Production Paradise

Welcome to the July edition of SHOWCASE Spain, featuring some of the best visual media companies and professionals. You'll find more in our international directory at www.productionparadise.com.

It is just over a month since the Plurals concert opened the 30th Festival de Barcelona Grec. With four days still to go, the Festival has been host to 53 shows enjoyed by more than 135,000 spectators. 17 brand new productions have been offered, eight of which were theatre plays, five dance shows and four concerts. And this year, the Festival has produced 20 of the shows, the highest proportion in its history.

Sergi Jasanada shot this swimsuit editorial for La Vanguardia's "El Magazine with Teodora (Colors), make-up artist Victor Alvarez and stylist: Elvira Pla, at the B Hotel in Barcelona.

bcn production/photo production: CANDELA IMAGEN, S.L.

Some of our recent jobs:

• Suit Company. Japanese campaign by photographer Alicia Aguilera.
  Agency: Hakuhodo (Tokyo. Japan)
• Tata Motors. Campaign by photographer Thierry Delsart.
  Agency: Circus (Madrid)
• Instinct. New fragrance by David and Victoria Beckham. International campaign by Mary McCartney Donald.
  Client: Coty (Paris)
• Chevrolet. International campaign by photographer Thierry Delsart
  Agency: Sra. Rushmore (Madrid)
• Gillette. International campaign by photographer Tim O’Sullivan with David Beckham.
  Agency: Gill Turner Agency. (London)
• DGT. Campaign by photographer Raquel Quintana.
  Agency: TBWA (Madrid)
• Ausonia. Campaign by photographer Sergi Pons.
  Agency: Tapsa (Madrid)

bcn production/commercial production: FIRST SERVICE FACTORY S.L

The main news fom First Factory photographers is that Oscar van de Beek shot 3 ads for Skoda in South Africa.

bcn production/photo production: MISTER GARLIC

Mandalas Photo: from the launch campaign of Mandalas's CD "Hydra Rising".
Photography: Humberto Vignali
Make-Up: Inma Cifre
Styling: Clarita Robles
Production: Mister Garlic

bcn production/commercial production: MEDIAPRO

“Enlightened by Fire” (“Iluminados Por el Fuego”) has won the Best Fiction Film award at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. The film, directed by Tristán Bauer, tells the story of Esteban, who was sent to fight in the Falkland Islands War in 1982 when he was only 18. Molinare, part of the MEDIAPRO group, was responsible for the digital image post-production work for this film.

IMAGINA Media Audiovisual is the newly-created company following the merger of Grupo Árbol and Mediapro. It is the market leader in Spain in the creation and integral production of audiovisual content and one of the biggest companies in the European market. The company is responsible for the production of successful TV series (Los Serrano, Siete Vidas, etc.), films (Princesas, The Secret Life of Words, Comandante, etc.), documentaries and news, as well as coverage and distribution of major sporting events (World Cup FIFA 2006, Formula 1, etc.).

IMAGINA is present in Europe (Madrid, Barcelona, Lisbon, Amsterdam, Brussels and London among other cities), in the US and South America (Buenos Aires, Miami and Los Angeles); and also in the Middle East.

In the first five months of 2006, IMAGINA enjoyed very strong growth in income volume, with an increase of more than 39% compared with last year.

bcn film/film associations: TENERIFE FILM COMMISSION

Tenerife Film Commission handled more than 50 productions in the first half of 2006, including a TV film, shorts, documentaries and advertising spots. This was more than double compared with last year.

The island is home to volcano Teide, and is increasingly in demand by audiovisual producers. Reasons for this increase in demand include an exceptional climate that allows outdoor filming throughout the year; tax incentives from the Special Canaries Zone (Zona Especial de Canarias, or ZEC) and the support of the regional government.

Feature film "Oscar, El Color del Destino" is slated for filming on the island this year, starring Joachim de Almeida and Victoria Abril, and directed by Lucas Fernández. Also, "El Vuelo del Guirre", by the Teodoro brothers and Santiago Ríos, authors of Guarapo.

