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www.SHOOTonline.com August/September 2016 Chat Room: John Leverence 6 VR & AR 18 DGA of Wise/courtesy Howard by Photo (From top left clockwise) DP James Hawkinson (l) and actress Alexa Davalos in The Man In The High Castle (photo courtesy of Amazon); Actor Jonathan Pryce (l) and director Jack Bender on location for Game of Thrones (photo courtesy of HBO); Claire Danes in Homeland (photo by Stephan Rabold/courtesy of Showtime). Top Ten Tracks 22 The Road To Emmy Part 14 Insights Into Game of Thrones, Homeland, The Night Manager, The Man In The High Castle, Black Sails 4 4 2016 Mid-Year Industry Report Card 8 (L-r) Andy Clarke of Publicis NY; Stacy McClain of Camp + King; Dave Damman of Grupo Gallegos; and Libby Brockhoff of Odysseus Arms Visual Effects & Animation Top Ten Chart 24 The world’s fastest video editing and color correction software! 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The latter helped to of those brands to accomplish something [email protected] Deutsch North America, during the AICP create a community for elderly women in positive for society at large. 203.227.1699 ext. 13 www.shootonline.com/go/advertise Show Road Tour in L.A. last month as part Romania, which had them socializing with Even the Next Virtual Reality category Advertising Production of a roundtable discussion in which AICP and cooking homemade meals for young saw two of its three honorees tied to social Gerald Giannone [email protected] Next judges talked about the honored people, thus breaking the loneliness and impact: Clinton Global Initiative’s “Inside 203.227.1699 ext. 12 work and trends in the industry. isolation experienced by many seniors. Impact: East Africa” and The New York OFFICES Binch, who served Main Office 256 Post Road East #206 as this year’s AICP Standing for something, doing good, being involved in a Westport, CT 06880 USA Next Website Jury 203.227.1699 Fax: 203.227.2787 positive cause have become necessary currency for brands. president, picked up West 323.445.6818 on an observation by fellow panelist Kirk And per the “OptOutside” initiative, REI Times’ “The Displaced.” Circulation Souder, co-founder of enso and president closed its retail stores on Black Friday so The latter also further punctuated 203.227.1699 ext 12 [email protected] of the Next Cause Marketing jury. Souder that their employees and customers could Binch and Souder’s social impact conten- Editorial Production Manager/Custom Reprints Michael Morgera noted that causal marketing was hardly instead enjoy the great outdoors, spending tion, winning the Most Next Award sig- 203.227.1699 ext. 11 [email protected] confined to the category he presided over the time around Thanksgiving to be with nifying best in show. The Displaced tells SHOOT Publicity Wire 203.227.1699 ext12 [email protected] as a judge. He related that six or seven of family and friends. the story of three children--from Syria, the Next categories had honored work that Standing for something, doing good, Ukraine and Sudan--who are refugees as a © 2016 DCA Business Media LLC. All rights reserved. took a social impact stand. He said that being proactively involved in a positive result of war and persecution. Vrse.works SHOOT and SHOOTonline are registered U.S. trademarks. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any marketing for a positive impact was evi- cause have become necessary currency (now called Here Be Dragons) partnered retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, dent, for example, in the Next Integrated for brands in order to connect with people. with the The New York Times and Google electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Campaign category with winners such as Souder conjectured that Next’s Cause to launch NYTVR with the VR film. Print Issues Subscription Service [email protected] POV By Kevin Shuster SHOOT (ISSN# 1055-9825) printed edition is published bimonthly for members by DCA Business Media LLC, 256 Post Road East, #206, Westport, CT 06880. Printed periodicals postage paid at Westport, CT and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to SHOOT, P.O. Box 184, Lowell, MA 01853 Booked a VR Acting Gig? 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