Brands & Films

Reflections on product placement in movies, music and on TV

Tag: Kodak

Product placement for hipsters: Kodak Instamatic

This blog post is written for all hipster readers of Brands & Films. Just kidding – it’s about a piece of photo history that was immensely popular, became almost extinct, but is now fashionable again. Thanks to hipster culture and >Instagram, an iPhone app that has more than 50 million users. A few days ago [...]

5 reasons why more product placement on Mad Men won't be a problem

Last week was one of the scariest weeks for die-hard Mad Men fans. According to some news reports there was a battle between AMC, the cable channel that showcases Mad Men, and Matthew Weiner, creator, executive producer and the chief writer of Mad Men. The dispute was about cost cutting. Apparently AMC would air the [...]

The best product placement in the TV shows

In the last 20-25 years I watched quite a number of TV shows, but only a few can qualify for the 'Best of the best' segment. These are: Moonlighting (my guilty pleasure), Twin Peaks and Mad Men. The first one is on the list because of Bruce Willis (obviously) and the second because I haven't [...]