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Julian Grant

Five proven tips on how to write a no-budget movie

By Julian Grant Nov 21, 2011

Want to get your script produced? Are you tired of writing screenplays that go nowhere? Are you frustrated with the lack of response to your work? I'm going to show you how to w...

Indie Focus

Nov. 26 screening at new Southside Hub of Production

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 21, 2011

A TRIO OF SHORT FILMS about the Middle East and Middle East views of America will screen Saturday, Nov. 26 at the quite new Southside Hub of Production cultural center in Hyde P...

Workflow expert Gene Moliterno joins Fletcher Detroit

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 18, 2011

FLETCHER CAMERA DETROIT hired former Grace & Wild digital production guru and workflow specialist Gene Moliterno as sales/marketing liaison for Fletcher Detroit. Molit...

Lewis Lazare

Rosie says she’s in as Ch. 7’ “WCL” guest in early ‘12

By Lewis Lazare Nov 17, 2011

Everything’s coming up Rosie for WLS Channel 7’s live morning show “Windy City Live.” Yes, in a little nod to the cross-town competition, “WCL” co-hosts Val Wa...

Curtain Calls

Well-deserved grants to three worthy arts companies

By Kerry Reid Nov 17, 2011

YEAR’S END always brings accolades in the form of always-welcome grants, and there are three to acknowledge, starting with the generosity of The Helen Coburn Meier and Tim Mei...

Does the move to mobile signal R.I.P Windows, Google, Flash?

By David Rosen Nov 17, 2011

A remarkable piece by venture capitalist Roger MacNamee on those genius TED talks, reveals a massive move to mobile and tablets from the “desktop” universe that could herald...

Lewis Lazare

C-K and longtime client AirTran sever remaining ties

By Lewis Lazare Nov 17, 2011

A relatively long client-agency relationship — at least by today’s standards — has quietly ended at Cramer-Krasselt/Chicago, where as recently as last week the agency was ...

Match cuts a work of art in The North Face campaign

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 16, 2011

Digital and collateral agency Factory Design Labs collaborated with director Paul Schneider of L.A-based Hello & Co. and design and graphics-focused Leviathan to produce a c...

AICP Show expects to host 1,000 guests Thursday, Nov. 17

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 16, 2011

AICP SHOW UPDATE. One thousand adbiz folks will start the year’s end/holiday celebration season by attending the Thursday, Nov. 17 AICP Show at the Cultural Center.“It’s g...

Super star colorist Carlucci joins Filmworkers Club

By Mike Morgan Nov 15, 2011

After an intense international search Filmworkers Club has hired super star colorist Brian “Crash” Carlucci, whose work for top agencies, A-list directors and projects in al...

Lewis Lazare

Cracker Barrel spots herald new Euro RSCG creative era

By Lewis Lazare Nov 15, 2011

We’ve been waiting and waiting for this one. And finally it launched Monday. This would be the new national brand campaign from Euro RSCG/Chicago for the homey Cra...

Voiceover pro Harlan Hogan builds sound business online

By Erik Martin Nov 15, 2011

Harlan Hogan, the veteran voiceover known for informing the PBS program was “made possible by viewers like you” and “That little itch should be telling you something,” i...

Optimus trailers win 5 out of 9 Camp Kuleshov awards

By Mike Morgan Nov 11, 2011

The affectionate trailer for “Shark Song,” a fictional feel-good story created by The Whitehouse’s assistant editor Caleb Hepler, was the grand prize winner at the 10th an...

Elder departs Luminair to freelance and enjoy family

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 11, 2011

After 24 years in the heart of Chicago production as co-founder/president of Luminair Film Productions, George Elder has resigned from the company to freelance as a producer/dir...

Zacuto Films, Punch Films, Orbark are non-broadcast Emmy winners

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 10, 2011

A GUESSTIMATED 135 INDIVIDUALS went home with golden Emmy statuettes last Sunday, Nov. 6, at the 53rd annual Emmy Awards, the winners in more than 60 broadcast categories. ...

Lewis Lazare

Singha beer’s US debut next month is artfully designed

By Lewis Lazare Nov 10, 2011

This is the moment for Singha beer. And by extension for Chicago’s very own GERTRUDE INC., for which Singha is a very big and very prominent component of the agency’s ...

Lewis Lazare

New Lottery czar Jones cuts ties with Energy BBDO

By Lewis Lazare Nov 9, 2011

As we prophetically noted could happen in mid-October when Michael Jones was named the new superintendent of the Illinois Lottery, Energy BBDO/Chicago is being dumped as the ad ...

Indie Focus

Gamut of artistry on display at free event Saturday

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 9, 2011

THE “AWAKENING ARTS FESTIVAL” an all-afternoon, free immersion in the arts at Wicker Park’s Flat Iron Building this Saturday, November 12th, is the first event staged by H...

Curtain Calls

Optimism, madness, goats and grease lead the Jeffs

By Kerry Reid Nov 9, 2011

The Goodman Theatre’s production of Candide, Chicago Shakespeare’s production of Alan Bennett’s The Madness of George III, Remy Bumppo’s production of Edward Albee’s T...

Fundraiser lets audience choose projects for support

By Mike Morgan Nov 8, 2011

CNGM PICTURES, the cinematic collective that makes films with character-driven stories, holds its “Hats Off to Characters” fund-raiser Saturday, Nov. 12, where guests are in...

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