456 said:
^-- thanks -- that's along the lines of what I expected.
Of course brands make an appearance, and it's MUCH more realistic to not have "generica" or obvious placements.
Carm WOULD want a gaudy Porsche SUV, she just would.
Not surprised to hear that money didn't change hands for some of the prominent examples. I vaguely recall reading that a decade ago.
Thanks for fleshing that out, guys!
When you grew up writing movies and wanting to be a filmmaker, like I did, you always put real products and particular songs in your scripts, and then knew that when push came to shove you wouldn't be able to use them.
Even if money did change hands, so what?
Like 456 says, it's better/more realistic when the characters can use real products.
Or you can be like Tarantino and invent fake brands to use in your movies. But then you still have to pay a designer and a prop person to make them.