Production Paradise

In this edition of SHOWCASE SPAIN, we again bring you news from Barcelona’s finest visual media companies and professionals, selected from our directory at www.productionparadise.com.

We also bring you advance notice of OFFF BCN 2006, Barcelona’s International Festival for the Post-Digital Creation Culture, which will again explore software aesthetics and new languages for interactive and visual expression. Digital artists, web designers, print designers, motion graphic studios and avant-garde electronic musicians will all be featured.

OFFF takes place 11-13 May and is described as “one of the essential meeting points for the international scene of post-digital creation”. More details at http://www.offf.ws/bcn.

Our cover was shot by Bela Adler and Salvador Fresneda for Yo Dona magazine. Hair & make-up by Sonia (Servimatge), styling by Macareno Mico, and models Edita and Aye.

bcn photography/photographers: BÈLA ADLER & SALVADOR FRESNEDA

Last month, photographers Bèla Adler and Salvador Fresneda were busy working on a number of high-profile projects including work for Marie Claire, a special promo for Adolfo Dominguez, as well as for Glamour and Telva.

They also did the international campaign for CRUCIANI, the campaign for FIAT and the Dorotea catalogue.

bcn photography/photographers: JOSE LUIS ABAD RUBIO

Jose Luis Abad recently shot the fashion editorials for VLC hello and Lamilk magazines.

He also shot Mustang's international spring-summer '06 campaign - which will soon be featured at his web site.

bcn photography/photographers: DAVID RUIZ

In collaboration with a number of international magazines, David Ruiz continues to work on different editorials to present his own perspective on advertising propositions.

He did the recent Dockers promo, which has been out on the street for the last week.

bcn photography/rental studios: TOP STUDIOS

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

Recent First Service Factory projects:

Currently showing on Spanish television is the humorous Californian Walnuts commercial directed by Jamie Lane for Grey & Trace. Creative Director was Jürgen Krieger.

Oscar van de Beek recently shot the print campaign for German lottery Lotto/Toto in Cape Town for agency Hoehne Habann Elser. AD was Heike Liebre.

Francesc Vilallonga just finished two editorials with Silvia Munt for AR (fashion), stylist was Virginia, and make-up was by Ester Zaragoza from Servimatge. The shoot was done at Hotel Claris in Barcelona.

Increasingly profiled as the photographer for VIPs and cosmetic campaigns, Francesc Vilallonga also worked for Woman (fashion) with model Eva from Group, stylist Ana Blanc and make-up by Victor Alvarez from Servimatge.

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

Latest jobs at Candela Imagen include the following:

- Visa. European campaign by photographer David Harriman. Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi, London.

- Universal Language. Japanese campaign by photographer Alicia Aguilera. Agency: Hakuhodo, Tokyo.

- Suit Company. Japanese campaign by photographer Alicia Aguilera. Agency: Hakuhodo, Tokyo.

- Springfield. Catalogue by photographer Alicia Aguilera. Agency: Candela Imagen, Madrid.

- Adidas by Stella McCartney. International campaign by photographer Mary McCartney Donald. Agency: 180 Communications, Amsterdam.

- Adicolor. Advertorial by photographer Sergi Pons for Neo2 magazine. Agency: Ipsum Planet, Madrid.

bcn production/photo production: SANTA MONICA PRODUCTIONS

Holiday Inn - print advertising for ad agency Leisure at Work. Photographer was Jonathan Surbey. Shot in Malaga and the beaches of Tarifa.

Brasher - outdoor catalogue for ad agency Pentland. Photographer was Paul Fosbury. Shot around Cadiz and Ronda.

Audi - model S6 and S6 avant ad spots for United Vision Berlin. Director was Chris Scherer. Filmed around Almeria and Malaga.

Audi – ad spots for United Visions Berlin. Director was Susanne Schmidt. Filmed around Granada and Almeria.

Cemex - international campaign in Valencia.

Current projects in preparation are shoots for Suzuki, with multiple teams in Malaga and Almeria through Corbis in LA and London. Also for Damart - GB in Malaga.

bcn talent/model agencies: GROUP MODEL MANAGEMENT

Vanessa Lorenzo has appeared in French Elle in an editorial shot by Filipe da Rocha. She also appeared in Mexican Elle, shot by Gilles Bensimon. To round off a good month, Vanessa was also April's cover girl at Spanish Elle, shot by Pau Pascual.

She has just come back form Paris where she shot the upcoming Guess campaign under the direction of Ellen Hasse.

Elise Crombez and Mathias Lauridsen have been over to shoot the Lacoste campaign for Spain. Pictures were taken by Jose Manuel Ferrater.

The Caramelo campaign featuring Lisa Cant is already out.

bcn talent/model agencies: SS&M MODEL MANAGEMENT

News from SS&M Model Management:

Handsome Ivan Noda from the Canary Islands was one of the models chosen for the new Springfield campaign. He spent a few days in Buenos Aires with Ida Daugaard (also with SS&M) shooting the new catalogue. Photographer Alicia Aguilera achieved some pleasing results as you can see.
 
Woman magazine has chosen Leticia Sardá to represent this season's new trends in their special issue and Maria Vives is to model their latest bridal wear designs in Tuscany. 

Stefan Lutter's charisma shone through in Nox, a black and white editorial shot by Victor Moscardó.

bcn hotel/hotels: CHIC AND BASIC

bcn hotel/hotels: THE FIVE ROOMS

When asked to describe The 5 Rooms, here was their succinct reply:

Cool
Fresh
Welcoming
Homey
Cosmopolitan
Sophisticated
An urban oasis

More details about the concept and facilities can be found at their website.

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

Rent City Apartments has a variety of options for staying in the city, including a huge 270 m2 apartment with 200 m2 private sun terrace near to the stunning Music Palace (Palau de la Música Catalana).

This recently refurbished luxury apartment is located in the heart of the city, less than 400m away from Plaza Cataluña. The apartment features traditional high ceilings (4.7m) with original paintings, mosaic antique wooden floor and brand new furnishings. The terrace has been fully decorated with plants and large wooden pergola (9m x 4.5m) and barbeque grill.

Rent City Apartments has well placed apartments throughout the Barcelona area. They offer special rates and services for photo, film and commercial production crews.

Contact them on +34 932 955 916 or at booking@rentcityapartments.com.

bcn event/film events: BAFF FESTIVAL

BAFF 2006 – the 8^th Barcelona Asian Film Festival – takes place 28 April to 7 May. As in previous years, BAFF will feature the best recent Asian productions, with more than 50 films being shown.

The festival’s official competition of the "best, most innovative or surprising" of recent productions includes 11 entries from countries including Japan, China, Kazakhstan, Thailand and South Korea.

Special guest country this year is Vietnam.

More details can be found at www.baff-bcn.org.

MINIGUIDE