Arty-Shock

A short web docu we created for the Claims Conference about their program officers who are supporting Holocaust survivors in East Europe. Since 1951 The Claims Conference has sought a small measure of justice for Jewish victims of Nazi persecution.

Established in 1999, Traffics is a leading travel technology company and among the pioneers in the digital travel industry. Renowned for their innovative and customer-oriented development of consultation, search, and booking systems for travels, the award-winning Traffics software systems are used by more than 6,000 travel agencies as well as renowned travel portals, airlines, hotels, and other travel suppliers. We were approached by Salim and Jens, the founders of Traffics, to produce a video to commemorate the company’s 20th-anniversary celebration. They wanted to share the story of the company’s journey over the last 20 years at a special screening for clients and friends at a rented cinema for the anniversary party.

16 seconds showreel.

The Project

The Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, commonly known as DESY, is one of the leading research laboratories in Germany and one of the world-leading accelerator centers. As a national research center in Germany that operates particle accelerators to investigate the structure of matter, DESY conducts a broad spectrum of interdisciplinary scientific research in the areas of particle and high energy physics, photon science, and the development, construction and operation of particle accelerators.

DESY engaged us to produce a 2-minute documentary-style video which included filming interviews with department managers, capturing the working atmosphere in the research facility, and showing a behind-the-scenes look at their operations.

The Challenges

We only had several hours to capture 5 interviews and B-roll footage of 10 locations to add dimension to the narrative, which meant adopting a “run and gun” approach to cover as much ground within the shortest time possible.

The Outcome

The completed video features a series of interviews with prominent heads of departments sharing highlights of their specialised work, interspersed with B-roll shots of employees in their daily working environment, as well as close-ups of the facility’s equipment and machinery.

A series of 6 interviews we did for the Ramboll agency as part of Sozialministerium Sachsen, Facebook Campaign.

We were approached by Plural, a graphic design agency specialising in brand language, to create an online and offline video campaign to promote the Institute for Slavonic Studies and Hungarology at the Humboldt University of Berlin. Slavic studies at the Humboldt University of Berlin dates back to over 150 years of history, offering students a rich and diverse perspective of Slavic languages, literature, and culture.

The videos take viewers through personal stories of former graduates about their motivations for undertaking Slavic studies at the Humboldt University and how that decision and education experience prepared and helped them to build successful careers.

The project scope entailed the following:

• Developing the concept and storyline
• Pre-interviews with select graduates
• Half-day shooting with each student inclusive of interviews
• Content edit
• Video edit
• Portrait photography in the studio for each student

Our approach was to focus on the concept of personal storytelling to show potential students what kind of knowledge and skills past graduates had gained from the course and how that helped them succeed in their careers and personal development.

During the pre-interview stage, we talked to the graduates about their personal journeys at the university and how that experience shaped their careers. From this information, we were able to craft the right questions for the actual interview.

We captured the interviews and footage of each student’s daily work and personal life for added depth and authenticity. From the footage, we created individual storylines for each video to narrate each student’s journey, starting with the decision to enroll in the course, personal conflicts they faced along the way, how they overcame those obstacles, and finally how the education experience helped them live productive and successful lives.

neo capital is an independent Investment Advisory and Asset Management company providing global real estate investment expertise in developed markets with several projects underway in Western Europe and the USA.

The company engaged us to produce a video capturing Frankfurt city’s international appeal and showcasing its dynamic metropolitan vibe and cultural atmosphere as the location for one of their building development projects. The video would be presented to neo capital’s board members at an upcoming board meeting.

Since the video involved outdoor and aerial shoots, weather was a tricky component of the process, especially as we were on a tight production schedule. We had 6 days to shoot and produce the video, during which the weather was mostly grey and cold. We had exactly one day of sun, which meant we had to work fast to make the most of the clear skies.

Adding animation and after-effects to the map overview was also quite a time-consuming and complex process, but we managed to get it done on schedule.

Our team of a videographer and an assistant set out to capture the different perspectives and settings that show Frankfurt’s vibrant city vibes and metropolitan atmosphere. The footage included aerial shots, building façades of prominent landmarks, and cityscapes in the day and night.

