barcelona Jan 2005

First Service Factory has recently produced the new spot for SEAT´s international tactical campaign “Price”. Jamie Lane from London was the director and the spot was produced in Manresa.

The casting was done in Barcelona and London. Holland will be the first country to air the ad.

Mundo Studios ended last year with clients that include brand-leaders Tag Heuer Swiss watches, German fashion catalogues Witt Weiden including well known model Nieves Alvarez (front cover) and Elegance to name just a few.

Mundo Studios enthusiastically began 2005 by welcoming reputable German photographer Peter Keil. Peter and his team chose the trendy roof studio for their latest car shoot and achieved splendid pictures. Wondering which new car brand will appear in ads? Just open your eyes and be surprised this summer.

Mundo Sudios would like to take this opportunity to thank their devoted long-term clientele and welcome the newcomers! Finally, Mundo Studios would like to express gratitude to the dedicated in-house crew.

CONTRA Service have been working for a number of clients including:

TUI Germany, ads shot on the island of Mauritius for agency JvM, art director Christian Kroll, photographer Magnus Winter.
Daimler Chrysler, ads shot on location in Hamburg for agency Springer & Jacobi, photographer Jan Steinhilber.
Toyota, ads shot on location in Malaga for agency Saatchi London, photographer Marc Trautmann.
T-Mobile, ads shot on location in Barcelona for agency Saatchi & Saatchi, photographer Magnus Winter.
Seven Cigarettes, backgrounds shot on location and from the air in Hong Kong for agency Asatsu, photographer Thomas Herbrich.
ANSON'S, catalogue shot on location in Hong Kong for agency Sahler Werbung art director Gabriele Risse, photographer Marcel Hartmann.

Our recent photo productions throughout Spain include:

BMW, with Christian Höhn in Barcelona, Nike, with Yamandú in Barcelona, Boots with Mássimo Vitali in Gran Canaria, La Camif with Philippe Robert in Almeria, Océ with Phoxx in Málaga, Lisa Gorman Agency with Neil Stewart in Almeria

Dolce Vita organised a very successful production in Punta del Este, Uruguay for Sainsbury with Nick Haddow. Our new focus during Europe's cold month is to run away and seek the sun. That’s why we are proud to announce the opening of our satellite office in Argentina and Uruguay.

Dolce Vita wishes you peace and success throughout the rest of 2005!

The shooting of the TV Movie Family Book started on 19th of January. Co-produced by In Vitro Films, TVC and Canal Sur, the screenplay was written by Ricard Figueras and Pau Garsaball, and it is directed by Ricard Figueras, the well-known Catalan producer behind In Vitro Films. This family comedy, starring Antonio de la Torre, Inés Díaz, Lluis Homar and Alberto Lozano, tells the story of Virtu and Ramon, a couple who want to have a child. They’ve been trying without success for quite a while, and Virtu is tired of all the gynaecological tests she’s being put through to determine why they can’t have children.

 

On top of all this, Ramon’s long-lost father, Cándido, suddenly comes back into his son's life. He's just got out of jail and wants to start a questionable business with his son. Things begin to get out of hand and their marriage enters dangerous territory.

 

Barcelona Film Commission - the first step to shooting in the city. In 2004, 402 productions of the 900 or so shoots that took place in Barcelona sought the assistance of the city’s Film Commission; an outstanding number compared to the 118 that were helped in 2000.
Thanks to better coordination and cooperation with other city council departments involved in the authorisations for the shoots, Barcelona Plató Film Commission has increased its activity by 240%, since it started its activity at full efficiency in 2000. In 2004, 35 films were assisted by the Film Commission, as well as 51 documentaries, 100 TV and Video programms, and an outstanding 126 shortfilms, the genre with the highest increase.

Such results confirm not only that the city keeps up with its appeal as a set, but also that the city council structure is strengthening its ability to coordinate the non-commercial filming activity in Barcelona, through the Institut de Cultura (ICUB).

Stereorent was charged to carry out the audiovisual coverage of the 13th edition of La Marató of TV3. The 2004 edition was posted to raise funds for the fight against cancer, and it happened to be the biggest money raiser in its history, with 7,436,881 euros. Throughout the whole day the donations could be seen rising up the scoreboard, consisting of a 10mm resolution screen, of 8x2 panels (5.12 metres wide by 1 metre high). A giant 6mm resolution screen of 12 square metres was also installed, showing different videos.

Thanks to the success of the screens, the producers of TV3 bet once again for Stereo Rent, installing three large 6mm resolution screens, two covering more than 20 square metres and another of 14 square metres, creating a modern stage for El Métode Larson. The programme was hosted by the well-known Miquel Calzada, who showed a new method to quit smoking.

Optimus MR's latest events include:

Past:
Nightology by JB. Location: Olimpic Stadium. Barcelona, 17 Dec 2004.

Present:
Antonio Miró Party. Location: OTTO ZUTZ. Barcelona. Barcelona Fashion Week 2005.

Latest jobs done by Bèla Adler & Salvador Fresneda:

Aninoto - displays summer 2005, shot in Barcelona
JB - advertising graphic campaign, shot in Barcelona
Caroche - summer catalogue 2005, shot in Barcelona
Dorotea - shoe & bags catalogue summer 2005, shot in Barcelona
Editorials for Chic, Telva & AB, shot in Barcelona & Girona

Photographer J.M.Ferrater shot the Larios Calendar 2005 with Bimba Bosé. Ana Blanch did the styling and Estrella Elorduy did hair and make. It was shot at Top Studios.

