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ring of asteroids further from the viewer. As
the space widens, the rings of Saturn are
revealed along with the Earth, which is
dwarfed by the logo's size. Butler was chal¬
lenged by creating beams that projected
from the planet through the ring rocks. The
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producer Lisa Zimmerman and Digipix
Editorial offline editor Bruce Ashley,
notes that "we made many sets of beams
before we found the perfect formula for
achieving the right density and position for
projecting." * Editing Concepts' editor
Alan Morris and Tape House Digital's
Michel Suiza teamed up to make a mouth¬
watering label on Pepperidge Farm's new
gravy come to life in a spot from tabletop
director Elbert Budin. Morris used Avid
and conventional offline systems for a rough
cut and key assembly, then moved to Tape
House Digital for extensive D1 compositing
in which a pair of hands reaches into the

jar's label to

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meal. "Label Alive" was produced for
Budin Inc by Bill Curren and shot in

Manhattan for WB Doner/Detroit (pro¬
ducer Jeanine Buser, executive creative

director/copywriter John DeChercio, cre¬
ative director Gary Wolfson, and art direc¬
tor Tim Lachowski). * Broadway
Video completed a six-minute video pre¬
sentation for BMW of North America. The
mammoth project brought Broadway Video
senior editor Lee Brownstein together
with Kim Takal, director/president of Re¬

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and St. Louis, Missouri). The program,
which highlights BMW's selection of

Spartanburg, South Carolina as the site of
its new manufacturing plant, required the
talents of Broadway Video's playback en¬
gineer Jim Stonacker, who stylized the
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edit session. The Reality group were im¬
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