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Visions of Light’s new HD Panasonic package targeted to indie filmmakers

By Ed M. Koziarski Feb 7, 2004

Visions of Light's Joe Farris took a major risk last summer when he decided to buy how own camera package. He got a $150,000 loan with the Small Business Administration just b...

Women only to work on Split Pillow’s second improv film shooting in April

By Ed M. Koziarski Feb 7, 2004

Seven women have set out to accomplish what it took 14 men to do before.The Women's Cliffhanger Project is a more streamlined, structured version of the improvisational filmmaki...

Hugos to be SRO when it honors Joe Pykta at TV/spot festival March 11

Feb 7, 2004

Joe Pytka needs no introduction. The King of Commercials ? the director who's made billions of dollars for the biggest advertisers in the world, the winner of every conceivable...

County won’t enact lease, sale taxes

Feb 7, 2004

Good news for the film industry, baaad news for smokers. The good news: The Cook County Board of Commissioners Feb. 3 voted not to enact any type of lease tax, or to incre...

Up and Down the Avenue – 02/07/04

Feb 7, 2004

JWT wins the $12 million Illinois Tourism account, resigned last year by BBDO. Tom Bernadin is Leo Burnett's new president, from Interpublic's Lowe's/New York -- the first n...

Doubling 2003’s $25.6 million for features/TV is this year’s IFO goal

Feb 7, 2004

Feature business last year in Illinois was not only a heckuva lot better than it first appeared ? and it also looks like it's going to significantly improve in 2004. Clockin...

Film & Tape invests $750K in newest daVinci, Avid to “support community”

Feb 7, 2004

At a time lately when "pulling back" is more often heard than "capital expansion," Film & Tape Works' announcement of a major equipment investment and a general growth was both ...

Third Wave makes waves encoding 5.1 surround on Super Bowl commercials

Jan 28, 2004

These are busy days for Chicago's resident audio guru Hank Neuberger. Make that Super busy. He and Terry Fryer, his partner in recently formed Third Wave Productions, had an i...

Walgreen’s newsmagazine: a complex, network-scale, expertly made series

Jan 28, 2004

Walgreen's opening graphic was art directed by Swell's Nadia Hennrich. Dr. Lisa Thornton is the show host, and child/adolescent psychiatrist Dr. Bennett Leventhal provides a 2-...

Actress Hall seriously hurt in accident

Jan 28, 2004

Chicago actress Irma P. Hall remains in serious condition at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn after a Saturday head-on collision. She has undergone open heart surgery for a pu...

Six years in the making, low-budget horror feature ready for release

By Ed M. Koziarski Jan 28, 2004

He sold the farm to cover film costs and mortgaged his house to pay for postproduction, but John Swanson has made his movie ? a self-financed, under-$100,000 horror flick.The fi...

Dave Sikich holds

By Ed M. Koziarski Jan 28, 2004

Director Michael Ojeda (left) and producer Joel Goodman will attend the Feb. 27 world theatrical premiere of "Lana's Rain" at the Music Box."Lana's Rain" star Oksana Orlenko wo...

Connecting the dots

Jan 28, 2004

by Carey Lundin, Co-Producer Indie feature "Sweet Home Chicago" I didn't go to Sundance just to watch movies. I went to soak up the creative spirit of the vanguard of filmma...

REELSCREEN: News & Notes

Jan 28, 2004

AFTRA ELECTION. New officers elected by 453 valid ballots from the membership are Dan Frick, president; David Gee, James Schneider and Richard Shazin, vice presidents; Eileen ...

Scott Smith closes downtown studio

Jan 28, 2004

Soft business, the shortage of features and concerts that were his core business, caused the shuttering of Scott Smith's Chicago Audio Works at The Media Center, 676 N. LaSalle ...

Animator’s train graphics aid restoration

Jan 28, 2004

Before: The derelict Dempster St. station in Skokie is ready for the wrecking ball.After: Cartoonist/animator J.J. Sedelmaier's input helped to beautifully restore the 1924. ...

CUFF initiates Sloppy Seconds series with film by ‘Spielberg of Digital’

By Ed M. Koziarski Jan 28, 2004

The new Sloppy Seconds screening series from the Chicago Underground Film Festival (CUFF) kicks off Feb. 4 with Todd Verow's pioneering digital feature "Little Shots of Happines...

“Barber Shop II” Feb. 3 screening benefits Columbia College program

Jan 28, 2004

Columbia College alums Bob Teitel and George Tillman Jr. continue their close relationship with the school by providing a sneak preview of their Chicago-made "Barber Shop II" as...

Tax credit looks like a hit; here’re nuts & bolts to make it work for you

Jan 28, 2004

It's to all our benefit to spread the word. Feel free to forward this explanation to as many producers as possible. The wage tax credit act (SB 785) enacted by the Illinoi...

Up and Down the Avenue – 01/28/04

Jan 28, 2004

"Weather Man" writer Steve Conrad is also co-producing with Todd Black and Penny Rose. Besides Nicolas Cage, it stars Hope Davis and Michael Caine. Filming starts here Feb. 2...

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Visions of Light’s new HD Panasonic package targeted to indie filmmakers

Women only to work on Split Pillow’s second improv film shooting in April

Hugos to be SRO when it honors Joe Pykta at TV/spot festival March 11

County won’t enact lease, sale taxes

Up and Down the Avenue – 02/07/04

Doubling 2003’s $25.6 million for features/TV is this year’s IFO goal

Film & Tape invests $750K in newest daVinci, Avid to “support community”

Third Wave makes waves encoding 5.1 surround on Super Bowl commercials

Walgreen’s newsmagazine: a complex, network-scale, expertly made series

Actress Hall seriously hurt in accident

Six years in the making, low-budget horror feature ready for release

Dave Sikich holds

Connecting the dots

REELSCREEN: News & Notes

Scott Smith closes downtown studio

Animator’s train graphics aid restoration

CUFF initiates Sloppy Seconds series with film by ‘Spielberg of Digital’

“Barber Shop II” Feb. 3 screening benefits Columbia College program

Tax credit looks like a hit; here’re nuts & bolts to make it work for you

Up and Down the Avenue – 01/28/04

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