He has also recently shot 13 high-impact pictures for SEAT Calendar 2005 in a scrap iron factory in Barcelona. Lewis (Servimatge) did hair and make-up and Ana Blanch did the styling.

A job that is well presented, well organized and well directed guarantees the client optimum results and satisfaction for any project they undertake with me.

You have the product, I have the talent for making the image more attractive. I don't have a specific style because I create a different style for each of my clients according to what they need. I can't just stay still; I've got to keep moving and find the best concepts and ideas for my clients.

Newly installed in Barcelona, beauty and fashion photographer Vladimir Martí, shot for the autumn/winter 04-05 issue French ICON magazine, at studio Uno with model Suzanna Moreno @ Traffic.

J. M. Roca has taken the photograps for Dinopolis campaign. The shoot was in the Teruel area.

The Agency is Bassat Ogilvy, and Carles Patris the Art Director. A. Baldó did the retouching.

Two print ads for Peugeot Spain shot by Dimitri Daniloff and an editorial for Elle UK magazine shot by Lee Jenkins, were the jobs that closed 2004 for Simsan.
Fallon, London-based agency, trusted Simsan once again to produce the Citibank campaign with the photographer Bianca Pillet.
2005 started with four underwear catalogues for Ocean, Princesa & Abanderado, shot by Alfonso VQ, who is involved in two covers and trends special editorial for Woman magazine.
Showcase International portofolio review, again invite us to be a part of his annual showcase in Zurich.
We present the Audi A4, Minicooper and Renault final prints mentioned in our latest newsletters.

Olivia welcomes a new recruit Rafit Noy. She has been in Spain just a year, after living and working in London for 10 years. In Barcelona, she has been published all over the place as well as working with some of the city's most exciting fashion/art photographers.

Watch out for the Gaudí Parades at this week's Barcelona Fashion Week, as we are doing the shows everyone wants: Swarovski, Cortana, Alberto Tous, Mercedes de Miguel and Josep Font, to name just a few...

Daniel Rull was the hair and make-up artist for the latest C & A campaign (Zurich). He also did Revlon (in Barcelona), Wella (in Munich), as well as editorial and beauty jobs for Mujer 21, La Vanguardia, El Periódico, TELVA, etc.

A few samples of his latest jobs can be found here and at his web site.

Hair and Makeup artist Barcelona - Madrid / latest work:
 
Advertising : Iberia, Dodot ( Valentin Vallhonrat), Movistar (Gonzalo Puertas)
 
Editorials: Caracter, Absolut, Mujer 21, DT, Alevosia (web)

On 14th December, the Spanish final of the well-known "Ford Supermodel of the World" was held, organised in Spain by Group Models. The winner was Barbara Garcia and she went on to the World Final in New York on 12th January. Although she didn't win, she got a really good response and was highlighted as one of the favourites.
 
Our gorgeous Javier de Miguel has appeared in the new Gucci campaign for the coming Spring-Summer season, which was shot in Los Angeles by Mario Testino. He was shot together with beautiful Poliane. He was also at the Fashion Week in Milano, and run exclusively for Gucci; he also ran for Valentino and Calvin Klein.
 
Vanessa Lorenzo has appeared at the Spanish Vogue Novias, shot by Enric Galcerán.
 
David Guilló is already out at the "T.I.M." campaign in Italy.

 

Our model Mireia Rojas has appeared as co-star for the European commercial for Pantene.

Our teenager María was booked directly to Paris for Jennyfer catalogue.

We welcome sixteen year old Mireia Grimal into our professional division, with a wonderful start appearing in two editorials for Superpop and Labores del Hogar.

Jordi Dou recently did the latest Kaufhof catalogue for Germany.

We invite you to visit our new website.

Amparo, one of Spain's up-and-coming models, appeared in DownTown introducing the new trends of the season through the lens of photographer Richard Ramos.

Telva has entrusted Amina to do the same. Thus, in February's edition we can see the good work carried out by the whole team through the eyes of Josephine Douet.

The redheaded Kiia Waden, also from SS&M, is the star of a dream world created by the photographer Carlos Alsina for the magazine Mujer 21.

Spot Professional Lightservice Marbella provided well-known car photographer Pete Ruppert with all the necessary photo equipment for his shooting of automobile brand Daewoo in the south of Spain.

Advertising photographer Vicente Pouso used the outstanding service of Spot Professional Lightservice Barcelona for his shooting for IKON.

Photographer Magnus Winter was enthusiastic about the high standard of the Profoto equipment which he had rented for his T-Mobile shoot in Barcelona.

The end of last year was really busy for Espromot ... We worked for The Lift on the Nissan Micra and Renault Nada TV advert shoot.

October was crazy with Pepsi shooting; Kiko Casanova was the car prep coordinator and precision driver. He's right when he says that it was the biggest shoot of the year!

A new thing we want to show you is the Nissan X-Trail TV advert - it's just fantastic!!! Production company was Widescope.

Moviemach is renting out twice as many machines this year 2005.

As a result of the increasing demand on the market last year Moviemach has not only doubled the amount of equipment for renting but also developed the new Hot Head equipment.

Participation in the production of films like Hypnosis, February, Vorvik, The Perfect Crime, Sahara etc, is further evidence of Moviemach's success in 2004.

With over 20 years experience in Barcelona, Videolab offers all kind of Post-Production Services: Duplicates ,Transcoding PAL, SECAM, NTSC, HD cross conversion, Subtitling, Authoring DVD, Special Effects, Multimedia, Editing, Transcriptions, Telecine, etc.

Don't hesitate to contact us for plan your next post-production in Barcelona. It's faster.

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