Growing pains & guesswork
Australia's Plush prompts debate on new agency production models
SPOTOPSY Grand theft auto: nice city
Smith & Foulkes bring the warm fuzzies for Coke
ON LOCATION Color your world
180 and Stylewar skip from Iceland to Cape Town for Motorola
I.D. I want my dancing ham
Uncooked creates musical mirth for MTV
Mojo working
Flying Machine points male TV programming in right direction
DIRECTORS TO WATCH Morning glory
Folgers freaks vault Ayson into limelight
Indie animator
bizanski writes his own future
Baby steps
Jesper Ericstam takes aim at US work
Stockholm custom framing
Henrik Hallgren brings an illustrator's touch to his work
Weird science
Brian Lee Hughes channels chimps for comedy
Shock and LOL
Jeff Aron Lable's spec strategy pays off
Bittersweet comedy
Lemon's serious side gives way to levity
The rejection method
How Nic & Sune turned a two-letter word into success
Swimming upstream
Salmon elevates the plain to Playful
Milk, Michel & monkeys
Stop-motion star Peter Sluszka covers all the bases
20 more directors to watch
Jaron Albertin, Joaquin Baca-Asay, Wiebke Berndt, Andy Bruntel, Karen Cunningham, Chris Cairns, Jeffrey DeChausse, Family, Ben Hibon, Steve Hudson, Mark Molloy, Nakd, Nima Nourizadeh, Jake Schreier, Robert Seidel, Vince Squibb, Three Legged Legs, Tokyoplastic, Darryl Ward, Zeitguised
CINEMATOGRAPHY Pearls on film
Home truths from Jan Velicky
The contrarian
Star DP Chris Soos on bucking trends, reading
Infiniti "G-Spot"
Orange "Fish"
REGIONAL REPORT: BRAZIL Bones and filet mignon
As Brazil innovates and becomes more international, its story remains one of adaptability
Brazil under the microscope
Stats, currency and other basics
Is there a Brazilian style?
Industry players weigh in on the question
Brazil: The director's perspective
Carlos Manga Junior offers his view on the Brazilian scene
INVENTORY & HOOKUPS Inventory & hookups
A look at who's making the moves
REARVIEW Politics' passion play
Ex-BBDO Exec freshens up political and issue-based advertising with A-Political