For a more engaging effect, we decided to start the video with an animated map of the city as seen from above with a bird’s-eye view, slowly zooming in on the city’s surroundings and buildings on the ground, essentially taking the viewer on a virtual tour of the city.

Established in 1999, Traffics is a leading travel technology company and among the pioneers in the digital travel industry. Renowned for their innovative and customer-oriented development of consultation, search, and booking systems for travels, the award-winning Traffics software systems are used by more than 6,000 travel agencies as well as renowned travel portals, airlines, hotels, and other travel suppliers.

We were approached by Salim and Jens, the founders of Traffics, to produce a video to commemorate the company’s 20th-anniversary celebration. They wanted to share the story of the company’s journey over the last 20 years at a special screening for clients and friends at a rented cinema for the anniversary party.

There was a lot of content to cover with only 3 to 4 weeks to shoot, edit, and deliver the finished product. Due to a lack of visual materials in terms of photos and video footage of the company’s history, we created hand-drawn illustrations to add humor and animation to the storytelling.

What initially started as a 10-minute video concept eventually ended up as a 25-minute production as there were too many amusing anecdotes and priceless memories that we couldn’t leave out.

We started by recording interviews with employees and the management team followed by B-roll footage to capture the right perspectives of the atmosphere and culture of the company. Based on information from the interviews, we developed the video storyboard to convey the storyline and creative direction of the narrative.

From there, we went on to capture the necessary footage of the company’s past and present seen in its offices, surroundings, and daily working atmosphere. Thanks to Salim and Jens’ great sense of humor and flexibility, we were able to create funny animated illustrations for added character to the storytelling. Post-production was then done to edit all the different parts into a seamless and engaging story.

DMEXCO is an annual event held in Cologne, Germany that brings together industry leaders, marketing and media professionals, and tech pioneers to set the digital agenda. It sets the standard as the place for business minds to learn and inspire, build connections, and for ideas to become actions.

In collaboration with the events agency, Innovision, we provided our videography services to film Facebook’s participation at DMEXCO 2019. We had an on-site team of 2 videographers, 2 assistants, 2 on-site editors, and a producer to capture Facebook’s sessions on the main stage and at their booth, which were subsequently edited into a highlights film.

As with most big events of this scale, we had to manage the logistics of data transfer between our team members as efficiently as possible to stay on schedule. With daily deadlines to meet, our editors had to work through the night to deliver on time.

We developed the creative aspects of the video with the Facebook Business representative on-site. Our main focus was to highlight the Facebook booth features, capture the main stage keynote speakers in session, as well as the atmosphere at the booth and interactions with the public.

We created several versions of the video for use on social media and general marketing highlighting Facebook’s initiative against online bullying, building trust in the safety of the platform, as well as the important role of Instagram Stories for modern businesses.

In collaboration with the events agency, Innovision, we provided our videography and photography services for the Facebook Marketing Summit 2019 event. Held in Berlin, Rotterdam, and Warsaw, the event was attended by over a thousand partners, clients, advertisers, and agencies, to network and share the latest trends and the future of marketing.

The project scope involved filming the event in Berlin as well as editing the footage of the summit in Rotterdam and Warsaw to produce highlight clips and videos for internal and external use. We had an on-site team consisting of a photographer, a videographer, and a director documenting the Berlin summit and an off-site team of two video editors working on editing all the footage.

With the final delivery scheduled to take place 4 days after the event, we were operating under a tight deadline. We had to get the footage of Rotterdam and Warsaw and pass that together with the Berlin footage to the editors, which amounted to 4 TB of data captured over a 3-day period.

We delivered a draft version for review every morning at 11:00 and received the feedback by 19:00, which meant our editors had to work through the night during those days to meet the final deadline.

From a creative perspective, we focused on capturing the dynamic atmosphere and spirit of the activities as well as the key message of the summit. Following a chronological timeline, we featured event highlights of the three locations in sequence while using the interview with Nicola Mandelsohn, VP for EMEA for Facebook, as the main voice-over narrating the main parts of the video.

We featured the complete Facebook family of apps and services for brand visibility as well as relevant vox pop content (short videos of interviews with the public) to show different perspectives of the event and to keep it engaging throughout.