Social media has become an ever-hungry beast for video content.

As a result, producing lifestyle videos has become the staple activity for many videographers, and Filmages is no exception.

From discreet, hand-held, one-man shooting to a big crew with heavy, specialised gear. 

From complex shoots, stretching over several months to same-hour delivery. 

Our core strength lies in our ability to adapt to any style, under any condition, to cover all our clients needs.

Do you need a punchy pre-event teaser?
Been there.

Do you need an event coverage, with roaming cameras, live edit, video tweeting, and/or daily report?
Done that.

Do you need kick-off video, multi-screen on-stage projection, video mapping?
Got that too.

It used to be that companies only had “The-One-and-Only Company Presentation”. But now the game has changed. Videos are used to update partners, give out awards, motivate staff, and much more. 
As their needs have diversified, companies have the choice to use several vendors to meet those needs.
-- or come to see us.

Whether a company needs in-depth script development, product presentation, or award submission, we have a proven track record to help business grow.

How to help your company cut through the modern infobesity?
How to explain abstract or complex concepts clearly?
How to create emotional impact?

The answer lays in our secret motion graphics moves.

When public health is not in crisis, allocating substantial budget to medical science doesn’t seem like an urgent priority.
And when a pandemic strikes it is chilling to discover that pumping last-minute enormous funding can’t buy immediate solutions.

Have you ever wondered what could be done to help bring a balance between research spending and scientific efficiency in confronting infectious diseases?  

This is where The Pasteur Foundation Asia funding comes in...

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.
 

"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.

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.

Following the success of The Investigation, Filmages went incognito once again to uncover the latest mouth-watering line-up of La Rose Noire products.

Filming in multiple locations in Hong Kong and in the Philippines, our team pulled out all the visual storytelling tricks that would keep the audience informed and entertained.

How could we turn a classic case of corporate need into a piece of entertainment? How could we engage an audience of existing customers with the details of the whole of La Rose Noire's processes?

We turned the story upside down! Instead of highlighting the positive points of production, we lead the audience into a dramatic exploration of LRN operations from the perspective of hired investigators.

For what was a rather dark movie, we had to come up with a positive resolution to ensure the audience came away informed and satisfied.
 

Shaheen Sports Club, building character since 1982, celebrated their 35th anniversary partnering with Filmages to pay homage to their youth football and hockey teams.

Our videographers were just getting warmed up as they took to the streets of Mong Kok to visit Shaheen Home Base. Then, with a freshly broken sweat, we got stuck into the action as they battled it out at Adidas Sports Base.

With this tribute we thank the coaches for instilling the spirit of sportsmanship and creativity in the youth, and helping us shed a few ounces at the same time.

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.

With a city as dense and diverse as Hong Kong, virtually every neighbourhood has a unique quality and character.

Finding the right group of friends to explore Hung Hom was a good place to start.

How could our talents keep their cool and beat the excruciating summer heat?
Work hard by playing hard for the crew, of course!

If you thought you could escape from your electronic devices when playing sports, think again! Coachbase's neat app is making its way onto the best basketball courts around the world.

In this 60 second explainer we needed to feature the app's extraordinary ease of use, so we put it to work in real-life.

We based our story around the character of a full-time professional / part-time coach, switching between third and first-person perspectives. To do this we built a custom "iCamera" rig to track the app while our actor was on the move.

Oh, and casting a team of American-looking teenagers in Hong Kong during the summer holidays was not the least of our challenges...

Standing high on the hillside, Hong Kong Parkview cultivates a lifestyle with an appreciation for art and a healthy, family-oriented community. Their exclusive members club has all the facilities and amenities to make it an oasis away from the city. 

The numerous athleisure spaces challenged our ability to show guests having fun without over-staging it. 

Their well-equipped gym facilities gave us the opportunity to make their talented PT's sweat, for once, as we were the one's calling for more reps, probably more than twice. 

Working with their tennis club members and a spritely trio of kids meant we could focus on getting the right drone and steady cam shots while they focussed on keeping their energy up. 

We had two days to shoot all the footage necessary for three different edits - hotel, food & beverage and spa. Therefore, to avoid disrupting the guests at Banyan Tree Macau, it was essential that we planned production down to the smallest detail. 

Storyboarding each scene was crucial as our movements had to be carefully coordinated with access to locations limited to specific times during the day. 

Admittedly though, it was the first time talents asked for more takes. 

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.

For this Fall/Winter 2013 and third installment of One Central Macau‘s promotional movies, following Gaile Lai and Donnie Yen, it was no less impressive to work with Mainland China’s Megastar Huang Xiao Ming.

A renowned actor, singer and model with over 20 Millions followers on Weibo, brand ambassador for Tissot and ridiculously good looking, Huang Xiao Ming turned out to be very friendly and easy to work with. This was crucial as the whole movie was shot in just half a day since we had to share time with the photographer and keep the excited fans at bay.

But as Huang Xiao Ming played the game, reacting very positively to our direction, we were able to wrap the whole movie just in time for sunset on the One Central Macau promenade.

For this movie, we were given total carte blanche on the creative.
We wanted to stay away from the tired style of the step-by-step recipe video, but at the same time, we also wanted to avoid being purely abstract. We put Chef Alvin from Bo Innovation into the context of his hometown, as this segment will address a predominantly International audience, who may look to choose Hong Kong as their next gastronomic destination.

Classic Fine Foods is the market leading importer and distributor of the finest ingredients. It serves the vast majority of five-star hotels and high-end restaurants in Asia, with an expanding presence in the Middle East and Europe.
To pay tribute to their favourite Chefs, they have commissioned a “World’s Top Chefs series”, with a second movie about Umberto Bombana.

