But the mold is broken when horse trades stable for castle in this latest spot featuring the Citroen DS 5LS. Click here for a look.
PPI China looked to France because it wanted to shoot in the Palace of Versailles. But the two-day permit they wanted is tough to come by. And the doors were too narrow to get the Citroen sedan inside.
A next natural step was to consider Vaux le Vicomte, also known as le petit Versailles, but a film-friendly owner still couldn’t overcome the size of the doors.
The same look and spirit was found in the Chapelle of the Beaux Arts in Paris. With the setting decided on, we now turned our attention to horsepower.
Mario Luraschi and his team are amongst the top horse-training specialists in Europe. Our horse Baruto captivated all the crew as he strode through aristocratic settings for visions out of a dreamscape.
This production marked a repeat collaboration of the French Production Service Network partner with Havas China. The first is filled with cinematic glamour thanks to the starring role of Sophie Marceau and a man in a uniform.
In another C5 campaign for Dentsu China produced by Gwantsi China, it is Paris for lovers that take center stage.
PSN Turkey has seen its work for Fiat used across Eastern Europe.
Ford and Blue Hive called on our partner in Spain to shoot the Ford Transit Connect stills campaign celebrating the vehicle’s award winning year.
Our partner in South Africa has worked across a range of car shoots. There has been concentrated studio work for M&C Saatchi in London, storytelling for Fiat and a Leo Burnett, Boulogne campaign, and the feature film feel of an Infiniti campaign produced with Knucklehead London for TBWA.
Nicolas Bétrancourt
Veteran producer Nicolas Bétrancourt brings the world to France. Decades of experience shooting award-winning commercial films and music videos in his home country have served him well during recent years dedicated to providing great crews, amazing natural sets, and the guilty pleasure of a glass of wine or two or three with filmmakers and photographers from all over the planet. Because what’s the point of shooting in France if you don’t enjoy wine at the end of the day, honestly?
Nico, as he is widely known, was born in Le Havre, France, in the 60’s. Facing Southampton, not so far from Liverpool, he could be considered the 6th or 7th Beatle. Really! His choice of images over music may have cost recording studios a rising star, but the film industry got a hell of a producer instead.
As a young producer, Nico surfed the late 80’s wave of advertising and music videos working at Premiere Heure, the hippest production company in town. This fiery chap got involved in no less than a thousand of ad films and music videos and even won the very first award for a music video in France.
Later established with a bunch of mavericks under the famous flag « C’est La Vie Productions » in Paris and London, Nico enlivened the 90’s with the most popular music videos and advertising films of the decade.
But as most all great rock’n’roll bands, C’est La Vie Prod’s skyrocketing success sputtered out, and Nico took his life back as he embarked on a new millennium.