We crossed over to London to film a new Customer story. We we’re guests at the Go Cardless office for 1,5 days, shooting interviews, office tours, and lots of B-roll

To set the stage we spent another half day, buzzing around the city to capture some of the most iconic landmarks the city has to offer. We even traveled (only two stops) with Jamie, our main character on his commute home.

Omdat het budget geen locatiescout in Maastricht toeliet, heb ik de opnames voorbereid in Google Earth. Op de dag zelf kon ik een paar unieke amfibieën filmen doordat vrijwilligers die dag wat soorten moesten verplaatsen. Iets wat ik niet snel zal vergeten.

This was only the pilot episode. In the upcoming year we’ll be traveling abroad to give the floor to other Workplace leaders.

Every film in this series had to be shot in 1 day. In each episode we tried to come up with an animation that interacts with real footage, to match the Nature Smart Cities Brand identity. All explainer animations we’re done in-house.

I’m pretty proud of the episode about Lille, editing French dialog. Luckily Renske speaks French pretty well. Other fun fact: Renske was bravely persistent with the Mayer of Lille, getting a more elaborate quote than she initially gave us.

For this film, I traveled with my assistant Eelco to Lisbon, where we met with Calum, a producer from Dezeen. The shoot was efficiently completed in just two days.

Usually, Dezeen provides me with the specific interview sections they intend to use, laying the foundation for the edit. I then submit draft edits, and their feedback challenges me, significantly elevating the overall quality of the edit.

I just had just watched the documentary ‘We kinderen van juf Kiet’ and heard the story of how the filmmakers approach filming in a classroom. I put their techniques into practise (not as thorough as they did): I visited the class the day before and I held a presentation for the kids, explaining all my gear and the proces of filmmaking. I think this really helped in how they children later on shared their stories with me and my camera.

I filmed the entire series over a total of three days. Fitting a cameraman in the cockpit wasn’t possible in each episode, so we installed a 360 camera to provide flexibility in the editing process with various angles.

We decided that each episode had a main character. It was great to have no format restrictions: Each episode had a different structure, to keep things interesting

We decided to make this a half day shoot:

• 1 hour interview with camera rolling
• 3 hours for about 4 settings: living room, working desk, attic and outside.

I planned to let the B-roll cover the entire story. But I wanted to have the interview on film to cut back to for ultimate emphasis.

Renske clinched the first prize for her bag design, a perfect fusion of style and functionality with a commitment to sustainability. Her innovative use of the eco-friendly material stood out, earning accolades from the judges. Proudly contributing to this triumph, Renske’s winning design exemplifies the marriage of creativity and conscientious fashion.

What was special about filming this project, is that it took place during Corona outbreak. So from the 3rd meeting everything changed. I added a 1.5 meter distance interview with Lieven to actually connect this project to what was happening in the world. With the edit for 95% done, the client wanted an extra interview with a project manager, which I also did in a 1.5 meter 1 on 1 office setting. To make it more efficient we planned some pickup shots to improve and finalise the edit.