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www.SHOOTonline.com August/September, 2015 $7.00 John Slattery on Mad Men, God’s Pocket 4 Photo by Paul Schiraldi/HBO Paul by Photo Digital Workflow Solutions 16 The Road To Emmy Top Ten Boardwalk Empire, The Missing, The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, Tracks 22 Director Tim Van Patten at the center of Boardwalk Empire. 4 Mike & Molly, The Millers, Black Sails 14 2015 Mid-Year Report Card Direct From Industry Leaders 6 Including (l to r) David Angelo of David&Goliath, Patty Brebner of W+K, Rupert Samuel of CP+B, and Skyler Mattson of WongDoody, and many more. Top Ten Visual Effects & Animation Chart 24 Perspectives The Leading Publication For Commercial, Branded Content & Entertainment Production August 14, 2015 By Robert Goldrich Volume 56 • Number 4 spot.com.mentary www.SHOOTonline.com EDITORIAL Publisher & Editorial Director What’s Next? Roberta Griefer 203.227.1699 ext. 13 [email protected] Editor The answer to the see what fresh and new idea or different ample P&G/Always’ “#LikeAGirl” ini- Robert Goldrich 323.445.6818 [email protected] perennial question take on an existing idea will resonate tiative which won a pair of Next Awards, “What’s next?” is much with target audiences and the public taking the negative “like a girl” stereo- ADVERTISING Digital & Print Rates & Information sought after with sev- at large. But the other meaning of Next type (you run “like a girl,” throw “like a [email protected] eral respondents offering their prognos- has to do with what’s next door to us, girl”) and turning it into an empowering 203.227.1699 ext. 13 www.shootonline.com/go/advertise tications this week in SHOOT’s Mid-year what resides close to us that we can re- movement celebrating the strength and Advertising Production Report Card Survey. late to and value. 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This creates time reacting to the temp and navigat- Composer & producer Anthony Mari- a ripple effect as the project progresses. ing around complications like potential nelli heads up L.A.-based Music Forever. August 14, 2015 SHOOT 3 CHAT ROOM John Slattery Lauded actor shows directorial chops with 5 episodes of Mad Men, feature helming debut God’s Pocket John Slattery’s involvement in the advertising business now ex- company to Park Pictures. Slattery is a long-time friend of Park tends beyond his brilliant portrayal of NYC agency founder/ex- Pictures’ co-founder/exec producer Jackie Kelman Bisbee, fea- ecutive Roger Sterling, Jr., in Mad Men. Slattery is venturing out to ture division head Sam Bisbee, and director Lance Acord, a Park become a real-world member of the ad community, joining Park Pictures co-founder. Park and Slattery have experience working Pictures’ directorial roster for commercials and branded content. together in the ad arena back when the actor served as spokes- A four-time Emmy nominee for his acting on Mad Men, Slat- person for the Lincoln Motor Co. Acord directed Lincoln spots tery also began his directing career on the acclaimed AMC series, featuring Slattery and produced by Park Pictures. helming five episodes. He also diversified into feature directing Given his comfort level with and trust in the Park ensemble, with God’s Pocket which premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Slattery brought the script for God’s Pocket to the company and Festival, earning a Grand Jury Prize nomination. Slattery co-wrote eventually the film came to fruition. Director Acord, who’s also the screenplay for the film with a cast that included John Turtur- an accomplished DP (Being John Malkovich, Lost In Translation), ro, Richard Jenkins, Christina Hendricks, and marked one of the lensed God’s Pocket for director Slattery. final screen performances by the late Philip Seymour Hoffman.