Agency Creative
In "Dewing It" SHOOT looks at two news spots-"Whale" for Mountain Dew, and "Mascot" for Code Red, a Mountain Dew product. The ads are part of a long tradition of great creative for the soda, and "Whale" is the latest in the decade-old "Do the Dew" campaign.
Cliff Freeman and Partners accurately describes women as hunters when shoe shopping. "Shoe Sale" looks at how the laws of nature are applied to footware for DSW Shoes.
Moths are attracted to the light of the Gameboy Advance SP system in the aptly titled "Moths." "A Bug’s Life" looks at how advertising for the portable video game system has grown up.
Film Commissions
In "Endangered Species" SHOOT talks to production company and trade association executives about the spate of film commissions facing closure due to state budget shortfalls.
Alec Baldwin Urges Judge To Stand By Dismissal Of Involuntary Manslaughter Case In “Rust” Shooting
Alec Baldwin urged a New Mexico judge on Friday to stand by her decision to skuttle his trial and dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie.
State District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case against Baldwin halfway through a trial in July based on the withholding of evidence by police and prosecutors from the defense in the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust."
The charge against Baldwin was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can't be revived once any appeals of the decision are exhausted.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey recently asked the judge to reconsider, arguing that there were insufficient facts and that Baldwin's due process rights had not been violated.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer on "Rust," was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal when it went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer — but not the trigger — and the revolver fired.
The case-ending evidence was ammunition that was brought into the sheriff's office in March by a man who said it could be related to Hutchins' killing. Prosecutors said they deemed the ammunition unrelated and unimportant, while Baldwin's lawyers alleged that they "buried" it and filed a successful motion to dismiss the case.
In her decision to dismiss the Baldwin case, Marlowe Sommer described "egregious discovery violations constituting misconduct" by law enforcement and prosecutors, as well as false testimony about physical evidence by a witness during the trial.
Defense counsel says that prosecutors tried to establish a link... Read More