Pet rabbits have been genetically modified to become extraordinarily cute, fluffy, and utterly dumb.
Yet, Rabbits wouldn't have made it to the great Chinese Lunar Cycle Zodiac if they didn't have something special.
Inescapably, we had to bow to the client's request to feature the ubiquitous cute bunny.
But we also drew from the Monkey King legend to magically reveal the powerful best of breed-er...
Entirely drawn and animated in-house.

What does the future of construction look like?
Hundreds of client's PowerPoint slides were trying to define it, yet they could neither simplify, articulate, nor visualize - let alone communicate it.
   And if there's somethin' you can't solve in your communication
   Who ya gonna call ?
Script, storyboard, copywriting, filming, edit, SVFX... in record time. Done.
It was eventually adopted by Gammon's CEO for his opening address at CIC annual event.

Domestic workers are essential workers at the frontline of protecting employers and their family during the pandemic.
Employers and domestic workers can join together to fight against the virus and stay healthy and safe.
Check out this video to maintain a positive employer-employee relationship in this difficult time.

Give a Lykka bottle a simple shake and feel magic happen: a patented HNC heat exchange technology will help keep your hands warm in the winter and cool in the summer!

To promote this new product sold exclusively online to mostly northern europe/america female audience we created 6 stories highlighting the benefits in a relatable and humourous way.
All 6 Lykka commercials were shots in only 2 days in our own studio, and entirely produced in-house.
With carefully planned storyboards we used a clever mix of light, wind, props, and motion graphics, to bring the Lykka stories to life.

Give a Lykka bottle a simple shake and feel magic happen: a patented HNC heat exchange technology will help keep your hands warm in the winter and cool in the summer!

To promote this new product sold exclusively online to mostly northern europe/america female audience we created 6 stories highlighting the benefits in a relatable and humourous way.
All 6 Lykka commercials were shots in only 2 days in our own studio, and entirely produced in-house.
With carefully planned storyboards we used a clever mix of light, wind, props, and motion graphics, to bring the Lykka stories to life.

Give a Lykka bottle a simple shake and feel magic happen: a patented HNC heat exchange technology will help keep your hands warm in the winter and cool in the summer!

To promote this new product sold exclusively online to mostly northern europe/america female audience we created 6 stories highlighting the benefits in a relatable and humourous way.
All 6 Lykka commercials were shots in only 2 days in our own studio, and entirely produced in-house.
With carefully planned storyboards we used a clever mix of light, wind, props, and motion graphics, to bring the Lykka stories to life.

Give a Lykka bottle a simple shake and feel magic happen: a patented HNC heat exchange technology will help keep your hands warm in the winter and cool in the summer!

To promote this new product sold exclusively online to mostly northern europe/america female audience we created 6 stories highlighting the benefits in a relatable and humourous way.
All 6 Lykka commercials were shots in only 2 days in our own studio, and entirely produced in-house.
With carefully planned storyboards we used a clever mix of light, wind, props, and motion graphics, to bring the Lykka stories to life.

Give a Lykka bottle a simple shake and feel magic happen: a patented HNC heat exchange technology will help keep your hands warm in the winter and cool in the summer!

To promote this new product sold exclusively online to mostly northern europe/america female audience we created 6 stories highlighting the benefits in a relatable and humourous way.
All 6 Lykka commercials were shots in only 2 days in our own studio, and entirely produced in-house.
With carefully planned storyboards we used a clever mix of light, wind, props, and motion graphics, to bring the Lykka stories to life.

Give a Lykka bottle a simple shake and feel magic happen: a patented HNC heat exchange technology will help keep your hands warm in the winter and cool in the summer!

To promote this new product sold exclusively online to mostly northern europe/america female audience we created 6 stories highlighting the benefits in a relatable and humourous way.
All 6 Lykka commercials were shots in only 2 days in our own studio, and entirely produced in-house.
With carefully planned storyboards we used a clever mix of light, wind, props, and motion graphics, to bring the Lykka stories to life.

"Based in Hong Kong, the Centre for Immunology & Infection, or C2i, is a translational research centre adopting innovative strategies to confront and mitigate the impact of emerging infectious diseases, and transform Hong Kong into a global hub of knowledge and research..."

