An adorable singing shark becomes the darling of a seaside community until bad guys plot to capture it and put it on display in “Shark Song,” the feel-good story that takes place in a little town called Amity. And the sweet, affectionate trailer for this fictional film, created by assistant editor Caleb Hepler of The Whitehouse, Chicago, won the top prize at AICE Chicago’s Camp Kuleshov trailer editing competition. The winners were announced at a party and awards show held at the Volcano Room of the Bottom Lounge on West Lake Street last week.
The assignment for the competition, now in its 10th year in the AICE Chicago chapter, was to select either one or any combination of the films Jaws, Lost in Translation and What About Bob and cut a 90-second trailer for an original new film, be it a mashup or of a new genre. Hepler’s take on Steven Spielberg’s 1975 classic Jaws swayed the jury. For his efforts, the assistant editor won an Avid Media Composer 5. In addition, he will be flown to Los Angeles to attend the 2012 AICE Awards Show.
First Runner Up honors went to Michael Lippert, an assistant editor at Cutters, who mashed up all three films for “Learning to Stand.” In this frightening drama, Bill Murray plays a creature who takes human form while on land but becomes a shark whenever he’s in the water. Lippert won a Pro Tools 9 audio system.
Second Runner Up honors went to assistant editor Aaron Porzel of Optimus, whose campy “Were-Shark” combines Jaws and What About Bob to tell the story of a shark that’s terrorizing a summer camp, conveyed in the style of a schlocky, black & white 1950s-era horror film. Porzel’s prize was pair of M-Audio Studiophile Q40 headphones.
All prizes for the Chicago Camp Kuleshov winners were provided by Avid.
Honorable Mentions went to two assistants at Optimus: Max Holste for “Siggy Marvin and the Summer of the Shark” and Lucy Radtke for “This Is Water.”
The Chicago Camp Kuleshov competition also has a division called Tent City, which is open to anyone employed at an AICE member company who’s not an assistant editor. The Grand Prize in this category went to Tiffany Dotson, an intern at Hootenanny, for “Faded Intent,” her re-casting of Lost in Translation as a psychological thriller in which Bill Murray plays an assassin and Scarlett Johansson his intended target. Dotson won a $50 Amazon gift card for her efforts.
Honorable Mentions in the Tent City category went to Optimus’ Marco Rosas for “The Ungiven Chance” and Max Mooney for “Bob Van Winkle,” and to Angelica Carlson of The Colonie for “Escape to Tokyo.”
The judges for the Camp Kuleshov Chicago competition included Brian Gannon of the Whitehouse, Sean Berringer of Beast, Laura Madalinski of Red Car, Keith Kristinat of Utopic, Randy Palmer of Optimus, Adam Purcell of The Colonie, Matthew Hane of Daily Planet, Chris Hafner of Cutters and Jerem Sloan of Hootenanny.
To view all the winners of the 2011 Chicago Camp Kuleshov competition, check out its page on the AICE web site here.
Britt Nolan Named CCO For McCann Worldgroup, North America
Britt Nolan has been hired as chief creative officer at McCann Worldgroup, North America. He will report to Javier Campopiano, global chief creative officer of McCann Worldgroup and McCann.
Nolan will work directly with the network’s creative leadership in the U.S. and Canada to lead the development of ideas that solve clients’ business challenges, guided by the creativity of the network’s founding philosophy of “Truth Well Told.” Key to this effort will be fostering collaboration across capabilities and agencies, leveraging the network’s talent and expertise in strategy, design, commerce, branding and production to bring its best-in-class offerings to bear for each client.
“Britt is without a doubt a leader and a point of reference for excellence in our industry,” said Campopiano. “He has led some of North America’s very best work in recent years with incredible range--creating eye-catching, smart, authentic, and funny ways of connecting brands with people. He has a rare track record of success across both creative and business, with a unique understanding of how they power each other. And most importantly, we share a common belief that brand-building is right now more important than it ever was, and the only way to do it is through radical creativity based on human truths. He embodies the very essence of our Truth Well Told philosophy.”
Most recently president and chief creative officer of Leo Burnett Chicago, Nolan comes to McCann Worldgroup with a track record of creative achievement and business impact, both for his clients and the agencies at which he’s worked. Over the years, his work has won Grand Prix or Best in Show at every major international award show, including over 50 Cannes Lions, as well as recognition... Read More