In The Cannes

Off to Cannes? Barely prepped?

Fear not, as The Reel provide their handy Top 3’s (in no particular order) of the festival. Follow these to the letter and you’re trip will be a smooth as titanium. You might even bump in to us too! Hooray!!

TOP 3 TROPHY TIPS

Comcast - Rabbit

Smart idea, clever execution and flash visuals. This one’s going home with something.

Philips - Carousel

Brilliantly made filmic spot that speaks directly to its intended audience.

Diesel XXX - SFW

Call us juvenile if you want, but we have never been forwarded a viral by so many people.

TOP 3 EVENTS

The Saatchi&Saatchi New Directors Showcase
Thursday 25 June
12:00 - 13:30
Grand Audi

Want to know who'll be directing the big ads in 2010? Want to check out the new Cunningham/Gondry/Ledwidge before the rest of the pack? Check out The Reel’s Ones To Watch … or go to this marvellous showcase constructed by the in-the-know folk of Saatchis.

Straight8 Screening
Friday 26th June
11:00 – 12:45
Star Cinema, 98 Rue D’Antibes
www.straight8.net

You all know the format (and if you don’t – get involved). One super 8mm cartridge. No editing. This screening contains the pieces chosen for the Cannes Film Festival debut and The Best Of An Ad Bunch, a collection of entries from adland folk. See them watch it for the first time! Magic.

Leo Burnett & Contagious
Wildfire Stories: Pass It On
Wednesday 24 June
16:00 - 16:45
Debussy

Yeah yeah, we know they’re our pals, but the Wildfire seminars ALWAYS pack out the Debussy and this year’s topic examining ‘storytelling’ in advertising and the creation of ever more immersive narratives is set to be a belter!

TOP 3 MANBAG/HANDBAG ITEMS

Sun Cream – The Reel consists of a Geordie and a Ginger. The sun is our mortal enemy.

Business Cards – Plenty of em! Useful for those situations where you’ve forgotten the person you’re talking to’s name. A simple card swap and you’ve got a hand-held reminding device.

Bottle of Rose – Have you seen the queues at the Gutter Bar?

TOP 3 PLACES TO SEE THE REEL TEAM

Adelphoi Pool Party
Thursday – 15:00-19:00
RSVP – FULL!!

We’ll be the guys dipping their toes in the pool whilst munching down on delicious BBQed seafood.

Wanda BBQ
Friday – 12:00-18:00
RSVP – clementine@wanda.fr

We’ll be the guys looking slightly seasick and swooning whenever the lovely Wanda ladies talk to us in their lovely French accents.

CANNES Credit Crunch Party
Plage Maema, Friday – 16:00-21:30
Sign up on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#/event.php?eid=92169742085

We’ll be the guys pestering our sales team for their dosh.

So there we go. Cannes in the can! If you fancy meeting up and saying hello at any point in the festival (we’ll be there Wednesday-Saturday) just drop us a line on editor@thereel.net.

No newsletter proper next week, but you can look forward to daily updates on the blog direct from the festival.

Bon!

NewsReel 24/04/08

Big ideas can make anyone feel small
Craig Davis, JWT’s Worldwide Chief Creative Officer and this year’s Cannes Film & Press Lions Jury President has been brought down to size for the festival’s 2008 viral campaign.



Students get offered a toon up
NickToons have teamed up with Skillset and launched a competition to offer student animators the chance to have their work broadcast on the digital channel and a paid summer internship at the channel’s London offices. The competition offers undergraduates a unique opportunity to get a head-start in the industry and is open to students at the seven Skillset accredited animation and television production universities: Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication; Arts Institute Bournemouth; University for the Creative Arts, Farnham; Bournemouth University; Glamorgan University; University of Wales, Newport and the University of Teesside.

Tracey Cleland, Creative Manager of NickToons said of the competition, ‘This is a huge opening for every aspiring animator and a fantastic opportunity for us to work with the new wave of UK talent - we can't wait to watch the entries.'…and neither can we.

To enter, students must submit an idea for a funny 30-second animated short. Up to 80 will be selected to enter a professional pitching and treatment process at Nickelodeon that will take them through the key stages of animation development to final delivery and broadcast on NickToons.

For more information contact Skillset's Sarah Afzal

Wanda-ful news
Wanda Productions Paris have signed Benjamin Ducroz for European (excluding UK) and Asian representation. You can view the RMIT Media Arts graduate’s work in the Studiowanda section of their website.

Allain is drawn to Draw
The director of the new Ting Tings video, David Allain, has been signed to Draw Pictures. David learnt his trade by working as a camera trainee on commercials, operating video playback on 'Layer Cake', and researching and storyboarding for directors including Vaughan Arnell and Daniel Wolfe. His other credits include videos for the Cooper Temple Clause, Lethal B and GoodBooks.

Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam get their (New) man

Lee Newman has joined Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam as its new managing director. Dave Luhr, chief operating officer at W + K is, for one, very pleased with the agency’s new recruit, saying, ‘Lee is a rare agency leader. He is intelligent, motivating and, most importantly, creative. His agency and account experience speak of his excellence.’ Newman is leaving Texas-based GSD&M to go to Amsterdam and joins the recently returned Jeff Kling in a new-look leadership team.