Philadelphia-based indie creative agency Red Tettemer O’Connell + Partners has appointed Ryan Scott as its first West Coast VP, group creative director. Scott will report directly to agency partners Steve Red (president and CCO) and Steve O’Connell (executive creative director). Scott will be responsible for leading the creative department for the West Coast office and working with clients such as Planet Fitness, Under Armour, Wellen Surf and Coty Brands. Scott joins the agency from Deutsch LA, where he was associate creative director before being promoted to creative director, working on Volkswagen, Snapple, Dr Pepper and Dr Pepper TEN. During this time, Scott contributed to multiple award-winning efforts including Volkswagen’s “Rocketman,” and “Feeling Carefree.” Prior to Deutsch, Scott was sr. copywriter at WONGDOODY LA, working with Full Tilt Poker, Health Net, and Autodesk. Before that, Scott was copywriter at DDB, Los Angeles, working on brands including Epson, Wells Fargo and Activision. He began his career at TBWA/Chiat/Day in Los Angeles after attending the The Portfolio Center in Atlanta…Director Dean Karr has signed with Mirror Films for commercials and related media. He comes to his new roost along with long-time producer/partner Arthur Gorson. Karr’s spot credits span such clients as Trident Gum (Saatchi & Saatchi), LG Phones (Alcone), Busch Gardens/Sea World Entertainment (Momentum), Palms Hotels (S+K Group), Mazda (Foote, Cone & Belding), Woolrich (Siquis, Ltd.), Mortal Kombat (DDB Needham), and eight annual campaigns for Universal Studios and Coca Cola’s “Halloween Horror Nights” (David & Goliath Agency). Karr’s music video endeavors include such artist as Marilyn Manson, Evanescence, Lisa Marie Presley, The Dave Matthews Band, X-Japan, Stevie Nicks, Willie Nelson, Velvet Revolver, Damian Marley, Ozzy Osbourne, Cypress Hill,Tommy Lee, Everlast, Dr. Dre, Queens of the Stone Age, Godsmack, and Iron Maiden….Carbon VFX has brought Marlo Baird Kinsey on board as executive producer in Los Angeles. She will oversee all aspects of production in Carbon’s L.A. office, including bidding for visual effects, CG, motion graphics, color correction and finishing. Previous to Carbon she worked as a freelance producer, independently spearheading projects for a number of visual effects studios, production companies, TV networks and editorial collectives….
Steven Soderbergh Has A Multi-Faceted “Presence” In His Latest Film
Steven Soderbergh isn't just the director and cinematographer of his latest film. He's also, in a way, its central character.
"Presence" is filmed entirely from the POV of a ghost inside a home a family has just moved into. Soderbergh, who serves as his own cinematographer under the pseudonym Peter Andrews (his father's name), essentially performs as the presence, a floating point-of-view that watches as the violence that killed the mysterious ghost threatens to be repeated.
For even the prolific Soderbergh, the film, which opens Friday in theaters, was a unique challenge. He shot "Presence" with a small digital camera while wearing slippers to soften his steps.
The 62-year-old filmmaker recently met a reporter in a midtown Manhattan hotel in between finishing post-production on his other upcoming movie ("Black Bag," a thriller Focus Features will release March 14) and beginning production in a few weeks on his next project, a romantic comedy that he says "feels like a George Cukor movie."
Soderbergh, whose films include "Out of Sight," the "Ocean's 11" movies, "Magic Mike" and "Erin Brockovich," tends to do a lot in small windows of time. "Presence" took 11 days to film.
That dexterous proficiency has made the ever-experimenting Soderbergh one of Hollywood's most widely respected evaluators of the movie business. In a wide-ranging conversation, he discussed why he thinks streaming is the most destructive force the movies have ever faced and why he's "the cockroach of this industry."
Q: You use pseudonyms for yourself as a cinematographer and editor. Were you tempted to credit yourself as an actor for "Presence"?
SODERBERGH: No, but what I did is subtle. For the first and... Read More