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Lowing Light & Grip buys Deano’s Grand Rapids’ studio

By Ruth L Ratny Feb 8, 2017

Wyoming, Michigan-based Lowing Light & Grip has bought Deano’s Studio in Grand Rapids. (Wyoming is an East Side suburb of Grand Rapids and the state’s 14th largest city...

A wall of IPA Polaroids depicts videos’ pioneering era

By Ruth L Ratny Feb 8, 2017

Scott Jacobs, the ebullient former 18-year owner / president / EP of post house IPA in Bucktown paid me a pleasant, nostalgic visit last week to show me how to most effectively ...

Some 200 nominees vie for 36th Chicago Music Awards

By Mike Morgan Feb 8, 2017

THE 36th CHICAGO MUSIC AWARDS (CMA), with nearly 200 nominees in 30 categories including musicians, songwriters, producers, clubs, comedians, dancers and radio stations, announc...

Kids media Spiffy Pictures wins top innovation award

By Mike Morgan Feb 5, 2017

SPIFFY PICTURES, Deefield-based creators and producers of children’s media, won the Opening Minds Innovation Award that honors individuals and organizations throughout the nat...

PRODUCTION CENTRAL

FCB-Michelob ULTRA spot bowed during the Super Bowl

By Ruth L Ratny Feb 5, 2017

A 30-SECOND SPOT, "Our Bar" from FCB and produced by Radical Media for Michelob ULTRA — the fastest growing beer brand in the U.S. — bowed on Sunday’s Super Bowl.The spot ...

Burnett unleashes Chuck Norris on United Healthcare

By Colin Costello Feb 3, 2017

If you count all of the existing medical codes, there are more than 76,000 ways to enter the Healthcare system. United Healthcare’s humorous, Cannes Award-winning campaign, �...

PRODUCTION CENTRAL

FastDraw, now at Cinespace, animating big sports pieces

By Ruth L Ratny Feb 2, 2017

321 Fast Draw studio is currently working on unique animations for two high profile sporting events: A 2.5-minute segment for Fox TV’s Super Bowl’s Pre-Game Show this Sunday...

Porsche/C-K spot centers on baseball star C.J. Wilson

By Mike Morgan Feb 2, 2017

Utopic editor Kat Pryor recently cut the short film “Parallels” for Cramer-Krasselt/Porsche Motor Sports. It features Major League pitcher C. J. Wilson (L.A.Angels, Texas Ra...

SCC’s new MAKE274 studio is dedicated to social media

By Ruth L Ratny Jan 30, 2017

Schafer Condon Carter's (SCC) officially launched its “ala carte content creation studio,” MAKE247, offering video, animation, motion graphics and photography to brands that...

DGA “overwhelmingly” ratified its new AMPTP contract

By Mike Morgan Jan 29, 2017

THE DGA RATIFIED its new collective bargaining agreements with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) by an overwhelming membership vote.“Our major ga...

PRODUCTION CENTRAL

Martha Stewart part of new VSA/Borden® Cheese campaign

By Ruth L Ratny Jan 29, 2017

BORDEN® CHEESE TARGETS BUSY MOMS in an integrated campaign — including Martha Stewart’s Facebook Live show, the first for a cheese brand — from VSA Partners for marketing...

Director Wolfe back at Optimus after White House gig

By Ruth L Ratny Jan 26, 2017

One at Optimus director Duncan Wolfe is packing up his Washington, D.C. apartment after a 14-month gig at the Obama White House and will head for Los Angeles as his base for the...

Four “Conrad” crime drama episodes comprise pilot

By Marla Seidell Jan 26, 2017

“CONRAD,” A CRIME DRAMA SERIES produced by Chicago-based Conrad, LLC, has completed the pilot episode of a proposed 10-episode series.Created by Ryan Atkins and written by J...

Concert promoter adds national talent buyer

By Mike Morgan Jan 26, 2017

Music industry veteran Sean McDonough has joined concert promoter / producer FM Entertainment of Logan Square as a national talent buyer/producer.Founded in 2006 by Frank Mastal...

Final Cut opens fourth branch in River North office

By Ruth L Ratny Jan 26, 2017

Final Cut, the London-headquartered post house with branches in New York and Los Angeles, is launching its Chicago office Thursday, Jan. 26 at a party expected to be well attend...

CFO recorded 2,339 record breaking shoot days in 2016

By Ruth L Ratny Jan 24, 2017

The Chicago Film Office (CFO) at the Dept. of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) announced Monday that local media and entertainment production reached record levels in...

A John Hughes Fest with cast members set for June

By Ruth L Ratny Jan 23, 2017

Six of John Hughes’ iconic teen films are coming back to life, literally, at The Shermer Club: A John Hughes Fest, which also is recreating scenes that were part of the origi...

Back to nature with Burrell’s Toyota Rav4 campaign

By Colin Costello Jan 23, 2017

While many car campaigns targeting African Americans skew toward adventures in urban settings, Toyota long-time multicultural agency, Burrell Communications, is showing audience...

Why the IFO’S $499 mm film income should be higher

By Ruth L Ratny Jan 23, 2017

Last Friday the IFO / DCEO released its year-end summary of revenues from 2016 statewide film productions, stating they were $499 million, from 345 projects.Becoming half-billio...

How big a part will VR play in social entertainment?

By Marita Gomez Jan 19, 2017

Last week’s freezing rain didn’t deter some 50 enthusiasts from a Jan. 11 gathering at Chicago Studio City’s (CSC) Stage One to hear an informed discussion about applicati...