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spotlight magazine Mar 2024 services for photo & film
Colombia: METRO STUDIO
"Embark on an unprecedented visual journey at Metro Studio, Colombia's premier destination for High-Speed Table-Top excellence in food and beverages production. As trailblazers in Visual Engineering under the visionary leadership of director Giovanni Granada, we redefine the crafting of imagery, pushing boundaries with spectacular visuals captured at an extraordinary thousand frames per second.
For discerning producers committed to international-quality visuals, Metro Studio stands as the epitome of excellence. Our meticulous precision and rigorous testing, employing custom-designed robotic systems, mechatronics, and the powerhouse BOLT-CINEBOT, set new benchmarks for visual perfection within Colombia. Experience a game-changer – multiply your budget's impact in this innovative and cost-efficient Colombian landscape, where creative innovation propels projects to new heights.
We've transformed Visual Engineering into a meticulously planned art, eliminating uncertainty for producers to navigate projects with absolute confidence. Step into the world of Metro Studio, where Colombian innovation converges with vibrant creativity, elevating your production to unparalleled heights. Join us as we redefine the very landscape of High-Speed Table-Top excellence.
Metro Studio, where technology becomes art."
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spotlight magazine Jan 2024 food & drink photography & motion
Colombia: METRO STUDIO
Metro Studio reaches the international top in audiovisual production for food and beverages.
Impossible images that add value: director Giovanni Granada brings to life the most beautiful and seductive cinematographic shots, creating appetite and desire in the mind and heart.
Thanks to the brilliant combination of many highly advanced technological and technical areas, fascinating original images of liquids and food in motion can now be produced in Colombia at the highest international quality level. Innovative, memorable, spectacular, and enticing scenes add extraordinary value to products, brands, and companies in themselves.
Feeling like we are spinning in the air around a crystaline, spectacular, and very appetising drop of beer, experiencing how it falls in an epic manner, colliding with the glass it's served in, our senses and our brain decide: "I want it!”
Based on constant research and the development of systems, and mechanisms, and the skilful use of its BOLT Cinebot, Metro Studio achieves this new goal, driven by its director Giovanni Granada, who has been the creative inspiration for the entire process; a dream shared by each of the select professionals who accompany him at Metro Studio to bring impossible images to life.
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spotlight magazine May 2019 cinemagraphs & animated gifs
Bogotá: Andres Calderon
Eye-catching /ˈʌɪˌkatʃɪŋ/
Adjective: Immediately appealing or noticeable.For the last nine years, Andrés Calderon has been walking an outstanding creative path. Throughout his journey, he has discovered the transformation of the still image and the multiple alternatives presented by the poetic feel of movement itself.
With a highly defined style he has brought many ingredients into the equation and resolved many challenges within his projects. The results have become high-end visuals with a fun and striking, yet very simple touch that grabs anyone’s attention.
His portfolio features several international assignments from companies and brands such as Starbucks, Palmolive, Essie/L'Oréal, VMLY&R, Juan Valdéz, Nestlé, UberEats, Alpina, Homecenter, Sancho BBDO, Publicis, SYOU, Beckett Simonon and Notabag.
Join Andrés to discover a small excerpt of his mesmerizing way of bringing ideas to life - "your next project just might need these kinds of skills!"
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showcase magazine Jan 2019 latin america & caribbean issue 734
Andres Calderon Bogota Still Life, Food & Drink Photographers and Directors
Andrés Calderón is a Bogotá-based still life photographer with a highly skilled technical approach and a creative vision that has grown over the last nine years. He offers high-end visuals in both still photography and motion, specialising in still life, table top commercials and set staging.
Recent years have moved Andres's work towards self producing complex commercials using Phantom Flex cameras, large production teams and special effects stylists in order to achieve amazing outputs for his clients.
His eye-catching visual style, rich in colour, texture and art direction has brought opportunities to work for many brands around the world including Starbucks, Palmolive, Essie/L'Oréal, VML, Juan Valdéz, Nestlé, UberEats, Alpina, Sancho BBDO, Publicis, SYOU, Beckett Simonon and Notabag, among others.
