Deploying her signature style of animation using colored salt manipulated on a black canvas by a condor feather, director Aleksandra Korejwo of Acme Filmworks, Hollywood, has wrapped “Musical Journey,” one of four spots in a campaign promoting the Chickasaw Nation’s Riverwind Casino in Norman, Okla., out of agency Ackerman McQueen, Dallas.
We see a female singer give way to an image of a guitar player, the heart and spade suits of playing cars, and a procession of musicians on their instruments, ranging from a drummer to a saxophonist to a guitarist. Each spot in the campaign mixes varied animated elements depicting icons of the gaming/casino world–music, playing cards, and in some cases, poker chips, slot machines and cocktails. This array of uniquely animated colored sand images then conclude with the appearance of a logo for the Riverwind Casino, accompanied by the slogan, “Be Swept Away,” a most appropriate motto from a production standpoint in that it also applies to the sand being swept around, morphing from one image to the next.
Korejwo’s support team at Acme included executive producer Ron Diamond, co-exec producer Gwynn Adik, producer Pernille D’Avolio, production manager Lita E.R. O”Donnell, head of digital operations Michael O’Donnell and lead compositor Scott Coleman.
The Ackerman McQueen creative ensemble consisted of chief creative officer David Lipson, senior art director Rob Neatherlin, senior producer Tom Twomey and producer Magen Fuller.
Acme’s George Khair was offline editor/post supervisor. Audio mixer/sound designer was Jason Bushore of Ackerman McQueen’s Oklahoma City office. Music arranger/composer was Todd Gauthreaux of Ackerman McQueen, Dallas.
Supreme Court Seems Likely To Uphold A Law That Could Force TikTok To Shut Down On Jan. 19
The Supreme Court on Friday seemed likely to uphold a law that would ban TikTok in the United States beginning Jan. 19 unless the popular social media program is sold by its China-based parent company.
Hearing arguments in a momentous clash of free speech and national security concerns, the justices seemed persuaded by arguments that the national security threat posed by the company's connections to China override concerns about restricting the speech either of TikTok or its 170 million users in the United States.
Early in arguments that lasted more than two and a half hours, Chief Justice John Roberts identified his main concern: TikTok's ownership by China-based ByteDance and the parent company's requirement to cooperate with the Chinese government's intelligence operations.
If left in place, the law passed by bipartisan majorities in Congress and signed by President Joe Biden in April will require TikTok to "go dark" on Jan. 19, lawyer Noel Francisco told the justices on behalf of TikTok.
At the very least, Francisco urged, the justices should enter a temporary pause that would allow TikTok to keep operating. "We might be in a different world again" after President-elect Donald Trump takes office on Jan. 20. Trump, who has 14.7 million followers on TikTok, also has called for the deadline to be pushed back to give him time to negotiate a "political resolution." Francisco served as Trump's solicitor general in his first presidential term.
But it was not clear whether any justices would choose such a course. And only Justice Neil Gorsuch sounded like he would side with TikTok to find that the ban violates the Constitution.
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