In time of Covid-19 crisis, long-term research projects might not be the rage, but they are keys for faster and better response for inevitable future pandemics.
We helped C2i to create 2 videos:
1. A public video to call for volunteers to participate to the "Healthy Human Global Project - Hong Kong"
2. A corporate video to present the "Healthy Human Global Project - Hong Kong" to government, academic, partners, and potential staff.

Companies are feeling increasing pressure to report their ESG data from both customers, investors and regulators. But companies should spend more time improving their sustainability performance than reporting on it.
That’s why Diginex has created DiginexESG; an intuitive, fast and affordable blockchain-enabled ESG reporting tool that facilitates the entire reporting process. 

One of the major challenge for this project was to produce a complete video that would encapsulate DiginexESG vision ready for their launch, while the other marketing materials were still being developed.

Another 20min "Onboarding Video" was produced to demonstrate the Saas interface in depth.

On the 7th consecutive year producing a video for their annual showcase, we kicked things up a notch for Gammon's 60th anniversary.

Looking at the company's future, instead of the past, we focussed on the multifaceted technology of IDPD - Integrated Digital Project Delivery.

Our task was to boil down all this information as concisely and memorably as possible to encapsulate all the digital platforms involved.

We collaborated with multiple departments, managed several stakeholders and worked with different file types.

In fact, our coverage of IDPD was so thorough that some of the stakeholders were not even aware that some of these processes even existed!

Please note: This video is not available for public viewing.

What does the future hold? What are the major innovations that are going to deeply change the construction industry?
From robots to GammonBot, from exoskeletons to remote-controlled cranes, from 3D concrete printers to virtual dashboard, new technology is coming fast and implementation is on its way to 2030.

Animation adds a greater flexibility to storytelling that's appealing to more than just kids!

Layered with a professional and upbeat voice over track that spread like butter to bread, a pop-up graphic style gave their message a storybook quality to end a chapter in their company history.

A Tale of Two Apps...

The brief was to create 3 different edits, showcasing the HK Disneyland Park app, PhotoPass app, and one edit that would combine both. Pressed by the upcoming holiday season, we had to pull the whole production - storyboarding, location scouting, talent sourcing - in just a couple of weeks. Shooting from sunrise to sunset on one of the hottest days of the year certainly added another level of difficulty, but made it happen.

During post-production, the challenge was to tell a story that demonstrated the two different apps' functionalities without being too long or confusing, and up to Disney's high standards.
 

A Tale of Two Apps: A young couple discovers the magic of Disney through their smartphones.

Filmages was asked to create explainer videos for Hong Kong Disneyland's apps. Shooting from sunrise to sunset on one of the hottest days of the year was not ideal, but we had to make it all happen fast. Building everything from scratch, we storyboarded, talent sourced and pulled a shoot together in a couple of weeks.
 

A Tale of Two Apps:

Filmages was asked to create explainer videos for Hong Kong Disneyland's apps. Shooting from sunrise to sunset on one of the hottest days of the year was not ideal, but we had to make it all happen fast.

Quality control was essential. Storyboarding, talent sourcing, editing and motion graphics had to be kept up to Disney standards. Not to mention tying it together into a neat 30 second clip for the app store!
 

Whether you're a customer, a competitor, or even a video production house; keeping up with a fast-paced business like La Rose Noire requires a lot of stamina!

Additional product lines, expansion of their Passion retail brand and overall improvement of their business practices meant that we needed to produce an equally energetic video to do their success justice.

When you work in the creative industry, there is not much that separates your passion from your work.

The team at Passion By Gerard Dubois understand this labour of love and we endeavoured to reflect that commitment in this tribute to their retail brand.

Finishing touches in post-production added that extra dash of magic using creative visual tricks, motion graphics and illustration.

Don't forget the essentials before putting your party shoes on!

A final clip to remind guests what to expect, and what is expected of them, at the office Christmas party. 

Stage 2 of our "lest they forget" strategy was making sure the guests arrived appropriately dressed.

Hosting a costume party is like choreographing a flash mob; it only works when everyone reads the same memo.

