A top Korean director chose
Malta
as the location for the filming of a television commercial about a wheat-based
beverage. The shooting took place earlier during the week and involved joint
efforts of Korean, Maltese and German crew.
The 30-second–long commercial will feature scenes of
Valletta and Mdina, flanked by famous Korean
model, Tae-Pyoung Kim. The two-day shoot was headed by director
Myung-Chun
Park who is considered to be among the
most established Korean commercial directors. The experience was not the director’s
first in
Malta,
as he had filmed a Coca-Cola commercial at Rinella water tanks some years ago.
"In the only free time he had on his way to the airport, he managed to
slip in a quick visit to Mdina... It was the unique characteristics of its
streets that remained impressed in his memory and that allowed him to 'sell'
his concept for the drink commercial in Korea," a spokesman for the
Producer's Creative Partnership (PCP), engaged to organise the shoot, told The
Times of Malta.
The filming of the commercial was challenging for PCP, the production
company because less than a week's notice was given to scout locations, obtain
permits, engage specialized technicians and equipment from Germany and
coordinate the shoot. The plot of the commercial is focused on heartbroken Tae-Pyoung
Kim running through various streets.
The PCP expressed its gratitude towards the local councils of Mdina,
Valletta and Senglea for
their cooperation in connection with the urgent preparations that had to be
made, adding that "In London, you would usually need two weeks to organize
permits. Here, we just had a few days.”
The commercial is being edited in
London and according
to The Times of Malta, "everyone there is excited about the shots we
managed to capture in
Malta".