showcase barcelona issue 23

Oct 2004

Rabagast Film S.L.: Barcelona commercial production

Last month we welcomed back Blinkk from London for the third time in as many months. This time they were here for a new campaign for Ford Focus. There were the usual fun challenges, including constructing a street where none existed and carpeting a road...

Director Ray Kay and V2 Music Group shot their latest video with artist Raghav in Barcelona and ad agency Virtual Garden and Paradox Production shot the entire campaign for NMH in Sitges and Castelldefels outside Barcelona.

We supplied an extensive Scandinavian cast for the five humorous spots, which started airing late October.

Air Shuttle Productions, S.A: Barcelona commercial production

Air Shuttle Productions has completed some great ad spots in the last three months, all filmed in Barcelona.

 

Fiat Panda by director Pedro Romanhi, Badoit Rouge by director Thierry Rajic, Lotterie Millionaire by director Guillaume Canet and also a photo session for the album by artist Michel Delpech, and for director and photographer Thierry Rajic.

 

Setup productions: Barcelona full photo production

Autumn in Barcelona. It seems that all the pictures that weren't taken during the summer, were taken recently here in the Catalan capital.

Setup Productions has been serving Adler campaigns with photographer Jeffrey Barone and the FashionComm Team from Munich, Baer Shoes with Rene Schwerdtel, Gabor Shoes with Ronan Guillou, Rebecca Editorials with Nicole Neumann and Wehkamp Catalogue with Christoph Schlotmann.

Needless to say, we keep the sun shining for at least another month... since we are sure there are still some pictures missing!

Gianfranco Meza: Barcelona photo agents

Pascal Habousha : IKEA, Chiquita (Lowe), Mini Cooper, SkodaNico: Vogue, Cortefiel, MangoJuan Aldabaldetrecu: 1 de 50, Elle, Brunella, CimarronEugenio Recuenco: Custo, Madame Figaro, VanidadPiero Gemelli: Shiseido, Lancome.Renato Grignaschi: Codorniu, Max ItaliaJose Aragon: Hogan, Jaime Mascaro, Rocco P

Victor Moscardó: Barcelona advertising photographers

Victor Moscardó has just finished the Dansi campaign and the DDP France campaign for Europe.

New editorials: Tendencias - November issue, Mujer 21 Magazine - December issue, Special Night issue of DT.

Joan Alsina: Barcelona advertising photographers

Catalan photographer Juan Alsina and make-up Artist Jorge de la Garza presented their book "Textures" on Thursday 4th November in the Art Gallery 1919 in Barcelona.

"Textures" won the 2004 Lux Photography Award under the "nude" category.

Miquel Arnal S.L: Barcelona advertising photographers

Photographer Miquel Arnal presents 'Transformer'

The new artistic installation by photographer Miquel Arnal (Barcelona, 1960) presents different visions of the human body to describe how our outside can reflect as much what we are at the subconscious level as the desire of what we want to be. 

Exhibition: until November 27th, OB-ART: Enric Granados, 9 (Barcelona)

BÈLA ADLER & SALVADOR FRESNEDA: Barcelona advertising photographers

Latest projects by Bèla Adler & Salvador Fresneda:
Woman Secret, winter catalogue 04/05, international catalogue, for Base Design, BCN; location: Catalunya
Ducados Rubio, advertising graphic national campaign for Publicis, Casadevall & Pedreño; location: studio, BCN
Dorotea, shoe catalogue, winter 04/05, national campaign, client Dorotea; shot on location in Catalunya
Nox magazine editorial, national magazine, Focus Ediciones, S.L.; location: studio, BCN
Zaida jewel catalogue for advertising agency It Comunicació, Barcelona; location: studio, BCN
Audi quattro graphic campaign for advertising agency Tandem DDB, Barcelona; location: BCN

Sergi Jasanada: Barcelona advertising photographers

Sergi Jasanada together with Verónica Blume and David Guillo shot "Special Trends Winter 2004/5" for El Magazine de La Vanguardia.

 

Don't forget to see the fashion session that Sergi shot with Santi Millán for magazine Mujer 21 in Oven Restaurant in Poble Nou, Barcelona.

 

Olaf Krönke: Barcelona advertising photographers

Olaf Krönke has recently been back to Barcelona to do castings for new faces and scout for new locations in and around the city. What draws him to Barcelona? 'I love the unique light and inspiring atmosphere in this city', he says.

So he ended up staying longer than planned and started production straight away for his portfolio. He wrote new songs for his showcase and fell in love with Barcelona all over again!

Studio Alava: Barcelona rental studios photo

Studio Alava offers furniture and equipment to rent and, as you can see from the list of selected projects, they've been busy recently:

 

 

The latest worldwide Wella campaign was shot at Studio Alava 22 by photographer Kim Knott.

 

El Corte Inglés chose Studio Alava 22 when filming their autumn campaign in different outdoor locations in Barcelona. Model: Eugenia Silva; Director: Julio Lopez.
Furniture brand INCOLA based in Valencia shot their new catalogue with photographer Olga Carretero.

 

Pau Pascual shot an editorial with tennis player Tommy Robredo for Men's Health magazine.
Madrid-based magazine "Ser Padres Hoy" came to Barcelona to shoot the cover with photographer Sergi Pons.

 

Rafa Gallar shot a fashion editorial for El Pais, with styling by Ana Valles.

 

The new catalogue Gloria Estelles was shot by Juan Orejas.

 

Asensio Comunicacion Visual did the latest Valenti furniture catalogue with photographer Guillermo Asensio.

 

Olivia (Salvagency s.l.): Barcelona styling, hair, makeup agents

OLIVIA artists are back from the summer break with a roaring energy.

