Advertising

Carl & Ray Shake Their Booty For Blockbuster

Berkeley-based Tippett Studios is the visual effects company behind Blockbusters newest advertising campaign "Carl & Ray," which premiered on Super Bowl Sunday, February 3, 2002. In partnership with agency Doner Advertising and director Steve "Spaz" Williams of Complete Pandemonium, Tippet completed six 30-second spots featuring the lifelike animated denizens of a pet shop across the street from a Blockbuster Video Store. Guinea pig Ray, voiced by Jim Belushi, and Carl the rabbit, voiced by James Woods, are the stars of the spot titled "Gotta Dance," which aired during the Super Bowl.

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Advertising Events

Advertising Effectiveness

Begins: December 13, 2001

The Advertising Effectiveness conference looks at how to develop not just good advertising but Great advertising, that spikes sales fast. Participants will hone the skills needed to create advertising that's on strategy, maximize research in this age of accountability, measure ad effectiveness across all media and create truely memorable advertising that connects to the brand.

In Event Types: Conferences

Awards Events

The 4th Annual Golden Marble Awards

Begins: September 11, 2001

The 4th Annual Golden Marble Awards celebrates excellence in children's advertising. Launched in 1998, the show was founded by KidScreen magazine in partnership with seven leading industry ad agencies: Foote, Cone & Belding; Grey Advertising; Griffin Bacal; J. Walter Thompson; Leo Burnett; Ogilvy & Mather; Saatchi & Saatchi; Young & Rubicam; and YTV Canada Inc. 2001 sponsors include: Boards Magazine, Nelvana Enterprises and YTV. A team of judges will judge entries in 32 categories. In conjunction with the awards there will be the Advertising & Promoting to Kids conference.

In Event Types: Competitive Festivals

Kids Events

Advertising & Promoting To Kids

Begins: September 10, 2001

Returning to New York, the annual Advertising & Promoting To Kids conference (APK) will feature the best line-up of kids experts ever. Speakers from the fields of advertising, promotions, psychology, licensing, retail, research, publishing, consulting and more will motivate, inspire and educate with their knowledge and experience in the kids market. Designed to cover the topics that are most important to the kids marketer, APK will help in the ongoing challenge of reaching kids, tweens and teens. The conference will take place at the Grand Hyatt in New York City.

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Advertising Headline News

Advertising Effectiveness

* Advertising Effectiveness: Thursday, December 13 - Friday, December 14, 2001, Toronto, Ontario Canada.

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Advertising & Promoting To Kids

Advertising & Promoting To Kids: Monday, September 10 - Tuesday, September 11, 2001, New York, New York USA.

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Advertising Events

Mobius Advertising Awards

Begins: February 8, 2001

In its 30th year, the Mobius Advertising Awards are one of the world's top awards for television, radio, print and package design advertising. Films produced, aired or re-introduced in the last twelve months are eligible. Last year's competition saw over 5,000 entries from 36 countries. Entries are voted on by panels in various committees around the U.S. to insure fairness.

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Studios Events

Voicebank.net Demo

Begins: January 24, 2001

Voicebank.net, the first and only company to provide a completely online solution to the voice-over audition process, is holding a demonstration of their service. The event will be held at DB Studios and voicebank.net is inviting advertising and talent agencies, animation houses, casting directors, actors, production houses, sound studios and in-house corporate advertising executives to attend the demo. The presentation will feature a hands-on demonstration of the voicebank.net system and informal discussion of industry trends, a Q&A session and networking.

In Event Types: Exhibits, Animation, New Media

Interactive TV Advertising USA - Revolutionizing The Advertising Industry

Begins: January 18, 2001

Interactive TV Advertising USA - Revolutionizing The Advertising Industry has been set up due to the changing business environment for advertisers in the world of interactive TV. There are a number of ways to incorporate advertising with Interactive TV; this conference focuses on those employed by the U.S. advertising industry as well as drawing on other worldwide case studies.

In Event Types: Seminars / Workshops, New Media, Television

Advertising Headline News

See How Voicebank.net Will Attempt To Change The Industry At Their Upcoming Demo

* Wednesday, January 24 - Thursday, January 25, 2001. Toronto, Canada.

