Major bang for the buck for a regional campaign

One of the Los Angeles regions' most recognizable dealer campaigns ever, we took a unique approach to rebranding the dealership, with its new slogan "World Famous Beverly Hills BMW" as it's core.

To kick things off, we closed down the street in front of the Colosseum in Rome, Italy to shoot the first spot (I made the point during the pitch that "You can't say you're World Famous and shoot it in Pacoima or something"). Being a bit more budget conscious after establishing the tone, we ended up shooting the second spot at a water treatment plant in Van Nuys (not far from Pacoima, ironically. It has an amazing Asian garden and is also Starfleet Headquarters in Star Trek: The Next Generation). The last two were shot on the lot at Universal Studios.

For technical fans, the Rome spot was one of the very first spots ever to shoot with the Sony F900 24P CineAlta camera. We couldn't even back up the footage to the same format because we had the only camera in Southern Europe with us in Rome, and someone else had the only 24P capable deck with them in Milan (and no second deck to run an identical dub anywhere closer than London). No stress on that shoot!