Art & Copy, a documentary film about the creative revolution in advertising, was awarded an Emmy by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, for Outstanding Arts and Culture Programming earlier this week (9/26) in New York. Produced by The One Club and directed by Doug Pray, the film aired on PBS’ Independent Lens series this past year and was an official selection at the Sundance Festival in 2009. Pray directs commercials and branded content via Oil Factory Films.
Art & Copy reveals the behind-the-scenes stories from some of the most influential advertising creatives of our time–people who’ve profoundly impacted our culture, yet are virtually unknown outside their industry. Starting with the Creative Revolution of the 1960s, the film features some of advertising’s real “Mad Men” and women including Phyllis Robinson, who was one of the legendary Bill Bernbach’s first hires, George Lois, Mary Wells and Hal Riney. The film also spotlights modern-day revolutionaries such as Dan Wieden, Lee Clow, Hal Riney and Jeff Goodby, who created some of the most memorable work of our time with “Just Do It,” “Think Different” “Bartles and Jaymes” and “got milk?, respectively. All of the creatives appearing in the documentary are members of The One Club’s Creative Hall of Fame.
“Art & Copy captures the magic of creative thinkers and their impact on American culture and lifestyle,” said Mary Warlick, CEO of The One Club and executive producer of the film. “From the time we were given permission to ‘Think Small’ in the ’60s to being told to get off the couch and ‘Just Do It’ in the ’90s, it is an exciting look at how ideas and advertising affect all of us.”
The original concept for the film came from producers Kirk Souder, Michael Nadeau and Jimmy Greenway. Peter Nelson served as DP and David Baldwin was also an executive producer.
Art & Copy is available on DVD at PBS.org and on iTunes.
The film has been screened at a variety of venues, including at SHOOT‘s 50th Anniversary Party last December at Raleigh Studios in Los Angeles.
Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance
Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers, a British watchdog said Friday in a report that recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year.
The Competition and Markets Authority took aim at Apple, saying the iPhone maker's tactics hold back innovation by stopping rivals from giving users new features like faster webpage loading. Apple does this by restricting progressive web apps, which don't need to be downloaded from an app store and aren't subject to app store commissions, the report said.
"This technology is not able to fully take off on iOS devices," the watchdog said in a provisional report on its investigation into mobile browsers that it opened after an initial study concluded that Apple and Google effectively have a chokehold on "mobile ecosystems."
The CMA's report also found that Apple and Google manipulate the choices given to mobile phone users to make their own browsers "the clearest or easiest option."
And it said that the a revenue-sharing deal between the two U.S. Big Tech companies "significantly reduces their financial incentives" to compete in mobile browsers on Apple's iOS operating system for iPhones.
Both companies said they will "engage constructively" with the CMA.
Apple said it disagreed with the findings and said it was concerned that the recommendations would undermine user privacy and security.
Google said the openness of its Android mobile operating system "has helped to expand choice, reduce prices and democratize access to smartphones and apps" and that it's "committed to open platforms that empower consumers."
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