Apple products in movies

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Does Apple Computer ever use paid Product Placement in movies or TV shows? While Apple laptops appear frequently in The Big Bang Theory I have never seen any of their other products, eg. the Apple Watch, in either The X-Files or any recent Bond movies. Surely "Spooks" like these would be the characters most likely to use such technology?



Best Answer

I can't find a definitive source from Apple directly, but many mentions that Apple doesn't pay for product placements. Here's but one:

http://bgr.com/2015/03/06/apple-product-placement-movies-2014/

Though Apple doesn’t pay for product placement, it certainly has no problem with bestowing large boxes of Apple hardware to production companies in the hopes that iPhones and Macs make it onto some of the biggest TV and movie hits of the year.

The implication that Apple never pays directly for product placement, but seems happy donating props as needed.




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Can you use Apple products in movies?

Apple won't let bad guys use iPhones in movies, 'Knives Out' director Rian Johnson says. Rian Johnson, the writer and director of \u201cKnives Out,\u201d revealed that Apple will permit film productions to use its products onscreen, but bad characters can't have an iPhone on camera.

What movies have Apple products?

Examples of Apple's Product Placement in Movies
  • Iphone in Marry Me (2022) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. ...
  • Apple in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011, Columbia Pictures, screen capture) Legally Blonde, The Movie. ...
  • Mac from Legally Blonde (2001) Jobs. ...
  • Jobs (2013) Knives Out. ...
  • Knives Out. Conclusion.


What movies have iPhones in them?

Movies Which Were Shot on iPhone You Never Knew
  • Unsane. Claire Foy follows a woman who is sure that she has a stalker. ...
  • I Play With the Phrase Each Other. The movie has everything done with the help of a phone. ...
  • Tangerine. ...
  • Detour. ...
  • 9 Rides. ...
  • Romance in NYC. ...
  • Night Fishing. ...
  • Framed.


Why do movies not use Apple products?

\u201cApple\u2026 they let you use iPhones in movies but \u2014 and this is very pivotal if you're ever watching a mystery movie \u2014 bad guys cannot have iPhones on camera.\u201d According to Johnson, this restriction impacts storytelling, because it inadvertently reveals which characters are good and bad.



Apple's strict rules for product placement in Apple TV shows and movies




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Answer 2

Apple really doesn't pay for the product placement. But they have a person to ensure that its products get as much screen time as possible.

From Network World,

While Apple does not pay for product placement in TV shows and movies, that hasn't prevented Apple products from showing up in all kinds of places in the media. As for how it all happens behind the scenes, Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller once explained that Apple has a point person who works closely with Hollywood to get Apple products as much screen time as possible.

While other companies have to pay for their product placements, Apple manages to do it free. How? Here it is. From this Dailytech answer,

"Apple won't pay to have their products featured, but they are more than willing to hand out an endless amount of computers, iPads and iPhones," said Gavin Polone, producer of HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm. "It's kind of a graft situation."

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