Tenerife landscapes include beaches, mountains and woodland. The island is little more than two hours from Spanish mainland and around four hours from the main European capitals.

bcn talent/model agencies: FRANCINA AGENCY

News from Francina Models:

• Coralie Essertier did the Andrés Sardá campaign with J.M. Ferrater.
• Eliisa Raats did the Oysho campaign with Maria Dawlat.
• Top model Tiiu Kuik shone on the Pronovias catwalk in June.
• Top model Marta Español did the international Keràstase campaign with Sofia Mauro, as well as the Rosa Clarà campaign with Outumuro.
• Top model Rosie Hungtinton did the pull&bear campiagn with Nico.
• Fred Delannoy was photographed by Sergi Pons for Vanidad magazine.

bcn talent/model agencies: GROUP MODEL MANAGEMENT

Latest news and projects and successes from Group Models:

• Lea Modena (photographed by Daniel Riera) and Violeta Kepka (by Marta Amoros) appear in the first issue of the new "Metal" magazine.
• Violeta Kepka also appears in b-guided, photos taken by David Urbano.
• Martina Klein did the cover of the July issue of Spanish Marie Claire with photographer Outumuro.
• Vanessa Lorenzo was on the cover of Woman magazine, shot by Marcin Tyszka.

bcn talent/model agencies: OPTIONS BY FRANCINA

At the recent edition of Pasarela Barcelona, the number of Options boys and girls was notable, in particular: Oliver Om, Santi Kim, Chloe, Kasia, Talana and Ariana.

Every Friday, the fashion section of TV3's "El Club" stars Options models.

Models Eduardo Bercero and Anna Pastalle were photographed by J.M. Ferrater for Neo 2.

Vanesa Molina repeated her season in Japan with agency Cinq-Deux-Un.

bcn photography/rental studios: HIPERESPAI

Recent projects for hiperespai include:

• Nico for Vogue España
• Rafa Gallar for agency Ferrater Campins Morales, Pinaud campaign
• J.M. Ferrater for Woman
• Marc Capilla for Nice Day, Guell laMadrid, El Mueble, Unica
• Carlos Alzina for Sistema Diseño

Evidently, they all had a great time working on these projects.

bcn photography/photographers: JOSE LUIS ABAD RUBIO

Jose Luis Abad has recently been working with differents magazines such as laMilk and Best.

He has also been shooting the latest catalogues for Mustang, Maria Mare, Sara Navarro and Rubio Kids.

bcn photography/photographers: OLAF KRöNKE

2006 is 'Sigmund Freud Year' and this is reflected in Olaf Krönke's projects. His latest work includes shoots for:

• Internationally published Stern Magazine with Barcelona-loving Mira
• International Picture Press with Mr. Jackel as Mr. Freud who "dreams of  being a performer on the Ramblas"
• International calendar-project Soccer Dreams, with actress Mary Sieler, getting ready for the Sitges Festival.

bcn photography/rental studios: MARINA ESTUDIO

Photo 1
Photographer: Edu
Stylist: Alberto
Model: Katerina Vasjukevica (View)
Client: Internacional Magazine

Photo 2
Photographer: Jordi Bernabé
Client: Axis
Agency: Factoria Creativa
Assistant/digital retouching: Xavi Vila

Photo 3
Photographer: Mireia Castañar.
Client: Cacaolat
Production: Magna Productions

bcn photography/rental studios: SPOT DAYLIGHT STUDIO BCN

Lisbon

Spot Professional Lightservice has opened a new office in Lisbon, closing a gap which for many years made producing in Portugal difficult and complicated. You can rent high quality Briese and Profoto equipment as well as digital camera systems, while counting on Spot Professional Lightservice's reliable, 24-hour service

Mallorca

Spot Professional Lightservice now offer outdoor cyclorama at their studios in Mallorca in where you can also take advantage of a brand new 42 m2 mobile curve which they say is "the perfect tool to play with the sun!"

Barcelona

Spot Professional Lightservice's spacious 140 m2 daylight studio offers views of the Hotel Arts and Olympic Port, was converted into a showroom for the Dockers (Levis) and Duffer St George.

bcn service/action cars: MOTOR OPTION

Motor Option Barcelona offers a range of new tracking vehicles.

The electric Golf Cart, with 9 hour power charge, top speed of 25 km/h and a capacity of up to four persons, is ideal for filming people walking, skating or on bicycle.

The six-wheel Quad is used for faster-moving situations, for example, following motorcycles or cars, or for high-speed off-road situations.

Both these vehicles can be equipped with metallic platforms and special anchoring for holding cameras. And they are available alongside other Motor Option BCN products, including the large Camera Car and the new High Speed Tracking Vehicle.

bcn hotel/apartments: RENT CITY APARTMENTS S. L.

Rent City Apartments in Barcelona has an exclusive penthouse with terrace, pool and beach views.

This exclusive, brand-new, sunny 150 m2 apartment looks over the city beach and is surrounded by a large park, in one of Barcelona's newest emblematic buildings in Diagonal Mar.

Every room overlooks the city/sea and connects to a 80 m2 private terrace, accessible throughout the whole apartment with views from the 22nd floor.