barcelona Apr 2004

Spanish photographer Javier Pla, who developed his career in New York, has joined the Simsan team for management in Barcelona.

Conrad Piepenburg has shot the new BMW M5 catalogue in Tenerife's amazing landscapes.
Tiempo BBDO Madrid has assigned the new national Larios campaign to Simsan, shot by Spanish NY-based photographer Luis Sanchis (Thomas/Treuhaft NY).
Lingerie label Princesa, through Enric Aguilera Agency have opted again for photographer Alfonso VQ to do the Seamless line catalogue and the Lux 04 product line.
The new Airwick campaign was shot by Roger Casas with Euro RSCG Bcn, in collaboration with Oliviagency for hair, make-up & styling and Boris from Spotlightservice.
Kai Weichmann (Eastphotographic) has been collaborating with Simsan shooting the campaign to launch the new Playstation game with the agency TBWA London.

Voodoo produced the new Telegate commercial with German star Verona Feldbusch:

Client: Telegate - Title: "Gully".
Agency: Heye & Partner (Munich, Germany)
Production Company: Markenfilm (Hamburg, Germany)
Producer: Uli Scheper - Director: Stephen Manuel - DOP: Peter Meyer.

Dolce Vita has been involved in productions for SEAT (Klaus Stemmler), Nike (Txema Yeste) and New Yorker/Fishbone (Frank P. Wartenberg).

Dolce Vita is branching out with a collaborative new project: May 20th will mark the unveiling of Activarte, an exhibition of the work of 40 established and up-and-coming artists. All pieces are for sale and part of the proceeds will go to the "Niños del Mundo" organisation.

Location: B8, Constitución 19, Bloque 8, No. 45, 1o - 2a, Opening Event: By invitation only. Drinks, DJs and performances. 8pm-2am, May 20th. Exhibition: 11am-10pm 21-23 May. For further info or for invitations, contact Dolce Vita Productions.

Spain:
Commercials for VCI were shot by photographer Julia Briggs in Mallorca.
In-house commercials for Vodafone were shot by photographer Gerhard Linnekogel in Ibiza through the JWT London agency.
A corporate brochure for UBS Bank was shot by photographer Bern Hoff in Barcelona.
Brochures for Opel LCV are being shot by photographer Rainer Stratmann, through the McCann Ericksson BCA agency, in Catalunya from now until mid-July (2 weeks location search, 2 weeks prep, 5 weeks shooting).

Germany:
Ads for BMW (Asian market) were shot by photographer Thomas Strogalski in Belgium and the Netherlands, through the U5 agency.

Throughout April, Setup Productions has been co-producing the new ADIG Investment campaign with Golden Gun Hamburg. Photographer Jürgen Herschelmann and his crew have been to Barcelona's aquarium, a spectacular yet “sharky” location, and to almost every charming spot in the city.

Another time-consuming job was an 18-minute feature for BMW's new compact car, the BMW1, to be launched in September 2004. TVT Media, with one of our favourite directors Martin Kriegler, had to visually compare the BMW1 with its competitors: Audi A3, Alfa147 and Golf 5, in attempt to prove the Bavarian product to be the best.
It took BMWs Formula One Test driver Fritz Lanio all he was worth to drive the four cars to their respective limits. 5,000km around Catalunya covered in one week, 9 production vehicles moving and one big truck - no accidents.

Mago Productions did the new advertising campaign for Hein Gericke, a German brand of motorbike accessories. The spot was broadcast on German and Austrian television.
It was a low-cost digital picture production that was fully developed at Mago Production: concept, editing, graphics, sound and music.
Directed by: Claudia Gutierrez - 3D: Rafael Aveldaño
Graphic Design: Iban Arnau - Music: Daniel Rappa
Photographer: Andreas Fechner - Producer: Peter Keydel

Sergi Jasanada shot an editorial dedicated to formal evening dress and jewellery for the new issue of Pasarelas Internacionales.

Models: Valeria Z. (SS&M), Claudia (Traffic) and Asia (View).

Hair & Make-up: spectacular work by Pilartxo and Montse Ribalta (Servimatge).

Art direction: Sebastia Alcala.

The photographer Javier Tles shot the pictures for the Ocean Lingerie Catalogue.

A number of the Spanish models including Vanesa Lorenzo, Laura Ponte, Martina Klein, Laura Sanchez, and Minerva were dressed by Alberto Murtra for an editorial in El Pais Magazine. Photographed by Nico.

Isabel Janer, fashion stylist at Telva Magazine, worked on their "Sport Chic" editorial with photographer Sergi Pons.

The Telefonica Deportistas campaign with tennis player Ferrero was produced by Blanchon. Javier Salas was photographer. Production company Zindara did the casting for Diesel.

Sergi Pons shot the pictures for Vanidad Magazine with model Minerva and styling was done by Miriam Arruga.

Our model David Guillo was booked for the following campaigns:

Dunhill
Trussardi Jeans
Mariella Burani (Perfume)
Timberland
Diesel Underwear

Our model Caroline Roy did the latest cover for London magazine Hair.

Actor Salvador Santana was extremely impressive on an aired TV commercial for American Brooks.

Daniela R, Miss Austria 2001, will be in town during spring season.

We will soon see Matilda looking sexier than ever in Martini's new spot, which was rolled in Cape Town and is to be aired across Europe.

Diesel has chosen our fantastic city to shoot its new global campaign, and we are delighted to announce that Jessica Sanroman has been chosen to take part in it.

Photographer Frank P. Wartenberg worked with Alletta and Simon Guder for New Yorker. Once again Barcelona was a perfect location for the job.

Alletta's freshness and charm were inspirational: she will lead the McDonalds European campaign, and she will appear alongside Vera Jordanova and Kasia S. across Spain in the new Larios campaign.

Javier Murgoitio worked with Víctor Cucart on the Arte de Vivir editorial in April.
Model: Vanessa Romero.
Hair: Javier Murgoitio for TECNI.ART.
Make-up: Javier Murgoitio for Mac.

He also worked, this month, with Nuria Taboada on a personal project.

Agencia Make-up represents 19 Illustrators who collaborate on national and international projects involving fashion, music, interior design, fabric printing, "style life", advertising, story board & rough, editorial, animation, children's world, new technologies, murals and more.

Some of our clients:
Conde Nast, Loewe, Custo Barcelona, Virgin Records, Hugo Boss, Planeta, Roberto Verino, El País, Screaming Mimi's, Pepe Jeans, Baume & Mercier, Wella, Jocomomola, Siemens, Coca-Cola.

Spot Professional Lightservice now provides all necessary equipment, including the newest Briese- and Profoto-technic, for photo shooting in Spain and Portugal.

Whether in Malaga, Madrid, Lisbon or Tenerife, Spot Professional Lightservice will deliver your photo equipment to all locations in Spain, Portugal and the Canary Islands quickly and on time at a reasonable rate.

Stereorent was chosen to provide service for the VIII Spanish Music Awards, in Madrid on the April 15th. For this event, Stereorent installed a 5mx4m Leds Screen integrated into the set to transmit the musical performances.

Alejandro Sanz, Las Niñas and Bebo Valdés & El Cigala were some of the artists awarded.

Ovide Broadcast Services donates 0.7% of its 2004 total annual invoicing with their collaboration in audio-visual productions supported by NGOs (ONG) to promote peace.

For more information please contact Mayte Millan at the Communication Department.

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