Markenfilm GmbH & Co   Hamburg commercials production

Markenfilm film production, TV commercial for UBS "Team Alinghi" Spot-Title "Dedication" / 30 seconds

Markenfilm's latest spot was produced for financial giant UBS, the proud sponsor of the "Team Alinghi" (Winner of America's Cup 2003) in Valencia, home of the America's Cup 2007.

It is part of a worldwide campaign by Publicis Zurich that was directed by Adrian Moat and filmed by Fraser Taggart during a four day shoot in southern Spain. Post production and sound design were done in London. First airing for the commercial was in the UK this month.

Laszlo Kadar Film GmbH & Co. KG   Hamburg commercials production

Laszlo Kadar Film has just won the "Silver World Medal" in the category
"Film & Video/Industrial Productions, Public Relations" at "The New York
Festival 2005" in New York on January 27th.
Award winners included the film "Telekom Corporate - The link between us" for Deutsche Telekom AG, Germany, which was shot over 11 days last year in Argentina, Brazil and Spain.

Duration: 6 minutes, on air: Cebit 2004
Agency: Publicis Frankfurt, Producer: Michael Maschke
Creative Director Copy: Tom Tillinger, Creative Director Art: Harald Schmitt
Director: Laszlo Kadar, DoP: Laszlo Kadar
Executive Producer: Olrik Kleiner, Assistant Producer: Robert Tewes
Stylist: Paul Frecker, London, Art Director: Pirra Lorenzo, Barcelona
Service Production: Goodgate/Philip Bolus, Barcelona/Buenos Aires
Editor:Thomas Seil, Hamburg
Music Composer: Soundscape, Netherlands
Telecine: Metrovision, Buenos Aires/Das Werk, Hamburg
Post Production: Schönheitsfarm, Hamburg

Neue Sentimental Film Hamburg GmbH   Hamburg commercials production

One of 2004's most popular commercials in Germany was produced by Neue Sentimental Film Hamburg:

"Time Tunnel" for Burger King

Client: Burger King Deutschland GmbH
Agency: start.AG, Munich / Germany
Production Company: Neue Sentimental Film Hamburg
Directors: Radish
DoP: Andreas Berger
Executive Producer: Helga Waterkotte
Producer: Nicolas Mirbach
Place of production: Los Angeles / USA

theMOSCHproduction   Hamburg photo production

In January, theMOSCHproduction went scouting for photographer Anatol Kotte in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Client: Mercedes Benz, agency: Springer & Jacoby.

This month, they have been working for Audi in Italy providing location and production services.

Currently, theMOSCHproduction is back in Buenos Aires for location scouting and production for photographer Nico Weymann.
Client: Mercedes Benz, agency: Springer & Jacoby.

bigshrimp fotoproduktion GmbH   Hamburg photo production

bigshrimp Fotoproduktion GmbH, based in Hamburg and Berlin, has been offering comprehensive service in the areas of production, casting, location and rental studio since 1998. These units can be booked as a package or as single items – according to the individual demands of the client and the budget. Currently, they have about 2000 models and 1000 locations available through their database.

At the end of last year, bigshrimp produced with photographer Diana Scheunemann nine themes for the current West cigarette campaign, as well as various advertising themes for Italian fashion label Guru. A project for Nokia by photographer Alexandra Klever, has also just been completed in Hamburg.

bigshrimp has already worked with Claudia Schiffer, Rankin and other famous personalities but also has initiated “just” a baby-casting for a packaging theme.

In keeping with bigshrimp’s company philosophy, all tasks are performed with dedication and professionalism in equal measure.

MULTIVISION HAMBURG   Hamburg movie production

Multivision Hamburg offers the whole range of movie, television and video production. Their experienced team will support you through every stage of your project, from the first idea to the final DVD or VHS copy. They can help you with inspiration, script development or simply the rental of their state-of-the-art equipment.

They work closely with experienced professionals, such as their in-house writers, directors, camera crews and video editors.

