Category Archives: Behind the Scenes

Stained-glass inspiration: Another look at Nadav Kander’s Monte Carlo campaign

Yesterday at her blog, Heather Morton posted an excellent follow-up to my June 10 post Crispin Porter + Bogusky’s John Kieselhorst on Nadav Kander and the making of their cheeky Monte Carlo campaign. Focusing on how to facilitate collaboration on a creative project, Heather interviewed Andrea Mariash, the David & Goliath senior art buyer on the campaign. [...]

Matthias Clamer on “The Glades,” plus a behind-the-scenes video shot as a silent film

The new A&E series The Glades premiered this week, which you probably already knew—the ads for the show, shot by our own Matthias Clamer, are everywhere. Here are a couple: . . “We shot on the beach in Miami and built a huge swamp set in studio,” explains Matthias at his blog. “I went on [...]

Video: Behind the scenes at Michael Muller’s photo shoot with Giovanni Ribisi

Michael photographed actor Giovanni Ribisi for the Summer 200 issue of New York Moves magazine, and in this behind-the-scenes video of the shoot, you can feel like you were right there with them both… . . .

Crispin Porter + Bogusky’s John Kieselhorst on Nadav Kander and the making of their cheeky Monte Carlo campaign

When PDN selected this image shot by Nadav Kander… . . for its Photo Annual 2010, I thought it’d be interesting to get the story behind (no pun intended!) the campaign. So I sent John Kieselhorst—he’s now associate creative director at Crispin Porter + Bogusky in Boulder but worked on these ads when he was [...]

Video: Vincent Laforet’s Volkswagen spec ad

Canon recently asked Vincent to collaborate with them on a shoot to show off what the Canon 1D Mark IV, one of its new HDDSLR cameras, can do, so he chose to do a spec ad with a silver VW Bug. “It was shot over two days in downtown Los Angeles with a Canon behind-the-scenes [...]

Janet Froelich on Craig Cutler and Real Simple’s 10th-anniversary cover trio

Real Simple marked its 10th anniversary this year, a milestone that the magazine chose to celebrate with a triple split-run cover for its April issue themed “The Gift of Time.” Craig Cutler photographed the covers and worked with Real Simple creative director Janet Froelich (veteran creative director of The New York Times Magazine and T: [...]

Video: The making of Matthew Rolston’s “Art of Fashion”

. Remember the “Art of Fashion” 16-page spring-fashion photo spread that Matthew Rolston shot for Neiman Marcus recently? Well, Neiman Marcus associate creative director Margo Weathers, who worked with Matthew on the shoot, has directed a documentary on the making of the campaign. . . Featuring interviews with Matthew as well as with key members [...]

New work: Martin Sigal shoots “Nurse Jackie”

The new season of the Showtime series Nurse Jackie premieres on Monday, and I cannot wait. Such sharp writing and such a brilliant cast, led by Edie Falco as a pill-popping, hard-boiled nurse with a heart of a gold and fidelity issues. Even if you don’t have Showtime, you’ve no doubt seen the campaign, which [...]

Liz Von Hoene shoots “Live Colorfully” stills and motion for Kate Spade

Liz recently shot a spring fashion campaign in New York for Kate Spade, along with video that’s being featured both at the designer’s website and in New York City taxi cabs. The mood of the work is buoyant, playful, and poppy. “The whole campaign is about living colorfully,” Liz explains, adding that “play hooky” and [...]

Video: Behind the scenes on Michael Muller’s UFC Magazine shoot with Anderson Silva

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