We made sure that these partygoers knew what they were getting into... costumes that is!
 

How can we make sure you make it to a party without relying on your smart calendar?

Simple - burn it into the back of your brain with visuals you can't forget!

When we received a brief to build trailers for a game themed party, you had to practically hold us back from diving into the toy box.

We even searched high and low for one of the few classic pinball machines in Hong Kong.
 

We love a challenge and Gammon has always made sure to raise the stakes when it comes to testing our shooting and story-telling abilities.

This year we turned our lenses towards the one's who make such iconic infrastructure possible: those unsung heroes, the unamed workers, and their commitment to the Gammon promise.

We used the workers' daily Qigong practice as a storyline, and created a double exposure aesthetic to show them as an essential part of the construction process.

Supermoon is the leading distributor of electrical materials and solutions in Hong Kong and Macau, with a fast-growing distribution business in China.

Take the blue pill and continue your life nice and steady in your home country.

Take the red pill, and the Hong Kong VIE experience may shake you to the core...

Your choice.

Capturing the blazing speed at which our urban environment is evolving is a rare treat. We felt honoured that, for the 4th year in a row, Gammon asked us to produce a creative presentation of their annual review.
At the time we were weather and authorisation dependent so the shooting stretched over several weeks. But not to worry, right off the bat we created an overall structure that allowed us to build this movie with maximum flexibility.

Combining various techniques such as drone and helicopter aerial filming, timelapses, hyperlapses, steadycam, jib cranes, and many other in-house tricks, we created a piece that illuminated Gammon's technical innovation.
We made it look easy, but we guarantee that (a little) blood and sweat were key components in the making of this movie.

Who doesn't like the food here in HK? Dim sum, cakes, siu mai, there is always something to feed our bellies. 

This is our little homage to the food and everything that we love here in HK!

Nowadays most corporate annual meetings start with a kick-off video, then with the Chairman's address. Better than nothing, but still quite old school.

Although not represented in this video for confidentiality reason, we actually wrote the outline of the introduction speech to sync perfectly with the video.

The abstract dimensions of the visual perfectly matched the leadership address. The audience was literally mesmerized by the synchronicity. 

During their annual conference, and after the traditional kick-off and welcome messages, the CEO got right down to business. 

"Last year we got together, we brainstormed, we devised strategies... we talked a lot. But did we walk the walk? What happened when everyone went back to their desks?"
He left the question pending... and this is when our movie started up.

AsiaSat was launching their new corporate branding initiative, and needed a video to broadcast their revamped identity and reaffirm their business positioning.

Shot in 4K/Ultra HD over just a few days, we were particularly challenged by consistently bad weather over Hong Kong, so the time-lapse involved a lot of composition magic to look glorious.

When it comes to a Gammon project, no angle is off-limits.
From a crane tower, 160 meters underground, or high up in the air, we get the shot.

This movie was produced to work in both single-screen presented here, and as multi-screen version

When it comes to a Gammon project, no angle is off-limits.
From a crane tower, 160 meters underground, or high up in the air, we get the shot.

This movie was produced to work in both multi-screen presented here, and as single-screen version
 

How do you represent a company with a global presence?
You get people from all around the world to talk about it.

So, we created six mini-stories ideally portraying a business club manager in New York City, a golf club manager in Singapore, a catering manager for a fashion event in Paris, a six-star hotel manager in Dubai, an executive chef in Sydney, and a royal banquet official in London.

E-commerce is not only a sophisticated technology, but also an extremely complicated concept with a lot of moving parts; Online retailing, ad banner administration, consumer behavior tracking, promotional offers, online payments, warehouse management, fulfillment, and much more.

So to add some clarity to the complexity and get ClearGo’s message out loud and clear we used dynamic motion graphics.
Motion graphics helped to represent abstract concepts and give a unified look in line with Cleargo brand identity.

In this promo we enhanced the action by framing the footage with motion graphics during post-production.

By including notable, million-dollar faces in property development, we highlighted some of the many opportunities to be found at MIPIM Asia.

From humble beginnings in 1958 with the construction of a new runway at the Kai Tak Airport, Gammon Construction has weathered more than five decades of market changes, social and economic fluctuations and regional developments that have shaped the modern engineering landscape.

