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May 1, 2004

Eurmedia Television is now in production on the second episode of its advertising-supported DVD sitcom series "Ballpark." See www.ballparktv.com.

Weissman, Dreesen renew LA expat confab with Sweet Home Illinois

May 1, 2004

Sweet Home Illinois is the tentative name set for the June 19 party for former Illini living in the entertainment business in Los Angeles. It's patterned after the wildly...

A new McDonald’s/Burrell spot

May 1, 2004

positions McGriddles as the "bedtime snack" of choice for young adults who count on having their best times between sundown and sunrise. Digital Kitchen produced, directed...

REELSCREEN: News and Notes

May 1, 2004

THE FOUNDATION OPENS. When his 10-year Red Car contract ended, editor James Lipinsky decided the time had come to go into business for himself. On March 1, he opened the...

Dreamation’s expansion includes new facilities and global cable network

May 1, 2004

Animation production — and more — is again moving to the forefront by the ambitious expansion of Dreamation, owned by partners Brooke English and Lee Litas, to...

SVI distills 200 hours of recording to meet “impossible” 2-week deadline

May 1, 2004

It was a very long two weeks earlier this month for Sound/Video Impressions. The Des Plaines sound studio recorded 200 hours of Spanish language instruction, edited and m...

Up and Down the Avenue

May 1, 2004

Changing spaces. Popular FCB/Chicago president/CEO Dana Anderson is DDB's new CEO, reporting to chairman Bob Scarpelli. Former agency president Ray Gillette will head a ...

Competition heats up as three local directors rise to PGL’s Top 50 list

Apr 29, 2004

Project Greenlight entrant Scott Smith's stomach was tied up in knots all day April 27, the day 250 PGL contestants would be notified of whether they made the cut to the n...

Blanchard Films’ under-$1 million baseball drama first of three features

By Ed M. Koziarski Apr 26, 2004

Roberto Blanchard is rolling out the first of a three- film slate May 1 when he premieres his family baseball drama "The Magic of Summer" at the Burnham Plaza Theater.Write...

Silver Addy spurs video game scorer GameBeat’s expansion into spot music

By Ed M. Koziarski Apr 19, 2004

Barely a year after its move into commercial music, Matteson-based GameBeat Studios picked up a Silver Addy last March from the Madison Ad Federation (MAF) for a theme for...

B-movie giant Jack Hill sees off-beat films “truly a revolution in cinema”

By Ed M. Koziarski Apr 19, 2004

A giant of the B-movie, Jack Hill, who started his career in the early '60s at Roger Corman's legendary American International Pictures, will be in town May 14 to guest-ho...

CFWC to call Kennedy-King its campus

Apr 19, 2004

It looks like the venerable Chicago Community Film Workshop will have a new home at Kennedy-King community college, reopening in time for summer classes. CFWC executive d...

Second film “Sacred” by “One Week” director is Visions Blu headliner

By Ed M. Koziarski Apr 19, 2004

Rap superstar Nas stars in director Carl Seaton's $300,000 feature, "Sacred," that headlines the 3rd annual Visions Blu Symposium April 24. It sceens with a selection of...

May 1 Diversity Visual Media Fair aims to link minorities to job opportunities

By Ed M. Koziarski Apr 19, 2004

As part of an ongoing effort to assure that minorities get a fair share of the work expected to be stimulated by the Illinois Film Tax Credit, the Illinois Film Office is ...

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