11 Dollar Bill (11DB), a full-service, award-winning postproduction company based in Chicago, has recently opened shop in Boulder, Colorado. Boasting full offline and online editorial, 4k color, high-end visual effects, motion graphics, 3D animation and VR/AR capabilities, 11DB is already partnering with brands, agencies and production companies throughout the region and beyond.
The new office is one block off Pearl Street in downtown Boulder and sits in the shadows of the beautiful Flatirons. Partner and CCO Christian Robins and managing director Lisa Effress oversee the facility.
“We feel perfectly at home in the creative culture of Boulder, and the geography allows us to service an entire swath of the U.S. that we’re guessing just might be craving an escape from the major cities for a few days or weeks to work on a project,” said Robins.
Robins has been part of the core team at 11 Dollar Bill for 16 years and recently relocated to Boulder from Chicago. He personally offers skills in design, editorial, motion graphics and creative consultation and is backed by a versatile team of locals and Chicagoans to serve any postproduction need.
Effress is a highly accomplished former agency executive producer whose experience extends to shops such as Crispin Porter + Bogusky, TBWAChiatDay, Agency Inside at Intel Corporation, and Peterson Milla Hooks. She is best known for producing work for brands such as Gatorade, GAP, Visa, Target, Windows Phone, Hulu, The Climate Reality Project and Microsoft. She is also co-founder of the branded content engine F. Yeah & Associates in Boulder.
“Creating content in the digital age is a challenge that requires new ways of thinking and understanding the many forms that content can take—and all that it can do. Our job is to be as much a part of the creative process from beginning to end as partners can imagine, and to offer a wide range of innovative solutions to make ideas reality,” explained Effress. “Brands need fresh, relevant content now more than ever before, and we are here to help them fill that pipeline in the most compelling ways possible.”
Christmas TV movies are in their Taylor Swift era, with 2 Swift-inspired films airing this season
Two new Christmas TV movies have a Taylor Swift connection that her fans would have no problem decoding.
"Christmas in the Spotlight" debuts Saturday on Lifetime. It stars Jessica Lord as the world's biggest pop star and Laith Wallschleger as a pro football player, who meet and fall in love — not unlike Swift and her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.
"It's clearly inspired by Taylor and Travis, but I don't know them and I don't know what is going on behind the scenes. I only know what's been put out there," said Eirene Tran Donohue, a longtime, devoted fan who jumped at the opportunity to write a script even loosely based on her favorite musician.
She was inspired by the couple's support of each other's accomplishments, particularly Kelce's ease with dating the star despite the glare of the spotlight, adding, "I love the way that he celebrates her."
Tran Donohue wants fellow Swift fans to know she wrote the script with them in mind.
"There are so many Easter eggs," she said of little details added that a Swift fan would pick up on. "I put in as many as I could."
Then, on Nov. 30, Hallmark will air "Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story." Instead of a nod to Swift, it's an ode to family traditions and bonding, like rooting for a sports team. Hallmark's headquarters is also in Kansas City, so it makes sense why the company chose the Chiefs to be highlighted.
In this story, written by Julie Sherman Wolfe, sparks fly when a new employee for the Chiefs organization (Tyler Hynes) meets a woman — played by Hunter King — whose family's dedication to the team goes back generations.
Sherman Wolfe, a San Francisco 49ers fan, said she got the call a week after Super Bowl LVIII, when the Chiefs... Read More