When pictures are put in motion, things get even more impactful. Its ability to hit the heart as well as the head is what I love about video. Frame by frame video takes you on a journey through storyland.
I work as a freelance video editor, editing videos and making video animations for NGO’s, media and the creative industry, like War Child, RNW Media, Perspectief, RNTC, Utrecht University and others.
Project info: Without photojournalism we lose sight of things that are happening in the world. On January 25th more that 450 Dutch photojournalists were on strike. On this day the involved photographers did not take photographs, nor did they deliver their pictures to photo and news agencies. This campaign called ‘Fotolozevrijdag’ or ‘Picturefreefriday’ was organized by the Dutch professional association and trade union for journalists, NVJ, to advocate for better rates and more appreciation of the craftsmanship of photojournalists.
I made this short social media video to create awareness of the plight of photojournalist. And shared it using #fotolozevrijdag and #fotojournalistiekheefteenprijs.
The video was published on Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram. The video was played more than 5,700 times and reached more than 19,000 people (stats of 29-01-2019) .
Client: Autonomous
Media: Video
My role: Video animation and graphic design
Languages: Dutch
Project info: This impressive life story is told by Dennis, former child soldier from Uganda. The kind of story you find in an evil children’s book. Non-fiction, that is.
This multimedia production has been made in close cooperation with War Child Holland. This Dutch NGO provides psychosocial support to children affected by armed conflict. Denish has been a child soldier in the civil war in Northern Uganda. He was forced to join the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in their fight for control over the Northern part of the African country.
Denish’ interview was done February 2017. In 2017 War Child Holland closed the programme in Uganda after being active in the country for 12 years.
Watch this longscroll, or ‘chaptered life story’ on how Dennis wakes up from his childhood nightmares.
Client: Autonomous
Media: Video, photography
My role: Interviewing, video editing, production and interaction design
Languages: English
Watch the full multimedia longscroll story "Waking up from childhood nightmares"
Project info: Customers of ASN Bank explain why they support War Child by having a savings account “against arms industries”. The story is a combination of portrait photography, an audio interview, video and photo animation. I did both the portrait shots and the interview and turned these ingredients into a short animated web video.
Client: War Child
Media: Video, photo and audio
My role: Interview, portrait photography, editing and animation
Languages: Dutch
Project info: An animated visual report of War Child’s results in DR Congo. The programme is supported bu Dutch bank ASN. This video report explains to customers of ASN Bank how the sponsorship added to the impact War Child was able to achieve.
Client: War Child
Media: Video, photo and animation
My role: Storyline and editing
Languages: Dutch
Project info: In order to raise attention for international child soldiers day, War Child launched an online petition campaign. As part of a bigger video project (to be seen here soon), we shot former child soldier Dennis from Uganda on video. After his personal testimony he ‘signs’ the petition too.
Client: War Child
Media: Video
My role: Video shoot, editing and animation
Languages: English
Project info: A TV studio, a dozen of volunteers, a letter and one question. Those were the ingredients of a social experiment done by RNW Media. The experiment brought wondering, silence, misunderstanding and a bit of sweat.
I created social media video’s for the new global campaign of RNW’s Love Matters project. The campaign, with the hashtag #StepIntoOurShoes, promotes access to safe and legal abortion. The project was setup in collaboration with Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR) and Advocates for Youth.
Client: RNW Media
Media: Video
My role: Editing
Languages: English
Project info: Animated summary of War Child’s annual report of 2015, combining video, photography, graphic design and typography. Ana, a girl from Colombia who joined the War Child programme in 2015, is the leading character of the video. By explaining how she and the people around her are helped in the programme, the viewer is guided through War Child’s most striking results of 2015.
Client: War Child
Media: Video, animation, graphic design
My role: Concept development, script writing and production
Languages: Dutch and English
Project info: Video animation made for Slachtoffer in Beeld, a Dutch NGO organizing contact and mediation between victims and perpetrators of crimes as an act of restorative justice. The video production highlights the activities organized by the organisation in 25 prisons in The Netherlands. Due to privacy reasons only snippets of the original animation are shown in this video.
Client: Slachtoffer in Beeld
Media: Video, animation, photography, graphic design
My role: Concept development and production
Languages: Dutch
Project info: Autonomous work
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