http://www.spokeagency.com/daily Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:31:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/2011/09/06/a-river-in-the-woods/ http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/2011/09/06/a-river-in-the-woods/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:31:08 +0000 Clay Rochemont http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/?p=2216 Come watch A River in the Woods, short film screening at TIFF September 12 at 8pm at the AGO.  Features the unbelievable cinematography work of Scott McClellan.  A River in the Woods, winner of Audience Choice Award and Best Cinematography at the Nickel Independent Film festival, is a story about a group of kids that befriend a monster they find in the woods. Fascinated by the strange creature, they soon adopt him as a partner in crime and accept him as one of their own. More info here.]]> http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/2011/09/06/a-river-in-the-woods/feed/ 0 http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/2010/08/30/a-doc-with-heart-teenage-paparazzo/ http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/2010/08/30/a-doc-with-heart-teenage-paparazzo/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:00:05 +0000 Rachel Noonan http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/?p=1574 Yet again, Torontonians were spoiled with another exclusive, and SPOKE was there. An intimate advanced screening of Adrian Grenier’s documentary, Teenage Paparazzo. SYNOPSIS When precocious 13-year-old paparazzo Austin Visschedyk snapped a photo of celebrity Adrian Grenier (HBO’s Entourage), little did he know his life was about to change. Turning the tables on the juvenile paparazzo, Grenier stepped to the other side of the lens in an attempt to mentor a teenager obsessed with the lure of the Hollywood lifestyle. Grenier develops a meaningful relationship with his camera-clicking young friend as he attempts to reconcile their mutual exploitation. Indeed, Grenier puts himself on the line here, trying to make sense of his own recently acquired fame. Post screening, a poorly managed Q&A session (Get a mic people) took place where Adrian and the host bantered back and forth about Plato, the contrast between Old and New Hollywood and how many times the host could call Adrian “Vince”. Some good questions were asked about the social commentary of the story and why society has this hyper obsession with celebrity. Much to my surprise, Adrian was reflective, articulate and very mild mannered. It became clear his intention with this documentary was not to exploit Austin, but to put a lens inward to the core of the industries intent. Why do we care about people we don’t know? Why do we want them built up and broken down? Why have we decided to idolize only a few, putting the common folk into a sort of “Peasant” like status? Paparazzo does not attempt to take a position about whether societies collective confidence is decreasing due to “us” creating unrealistic personal expectations set against these “god like” creatures. It doesn’t try to paint the “shooters” in a particular light or make excuses for celebrities. Paparazzo just asks questions. It was actually one of the most unbiased documentaries I have seen in a while. I am sure considering the intense nature of the subject, it was tough to keep it clean and not veer in one particular direction. It’s really cool that a “celebrity” is taking the time to look at the world we put on a pedestal. It’s the don’t bite the hand that feeds you thing. Nobody wants to put a microscope on it, especially when they are in it.  With Adrian, he’s not just in it, but represents the epitome of it with his character “Vince” in Entourage.  It was brave for him and his supporters to make this documentary.  Well worth watching. I am going to go ahead and put this out there; I think Adrian Grenier’s calling may be behind the camera.]]> http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/2010/08/30/a-doc-with-heart-teenage-paparazzo/feed/ 0 http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/2010/08/19/presidential-gourmet-photoshoot/ http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/2010/08/19/presidential-gourmet-photoshoot/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:45:46 +0000 Karen Lo http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/?p=1536 Here’s a sneak peak of Presidential Gourmet’s new branding identity in the making. Thanks to 2b1’s photographer, Jeff Coulson, you will soon feast your eyes with a selection of PG’s signature dishes. We were all happily exhausted after a full day of food porn and sweet action. See it all here!]]> http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/2010/08/19/presidential-gourmet-photoshoot/feed/ 0 http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/2010/05/10/weekend-sighting/ http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/2010/05/10/weekend-sighting/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 18:59:08 +0000 Karen Lo http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/?p=1019 Awesome discovery – thanks, Ryan!]]> http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/2010/05/10/weekend-sighting/feed/ 0 http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/2010/04/14/monsieur-steve/ http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/2010/04/14/monsieur-steve/#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:03:11 +0000 Karen Lo http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/?p=922 Came across Monsieur Steve’s website through a link of a link of a link, and this guy is, beyond a doubt, a master of fashion exploitation. He punks luxury brand designers by slapping their names with cheeky slogans and shoots his collection in the same half-dressed, nonchalant manner signature to American Apparel. He’s got so much attitude I feel like I get punched in the face for every picture I look at. Check out some of my favorite shots… ]]> http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/2010/04/14/monsieur-steve/feed/ 0 http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/2009/12/23/my-gifs-to-you/ http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/2009/12/23/my-gifs-to-you/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:26:43 +0000 Karen Lo http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/?p=267 In my quest of finding the perfect GIFs for our blog readers, I came across the work of the New York photographer/graphic artist duo – Reed+Radar. Apparently the future of online fashion editorials is headed towards 1987 (that’s the year when animated GIFs were first introduced by CompuServe – thanks for the info, Wikipedia!) Except now, they’re called “Augmented Realities”. Enjoy and happy holidays! ]]> http://www.spokeagency.com/daily/2009/12/23/my-gifs-to-you/feed/ 1