To celebrate 55 years as one of the premier construction companies in Asia, Gammon commissioned Filmages to produce a faithful and vibrant portrait of its remarkable achievements and current activities.

As it goes with construction industry, our crew and gear were put to the test going deep underground to high up in the air in a helicopter. 

The Challenge: Cosmo Supply Lab is a leading manufacturer of mix-material accessories, mostly for “The Forbidden Fruit Which Shall Not Be Named”.
So we had to show without showing, explain without being specific, demonstrate without end products, yet convince - uncompromisingly.

The Solution: We borrowed from the craft of magicians who are always attracting the audience's attention to distract from what should not be visible. We carefully worked out the frame and camera moves, and added dynamic visual effects to work out the magic.

Be connected
Be in the know and 
Be inspired 

By pairing motion graphics with event footage we helped Reed Midem promote their flagship exhibition in Asia; MIPIM Asia.

How do we make a movie delicious? This was the challenge posed to us by LRN, was to turn 3 new product lines and make them visually appealing whislt using our sense of sight to ultimately determine taste. 

Another challenge was to demonstrate the handmade care taken with the products, all being done in an industrial factory.

It was a challenging project, this fun, delicious, stylish and sexy and we here are very proud of the end result.

This video won't pay justice to our work unless you project is on a 25m wide stage with huge loudspeaker and super high-definition projectors.

But well, we trust that you will forgive the scale-model stage simulation.

This project also included jury, nominees and winners videos, all with a consistent animation design.

This video is part of Gammon’s 2013 submission into the Jardine’s Pride in Performance awards, a group-wide competition, which recognises individual projects and their outstanding achievements.

We wanted to showcase the grandeur of the West Kowloon Station Terminus North project in a more creative manner.

The challenge set by the Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong was relatively simple:

1) Shoot a highly ambitious, yet low budget project 
2) At 7 different locations, including 2 Michelin Starred restaurants 
3) In the course of a single day without creating any disturbance to their guests or operations

We proposed to bring Charlie Bear to life without using any 3D artifice to maintain the human element and the holiday feel.

This project required a meticulous storyboard and tight management of our production schedule.

We had five different bear puppets, each with different movement capabilities such as walking down a staircase, using chopsticks, or diving in a pool.

The proceeds of the Charlie Bear sales were given to the Hong Kong Cancer Fund
 

Our challenge put in front of us was to create an eye-catching awards animation. With our model and several motion graphics techniques (can you count how many?). This dynamic mix of concept, direction, individuals and techniques, we created an awards animation that would kick off their ceremony in the best possible way.

For this presentation video, we were briefed to create a dynamic and informative video for this charity.
Their aim is to create as many aspiring directors, camera operators and video editors for tomorrow. So of course, this is a project very close to our heart!
This project gave us the opportunity to use different techniques, allowing us to flex our creative muscles.and adopt techniques we wouldn’t have the opportunity to!

Platinum Winner - AVA Awards 2013

How do you fire up a party?
By inviting La Rose Noire's mischievous Mini-macarons and Amuse-bouches!

To promote this new line of finger-food products we created a light-hearted comedy using stop-motion animation to give life to bit-size delicacies.
We wish we could say that no Macaron was harmed in the making of this video, but that wouldn't be true. Stop-motion animation takes time, a lot of time, and we had to frequently relieve the "actors" from duty.

Using an enormous multi-screen in Cannes, France we wanted to captivate the audience. This Awards Ceremony celebrated the most outstanding of property development in 9 different categories.

So the kickoff needed to not only be informative but it needed to be entertaining and inspiring as well. To maximise visual effect we worked with the lighting and stage designer and truly enhanced the stage.  We wanted our effects to be described with words like"big", "bold", "gutsy".  But at the same time we wanted to illicit emotion and leave a lasting impression on the attendees.

There are many people who might think Bakery and Pastry are easy; just add the ingredients in correct quantities, mix, bake, serve; et voilà! - Not quite.
The fine art of French Bakery and Pastry is about crafting each product down to the smallest details. And that is what makes La Rose Noire operations so fascinating; Industrial scale yet genuinely handcrafted.
So to produce this movie we had to first observe, and then humbly learn to see from the eye's of this industry.
We brought in a strong storyline, a touch of poetry and humour.
The resulting movie was extremely well received by LRN customers world-wide and this translated in a noticeable increase in sales.