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spotlight magazine Oct 2018 illustration
Colombia: Lemonia Ink (Alexa Barrera Torres)
"I’m a designer based in Colombia working in the field of illustration. My strength lies in how I approach every-day topics with my unique interpretation, catching the attention of people who enjoy my art. My style is a mix between subtlety and power, using the feminine figure with a contemporary twist.
I founded Lemonia in 2016 with the idea to express myself in a space that reflects my personality, as I have nothing to hide. My work is fresh with a harmonious colour palette. I’m able to produce a variety of artwork according to the field in which it is required. I feel comfortable in different areas: character design, editorials, events, campaigns or logos. Everything starts with a pencil and paper!"
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spotlight magazine Sep 2017 illustration
Bogota: Lemonia Ink (Alexa Barrera Torres)
"I’m a designer based in Colombia working in the field of illustration. My strength lies in how I approach every-day topics with my unique interpretation, catching the attention of people who enjoy my art. My style is a mix between subtlety and power, using the feminine figure with a contemporary twist.
I founded Lemonia in 2016 with the idea to express myself in a space that reflects my personality, as I have nothing to hide. My work is fresh with a harmonious colour palette. I’m able to produce a variety of artwork according to the field in which it is required. I feel comfortable in different areas: character design, editorials, events, campaigns or logos. Everything starts with a pencil and paper!"
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spotlight magazine Apr 2013 cars, transportation and landscape photography
Bogota: Klotz Photo
For the past 20 years, German photographer Andre Klotz has specialised in car and liquid photography out of his base in Colombia. In 2012, Andre and his team worked for two of the largest automobile photography campaigns for Toyota and GM in Colombia.
Together with the Leo Burnett agency, Andre produced a series of photographs for Toyota vehicles available in the local market. The crew traveled to some of the most exotic places in the country during the course of nine months. He also worked with the McCann Erickson agency for the GM campaign for their image catalog and advertising.
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spotlight magazine Mar 2013 latin america production
BOGOTA: Loto Films
"Loto Films make dreams come true."
Each piece made by the company reflects the love, dedication and talent of the team. As a result of being born in the digital era, Loto Films has become a curious explorer and observer of the latest tools, without neglecting the crafting process. The company offers both traditional and non-traditional solutions for all types of content, advertising and comunications needs.
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spotlight magazine Mar 2013 latin america production
Colombian Caribbean: Two Brothers Productions
The Colombian Caribbean has a rich diversity of beach and city locations. Off the shores of Cartagena are a group of 28 beautiful Islands, surrounded by a reef that shelters them from large waves, and complete with wooden huts and villas, boutique hotels and Spas, driftwood and palm tree forests. The city itself looks like Havana, only on a smaller scale; it has preserved the colonial feel, even though outside the old city walls Cartagena boasts a modern downtown with a skyscraper skyline.
All of this, plus the UNESCO World Heritage status, sums-up an ideal backdrop for photo and film productions. Equally, the city can serve as an ideal “colonial” alternative to Cuba and the Dominican Republic, especially for US professionals who are not yet allowed to officially travel to Cuba.
Forget misconceptions about the Colombian Caribbean: Cartagena is posh, not hill-billy, sophisticated rather than rustic. And it's safe: the city is Colombia's window to the world and everybody moves freely and unconcerned.
Two Brothers Productions is the first international production company in northern Colombia. Recent shoots were completed for French Elle and German Schwab. The team is currently working on a US film project featuring Colombian Salsa all-star, Joe Arroyo.
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spotlight magazine Mar 2013 latin america production
Bogota: Frame Producciones
Frame Productions provides high-quality audio-visual content of a different nature. The company is a leader in the domestic market thanks to a talented and unique creative crew, who bring fresh and innovative ideas to every initiative.
Each new project is a challenge and a brand new adventure to look forward to.
Frame Productions' final pieces are the result of unique experiences that evolve in conjunction with clients' demands.
Services include:
- Video - Publicity spots, fashion films, corporate videos, event filming, wedding videos, music videos, animation, motion graphics and special FX.
- Photography - Editorial, publicity, products, fashion catalogues, events and weddings.