Brands & Films

Reflections on product placement in movies, music and on TV

Month: December, 2010

The Best of 2010

December is the month for various lists, best-ofs, worst-ofs, Top 10s, Top 100s … So; here are some of my favourite moments of 2010 – the best examples of product placement and branded entertainment, the best music album(s) and song(s) and much more. I know that those lists are very subjective and personal, but anyway [...]

Burek in Stieg Larsson’s novel

When I read approximately half of Stieg Larsson’s third novel of the Millennium trilogy The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, I found an unusual passage. I was surprised and kind of amused at the same time.
She braked at the Klaraberg viaduct and considered the options. Instead of turning down towards Södermalm she kept going [...]

Interview: Kristin R. Thomas of MountainGirl Productions

Kristin R. Thomas is a producer for independent films and a specialist for product placement from Charlotte, North Carolina (USA). We have found each other via Twitter, where she regularly tweets about product placement and her current projects (on Twitter she’s known as @Indiefilmgirl). Kristin says that she loves her job and could not think [...]

Set-jetting in Rome

This summer I visited Rome for the first time. Even though it was hot as hell, it was worth it. The city offers everything: ancient ruins, fabulous buildings, churches, temples, fountains … and parties, delicious ice-creams, crusty pizzas, tasty pastas … you name it. In four days that I’ve spent in Rome I could find [...]

PlentyOfFish, plenty of exposure

A week ago American singer Ke$ha premiered her latest music video We R Who We R. I don’t really like that kind of music although I found one part of the video very interesting. Canadian dating website PlentyOfFish had a small role in the video. Because I thought I saw that website in music videos [...]