Starting with the Gaudi Fashion Shows­ we were there, with bells on - from Agatha Ruiz de la Prada to the Swarovski Special.

Don't miss this month's Man Magazine, Olivia is all over it!  The special FASHION/MODA feature cover & editorial of the divine top model Will Chalker, groomed by Diane Horrocks, as well as a 6 page spread of the Lombard twins by Inma Cifre. Both photographed by the loveable and talented Yoye.

Other clients & campaigns we have had the pleasure of working with included; Mandarina Duck Perfume, Airwick coche, Indo Opticas, Nestlé Kids, Tsunami Skiwear, Jacobi, Organics Shampoo, Princesa Seamless, Bach Vinos, Vanidad, Fnac, Pantene, Manuel Carrasco (OT)...

Fleming 13 S.L (Flemingmodels): Barcelona fashion models

Our amazing model Olga appears in the next catalogue for underwear Little K and TV commercial for Pantene in Europe.

Kay just arrived and will be in town until Christmas.

Oscar did a TV commercial for 7up.

Francina Agency: Barcelona fashion models

Marta Español, the Spanish rising star worked last July with photographer Peter Zownir for ELLE Magazine. In September, Marta did Gaudí Shows with Joaquín Verdú, Guitare, Mercedes de Miguel, Maria Gambina y Swarovski, also in Cibeles she was on the runway for Lemoniez, Montesinos and Elio Berhanyer. 

Other models represented by Francina International in the Gaudi Shows included Melanie Danielli and the Belgian Delfine Bafort. In Cibeles, Anna Van Ravenstein came with her Mum, Pat Cleaveland, a famous 80's model.

COLORS MODEL MANAGEMENT: Barcelona fashion models

Nuria de la Fuente is on the cover of Marie Claire France, November issue.

Madelaine Hjort is in the October issue of Telva magazine shot by Jens Grundman.

GROUP MODEL MANAGEMENT: Barcelona fashion models

Javier de Miguel has done the upcoming Gucci campaign for the next Spring/Summer season 2005 with Mario Testino in Los Angeles.

Ajuma, the winner of the recent Cibeles L'Oreal prize, was chosen for University image, which was shot by Outumuro. We will have to see the results, which won’t come out until next spring, but we are expecting an amazing result.

Verónica Blume was the cover of Woman magazine shot by Alfonso Vidal-Quadras. She was also the presenter of Woman's prizes on October 18th in Madrid at Cirque du Soleil.

Martina has appeared in October Spanish Elle shot by Pascal Chevalier as beautiful as ever at 5 months pregnant.

JMAC Agencia de Modelos y Actores: Barcelona fashion models

Our young new talent Sonia Riba and Xavier Lucas were chosen to shoot the last campaigns for:

Nokia worldwide with E+P Commercial Germany (Sonia Riba)
Nestlé Crunch with The Lift (Xavier Lucas)

Furthermore, the British actor James Radford co-starred in the latest HYUNDAI spot produced by Got Films.

Sitges International Film Festival: Barcelona film events

The Sitges International Film Festival of Catalonia is Catalonia's primary film statement and an excellent showcase for diverse tendencies in cinema, with a special focus on "fantasy" genre. The current Sitges Festival is the evolutionary result of the International Fantasy and Horror Film Week created in 1968.

This Festival offers 10 different sections showing more than 200 films. Sitges - Catalonia's official festival - promotes Catalan audiovisual creations and is a distribution and exhibition medium for international productions.

Films shown in Sitges 2004 include Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow, The Phantom of the Opera, September Tapes, Calvaire, Arséne Lupin, Izo and The Birthday.

A Star Wars Conference will also take place during the festival. Over 5,000 people are expected to attend as well as a representation of further Star Wars actors...

Ovide Broadcast Services: Barcelona camera/ accessories video

Now available to rent at OVIDE BS: the High Definition SONY HDR FX 1E camera, "The first HD camera with HDV 1080i format able to record in HDV and Mini DV with normal DV tapes".

Le freak: Barcelona props/ furnishing

Lefreak supply furniture and special items for: movies, television, advertising, photography and shop windows.

Under the slogan “rubbish is beautiful”, Lefreak - Anna Bujons & Katy Vives - started in 2000, recycling objects and materials found in the streets and transforming them into hybrids.

 

 

Their work has now extended to other areas: shop windows and displays (Ca2l, The Watch Gallery, Mandarina Duck, Mito, cocoa stand at Forum, Servicio Estación), creation of gifts for businesses (Audi, Cha-Cha, Novartis, Avangarde), selling/renting of props, creation of special objects and furniture for TV, special events, photographs and advertising sets (TV2, La Columna, El Cor de la Ciutat, Vitamina N, Marcilla, Casa Viva, Diesel...).

Among their recent work, we should mention the creation and installation of a light at Les Corts Morgue hall of Barcelona and the design and production of the 20th Supermercat d’Art Exhibition at Casa Elizalde, also in Barcelona.

 

SPOT PROFESSIONAL LIGHTSERVICE: Barcelona lighting/ electrical material

Do you want to shoot in Spain/Marbella?

 

Since May 2004, SPOT Professional LightService has been offering Marbella the same quality service as they offer in Barcelona and Mallorca. Frankie, Managing Director of SPOT Marbella, can be contacted on +34 618 310 455.

 

Danish fashion photographer Klaus Thymann was enthusiastic about the flexible service of SPOT Professional LightService because of their professional consulting on Briese and Profoto equipment, and their 24-7service.

 

Lee Farrant, advertising photographer from London UK, felt very comfortable working in the SPOT Daylight Studio. The good working atmosphere, the professional organisation and the excellent selection of photo equipment made his photo shoot for UMBRO - featuring FC Barcelona's new football star Deco - a pleasant experience.