Films add depth to Black History Month in February
THIS BEING BLACK HISTORY MONTH, Columbia College’s Feb. 12 Cinema Slapdown (coincidentally Lincoln’s Birthday) debates the “The Help,” an authentic reflection of the Southern African American
THIS BEING BLACK HISTORY MONTH, Columbia College’s Feb. 12 Cinema Slapdown (coincidentally Lincoln’s Birthday) debates the “The Help,” an authentic reflection of the Southern African American
It’s a basic axiom. If advertising campaigns don’t get refreshed, they usually get stale. And when ad campaigns become stale, that usually means consumers become less interested in them. The
While many unlikely cities throughout the world have been used as substitutes for Chicago locations for movies and commercials (and not always convincingly) STORY’S recent reverse location for a major
It’s hard to believe, but the McDonald’s “I’m Loving It” ad campaign will celebrate its 10th anniversary next year. Whatever its fate from here on out, “I’m Lovin’ It” already
Utopic partner/editor Jan Maitland is embarking on an ambitious production of his own that will also be his legacy to future generations of Chicago filmmakers.
He is
Filmmaker Edward T. McDougal’s inspiring historical feature, “Dog Jack,” opens theatrically nationwide in celebration of February’s Black History Month — a year after the distributor discovered
Those irrepressible, totally irreverent — and altogether savvy — Walter E. Smithe furniture boys are at it again. Hands down, they run one of the most aggressively-marketed, locally-based businesses of
Chicago’s growing inventory of RED digital camera ownership has been enlarged by the recent purchase of the new RED Epic-M by director of photography Christopher Gearhart’s Lakeview Productions.
Besides the scope of the work, what pleased executive producer Mark Androw and The Whole Story team was the fact that the business came from one of the hottest agencies
After a decade of pulling all the elements together from his second cousins who were reluctant to talk about their infamous father, Nick Celozzi finally has finally assembled all the
A MULTIMEDIA WHIRLPOOL PROJECT for Leo Burnett turned out to be STORY’S biggest job in terms of duration ?- 17 days of shooting stills and motion for the
Since the city’s big commercial post houses have been adding content production to their services, it was inevitable that big production houses would bring editorial into theirs.
MULTI-TALENTED ANDY RICHTER, Conan O’Brien’s former writer and sidekick, is back atop the list of commercial directors represented by Story, now that “Late Show with Conan O’Brien”
One World Productions’ Michael Neumann and crew stepped back into time when they recently spent two weeks on a commercial project, with a monstrous cast of actors and recreators
George Tillman, Jr., prominent Columbia College alum and one of film Chicago’s big success stories, has signed with Story for exclusive national representation as a commercial director.
ACTOR, PRODUCER, DIRECTOR ANDY RICHTER joined Story for exclusive representation as a commercial director ? the first time he is available to direct spots. Story will market