Brands & Films

Reflections on product placement in movies, music and on TV

Month: October, 2010

Product Placement in Mad Men – Season 4 recap

The 3rd season of Mad Men ended with a new agency Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce and with big expectations for all characters. Everyone was glad that there was a fresh start. Fast forward to the last episode of the 4th season and here we go again: after the personal and business-wise turmoil, Don & co. [...]

3D Future for Perfumes

There were two interesting ads that were aired in the beginning of September. Both were for perfumes and both were directed by famous artists. Let’s check both of them.
Guy Ritchie, British movie director and Madonna’s former husband, directed an ad/short movie ‘Un rendez vous’ for Dior Homme. The main star of the ad is Jude [...]

Famous Blue Raincoat and Black Hat

It’s four in the morning, the end of December
I’m writing you now just to see if you’re better
New York is cold, but I like where I’m living
There’s music on Clinton Street all through the evening.
(Famous Blue Raincoat, 1971)

It’s been 15 years since I’ve bought my first and actually the only Leonard Cohen’s record. It was [...]

Hooligans in Nike sneakers

Ivan Bogdanov, 29, is probably the most famous football hooligan at the moment. He’s the guy who was on almost every picture from the Italy-Serbia football match, which should have been played on Wednesday, 12 October in Genoa. He was the (unofficial) leader of Serbian hooligans who demolished some of the city centre and then [...]

Chilean miners wear Oakley sunglasses

During the last 24 hours the rescue mission of Chilean miners has been the world’s top news. The men have been trapped underground since 5 August, when a mine tunnel collapsed. The story of men getting out of the mine into freedom is a “tremendously inspirational story” (according to Barack Obama). Frankly, it’s one of [...]