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It’s been a busy week for ads and we’ve covered spots filmed in Iceland, Buenos Aires and California. A popular TV story has been news that the BBC will be filming a new period drama in Dublin, doubling the city…
Filming on location in Saskatchewan with SaskFilm’s Tobi Lampard
Tobi has a background as an independent TV producer specialising in TV development. Over her career she has worked with broadcasters such as CBC, AETN, Discovery International and Canwest's group of speciality channels. Working with an international client base, she…
MJZ films stunt-filled anarchy on location in Buenos Aires for new Axe spot
MJZ has chosen Buenos Aires for a new action-packed spot for Axe deodorant. Unleash the Chaos shows a city devastated by crazy accidents triggered as a young man and woman accidentally push a flowerpot from a rooftop cafe. Vehicles overturn…
Tool of North America takes MINI for a spin filming on a Californian dry lake bed
MINI has blended comedy with action for its latest viral piece. Best Test Drive Ever. Period features a fan tearing through the streets of LA in a MINI before a stunt ramp launches him onto a dry lake bed. From…
PCP faces model challenges on Volvo shoot with Stink in Malta
“We want to bring an existing 70-foot racing yacht from Spain to Malta and shoot it in the water tank.” This was the first phone call from the UK. But this proved too costly, which prompted the producers to opt…
Iceland offers dramatic winter visuals as Stink films on location for Honda
Stink has taken advantage of dramatic winter lighting in Iceland for a new Honda spot. Spark visualises the initial impulse that leads to great ideas, as a spark is born in an industrial warehouse and takes flight across a shadowy…
Editor’s Weekly
This week we’ve covered eye-catching new commercials from Garmin, VW China and a Brazilian language school, with filming locations found in Austria, Beijing and California respectively. New figures from Britain revealed that the UK had a good 2011, while Columbia…
Weareflink creates Chinese New Year on location in Beijing for VW
German production company Weareflink and Chinese production house CONTRA have filmed in Beijing to mark Chinese New Year for vehicle manufacturer VW. The spot shows a dragon with VW wheels creeping through a busy Beijing street to mark the event.…
In & Out creates Megan Fox island paradise on location in California
In probably the most eye-catching language school commercial in the history of the genre, In & Out has filmed on location in California with Megan Fox and Mike Tyson. The spot shows two twenty-something Brazilian men washed up on a…
CFP-E and APA heading to Intercontinental Advertising Cup in Istanbul
The Commercial Film Producers of Europe (CFP-E) and the UK’s Advertising Producers Association (APA) will be in Istanbul tomorrow and Friday (26th and 27th January 2012) for the Intercontinental Advertising Cup (ICAC). It’s the third year in a row that…