Droga5 earned Agency of the Year distinction and Somesuch was named the top production company at CICLOPE Festival 2019, which concluded on Friday (11/8) in Berlin. Droga5’s work for The New York Times’ “The Truth Is Worth It” campaign scored two of the six Grand Prix honors–specifically for the spots “Perseverance” and “Fearlessness (ISIS),” both directed by Martin+Lindsay of production house Furlined.
The four other Grand Prix honorees at CICLOPE, the international conference and award show dedicated to craft in moving image, were: The National’s “I Am Easy To Find” directed by Mike Mills, produced by MJZ; HECATE’s “What Happened?” helmed by Yukihoro Shoda, produced by CONNECTION + Soda! Communications; the short film The Walking Fish directed by Thessa Meijer, produced by HALAL; and Essity’s “Viva La Vulva” directed by Kim Gehrig of Somesuch for AMV BBDO, London.
While Somesuch garnered the Production Company of the Year mantle, Gehrig won for the year’s best director.
Electric Theatre Collective was named VFX Company of the Year. Work Editorial was recognized as Editing Company of the Year, Wave Studios as Sound Company of the Year, and Soundtree Music as Music Company of the Year.
For a full rundown of CICLOPE 2019 winners, click here.
SCHROM x Yacht Club and Be Electric Studios Launch Electric XR for Virtual Production
SCHROM x Yacht Club, a full-service live-action, tabletop, and postproduction company, has teamed with Be Electric Studios, a soundstage, equipment rental, and virtual production company, to launch Electric XR, a virtual production collective.
Industry veteran Thomas Rossano will lead the new venture, which provides advanced virtual production solutions across multiple facilities. He brings over 25 years of experience in live-action, tabletop, postproduction and talent curation to enhance Electric XRโs offerings as a resource for brands and agencies, as well as other production companies in need of virtual production solutions. Additionally Rossano continues to serve as EP at XR New York (XR-NY), a role heโs held since December 2022. SCHROM x Yacht Club originally established XR-NY to help provide XR services for third-party rentals. While XR-NY will continue to function independently for SCHROM X Yacht Club, it now operates under the Electric XR umbrella.
Rossanoโs expertise spans producing live-action commercials, branded content, interactive and experiential content. In addition to leading Electric XR, he holds responsibilities at SCHROM x Yacht Club which include driving business development, collaborating with sales reps and expanding the companyโs creative talent network. Rossanoโs career includes serving as an exec producer at Hungry Man for about 11 years, right from that companyโs inception. He then went on to become a partner at Station Film where he also had a lengthy tenure. Later he was a partner at PRISM. Then after the pandemic hit, he became a freelance EP for nearly two years, looking into opportunities in virtual production, which led him to XR NY and now Electric XR. Over the years, he has produced high-profile... Read More