If you think about famous cocktails from movies or TV shows which one springs to mind: vodka martini from some James Bond movie, Cosmopolitan from Sex and the City, White Russian from…
In my previous post Toyota Prius mocked in No Strings Attached I briefly analyzed Toyota Prius’ product placement in the movie No Strings Attached. I’ve also mentioned that the movie included several…
Couple of days ago two friends asked me (on separate occasions) if I had seen the movie No Strings Attached with Natalie Portman (Emma) and Ashton Kutcher (Adam). They were curious if…
A few weeks ago I found one very interesting website called Songs With A Brand Name. It’s a website full of popular songs that include different brands. That concept is called ‘brand…
A few days ago young Danish painter Nadia Plesner won an unusual battle against LVMH, one of the world’s largest fashion companies. Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy had filed a lawsuit against her…
In the end, Friday's royal wedding was a complete success: over 2 billion TV viewers, over a million people on the streets of London and 500,000 in front of Buckingham Palace, countless…
Hollywood Branded Inc. is a Los Angeles based entertainment marketing agency, founded in 2007 by Stacy Jones. The agency specializes in product placement, celebrity endorsement, branded content, promotions, licensing. Hollywood Branded, the…
Magnum, an ice cream brand owned by the British/Dutch company Unilever, has recently launched its latest ad / interactive advergame or we could just call it an experience: Pleasure Hunt. It was…
Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United States. It employed aspects of mass culture, such as advertising,…
When Britney Spears released music video for her song Hold it Against Me the main talk on Twitter was about product placement in the video. It contains several brands that are very…
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…
This is the first guest post on Brands & Films. It was written by Alexander Appelhans, a student at the Queen Mary University of London who wrote an essay as a part…
Special announcement for readers and visitors of this blog: since last Saturday Brands&Films has its own Facebook page and Twitter profile. On the Facebook page you will find links to new blog…
One of the most beautiful movies of 2009 was definitely Tom Ford's debut A Single Man. The most impressive aspect of A Single Man is its cinematic beauty. Everything from the design…
Did you know that until 28th February product placement wasn't allowed in the UK? Well, product placement in films and international programmes (e.g. American sitcoms…) was allowed, because it wasn't made for…