JENNIFER UNDER WATER
In order to find the perfect girl for the underwater scenes
Wim Wenders conducted castings in three cities: London, Paris
and Rotterdam. What made that process difficult is the fact
that the appearance of the potential candidates changed under
water and that the part called for someone who could dive efficiently,
feel comfortable under water and move well and naturally. Eventually
the part went to Jennifer from South Africa, who was cast in
London. She received some diving lessons before the shoot and
proceeded to be under water for 5 hours .
March 30, Hamburg, Cinelicht Studio
THE BUBBLES
In Hamburg the main objective was to film the individual pieces
which would eventually be integrated into the 'cola bubbles'
after the viewer starts their journey into the Africola bottle.
Casting for the shoot took place in Hamburg and Berlin. Franz
Lustig, who already had contributed to the overall look of the
shoot in Devon and created the underwater-cone-of-light was
the director of photography at the shoot. The filming of the
'bubbles' had to finished in a very short time and preparation
and streamlining of the productions proved to be crucial in
order to finish about a dozen short clips in one day. Those
clips were later integrated into the bubbles via computer at
Das Werk AG in Munich.
The commercial is being shown in movie
theaters in Germany and on TV.
