Aero Film has signed celebrity/fashion photographers Markus Klinko and Indrani for exclusive spot representation. The announcement was made by Aero Partner/Executive Producer Lance O’Connor. At press time, Markus Klinko & Indrani were just wrapping an on-location still shoot featuring actor Will Smith, and beginning another shoot in Manhattan featuring celebrity blogger Perez Hilton.
“Markus and Indrani want to take their dreamlike, larger than life images and make them move,” says O’Connor. “Their portfolio is astounding, their work is timeless, but with contemporary elements. They want to apply their icon-making talents to spots and Aero is going to take them there.” O’Connor added that doing spot work for fashion and celebrity-involved spots would come quite naturally to them. “I see many built-in opportunities for them. In a way, fashion and celebrity itself has become the product.”
According to Indrani, the duo has wanted to do spots for some time. “Our clients are asking us all the time, ‘would you do the spot in addition to the still campaign?’ Being so busy with still projects, we decided to wait until it was the right time. “ Indrani also noted that the pair’s approach to a still campaign was quite similiar to producing a :30 spot. “We talk to our clients constantly to get their concepts and ideas, then we storyboard our approach,” says Indrani. We’re very interactive. I think one of the key’s to our sucess the past fourteen years has been our structured approach. We don’t believe in 'happy accidents. We have a very specific vision and we fight for that vision. We want work where the clients want their still and spot campaigns to be as unified as possible. The same hair, make-up, lighting and message, only with movement.”
Their work is shown in galleries all over Manhattan. Words used to describe the duo’s work include iconic, powerful, empowered, hyper-current, inspired, romantic and sexy. Klinko and Indrani love working with film, but moved into the digital world years ago. “We start with sharpness,” says Indrani, referring to her digital images. We post everything ourselves. That gives me the freedom to sometimes composite many images. “Right now our reel is our portfolio, just imagine it moving.”
Aero Film is located at 3000 31st Street, Santa Monica, Ca 90401. For more information contact Lance O’Connor at 310-396-9696 or visit www.aerofilm.tv.
