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    Michael Downing

    Michael Downing

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    Michael Downing

    Loyola Marymount University “Static Cling”

    Agency: Ignited Minds, Marina del Rey, Calif.

    Production: harvest

    DP: John Zilles

    Editorial: Chrome, Santa Monica

    Editor: Adam Parker

    Bud Light “Sky Diver”

    Agency: DDB Chicago

    Production: harvest, Santa Monica

    DP: John Schwartzman

    Editorial: The Whitehouse, London, New York, Chicago, and Santa Monica

    Editor: Grant Gustafson

    Affiliation: harvest, Santa Monica

    How did you get into directing? As a child I use to make up elaborate games with my friends and assign each one of them a role. I would determine the direction of the game and how each character developed. I guess I was a bossy little kid. That led right to AFI.

    Why do you want to direct commercials? I love smart ideas and being challenged to tell these stories in a skillful way. It’s a great medium and I love the opportunity to strive towards communicating in smart ways.

    What’s your most recent spot project? SBC out of GSDM, Austin, Texas; Ace Hardware, out of Goodby, Silverstein & Partners; Compass Bank out of Crispin Porter + Bogusky.

    Do you have plans to work in other areas–e.g. shorts films or features or TV? Have you ever done any of that in the past? I have a feature in development now. Fine, my AFI thesis short, won a student Academy Award.

    What do you think is the best part about being a director? Creating those “magic moments” on set and seeing it all come together.

    What’s the worst part? Not creating “magic moments” and having your spot get away from you in the edit.

    Who is (are) your mentor(s)? Joe Pytka

     

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    Saturday, November 23, 2024

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    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.

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    Apple said it disagreed with the findings and said it was concerned that the recommendations would undermine user privacy and security.

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