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Awards Headline News

Mobius Advertising Awards Honor The Best In Commercials

* Thursday, February 8, 2001. Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

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See How The Industry Is Changing At Interactive TV Advertising USA

* Thursday, January 18 Friday, January 19, 2001. New York, New York, U.S.A.

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Awards Events

The 15th Annual London International Advertising Awards

Begins: November 13, 2000

The 15th Annual London International Advertising Awards will showcase the best in the world of advertising. The competition takes entries from interactive media, package design, radio, print and television/cinema. This year's jury chairman for the print, radio and television/cinema division will be commercial director Trevor Beattie. The chairman for the interactive jury will be David Streek of Deepend Design. Last year the awards had 17,226 entries from 84 countries.

For more information contact: in New York

In Event Types: Competitive Festivals

Animation Headline News

Renegade Animation Launches Animation Service For Web Ads

Burbank, California-based Renegade Animation, which specializes in producing cel-animated television commercials, has launched a new service to provide cel-style animation for advertising on the Internet. As the service's first job, FMT Advertising, New York, has contracted Renegade to create an animated Internet cartoon series for its client BulkRegister.com. The series, consisting of five 90-second episodes, parodies "dot com" culture, while promoting BulkRegister.com's ability to register large quantities of domain names.

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London International Advertising Awards Puts The Spotlight On Spots

* Monday, November 13, 2000. London, U.K.

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Golden Marble Awards Honors Kid At Heart Advertising

* Thursday, September 14, 2000. New York, New York, U.S.A.

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Advertising Events

New York Festivals' International Print & Radio Advertising Awards

Begins: June 15, 2000

This competition is devoted to the recognition of excellence in print and radio advertising. All achievements marketed, run or distributed after February 1, 1999 are eligible for the competition. Entry fee: $150-200. All winners will be featured on the New York Festivals web site and the top winners in the New York Times and leading newspapers and trade publications in the world.

In Event Types: Competitive Festivals

Advertising Headline News

Mobius Advertising Awards

* Thursday, February 10, 2000. Chicago, Illinois, USA.

The 29th Mobius Advertising Awards is a yearly event recognizing

outstanding television and radio commercials, as well as print advertising

and package designs. The competition is open to television commercials and

campaigns which have been produced, screened or aired in the past 12

months. The animation-related categories include: Animation-Computer,

Animation-Non-Computer, and Animation-Computer & Non-Computer. For more

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World ANIMATIONWorld

New Technology and the Advertising Age

A panel of experts discuss how the introduction of new technology into the advertising world has changed the business of making commercials.

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Schoolhouse Rock creator David McCall dies

David McCall, creator of Schoohouse Rock, died April 18th in a car accidentnear Kukes, Albania, along with his wife, Penny, and RefugeesInternational's European representative Yvette Pierpaoli and the car'sAlbanian driver. The McCalls were en route from Tirana to Kukes, theprimary reception point for Kosovar refugees. They were on a mission forRefugees International, the Washington, D.C.-based organization on whoseboard Mr. and Mrs. McCall served. Part of the mission was to explore

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FANTOCHE is back!

The 3rd edition of Switzerland's largest Animation Film FestivalFANTOCHE will be held from August 31 to September 5 1999.Deadline for the "International Competition" is June 15.

Registration forms will soon be available from the festivaloffice or directly from the website www.fantoche.ch. For furtherinformation as well as details about the supporting members association andoportunities for advertising and sponsoring, please contact the festivaloffice:

FANTOCHEOttikerstr. 53CH - 8006 Zürich

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The New York Festivals issues Call for Entries

The deadline for The New York Festivals is June 1, 1999. The New York Festivals is a competition devolted to the recognition of excellence in Interactive Multimedia.

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Kids ANIMATIONWorld

In the Belly of the Beast: The Advertising to Kids Conference

Buzz Potamkin attended New York City's first serious look at the increasingly complex and important world of taping into the kids' market. He was pleasantly surprised by the insightful panels and discussion. he 1998 Golden Marble Award Winners were announced at the event as well.

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