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First-ever book about teen movie master John Hughes

By Ruth L Ratny Dec 5, 2016

IF YOU LOVED JOHN HUGHES’ MOVIES you’ll be especially engrossed in the first book ever written about the “philosopher of adolescence,” as Roger Ebert once called him. Ja...

Groupon uses classic song to add fun to holiday spot

By Ruth L Ratny Dec 2, 2016

The classic Neapolitan favorite, “Funiculi, Funicula” is not what you’d expect to hear on a holiday campaign, but it’s remarkably effective as the musical sound track fo...

Producers to pay for city’s lost street parking revenue?

By Ruth L Ratny Dec 2, 2016

The city and country have been on a sales tax frenzy, passing legislature to tax soda drinks, plastic bags and bottled water to help plug budget deficits. So what’s next?Well,...

Upshot agency sold for the third time in 18 years

By Ruth L Ratny Dec 1, 2016

Upshot, the 22-year old “seamless agency” with 170 staffers, has been acquired by promotions, experiential and multicultural Advantage Solutions of Irvine, Calif.It will con...

Lexus party tonight is live version of music series

By Colin Costello Nov 30, 2016

Car company Lexus and the LA office of Chicago-based ad agency, Walton Isaacson, bring a live version of their Latin music focused webseries, “RPM: Reengineering Popular Music...

Burnetters produce “labor of love” music webseries

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 29, 2016

“In Bed With” is a new web performance-music series developed by two Leo Burnett creatives and edited by The Colonie, featuring singer/songwriters, artists and groups that p...

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$25mm studio sci-fi feature opens offices at Cinespace

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 29, 2016

PARTICIPANT MEDIA'S $25 MILLION FEATURE, "Captive State," will lead off movie production in Chicago in 2017, having opened an office, production, wardrobe and construction mill ...

Visions of Light shines on new lighting/grip rentals

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 28, 2016

Visions of Light, Joe Farris’ equipment rental and crewing company in Carol Stream, has expanded into lighting and grip rentals, providing camera, lighting, grip, sound and cr...

Particle’s Stalling wins an AICE contest Grand Prize

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 28, 2016

Assistant engineer Jordan Stalling told his colleagues at Particle Audio that he wasn’t going to enter the 2016 International Camp Kuleshov trailer contest this year because h...

How Flow Motion Media achieves music video success

By Marita Gomez Nov 28, 2016

The production crew for Flow Motion Media worked for days setting the stage for “Space Hustler,” their latest music video, building a spaceship complete with a cockpit and c...

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WWII women pilots to take off again in Orlandino film

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 28, 2016

THE FEATURE “SOARING” is the latest project of producer Joe Orlandino of Atlas Media Group, working with writer Amy Danford-Klein, a former corporate pilot wh...

BrandSpins acquires assets of bankrupt Music Dealers

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 28, 2016

The assets of Chicago-headquartered sync music licensing company Music Dealers, which suddenly went out of business last July owing countless global artists on its roster, have ...

Look who was among the 1,200 at the AICP Show

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 21, 2016

ReelChicago took photos galore of the stellar turn-out of the 1,200-plus guests from advertising and production who attended Chicago’s 25th annual AICP Show Thursday night tha...

AICP, DGA’s diversity program for spot directors

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 18, 2016

Having recognized the scarcity of minorities and women in the commercial industry the national AICP and DGA united to launch the Commercial Directors Diversity Program (CDDP) to...

“Exonerated” wins top prize in MIFF’s Shorts Night

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 18, 2016

The top three winners of Tuesday’s annual Midwest Independent Film Festival’s (MIFF) “Advertising Community Shorts Night,” out of 17 finalists, will compete for MIFF’s...

312UAV: City’s only store devoted to drone filming

By Ruby Thompson Nov 18, 2016

Tucked away in a small retail store in Wicker Park is the next game changer for the film industry. Owner / photographer / VFX pro Stan Miskiewicz opened 312UAV two years ago as ...

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HistoryMakers’ Jarrett TV talk to air on national PBS

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 18, 2016

“AN EVENING WITH VALERIE JARRETT,” a presentation of The HistoryMakers, the massive archive of interviews with notable African American leaders now part of the Library of Co...

Filmmaker van Davis scores feature funding at AFM

By Colin Costello Nov 16, 2016

Award-winning Chicago filmmaker and screenwriter, Jeffrey van Davis, left the breath-taking panorama of snow-capped mountains of his adopted home of Überlingen, Germany to atte...

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VFX artists Davis and Tiffany join Sarofsky’s staff

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 16, 2016

TWO FREELANCE VFX DESIGNERS were hired by design-driven company Sarofsky: Visual effects and finishing artist Cory Davis and designer Dan Tiffany, Erin Sarofsky and EP Steven An...

PianoForte venue offers A/V music recording rentals

By Pamela Powell Nov 16, 2016

Executive director / founder Thomas Zoells’ PianoForte Studios on Michigan Avenue is a place where serious professional musicians can rehearse, record audio and video, buy a q...

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First-ever book about teen movie master John Hughes

Groupon uses classic song to add fun to holiday spot

Producers to pay for city’s lost street parking revenue?

Upshot agency sold for the third time in 18 years

Lexus party tonight is live version of music series

Burnetters produce “labor of love” music webseries

$25mm studio sci-fi feature opens offices at Cinespace

Visions of Light shines on new lighting/grip rentals

Particle’s Stalling wins an AICE contest Grand Prize

How Flow Motion Media achieves music video success

WWII women pilots to take off again in Orlandino film

BrandSpins acquires assets of bankrupt Music Dealers

Look who was among the 1,200 at the AICP Show

AICP, DGA’s diversity program for spot directors

“Exonerated” wins top prize in MIFF’s Shorts Night

312UAV: City’s only store devoted to drone filming

HistoryMakers’ Jarrett TV talk to air on national PBS

Filmmaker van Davis scores feature funding at AFM

VFX artists Davis and Tiffany join Sarofsky’s staff

PianoForte venue offers A/V music recording rentals

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