Simian gathered over half-dozen agency heads of production recently for another one of our regular HoP virtual roundtables. With a sense that the worst of the pandemic is finally behind…
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Showreels are the currency of the commercials industry. Whether we’re talking production, post, VFX, music and sound or cinematography, everything tends to build off the strength and staying power of…
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Since the murder of George Floyd brought the #BLM movement into sharp focus, the industry’s push to give greater opportunities to BIPOC directors, along with other production and post production…
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If reps are the industry’s original ‘influencers,’ what are their techniques for staying in touch with their followers? It’s not like they’re dancing around on TikTok videos, although there are…
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What’s the biggest challenge facing the industry’s production and post production reps? Where is new repping talent coming from? And how have the industry’s ultimate influencers been able to stay…
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Simian has always wanted to see our users succeed. That’s been the goal behind just about every improvement, upgrade and enhancement we’ve made since we first launched back in 2009.…
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The Super Bowl is arguably the most high-pressured environment for creating TV commercials. The spotlight is on, the critics are ready, the media spend is through the roof and everyone…
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Back in 2019, we gathered at the offices of Zambezi in Culver City, CA for what turned out to be our last in-person Simian Heads of Production roundtable. Who knew…
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Backyard Director Greg Popp writes all of his own treatments, and likes to think of the novelist Colson Whitehead when he does. “He said about writing, ‘It doesn’t get easier or harder. It’s…
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Plenty has been said in industry forums about how production and post have weathered the challenges of the past year and a half under Covid, but what about sales reps?…
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