They have been serving clients in all areas of industry, audiovisual advertising, movie, television and the music business since 1987

GABO PHOTOS   Hamburg advertising photographers

Gabo were very pleased to have Caroline Rocher - Munich State Ballet's dancer and Boris Becker's girlfriend - in front of the camera, and on the cover of Playboy magazine.

Gabo have recently worked for a Dresdner Bank campaign and with Peter Maffay for a new image for PETA against animal testing.

At a recent charity auction, Jette Joop bought a photo session with Gabo in Mallorca. The 14000€ money paid is to be used by powerchild to help abused children.

Frank Wartenberg   Hamburg advertising photographers

Even German TV stars sometimes dream of Hollywood.
Frank Wartenberg did a huge photo shoot for TV Digital. He asked seven actresses from long-running TV soap Lindenstrasse to be photographed as the character of their dreams. He and his team built a copy of St Petersburg's Winter Palace to create a suitable surrounding for Marie-Louise Marjan - who plays Mrs Beimer in the TV show - to be Catherine the Great. Other settings included a Parisian boudoir for Moulin Rouge, a palace for Cleopatra and a villa for Marlene Dietrich.

On the streets of Miami Beach, Frank did a night shoot for the young fashion label New Yorker. The police officer who was there to protect the team ended up lending his police car as a prop for the models.

Thorsten Eichhorst ­ Fotografie c/o Studio 441   Hamburg people & lifestyle photographers

Celebrities, musicians and sports are the topics of photographer, Thorsten Eichhorst. His recent work includes:

• The latest campaign for the new "Berlin, Berlin" season for ARD.
• Ads for Tagesthemen TV newscaster Thomas Roth and Hannelore Elsner ("Die Kommissarin")
• Rebecca Immanuel and Christoph M. Ohrt had a lot of fun again during the photo shoot for the new sequences of Edel+Stark" (Sat1)
• Photos of the WBC-world champion Markus Beyer and the world's tallest professional boxer (2.13m) Nikolai Valuev
• A documentary - made last year, of an exciting and dramatic expedition to the Nanga Parbat (8125m) in the Himalayas.

Timmo Schreiber Photography   Hamburg people & lifestyle photographers

Timmo Schreiber recently staged a photo shoot as a tribute to William Claxton and the fascinating early years of the jazz musicians.

The pictures feature some of Hamburg's Hip Hop artists and producers as
models, including Buddy (Deichkind), Marcnesium (Fünf Sterne Deluxe), Kowe Six, Boris Ekambi and others.

Place Models   Hamburg fashion models

Continuing to prove that Place's models work for the high level magazines and designers, Luca has recently been working for Chanel, Prada, Donna Karan, Gap and Hugo Boss among others.

Meanwhile, Amina has been working for Prada, Fendi, Paul Smith, Marni and others.
 
Their male model Raoul, who - like Luca, Amina and Louise - Place scouted on the street, shot for "Blue In Motion" by Hugo Boss, and was also recently photographed for the new scent "Green In Motion".

Optix   Hamburg styling, hair and make up agents

New in Optix's team is stylist Inge Langereis, who already proved her talent in a new T-Online campaign and several smaller catalogue shoots. She was fashion editor with a Dutch magazine and worked as freelance stylist in Milan, Cape Town and Amsterdam before moving back to Hamburg in 2004.

Hair stylist Juan Carlos has been working through Optix for more than 10 years. Although he left Hamburg a long time ago for Milan, he is now living in London and has recently been working for Amica in Hamburg.

Hair & make up artist Spiri started the year with the Closed Lookbook
autum/winter 05/06.

Okay Models   Hamburg fashion models

Recent news from Okay Models:

Andrew Lucchesi was contracted for Tommy Bahama exclusive in the US for 2005.
Sarah Kickuth is still getting tons of fan mail since she finished her campaign for Blu. She has also been signed up for the second campaign for Mac & Jac.
Adriane Zühlke, who did the S.Oliver lingerie campaign, just appeared in Magazine "Maxime" for the "Who's That Girl?"category with photographer Tom Wagner.
Carly Turnbull is one of the main characters ("Bella") in the UK's most exciting teen soap "Hollyoaks".
Jessica van der Steen just did another shoot for "Sports illustratet" as she did last year.
Delfine Bafort is still kissing for Cacharel's TV campaign, now in her second year.