Shortly after this movie was released, Alvin Leung was selected as one of the renowned judges for MasterChef Canada, the popular reality/cooking show, and the producers asked us the permission to use some of the footage we produced with Alvin for the show's trailer. Alvin’s legendary showmanship is great fun to watch, as he is definitely not mincing words!

Being nominated in 3 categories at the prestigious the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) 2014 Annual Awards is quite an achievement, but this was only the beginning for Knight Frank because they only had days to piece together their 45-second video submission per category nomination.

We got a call just a week before Chinese New Year. That’s right; THE Chinese New Year that paralyses the entire region for a full week. By experience we knew that submissions would be judged on hard facts contained in the printed submission. However, we knew that we had to create something fresh and bold for the fastidious jury panel. Moreover, win or lose, we wanted the videos to steal the show!

So we proposed to intertwine 3 athletic disciplines with the 3 categories in order to surprise, delight, and leave a long-lasting impression. It was a risky pitch, but we were pleasantly surprised to receive the full trust and creative support from KF.

“Big thanks to you and your team in producing such high quality videos! We got two [out of three] of the awards nailed – Residential and the Professional Services. The videos were the talk of the town last night and we received big compliments in terms of our out-of-the-box presentation of our teams.”
Natalie Tsui, Head of Marketing & Communications - Knight Frank 

A jewellery box of handmade heart-shaped chocolates,
2,000 premium Ecuadorian red roses,
a fleet of 14 Rolls Royce Phantoms,
set amongst a breathtaking view of Victoria Harbour...

... all converge to create a timeless moment of gastronomic excellence and romance.

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.

A 3-minute compilation of 9 movies that Filmages produced for UK Trade & Investment’s “Business Opportunities in Asia-Pacific” campaign.

Our challenge was that we had only 2 days to shoot in each country over a 4-week period. During this time we endured the rapidly changing Asian summer monsoon season. Surviving no less than 4 typhoons, we directed the interviews in a plethora of places, skillfully managing our shooting schedule throughout these chaotic conditions. 

Additionally, editing each segment to promote the uniqueness of each country, finding 8 music tracks to match, whilst maintaining the overall consistency of the series was a tough nut to crack. Eventually, the entire post-production process for the 9 edits was then completed in 8 weeks.

“Very passionate, creative and dedicated team with lots of ideas and suggestions. We are very pleased and impressed with the video teasers Filmages has done for us. Two thumbs up.” Meeta Dancel, Marketing Manager – UK Trade & Investment, Asia Pacific & South Africa

Platinum Winner - AVA Awards 2010

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.

Do you have a knack for the outrageous, the hilarious, the beautiful, and the downright bizarre?

Then, check out the performers from "LA SOIRÉE" circus-cabaret who performed at HKAPA Lyric Theatre.

We shot this little promo in less than 2 hours, edited, and had great fun interacting with the artists all in one day.

HK Tramways was bought out in April 2011 by a French JV between RATP (the Parisian MTR) and Véolia Transportation. Most low income people were worried that foreign investment would take advantage and raise fares. The general public was also very worried about the future of their beloved Ding-Ding. So far the new management has been very respectful of the tradition and is doing its best to modernize the fleet whilst remaining the lowest travel fare in Hong Kong.

With a limited budget and enormous logistical constraints due to the nature of the railways lines, Filmages chose to portray the evolution of the city and its architecture by following the same woman through 4 distinct eras:
- Pre-WWII (1904-1945) with elegant Cheongsam or Qipao
- The 50s and 60s, with the emergence of a growing female working force
- The eccentric 70’s
- Modern-day with a natural look with a touch of Chinese silk tradition.

Special thanks to Charlot Kryza (Stylist), Jan (Model) & Jojo (Hair & Make-up)
Another version of that movie was created for the Hong Kong Tramways 110th Anniversary
 

Datasource International, is a company who specializes in translation services. They contacted Filmages to help them develop a new brand campaign with video as a spearheading component.

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.

 

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!

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"

Filmages is proud to have contributed to the celebration of Hip Hing's 60th Anniversary by producing this inspiring movie testament to the resilience through time of their amazing people.

Filmed through 2020-21 Covid-19 crisis we had to adapt our workflow to comply to all necessary safety compliance.
It also involved climing a 70m high crane, setting up a badmington court on a rooftop, shooting arrows in the sea, and mostly being extremely flexible to adapt to ever-changing situations.

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.
 

Rolling out a new unified HR system is a major achievement for a global company.
Getting people to adopt and use it, is an entirely different challenge altogether, particularly when the target audience is spread across very diverse Asia-Pacific countries.

By creating a light-hearted and engaging animated video, we introduced the big picture of functionalities and benefit.
Nobody can tell for sure the impact of such an introductory video in real life, but wouldn't you agree that it helps to raise interest and make the first step less intimidating?

Well, that was the point; and it seems that we reached the bull's eye.

Due to Covid-19, HKAPA's SWEAT Dance Festival had been cancelled twice in a row.
For 2022 drastic travelling restrictions to HK were still in place, so they decided to give worldwide dance students a life back by re-inventing themselves as a mixed on/off line event.
Needless to say, they were pretty busy to get it off the ground, so it's only very last minute that we were contacted to create this promo teaser.
Created in less than 2 weeks, with virtually no guidance, we exceeded their expectation and got the written and visual content flowing on a tailored soundtrack.

The promo teaser racked 120K views in just 2 weeks, and the event was fully booked a few days before start, to become one the their best-off ever.

https://sweat-festival.hkapa.edu