Congratulations, your next product is going to be a hit.
When it reaches the shelf, of course...

In this tongue-in-cheek video we started from the real life nightmare of any client, leading to AsiaPack as the savior solution.
The video is so effective that 10 years after production AsiaPack is still using it daily!

We cooked up some anticipation for the Mapic event held in Cannes, France.

To contrast the strict and practical expectations of a corporate evening we came up with an original approach that would surprise and entertain the attendees.
With animation we displayed the award process as a recipe, really attracting the attention of the crowd.  Using simple, yet strong design, with some special sound effects, the metaphor lighted some sparkles in the audience and really set the tone for the rest of the night.

Et voilà!

Data is flowing faster than many organizations can manage. We produced a teaser video to attract I.T. executives to download a white paper on big data, converged systems, virtualization, cloud computing and so on...

A bit of a dry topic? Well, we managed to develop an original and catchy animation to raise the eyebrows of busy I.T. experts.

Our ITX character is simple, yet tells a rather complex story with basic movements and facial expressions.

One month later; a jazzy tune, casual voice over, an eye-catching color scheme and some delicate transitions bring the Hitachi Data Systems' technical findings to life.

 

Leaving a rainy Scotland, our hero arrives in Hong Kong, and enjoys the cultural shock before adapting to his new life…

Collaborating with the very talented illustrator Harry Harrison (SCMP, Wall Street Journal), we concentrated all our efforts on animating his two-dimensional drawings.

We intially received them in black and white, then applied various composition tricks to bring elements of cinema to the illustrations. Additionally, we supplied the storyboards, sound effects and Scottish voice over.

Two weeks, roughly 160 drawings and several coffee breaks later, we delivered a unique anniversary video for a private event hosted by Eventsman.

For the second consecutive year, GL Events commissioned Filmages to produce a short presentation video for Comexposium's “Cartes in Asia Summit” in Hong Kong.

The main topics of this year’s conferences were mobility, payments, smart technologies, digital security and IoT. To catch the audience’s attention immediately, and centralise the human element within the story, we created a kick-off video featuring a hand manipulating smart technologies with various interfaces in everyday situations

The apparently simple animation was based on outline strokes animated using one hand, which required advance motion graphics with a few tailor-made sound effects. The final video was a startling surprise for an audience of tech buffs. It helped the client strenghten its corporate image as an innovative event organizer.

In 2010, Reed Midem really wanted to generate an optimistic buzz for the MIPIM Asia awards. After the 2009 global downturn, the key takeaway was Asia Pacific’s rapid, effective and sustainable recovery.

In our 3rd consecutive collaboration, using the now highly recognisable MIPIM Asia format, Filmages created a powerful and upbeat promotional video. Focusing on the fact that, even in the darkest hours of the melt down, Asia not only started her recovery earlier than anywhere else but also that she weathered the financial storm with stellar business acumen. 

The MIPIM 2010 video sought to promote that, even though 2009 was a tough year, the exhibition was a resounding success and was definitely not to be missed this year.
 

After commissioning a video presentation for their upcoming seminar, Sonepar gave Filmages some existing material with which to start building a video. But there was not enough to truly represent their global reach as it only focussed on their business in Europe.

Considering that they are represented in 17 Asian countries, this presented a very unbalanced picture.  So, with very little time and material available, Filmages decided to redress what we had to create a video that fully exposed the Asian arm of Sonepar.

By adding snapshots of the people who make up the Sonepar Asia operations teams, Filmages produced a video which lifted up the Asia Pacific image on the global management stage.

 

For the 4th consecutive year, Filmages helped Reed MIDEM consolidate its position as a leader in real estate in the Asia Pacific region through its flagship exhibition, MIPIM Asia.

Filmages was once again commissioned to provide a complete video service package for their annual event at the HK Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Starting with the release of the pre-event promotional video in March 2010, Filmages coordinated the video coverage throughout the 3-day exhibition, the conferences’ web casts and the awards ceremony.

