Never much mention in these articles about people not being invited back to judge again if they speak their mind about the work. Or they point out the collusion and fraud rampant in the award shows circuit. SEC take note. It's a small part of why I quit the 'industry' – though there really are some great people and ideas left (up in the rarest crema part), it's mostly become an engineering and accounting industry and it's getting a bit..."too hyper" and interconnected with other industries for quite many of us. And really, though real peer recognition is great - especially for craft – it's just become too clear the role the shiny awards play in keeping us all distracted from the harsh reality of how our world is working. "Well, what can we do?" is basically what thousands of people say when we all go "yeah, we know." Well, what have you been saying with YOUR mic? We always knew they'd come to gut the real creative departments first. I'd rather work with a real storyboard artist any day than the homogenous templates and ai bullshit now permeating the industry – and industries – at large. Farm or be farmed? How about them seeds...? It's becoming an autotune, lease-our-lives, pay-ahead-as-we-go panopticomic con and I decided to try something different. I'll walk away with my last award. Scriptwriting Gold. You can decide if it was worth it. I creative directed that project. I could've contacted them to change the credentials. But really, it's already on the record. Judge work for what it really is. That's all that ever matters. Sorry to self promote on here by pointing to my last award but hey, I know my job and I do it better than a lot. Not all. But a lot. Just need to edit better. Working on it. On what? It. What is it?
“On the Titanium jury, we’re in a unique position to learn from the actual teams who did the work and discover more than the two-minute case study could tell us.” Debbi Vandeven, VML Global Chief Creative Officer and Jury President for the Dan Wieden Titanium Lions, is no stranger to the Cannes Lions jury room. She shares her expectations for this year’s show via SHOOT Magazine / SHOOTonline. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gFBm2bED #VMLCannes #CannesLions2024 #VML