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Tag Archives: Production
All We Wanted Was a Walrus…
We’re getting ready to produce the new national television and radio campaigns for La Quinta Inns and Suites. And so we’re talking to directors, working with production companies, readying our bids. We’re also pushing ideas; is each execution absolutely clear? … Continue reading
Government Ads: Lotteries? Yes. Tourism? Okay. PSA’s? No.
Creating advertising is tough; criticizing it is easy. And yet sometimes, decency demands you point a finger when the whole damned deal goes horribly, desperately wrong. In most cases, this results from a well-intended, inexperienced client mistakenly believing that the … Continue reading
A Studio Day…
So we’re spending the next two days shooting at Chicago’s Essanay Studios for Cricket, our wireless client. Back in the day–and by ‘back in the day’ I mean from 1907 to 1913–Essanay was a silent film studio that produced shorts … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlie Chaplin, Cricket Wireless, Essanay Studio, Production
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The Benefit of Great Expectations
Everyone talks about the challenge of high expectations; past successes can cast a long shadow over the future, where every new move will be measured against a superlative past. And that can be paralyzing. It’s the curse of the one … Continue reading
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Tagged Alejandro G. Iñarritu, Freddy Adu, Nike, Paperlace, Production, Star Wars, World Cup, Write the Future
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The Slicker and The Snake: A Tale From Two Weeks of Texas Production:
Today, we’re happy to welcome Patrick Brennan, Canice Neary, Adam Samara and Josh Witherspoon back to the agency. For the past two weeks, they’ve been galavanting all over Texas with director Jeff Bednarz, capturing authentic sights and sounds for a … Continue reading
B-G-B (Bonus Guest Blog): Avoiding the Diplodocus Dilemma: Moving from Broadcast to Content Production
Guest Blogger: Patrick Brennan The ever-charming, eminently capable Patrick Brennan graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a Communications major and began his career in production with a Madison cable access show featuring shelter animals. After moving to Chicago, he … Continue reading
The Bifurcated World Of Modern Video Production
On one hand, the widescreen, hi-def technology revolutionizes everything from DVD movies to evening news broadcasts, creating a high gloss plasticity for the former while revealing the all-too-human imperfections of the latter. Finishing TV spots in HD adds considerable cost, … Continue reading