Filmfest Hamburg GmbH   Hamburg film events

Filmfest Hamburg 2005: Sept 22 - 29

Since its foundation in 1992, the annual Filmfest Hamburg has evolved to become one of Germany's major cinematic events. Under the direction of Albert Wiederspiel, Filmfest Hamburg presents its audience with international films in the original version for seven full days every September:
- 120 films from 40 countries
- 31,000 viewers
- 5 cinemas / 11 screens
- 80 special screenings for press & industry
- 133 international directors, producers and actors (2004)
- 800 accredited professionals

Publications (2004):
- 100,000 programme brochures
- 7,000 posters
- trailer shown on 90 screens

Red Rabbit   Hamburg advertising agencies

Here, Red Rabbit presents one of three Christmas TV commercials produced for their client, Mobilcom.

Find out more about the campaign and further Red Rabbit work at their website (see link below).

Agency: Red Rabbit Werbeagentur GmbH
Client: Mobilcom
CD: Dominik Monheim, Jan Fröscher
Director: Niels Grabol
Production Company: 539090

Christian Biehl   Hamburg graphic design

Christian Biehl is a Hamburg-based graphic designer specialising in editorial design, communication design, illustration and storyboarding.

Over the past 5 years, he has been working for several lifestyle magazines and is now preparing to produce storyboards for music and advertising video.

To see more of his artwork, references and for contacting
Christian, please visit his website.

deli pictures postproduction   Hamburg editing

Deli Pictures is a full service post-production company with a high-quality reputation for telecine, editing and compositing/digital effects for commercials and music videos. They are equipped with a Thomson Shadow Telecine with a Pogle PIXI colourcorrection system, two discreet flames and two AVID systems.

Recent projects include:

Autoscout 24 "Lookalike"
Client: Autoscout 24 Deutschland GmbH, Agency: Kolle Rebbe Werbeagentur, Production Company: Condor Communications / Berlin
Telecine: Oliver Schumacher, Compositing: Sascha Schmidt / Melissa Panek, Editor: Claudia Kiesling

Mercedes SLK "Countdown"
Client: Daimler Chrysler AG, Agency: Springer & Jacoby
Production Company: radical Media GmbH, Compositing: Sascha Schmidt

Dr. Oetker "Intermezzo"
Client: Dr. Oetker Nahrungsmittel KG, Agency: BBDO Campaign
Production Company: Neue Sentimental Film Hamburg
Telecine: Oliver Schumacher, Compositing: Sascha Schmidt

Gastwerk Hotel Hamburg   Hamburg hotels

The Gastwerk Hotel, in the west of Hamburg, stands as a model of the city's openness, with its elegant liberality, sleek aesthetics and fusion of the traditional with the contemporary.

It has 135 hotel rooms - 3 large suites, 56 individually designed lofts and junior suites, 34 business rooms and 42 classic rooms - decked in light, harmonious fabrics and natural materials.

Five congress and meeting rooms, up to 250 square metres in size, are equipped with the latest presentation equipment, as well as six smaller workshop rooms and an open business lounge - all available for corporate events and conferences. A light, friendly ambience with lots of natural light makes for a comfortable working atmosphere.

No less inspiring is the restaurant - Gastwerk "Da Caio" impresses with its Italian specialities and extraordinary selection of wines.

Bernstein Bar   Hamburg bars and nightclubs

The nice and cosy Bernsteinbar is one of the loungiest bars and clubs in
Hamburg.

Located between the Schanze and Kiez districts, it is the home of many DJ's and other nightflys. For six years, the walls of this former bordello have been able to tell its many stories of parties, relationships and crazy evenings.

Recommended for a visit. All welcome.