Production Paradise

Welcome to SHOWCASE SPAIN - brought to you by Production Paradise.

ANIMAC, the International Animated Film Showcase of Catalunya, now in its 10th edition, exhibits the best animated film productions, with special emphasis on the expressive ability of animated film. It also serves as a meeting point for professionals working in this area.

Between 2-5 March, ANIMAC will present a retrospective selection on surrealism and another on Mexican Animation. There will also be a presentation from Ron Diamond, founder of Hollywood's Acme Filmworks studio.

Barcelona has some of Spain's best production companies, photographers and advertising agencies. For details of these, please visit our totally up-to-date online directory at http://www.productionparadise.com.

Our cover photo was shot by Pau Pascual.

bcn photography/photographers: BÈLA ADLER & SALVADOR FRESNEDA

Bela Adler and Salvador Fresneda's recent catalogues include:
- Dorotea: summer 06.
- Kleymac: summer 06
- Trucco: summer 06

Recent editorials:
- Telva
- Yo Dona, shot in New York
- Woman, with top model Esther Cañadas
- Marie Claire.

And recent campaigns include:
- Magnum, for Mccann Erickson
- Krups, for Publicis Casadevall & Pedreño
- Sandoz, with Fernando Alonso for S.C.P.F.

bcn photography/photographers: JOSE MANUEL FERRATER

J.M. Ferrater has recently been shooting the new catalogue for Selvatgi as well as photographing New Look fashion images for next season. Lois also chose him for their recent fashion campaign.

Coming soon for future issues of SHOWCASE BCN: new editorials for Neo2 with haute couture and street wear.

bcn photography/photographers: DAVID RUIZ

David Ruiz has just finished shooting the international campaign for the new Dockers summer collection '06.

He continues to build his international reputation which is now being boosted by representation through Zentido.

Here, we present some of his recent advertising jobs and personal work.

bcn photography/photographers: OLAF KRöNKE

Olaf Krönke has again been working on Colegio Aleman de Barcelona's latest image campaign.

Students from Barcelona's German school wrote copy for ideas inspired by campaigns by Gruner + Jahr and Jung von Matt.

Olaf shot the posters and ads, which are to be published and exibited across Europe.

bcn photography/photographers' agents: ZENTIDO PRODUCCIONES

To satisfy the current demands of the market and offer a full service photographic agency, Zentido Producciones has now teamed up with a select group of photographers.

Reputable artists from all over the world, as well as younger talent offering new creative dimensions, include the following photographers:

Alejandro Cabrera
Kike Palacio
Lucio Gelsi
Michael Wray
Olaf Veltman
Platinum
David Ruiz

Anyone interested in reviewing the portfolios or getting to know Zentido better should contact them either in Barcelona or Madrid.

bcn production/photo production: MISTER GARLIC

Mister Garlic Productions offers a full service for photo and video productions.

Last month they were busy working on clients' fall/winter 2006/07 campaigns, directed by Humberto Vignali:

Platino: Photography by Yoye, with model Katharina (View)

Donna: Photography by Christian Herrera with Amparo (SS&M)

Mister Garlic produced the photo shoot for rock & roll band Mandala's next album through Tsunami Music. Photo by Humberto. They are also working on their upcoming project, Mandala's video clip, to be directed by Humberto.

bcn production/commercial production: GOODGATE PRODUCTIONS, S.L.

bcn production/photo production: NUCLEO PROD S.L

Diadermine is one of Nucleo's latest campaigns - it was done with photographer Jordi Farrus for advertising agency Tiempo BBDO Barcelona.

They had a one-day studio session, at the end of which they got 15 great pictures - here, we show you some of the final pictures.

bcn production/photo production: CONTRA SERVICE PRODUCTIONS

Barcelona, Spain: Contra Service produced a photo shoot with Hans Georg Esch on the roof terrace of Hotel Diagonal for LBBW. Agency: KNSK Hamburg, CD on set: Lutz Buehner.

Palma, Mallorca: produced a photo shoot with Holger Pooten for Swiss sportswear manufacturer, Odlo. Agency: Publicis Zürich, CD: Philipp Skrabal.

Budapest, Hungary: first production in 2006 was for German fashion outlet Hauber with photographer Thomas Kettner. Location search: Hans Dornseif.

Dresden, Germany: Contra organised a shoot in Dresden and Nürnberg with photographer Christoph Morlinghaus for a new Microsoft print campaign. Agency: McCann San Francisco, CD: Dan Weeks.

Berlin, Germany: Also for Microsoft, Contra Service produced two commercials on location in Berlin. Agency: McCann San Francisco, production company: Park Pictures Los Angeles, director: Lance Acord (DOP on “Lost In Translation”).

Staff: New on the Contra team is Doreen Büchin (Creative Producer) who comes from agency side, where she worked as art buyer and TV Producer.

bcn production/photo production: SETUP PRODUCTIONS

Latest jobs at Setup include:

The new Elegance Paris catalogue shot in Marbella and Seville with Lutz Winkelmann for Orange WA.

Nespresso's campaign was with Michel Comte and Setup supported Flaminia Pelazzi for the image shots, all taken at Barcelona's Arts Hotel. Styling was by Cris Faber, Ahead Media, Vienna and Ariel Childs.

