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    Directors Issue, Spring 2006

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    Profiles, Up-And-Comers, Cinematography

    By Robert Goldrich

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    Welcome to SHOOT’s spring Directors Series, featuring profiles of helmers who’ve made an impact on advertising, and a look at promising new talent. Our accompanying Cinematographers Series offers DP feedback on “hybrid filmmaking” and issues related to new technology.
        The directorial profiles encompass a wide range. For example, on one hand there’s Craig Gillespie of MJZ who recently won the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Award for best commercial director of 2005. He garnered the honor for the first time in his career after three nominations. Meanwhile, also profiled is Harry Cocciolo, who was part of our up-and-coming directorial mix last year as a longstanding agency creative making the transition to full-time director. Since joining Tool of North America in ’05, Cocciolo has assembled a diverse reel that now makes him worthy of an individual profile.
        In our “Fab Five” story on emerging directors, the aforementioned Gillespie also indirectly figures into the equation. Adam Goldstein, a former writer colleague of agency art director Gillespie years ago, now hopes to emulate Gillespie’s successful career path to mainstay director. Goldstein, who exited his senior creative director/copywriter post at BBDO New York earlier this year, has joined RSA Films’ directorial roster.
        And keep in mind that the scope of this Directors Series goes beyond the pages in this section. Just cast an eye to our “The Best Work You May Never See” gallery; it was there, for instance, that we first reported on the emergence of Cocciolo. This week the “Best Work” lead entry is a Mountain Dew spec spot, “Foley,” directed by Zack Resnicoff and J.C. Khoury, a.k.a. Zack & J.C. This young team could very well make the grade for inclusion in our next Directors Series–or for that matter, our upcoming, annual New Directors Showcase. This issue, our Showcase event, and every edition of SHOOT reflect our year-round commitment to provide exposure for deserving talent. “Foley” and other work will be available to view in the ScreenWork section of www.shootonline.com and in the pdf version of this issue, beginning Friday afternoon, March 24. So enjoy the issue.


    Robert Goldrich, Editor
    rgoldrich@shootonline.com

    Category:Features



    Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance

    Saturday, November 23, 2024

    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."

    It's the latest move by regulators on both sides of the Atlantic to crack down on the... Read More

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