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Archives for: April 20115
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THE BRIEF: Martin Shewchuk asks, “Why don’t Creatives Want To Work With Canadian Directors?” Part 1
Wednesday April 13th 2011Several weeks ago, Martin Shewchuk, EVP, ECD of JWT– Toronto* asked The Brief to probe into why “Canadian advertising agencies don’t hire Canadian directors for their scripts.” Could this be true? Could Shewchuk, who has maintained a passionate career creating and directing award-winning commercials first as CD of Leo Burnett, and then as an independent Canadian director with Radke Films and now at JWT, be correct about Canadian creatives discriminating against our home grown directors? Or, in taking on Canadian agencies, is Shewchuk seeing through a glass eye darkly?
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COLR announces partnership
Wednesday April 13th 2011Topix and School Editing come together to run COLR, Toronto’s newest colour grading facility, formally a division of Topix. The COLR team includes colourist Joe Wenkoff, EP Gerry Legros and junior colourist Erik Barnett. Says School’s Chris Van Dyke: “We were impressed when we met Joe. His skill in compositing combined with his photography background have resulted in an experience that pushes the boundaries of a traditional transfer session. It didn’t take long for School to decide that this was the future of colour correction and we wanted to be part of it.”
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Tuesday April 12th 2011
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James Cameron, Vince Pace form new 3D venture
Tuesday April 12th 2011James Cameron and Vince Pace, who together developed the Fusion 3D camera system used on Avatar, are forming the Cameron-Pace Group to facilitate 3D broadcasting with the development of new technology. Cameron and Pace announced the venture during a keynote, Monday at the National Association of Broadcasters Show in Las Vegas. “Broadcasting is the future of 3D,” Cameron said, predicting that in as few as two years, “everything will be produced in 3D” and 2D versions will be extracted from that.
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Change ahead at Academy?
Tuesday April 12th 2011Over the weekend, Hollywood was freely making predictions about the changes Dawn Hudson may bring to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, but she told Daily Variety that it’s “way too premature to say what my plans will be.”
That’s including — but not limited to — the Oscarcast.
“When I start, it really will be a lot of information-gathering since I’m not an Academy insider,” she said.
Starting June 1, she will be one of the ultimate Academy insiders. Just before midnight on Thursday, the org sent out a release saying that the Film Independent topper will become CEO, while Ric Robertson has been tapped chief operating officer.
ARCHIVES
Archives for: April 20115
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THE BRIEF: Martin Shewchuk asks, “Why don’t Creatives Want To Work With Canadian Directors?” Part 1
Wednesday April 13th 2011Several weeks ago, Martin Shewchuk, EVP, ECD of JWT– Toronto* asked The Brief to probe into why “Canadian advertising agencies don’t hire Canadian directors for their scripts.” Could this be true? Could Shewchuk, who has maintained a passionate career creating and directing award-winning commercials first as CD of Leo Burnett, and then as an independent Canadian director with Radke Films and now at JWT, be correct about Canadian creatives discriminating against our home grown directors? Or, in taking on Canadian agencies, is Shewchuk seeing through a glass eye darkly?
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COLR announces partnership
Wednesday April 13th 2011Topix and School Editing come together to run COLR, Toronto’s newest colour grading facility, formally a division of Topix. The COLR team includes colourist Joe Wenkoff, EP Gerry Legros and junior colourist Erik Barnett. Says School’s Chris Van Dyke: “We were impressed when we met Joe. His skill in compositing combined with his photography background have resulted in an experience that pushes the boundaries of a traditional transfer session. It didn’t take long for School to decide that this was the future of colour correction and we wanted to be part of it.”
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Tuesday April 12th 2011
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James Cameron, Vince Pace form new 3D venture
Tuesday April 12th 2011James Cameron and Vince Pace, who together developed the Fusion 3D camera system used on Avatar, are forming the Cameron-Pace Group to facilitate 3D broadcasting with the development of new technology. Cameron and Pace announced the venture during a keynote, Monday at the National Association of Broadcasters Show in Las Vegas. “Broadcasting is the future of 3D,” Cameron said, predicting that in as few as two years, “everything will be produced in 3D” and 2D versions will be extracted from that.
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Change ahead at Academy?
Tuesday April 12th 2011Over the weekend, Hollywood was freely making predictions about the changes Dawn Hudson may bring to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, but she told Daily Variety that it’s “way too premature to say what my plans will be.”
That’s including — but not limited to — the Oscarcast.
“When I start, it really will be a lot of information-gathering since I’m not an Academy insider,” she said.
Starting June 1, she will be one of the ultimate Academy insiders. Just before midnight on Thursday, the org sent out a release saying that the Film Independent topper will become CEO, while Ric Robertson has been tapped chief operating officer.
ARCHIVES
Archives for: April 20115
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THE BRIEF: Martin Shewchuk asks, “Why don’t Creatives Want To Work With Canadian Directors?” Part 1
Wednesday April 13th 2011Several weeks ago, Martin Shewchuk, EVP, ECD of JWT– Toronto* asked The Brief to probe into why “Canadian advertising agencies don’t hire Canadian directors for their scripts.” Could this be true? Could Shewchuk, who has maintained a passionate career creating and directing award-winning commercials first as CD of Leo Burnett, and then as an independent Canadian director with Radke Films and now at JWT, be correct about Canadian creatives discriminating against our home grown directors? Or, in taking on Canadian agencies, is Shewchuk seeing through a glass eye darkly?
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COLR announces partnership
Wednesday April 13th 2011Topix and School Editing come together to run COLR, Toronto’s newest colour grading facility, formally a division of Topix. The COLR team includes colourist Joe Wenkoff, EP Gerry Legros and junior colourist Erik Barnett. Says School’s Chris Van Dyke: “We were impressed when we met Joe. His skill in compositing combined with his photography background have resulted in an experience that pushes the boundaries of a traditional transfer session. It didn’t take long for School to decide that this was the future of colour correction and we wanted to be part of it.”
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Tuesday April 12th 2011
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James Cameron, Vince Pace form new 3D venture
Tuesday April 12th 2011James Cameron and Vince Pace, who together developed the Fusion 3D camera system used on Avatar, are forming the Cameron-Pace Group to facilitate 3D broadcasting with the development of new technology. Cameron and Pace announced the venture during a keynote, Monday at the National Association of Broadcasters Show in Las Vegas. “Broadcasting is the future of 3D,” Cameron said, predicting that in as few as two years, “everything will be produced in 3D” and 2D versions will be extracted from that.
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Change ahead at Academy?
Tuesday April 12th 2011Over the weekend, Hollywood was freely making predictions about the changes Dawn Hudson may bring to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, but she told Daily Variety that it’s “way too premature to say what my plans will be.”
That’s including — but not limited to — the Oscarcast.
“When I start, it really will be a lot of information-gathering since I’m not an Academy insider,” she said.
Starting June 1, she will be one of the ultimate Academy insiders. Just before midnight on Thursday, the org sent out a release saying that the Film Independent topper will become CEO, while Ric Robertson has been tapped chief operating officer.
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