I have a scene in which i need to show someone carrying a box of beer. Obviously i can't use bud light or anything, so i need to create my own or pay for someone to create it. I need it to look realistic and not cheesy or cheap. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to create something or where i would find someone who can make it? Any help would be appreciated
creating your own beer label
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How soon do you need it? If you're shooting this week, then I guess you'll have to make one.
But if you've got some time, I would just contact a beer company and ask for permission. I got permission from Pabst to use both PBR and Colt 45 in one of my movies. It was quite easy, just took a little while.
Every major corporate retailer has a full-time employee in product placement. Though they won't be paying you to show their product, technically what we're talking about is product placement. I got permission by calling the company headquarters and asking for contact info for their product placement person. I was given an email address. I sent a brief email asking for permission, with a brief description of the project. Within maybe a week, I got a reply asking me to send them the pages of the script that featured the product. I replied in kind, and maybe a week later, they sent a PDF giving permission to use their product, with conditions attached (no underage drinking, no binge drinking, no illegal activity while drinking).
But if you've got some time, I would just contact a beer company and ask for permission. I got permission from Pabst to use both PBR and Colt 45 in one of my movies. It was quite easy, just took a little while.
Every major corporate retailer has a full-time employee in product placement. Though they won't be paying you to show their product, technically what we're talking about is product placement. I got permission by calling the company headquarters and asking for contact info for their product placement person. I was given an email address. I sent a brief email asking for permission, with a brief description of the project. Within maybe a week, I got a reply asking me to send them the pages of the script that featured the product. I replied in kind, and maybe a week later, they sent a PDF giving permission to use their product, with conditions attached (no underage drinking, no binge drinking, no illegal activity while drinking).
Unless you are showing the box in close-up or otherwise featuring it somehow, it is a simple matter to "greek" the case with a sharpie so that the words/art are different enough that it no longer matters.
PBR becomes PPP with some clever sharpie work, for example.
Just a thought.
PBR becomes PPP with some clever sharpie work, for example.
Just a thought.