When the Quad Cities Advertising Federation honored the area’s top advertising efforts of the past year during the 2010 ADDY Awards at Jumer’s Casino & Hotel, Rock Island, Ill., Silver Oaks brought home eight trophies. One of these projects has since won a regional Silver ADDY and qualified for the National ADDY Awards.
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Silver Oaks team makes award-winning movie in a weekend as part of the 48-Hour Film Project
Two days, one weekend, forty-eight hours…
No matter how you say it, that is how long it took our Silver Oaks team to organize, write, film and edit a movie for the 48-Hour Film Project, which challenges teams to complete an eight minute movie in two days. The international contest takes place in over 50 cities, including Los Angeles, Toronto and Berlin. Finding the right mix of talent, locations and props is no easy task, yet last year the Silver Oaks crew, under the pseudo name of Presto Video, entered the Des Moines competition with a film called Man Eating Dumpster and won the “Best of City” award. We entered again this year hoping to repeat our success. More >
Christmas show and commercial earn Telly Awards for Silver Oaks
Silver Oaks Communications, Moline, has earned two national Telly Awards for producing a high-definition concert program and an animated television commercial.
Founded in 1978, the Telly Awards annually showcases the best work of advertising agencies, production companies and television stations. The competition includes entries from all 50 states and five continents, and is a widely known and highly respected international competition. More >



