Boards Magazine - April 1, 2008

Dougal's Diary Dougal Wilson is a commercial and music video director, repped by Blink Productions in the UK and Furlined for the US.

Boardflow Los Angeles 6/10; Toronto 5/10; New York 7/10; London 5/10

International anthem Pangea Day proposes a better future through film

"An immense spirit" Ad world mourns the passing of DDB's Paul Tilley

Playlist BJORK "Wanderlust"; DIONYSOS & OLIVIA RUIZ "Tais-Toi Mon Coer"; UTAH SAINTS "Something Good '08"

Topspots Schweppes "Burst"; AT&T "Martin Scorsese"; Mastercard "Studious Pupil"; GQ "Ideal Man"; Specsavers "Collie Wobble"

Drumming to a new beat Analyzing the "Gorilla Effect"

Czech and balance Martin Krejci matches technique to emotion

Quake, Rattle and Roll Armando Bo shakes the rafters for Axe

The in crowd Cape Town's atypical locales set the stage for JCPenney

Community service zspace rallies locals for network rebrand

Subliminal subversion Vincent mesmerizes the audience for bbc2

The ninth annual First Boards Awards

Directors - Winner Patrick Daughters > The Directors Bureau LA

Directors - Finalists

Animators - Winner Jong Jin Choi > The Mill, New York

Animators - Finalists

Editors - Winner Dan Maloney > The Whitehouse, New York

Editors - Finalists

Motion Graphics & Broadcast Design - Winner William O. Campbell > Superfad, Los Angeles

Motion Graphics & Broadcast Design - Finalists

Composers - Winner Kenny Segal > Elias Arts, Los Angeles

Composers - Finalists

Agency Producer - Winner Brantley Aufill > Publicis, New York

The cutting room roundtable The technology may advance, the budgets may constrict and the responsibilities may increase, but one thing remains constant about the craft of cutting spots - it's still as integral to the art of storytelling as it ever was. With that in mind, we gathered five senior editors from editorial shops in the US, Canada and the UK to discuss what's changed in their vocation, as well as what might need changing in the near future.

Edit excellence Spotlights on four recent projects that are a cut above

Inventory & hookups A look at who's making the moves

Trend-spotting2 Same idea, different spot