{"id":735,"date":"2024-07-23T12:32:14","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T12:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2026.italyfixer.com\/?p=735"},"modified":"2024-07-23T12:32:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T12:32:15","slug":"kotipizza-commercial-also-starring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2026.italyfixer.com\/?p=735","title":{"rendered":"Kotipizza commercial (Also Starring)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\">With this commercial, the Producer Ville Salminen wanted to evoke a rural Italian past, with a typical old-fashioned pizzeria in a medieval village. He asked <strong>Fabio Di Segni <\/strong>and <strong>ITALYfixer <\/strong>to produce the Italian segment, from finding the <strong>filming locations<\/strong>, auditioning <strong>actors <\/strong>and <strong>extras<\/strong>, hiring <strong>local English-speaking crew<\/strong>, <strong>stylist<\/strong>, <strong>props person, hair and make-up<\/strong>, and sourcing <strong>grip and lighting gear. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/2026.italyfixer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_4976-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-736\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2026.italyfixer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_4976-980x735.jpg 980w, http:\/\/2026.italyfixer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_4976-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\">Fabio found the perfect <strong>filming location<\/strong>, a picturesque Tuscan village with a great pizzeria in the main square.  The talent consisted of 3 actors and 50 extras, all recruited locally, and their <strong>costumes <\/strong>which were organized by a local English-speaking stylist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/2026.italyfixer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_4933-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-737\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2026.italyfixer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_4933-980x735.jpg 980w, http:\/\/2026.italyfixer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_4933-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\">Hair and make-up was also done by a very experienced local hair and make-up artist.\u00a0<strong> ITALYfixe<\/strong>r put together a highly professional <strong>Italian TV crew<\/strong> and organized <strong>equipment hire<\/strong> for all the<strong> lighting and grip gear<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/2026.italyfixer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_5002-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-738\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2026.italyfixer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_5002-980x735.jpg 980w, http:\/\/2026.italyfixer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_5002-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph\">As their <strong>production manager<\/strong>, our function was to manage the budget, and come up with creative solutions. For example, the scenes set in an airplane were filmed in a coach nearby, and the scene with the principal actor in Finland, was <strong>green-screened<\/strong> in a local <strong>studio<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5 wp-block-paragraph\">We organized all logistics, <strong>crew transportation<\/strong>, accommodation and <strong>translation <\/strong>as well as <strong>contracts for the actors<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6 wp-block-paragraph\">The shoot went smoothly and the result was a heartwarming film in a gorgeous location.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With this commercial, the Producer Ville Salminen wanted to evoke a rural Italian past, with a typical old-fashioned pizzeria in a medieval village. 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