Platinum Winner - Hermes Creative Awards 2011

Originally built in 1881, the historical site where Hullett House stands today is one of the four oldest surviving government buildings in Hong Kong. For more than 100 years it was occupied by Hong Kong’s Royal Marine Police.

To celebrate its renovation and re-opening to the public, as an ultimate lifestyle destination, we juxtaposed representations of the golden era of the 50s - a cheongsam dressed model with matching hair and make-up - next to modern day Hong Kong.

Additionally, we brought back to life old black and white postcards and, in doing so, encapsulated the rich heritage of this colonial era landmark.

For the second year in a row, MIPIM Asia asked Filmages to record their annual exhibition and create a compelling promotional video.

This year was a little different, amidst bankruptcies and bailouts, MIPIM and parent Reed MIDEM needed to express their long term commitment to the real estate market in Asia Pacific.

Filmages created a video that is both practical yet hopeful, realistic yet visionary.  There WILL be a next year, and year after, and year after…

For it’s 10th annual event, the HKJFF wanted to make a branded video to raise awareness of the event, using the HKJFF logo as the storyboard foundation.

The HKJFF logo contains three perspectives in it’s design:

1. The Star of David - Historic symbol of the Jewish faith and culture.
2. Audience eyes - Well, it is a film festival.
3. A circle of people holding hands - Bringing the community together for culture, entertainment, and new friends.

From Howard’s storyboard, Filmages developed and choreographed a cast of unique characters, composited, edited, and synched the edit to Carol’s great music. 

Continuing on our excellent relationship with the MIPIM Asia team, we were once again commissioned to produce the MIPIM Asia Awards 2009 Kick Off animation.

As the format was very short, this piece was edited to not only be eye-catching, but also to reach 3 goals simultaneously:

Establish the brand further 
Introduce the Awards' nominees
Feature China as this year’s "Country of Honour"
 

If you thought that the terrifying plague, the Black Death, was something from the past, here is some not-so-good news.

With the apparition of antibiotic resistant strains, the Plague is currently classified as a re-emerging disease.

The good news is, the folks at Institut Pasteur are hard at work keeping us safe, but there is still a long way to go.

You’ve been warned…

Introducing an IM app may seem like it was plucked from a historical archive from another era, but scientists argue that even time had a beginning.

That was Tencent's first introduction to the Hong Kong audience.

Le French May is one of Hong Kong’s largest celebrations of a foreign culture with hundreds of artists and performers making the journey from France to share their talents with Hong Kong.

In order to promote the headline acts, the Hong Kong audience first needed an introduction as most are not that well-known. Taking photos and footage of the featured, Filmages designed a slick, sexy animation sequence for each category, adding clips and photos of the acts throughout.

At the Client’s request we created 30, 60 and 180-second versions that were used in a variety of press conferences, TV ad campaigns, and internet marketing.

Et voila!

After we filmed the entire 3-day MIPIM Asia exhibition, MIPIM needed Filmages to edit a promotional video to promote next year’s event.

Our brief was to show the productivity and scope of MIPIM Asia to global real estate leaders.

We agree with our client that this video will be a major factor in attracting even more attendees to next year’s event.

Behind the glamour of an evening filled with celebrities, models, actors, and singers, events like the Elle Style Awards need to be flawless.

Through a meticulous but flexible design process we successfully created graphic animations for the 25+ requested nominees and awards recipients, even as information arrived late or was re-shuffled by the client literally at the last minute.

In the age of attention deficit hyperactivity disorders, 140 max-character IMs, and 15-seconds video clips, watching a 12-minute long documentary might seem like a sizeable task. But there are people who dedicate their lives to saving others, and that doesn't happen in a snap.
Hong Kong University - Pasteur Research Centre needed a corporate documentary to present their latest activities and appeal for research sponsorship. Filmages created a whole set of communication materials, including a brochure, a website, and a 12-minute long video.
This enabled HKU-PRC to secure an endowment fund and further contribute to the fight against infectious diseases.

We also produced a full scale exhibition at HKU Museum and Art Galleries (UMAG) "From the Plague to new Emerging Diseases"