Ronald Ng has been appointed chief creative officer of BBDO/Proximity Singapore. He most recently served as executive VP and executive creative director at BBDO New York. Ng is scheduled to relocate to Singapore in August.
Ng brings to his new role almost 20 years of advertising experience, the last eight of which have been with BBDO. At BBDO New York he was involved with a number of high-profile account wins including Johnson & Johnson Baby and Orbitz. He also worked on Monster.com, Hyatt and the Ad Council.
Prior to joining BBDO New York, Ng was chief creative officer at BBDO/Proximity Malaysia. Under his leadership, the agency produced the world’s most awarded print campaign in 2009 (for Jeep) and was ranked #15 in the world in The Gunn Report for creativity.
Danny Searle, current chairman and chief creative officer of BBDO/Proximity Singapore, will remain as chairman of the office, but will take on the additional role of vice chairman of BBDO Asia. Searle will work across regional clients in developing cross border creative work. Searle, who has been in Singapore since 2007, has been responsible for several new business wins in Singapore and beyond, and is directly responsible for the creative output of various BBDO regional clients.
“Se7en” Turns 30, Gets A Special Restoration From David Fincher For Its Re-Release
For David Fincher, seeing “Se7en” in 4K was an experience he can only describe as harrowing. That or a high school reunion.
“There are definitely moments that you go, ‘What was I thinking?’ Or ‘Why did I let this person have that hairdo’?” Fincher said in a recent interview with The Associated Press.
He’s OK with the film being a product of its time in most respects. But some things just could not stand in high-definition resolution.
“It was a little decrepit, to be honest,” said Fincher. “We needed to resuscitate it. There are things you can see in 4K HDR that you cannot see on a film print.”
Ever the perfectionist, he and a team got to work on a new restoration of the film for its 30th anniversary re-release. This weekend the restored “Se7en” will play on IMAX screens for the first time in the U.S. and Canada, and on Jan. 7, the 4K UHD home video version will be available as well.
The dark crime thriller written by Andrew Kevin Walker and starring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman as a pair of detectives looking for a serial killer was somewhat of a career-reviver for Fincher, whose directorial debut “Alien 3” had not gone well. “Se7en” was not a sure thing: It was made for only $34 million (and only got that when Fincher managed to persuade studio execs to give up $3 million more). But it went on to earn more than $327 million, not accounting for inflation, and continues to influence the genre.
Fincher has over the years overseen several restorations of the film (including one for laser disc) but decided this needed to be the last. It’s why he insisted on an 8K scan that they could derive the 4K from. He wanted to ensure that it wouldn’t have to be repeated when screens get more... Read More