California’s fiscal crunch has resulted in the closing of certain state government services and agencies for designated days during the course of each month–and the film industry has not escaped the cutbacks. For example, starting last month and continuing through June 2010, the California Film Commission is slated to be closed the first, second and third Fridays (a.k.a. furlough Fridays) of each month. Due to the shortened work schedule, all film permit applications must be submitted four business days prior to the first prep/shoot day. For road closures a meeting is required at least 12 business days in advance of a prep/shoot….Paranoid US, based in Los Angeles, has signed the French directorial collective, AB/CD/CD (Arnaud Boutin, Camille Dauteuille and Clement Dozier), whose work spans commercials, music videos, shorts, media for theaters and even a video installation. Among the directing collective’s recent credits is a music video for Lily Allen…Los Angeles-based independent advertising agency David&Goliath has hired Howard Herrarte, formerly of Hill Holliday, New York, as senior art director, and copywriters Greg Szmurlo, who had been at Cutwater, San Francisco, and Noah Phillips, previously with Barkley in Kansas City, Mo….Peter Jennings has been named director of photography at independent digital production studio thelab, which is based in New York with an office in Los Angeles….Editor Marc Stone has joined Dallas house 3008. Stone comes over to 3008 after eight years at N20, Dallas, where he cut for such brands as Red Lobster, The Home Depot, Corona, Nissan, BC Powder, Farmer’s Insurance, National Pork Board, and the Salvation Army….
Director Cassandra Brooksbank Joins Monument Content For Spots and Branded Content
Monument Content has signed director Cassandra “Cassie” Brooksbank for U.S. representation spanning commercials and branded content. She brings to her directing and storytelling the experience and skills of a writer, conceptual artist, editor and visual effects artist.
Her body of work as a director includes Pepsi’s “Selfie” featuring Lionel Messi amid a flurry of fans, Barclays madcap women’s Soccer League spot where she collaborated closely with the agency to develop the creative, ultimately winning the Grand Jury Prize at the Sports Industry Awards, and a grass-roots campaign for Fellow Coffee. The latter just didn’t brew buzz; it helped raise $1.2 million on Kickstarter.
Prior to joining Monument Content, Brooksbank had been repped in the U.S. for commercials by production house Hey Wonderful.
On the long-form front, she is repped by CAA for film and television. And on the horizon is her debut feature, My Masterpiece, produced by Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions and backed by Amazon.
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