Month: September 2011

Product placement in pictures: Friends With Benefits

No Strings Attached and Friends With Benefits are two Hollywood movies within a year with the same concept and with lead actresses that had important parts in the brilliant Black Swan. Natalie…

Product placement in pictures: The Smurfs

The Smurfs is an animated television series that was hugely popular during my childhood. It was first introduced as a series of comic books by the Belgian cartoonist Peyo in 1958. The…

Product placement in pictures: Fast Five

Since I had started Brands & Films I’ve been getting a lot of suggestions from my friends and colleagues about possible blog posts. I must admit that I had used a lot…

Criolo – from Grajau suburb to Nike sponsorship

A few weeks ago I didn’t know anything about Criolo. I didn’t know that he’s one of the hottest names in Brazilian popular music. I also didn’t know that he’s a 36-year…