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The sun never sets on Chelsea Pictures," says company president Steve Wax, likening Chelsea, tongue-in-cheek, to the British empire of…

In 1990, Larry Meistrich and Stephen Carlis opened a small independent film company with $7,000 and a big attitude. The…

While commercial production houses grapple with new advertising forms as they relate to interactive television, the Internet and other media…

Like many people in the commercial production industry, Seth Epstein, spot director and founder of Fuel, Santa Monica, has an…

The top three commercials on SHOOT’s Fall Top Ten spot track chart demonstrate how integral powerful music and sound design…

Contrary to popular belief, the word "bicoastal" was not coined by SHOOT; it appears frequently as a prefix for commercial…

Jeff Koz, creative director/ composer/owner of HUM Music + Sound Design, Santa Monica, is proud to say that Johnny Mathis…

Chances are if you had your TV tuned to Ally McBeal, Everybody Loves Raymond, or even the Weather Channel on…

Though the state sales tax exemption on new equipment purchases made by independent postproduction and visual effects houses in California…

The figures are in. If anything, they are a testament to the fact that the commercial production business is more…