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.

Instead of creating a standard corporate video, we took this as an opportunity to create something that would allow the Client to stand out in the market place.
Having 2 days to shoot the 3 parts meant that we needed to plan and storyboard each video, for the most effective use of the time allowed.
But with 3 separate storyboards being conceptualized, meant we would have to create 3 unique viral videos that could stand alone, yet, be used and make coherent sense as a trilogy.

> Datasource - Criminal Manual

> Datasource - Lost In Translation

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.

Instead of creating a standard corporate video, we took this as an opportunity to create something that would allow the Client to stand out in the market place.
Having 2 days to shoot the 3 parts meant that we needed to plan and storyboard each video, for the most effective use of the time allowed.
But with 3 separate storyboards being conceptualized, meant we would have to create 3 unique viral videos that could stand alone, yet, be used and make coherent sense as a trilogy.

> Datasource - Le Jambon

> Datasource - Lost In Translation

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.

The FCCIHK contacted Filmages requesting a celebratory centrepiece for the leaving party for one of their colleagues. This whole video was shot on a Saturday, on a tight budget and all done in a few hours.

A special mention has to go to the cast as they spent many hours sneaking in rehearsals so their colleague would be none the wiser!

In this TV spot, Reed Midem promotes their highly successful MIPIM Asia conference where leaders in the property market gather to discuss industry trends and forecasts.

This commercial short ran on Bloomberg Asia screens for months!

Join Nicolas Chow, international head of Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, as he introduces highlights from the September 2012 sale of Qing Imperial Monochromes from the J.M. Hu Collection.

Join Edie Hu, senior specialist of Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, as she introduces highlights from the September 2012 sale of Portraits of Valour: Imperial Bannermen Portraits from a European Collection.

Although we were not producing Filmages' rendition of Ip Man, filming Donnie Yen for a behind-the-scenes video brought a different set of challenges. Since we had limited time with Donnie, we had to make the most of it.

For the Fall/Winter 2012 season, Yen demonstrated his impeccable taste for fashion while strolling past luxurious One Central Macau shops such as Dior, Ralph Lauren and Gucci.

How to help Gammon HR department to recruit best-in-class engineers from all over the world?
By conducting real-life testimonials and let the Gammon Engineers do the talk, complemented by cut-aways of their daily lives.

French sculptor Nathalie Decoster places tiny human figures in the context of huge geometric shapes, using simple materials like bronze, concrete and metal.

Our camera told the whimsical stories of her very personal artistic world exhibited at One Central Macau and Mandarin Oriental Macau.

Never forget where you came from. 

La Rose Noire may have an incredibly successful global enterprise now, but they never forgot their humble beginning as a single cake shop.
Although the high-demand grew them into a wholesale manufacturer, they always kept a deep love for retail.
So in 2012 they opened the “Passion” patisserie and asked Filmages to produce a social-media teaser.

Our main challenge was to introduce the audience to an unusually large array of products.
We decided to bring in two dancers with different outfits, choreography and mood lighting to represent various consumers and their respective appetites. 

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.

Nice footage and good music makes for a pretty easy editing process, but we wanted to go a bit further and really bring the best out of those ingredients.

After some serious colour grading, we created engaging text animated with a mix of motion tracking and crafted transitions to convey the dynamic and excitement of regatta as if the audience was at sea.

Signature Dish from 7th Amber Spring Menu

This photo shoot was fun. And we're not just saying that because of the trampoline.

We correlated lavish outfits with the letters of Landmark and by intertwining dynamic motion graphics with stills from our footage we literally spelled out Hongkong Land's most fashionable entity. 

From 8th May to 24th June 2012, LANDMARK MEN presented the "One Love Sprayed HK Art Exhibition”. On display were artworks by renowned French graffiti artists KONGO and CEET, who in the past have collaborated with luxury labels including Prada and Loewe.

Kids are kind of like squirrels. They might be cute, but they’re fast and unpredictable too.

So, to film this Danone - Cow & Gate TVC Behind The Scenes with children we had to be very alert, and engage in their games to be in sync and capture their magic moments.

As of July 10, 2015, on Cow & Gate HK's YouTube Channel this video had reached 146,719 views, making it their second most popular video behind the heavily promoted related TVC itself; 240,675 views.

"Mummy, I love you..."

Cute as a button, but that's not something you can ask a 2 year old to say on cue.
Luckily we have a ton of experience with kids of all ages.

The only thing that the models at Landmark's "Fashion's Most Wanted" photo shoot are guilty of is stealing the show.

Umberto Bombana and his restaurant Otto E Mezzo (8 1/2) are busy.  But that’s what happens when you’re the only 3 Michelin starred Italian restaurant outside of Italy.
To accommodate Chef Bombana’s busy schedule we shot this video in a very efficient and concise time period, taking advantage of every shot and angle.

Although the impact of the food is big, the kitchen in which it is made in is fairly small so we squeezed our equipment and ourselves into the room and captured the making of Bombana’s fine Italian cuisine.

This first encounter went so great that we since produced 2 more videos:
Hongkong Land - Landmark Gwyneth Paltrow Inspired Cuisine: Umberto Bombana
Classic Fine Foods - World’s Top Chefs series: Umberto Bombana

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.

Missed your last Yoga class?
Don't worry, maybe instead you can try to capture on film the subtle but fleeting expressions of a toddler at play.
Crawl all day on your knees, elbows, and belly.
We did, and it hurt.
But you will have to agree that the result was worth the back pain.

East and West, Curvy and Geometric...
Behind-the-scenes of this fashion shoot we lightened the mood given by the abstractly shaped stage background by developing a connection with the models.