Viewpoints
Cutters Editor Tim LoDolce and CDs Katie Bero and Brian Culp on the Art of Landing the Joke
First off, they all agree on a few things: The essence of good comedy is often in the writing, but it comes together in the edit. Action films rule. And Arnold Schwarzenegger is the nicest guy you could ever imagine. Th…
Viewpoints
BANDIT EDIT's Laura Relovsky on Navigating Constant Change
If BANDIT’s Laura Relovsky had one of those theme songs that baseball players get when they step to the plate, it might be David Bowie’s ‘Changes.’ That’s because, during the course of her career, she’s seen plenty. From…
Viewpoints
For Andrew Hutcheson of Voyager, Every Picture Tells a BTS Story
Production company EPs and producers all seem to share one thing: long lists of places where they’ve travelled to shoot. From far off lands to nearby ‘burbs, they’ve been everywhere, either on tech or location scouts or…
Music & Sound
25 Years On, Endless Noise’s Jeff Elmassian Recalls Nike’s “Freestyle”
Quick, name your favorite Nike commercial. Hard to do, ain’t it? For over a quarter century, Nike’s ads have both set the bar for creative and executional brilliance while setting tongues wagging across water coolers, ba…
Post Production
More Than Just a New Tool in the Toolkit: VFX Executives Take Stock of AI’s Impact
With the promise to speed up cumbersome processes, AI technology still demands the skill, taste and experience of trained artists to reach its full potential. …
Production
Crafting a Cute, Unsettling World with DROOL’s Freddie Powell and NOT TO SCALE’s Luca&Sinem for OLIPOP
Recently, creative agency Callen recruited the likes of DROOL director Freddie Powell and NOT TO SCALE animating duo Luca&Sinem to capture a lively, thoroughly choreographed and perhaps slightly uncomfortable world of pr…
General News
Coinbase, MJZ, Ethos Snag Cannes Lions Film Craft Grand Prix
Two days into the festival, Cannes Lions 2026 has announced that Coinbase's "Your Way Out" has won its Grand Prix honors in the Film Craft category. For this ad, Coinbase tapped agency creatives at Isle of Any, who recru…