Oddball Film+Video Acquires Shocking Terrorist Footage, Researches for MythBusters, Licenses for Häagen-Dazs Ice Cream.

Oddball Film+Video, the leading provider of offbeat and unusual stock footage, has recently acquired disturbing terrorist footage along with over a hundred eclectic, archival film prints from the 1940s and 1950s. Oddball’s quirky collection features over 50,000+ 35mm, 16mm and HD historical and contemporary clips in all genres. Oddball’s recent projects include licensing vintage erotica for HBO’s infamous “Katie Morgan’s Sex Quiz” which aired in December 2009, providing rare gay footage for the documentary film “Stonewall:The Uprising” due for theatrical release in 2010 and licensing a 1960s French fashion film for “Häagen-Dazs:Essential Five”, an online publicity campaign for the renowned ice-cream corporation. more

The legendary E*TRADE babies are back, this time in a seven-spot campaign produced from start to finish by Click 3X. John J. Budion, working closely with Grey NYC, led Click’s in-house team as director, creative director, and lead flame artist, shooting, directing and handling all VFX. While the basic concept and characters will be familiar to any E*TRADE Baby fan, the campaign evolves significantly behind amusing character developments, unique new settings that go beyond the traditional nursery, and tie-ins to both the company’s sophisticated online trading tools and the NFL Playoffs on CBS. more

Tool of North America’s Tom Routson, in collaboration with DDB Chicago, produced a trio of clever :30s promoting McDonald’s new Dollar Menu at Breakfast. The campaign is a showcase of Routson’s keen sense for casting and comedic ability that synch perfectly with the tone and style of the restaurant’s well-defined overall branding. more

Myrtle Creek, Ore. — Feb. 2, 2010 — Artbeats, a 20-year veteran in the stock footage industry, announced today that they are offering a FREE, downloadable HD clip every day at artbeats.com. In this “no strings attached” program, visitors to the Artbeats Home page can access a different free clip every day simply by registering or logging-in to their online account. The clips, valued at up to $299 USD each, are pre-selected directly from the Artbeats and Artbeats FootageHub libraries and are available as a free download for 24 hours. Those who take full advantage of the Daily Free Clip program can quickly enhance and build their stock footage cache with over $8,000 USD in royalty-free HD content each month. more

Artist owned-and-operated bi-coastal effects boutique Brickyard VFX recently contributed VFX to the 2010 ad campaign for Titleist via ad agency Arnold. The multi-spot campaign was directed by @radical.media’s Greg Kohs and began breaking before the New Year, with the last spot, “Yardage Book,” breaking on Jan. 30.

Promoting Titleist’s acclaimed golf balls, the campaign delivers customer testimonials from both pro and casual golfers that instill trust in the Titleist brand. “Leadership TV” is comprised of spots like “Moment,” in which international PGA stars like Padraig Harrington, Geoff Ogilvy and Steve Stricker, are seen on the green proclaiming their reliance on Titleist products for everything from tournament preparation to the “defining moment” of the game. more

Crossroads has signed award-winning UK-based feature film and television director Pete Travis for representation in the US and the UK. Travis’ feature films include the 2009 drama Endgame and the 2008 action/adventure sleeper sensation Vantage Point, which have allowed him to work with A-list actors creating high speed car chases and explosive action sequences in both large scale and more intimate settings. He has directed several multi-part TV series, including Henry VIII and The Jury for the Granada Network and Other People’s Children for BBC. more

Jump has hired award-winning producer Tommy Murov as the new EP at their NYC office. Murov joins jumP from Spot Welders, where he had been EP since he helped establish the company’s New York operations in 2006. With more than two decades production experience, Murov brings an impressive client list to jumP, including BMW, United Airlines, Nike and Honda, to name a few. more

MHD - January 2010 Royalty-Free Stock Footage Releases

Mammoth HD Stock Footage Library adds 33 royalty-free collections - ranging from Lifestyle and Travel to Food.

Lifestyle Collection Titles Include: Seniors at the Beach, Grandkids at the Beach, Keeping Fit, Simple Garden Pleasures, Shared Finances, Thinking Time and more…. more

Associate Creative Director Barry Munsterteiger, Producer Kenji Hayashi and Associate Art Director Adam Oestergaard Handle Growing Volume of Design Work

Bonfire, the motion design and integrated media company, and sister facility of Bay Area mainstay Phoenix Editorial, announced it has grown its team. Associate Creative Director Barry Munsterteiger, Producer/Technical Advisor Kenji Hayashi, and Associate Art Director Adam Oestergaard have been recruited to handle Bonfire’s growing volume of design work. more

Two years after its award-winning theater debut, Director Steven Sebring’s Patti Smith: Dream of Life recently aired on PBS and a related art exhibition, “Objects of Life” opened at the Robert Miller Gallery in New York. The film, edited in part by jumP’s Lin Polito and finished by Angelo Carrao ACE, captures the vision and spirit of poet, painter, musician, and punk rock icon Patti Smith in the most humble and pure state. Polito helped skillfully thread ten years of footage together to define an intimate portrait featuring the artist’s breathtaking performances on tour, unrestricting love for her children, devotion to late husband Fred “Sonic” Smith, and overwhelmingly hypnotic narrative poetry. more