Co-operation on Nina W. Melton's shoot in Tenerife for Women'Secret, agency was Base Design with Mariposa Productions, and Annick Turiaf on styling.

mad production/photo production: UN MINUTO

Un Minuto describe themselves as offering "a place full of inspiration, and solutions within your reach".

They encourage their clients to try out a variety of different things and see the results instantly.

Here we show images photographed by Txema Yeste for IKEA via S.C.P.F.

bcn locations/rental studios photo: TOP STUDIOS

Wherever you see the new Custo image campaign, it was produced at Top Studios, by Eugenio Recuenco.

And this week, Outumuro is shooting the new Rosa Clara image campaign at Top Studios.

English photographer Gary Prior recently came over to Top Studios in Barcelona to shoot the Adidas campaign, with three Barça stars: Leo Mesi, Larsson and Van Bommer.

bcn locations/rental studios photo: HIPERESPAI

Recent projects from Hiperespai include the following:

Nico shot a Mango catalogue with model Bianca Bialti, as well as editorial for Vanity Italia.

Antoni Bernad worked with Laura Ponte on CHIC magazine.

Mireia Castañe worked on the Nescafé BomBon advert, produced through Magna Productions.

Marc Capilla shot the summer catalogue for Nice Day.

bcn locations/rental studios photo: MARINA ESTUDIO

Marina Estudio is a new 170 m2 photography studio located one block away from the world famous Gaudí church in the centre of Barcelona,

Designed with the comfort of photographers and their teams in mind, it comprises the set itself, hair and make-up room, chill-out zone and casting area.

The studio has three windows providing natural light, a 5 metre by 6 metre photographic backdrop with three sides, and Broncolor lighting equipment.

bcn talent/model agencies: SS&M MODEL MANAGEMENT

Ana Moreno’s features, especially her beautiful almond-shaped eyes, never go unnoticed and lately it has been Toni Bernad who has been paying attention...here we see her on the cover of TELVA magazine.

Nadine Naue has been working again through Juan Aldabaldectrecu for a recent issue of El País.

Laura Sánchez again took part in the new edition of the Larios calendar 2006. Pilar Lucas  was responsible for hair styling & make-up while photography was by Rafa Gallar. We think it's a stunning image.

bcn talent/model agencies: GROUP INTERNATIONAL MODEL AGENCY

Top model Carmen Kaas was at Madrid Fashion Week through Group, who also exclusively brought in Madeleine Berrevoets for Amaya Arzuaga's show. Madeleine is this season's look for Balenciaga and Missoni Sport.
 
David Guilló appears on the cover of the book Hombres Con Falda, which was exhibited at Madrid's Casa de Vacas. Pictures were shot by Esmeralda Martín commissioned by Roger Salas. Other Group models taking part in the project were Aitor Mateo, Joaquín Polvorinos, Javier Chapa and Ramón Rados.
 
Selvatgi's catalogue shot by José Manuel Ferrater, and Desigual shot by Jaume de La Iguana with Group's gorgeous Godelieve have come out and you can see the results here.

bcn talent/model agencies: FRANCINA AGENCY

For the second time, Marta Español has won the L'Oreal Best Model Award at the Madrid Cibeles fashion shows.

Other recent activity worth mentioning includes Roberto Verino's campaign with Nacho Pinedo, El Corte Ingles spring 2006 campaign with Pepe Botella, View Of The Times with Xevi Muntané, Spanish Vogue with Nico, French Elle with Felipe Darocha.

bcn talent/casting directors: CASTING LA PONDEROSA

As part of its 50th anniversary celebrations last year, Nescafe sponsored the “50 Minutes” project, in which Amenábar, Berlanga, Medem, Bigas Luna and Gonzalo Suarez mentored five new directors.

For this year's edition, Barcelona's casting specialists La Ponderosa recently did the casting for one of the short films “Ace of Hearts” which will be directed by Silvia Gonzalez and is being made through production company Miss Wasabi Films.

Shooting takes place on 11-12 March and the film is being mentored by Isabel Coixet who, as we reported last month, won Best Director, Best Film and Best Original Script at the Goya Awards.

RENT CITY APARTMENTS S. L.

Rent City Apartments offer stylish rental apartments for business and pleasure, catering particularly to production crews. They have a number of strategically-located apartments in the centre of Barcelona close to quality shops, restaurants, café bars, and leisure and sports facilities. 

Included in their portfolio is a fully renovated and equipped 150m2 luxury apartment with balcony on Barcelona's main street Las Ramblas. There is also the spacious, stylish flat with 20m2 terrace, wooden floors and beams and original hand-painted 3.7m high ceiling near the famous La Boquería market and Liceu theatre.

Special rates and services for photo, film and commercial production crews. Contact them on +34 932 955 916.

bcn locations/hotels: CHIC AND BASIC

Chic &Basic is more than just somewhere to stay in Barcelona.... they describe it as "a concept... simple, smart, surprising, open-minded and cool…"

And their first hotel in Barcelona, Chic&Basic Born, will be opening soon.

Chic&Basic was designed to be enjoyed with family, friends or colleagues: comfortable apartments integrated into the urban landscape, located in the most central areas of the city such as Raval, Gothic Quarter and Born.

Their apartments are fully-furnished with air-conditioning and TV and with fully-equipped kitchen and bathroom, linen is included, as are electricity, gas and water expenses.