Quriosity Productions spent days preparing to shoot Purina’s Big Moments campaign for St. Louis agency CheckMark Communications. But when the cameras started rolling, it all c...
In the course of abstaining from all animal products, including milk and eggs, Daily Planet Productions' president and dedicated nonmeat-eater Scott Marvel was enlightened by a ...
Some will attribute it to Mercury moving out of Retrograde — a time frame usually frowned upon for signing contracts. Others may say it was the fear of what the 2008 walkout b...
LA-based commercial and feature writer/director Ashley Avis brought a unique perspective to Seed Media Arts when she joined the company’s directorial roster this week.“I lov...
Hot on the heels of Kraft Heinz’s removal of all questionable ingredients from their Oscar Mayer hot dog line — including nitrates, nitrites, by-products and other artificia...
Affect Advertising’s Battle of the Garage Bands campaign for LiftMaster dials up the traditional music promotion to a chart-topping level of professionalism.Although it follow...
So here we were. NJ Bourque and myself. Yep, we were going to do it. We were going to make a short film on our own and I was going to direct this puppy.
On the surface, I felt ...
Mix Kitchen composer and vocalist Lauren Duski advanced to the top 11 finalists of NBC’s The Voice last Tuesday night.
The Michigan native wowed the crowd with her performanc...
Chicago Screenwriters Network co-founder, Kenneth Mader’s theatrical feature directorial debut, Displacement, will finally find its place on the red carpet when it premieres i...
Writers Guild members who voted overwhelmingly, on both coasts, to authorize a strike, now wait with baited breath as the negotiating committee meets today with AMPTP (Alliance ...
We Are Unlimited, McDonald’s months-old agency of record, finally has its Crew Chief. The agency announced the appointment of Toygar Bazarkaya as its Chief Creative Officer. T...
Ruth L. Ratny, founder and former publisher of ReelChicago, was honored with a Memorial Resolution by the City Council of Chicago on March 29. She joins a list of recipients tha...
Last week, I wrapped my directorial debut on a short film I wrote, an homage to “The Twilight Zone” called, “The After Party.” The film is a commentary on binge drinking...
For all the Chicago Writers who crave to write TV, an important weekend is about to happen, brought to them by Los Angeles-based the International Screenwriters’ Association.F...
After Red Bull’s “Batting Practice in the Streets” promotion on the Chicago River ended last week, Bridges Media executive producer Cannon Kinnard was only about halfway t...
With help from a handful of Chicago shops, Beast editor Dean Gonzalez built a larger-than-life commercial for the Edmonton Oilers.The 60-second It’s in the Blood ope...
Chicago director Kristina Perreault is not afraid of things going wrong on the set, especially if they happen overseas.“When traveling, sometimes stuff happens and you have to...
The promotional video for Big Teeth Productions’ Sit Stay Social campaign has incited viewers to say things like “shame on you” and “it’s just wrong.” According to p...
Chicago post-production company Utopic condensed the Chicago Cubs’ epic 2016 World Series journey into At Last, a 60-second video for the Chicago Tribune that will play a...
Odd Machine director James Mann received the James Beard Foundation’s 2017 nomination for Video and Technical Expertis for the web series Uncharted,&n...