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.

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.

From time to time our videographers undergo an event coverage endurance challenge and MIPIM Asia is a workout we look forward to every year.

Besides capturing the usual networking and key note speakers, we also joined the after party celebrations at the Grand Hyatt.

Although the brief has hardly changed over the years the key to covering these events is to be spacially aware, especially when so many activities over so many days blur into one.
 

A showcase of engaging speakers, impactful networking opportunities, and celebrating outstanding property development projects in the Asia Pacific region, Filmages has felt at home covering the MIPIM Asia conference since 2007.

The energy was palpable throughout the two-day event as we interviewed key opinion leaders and captured the startup awards gala dinner to wrap up another successful convention.
 

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.

Originally from Belgium, Marijn Coertjens developed his passion for chocolates from an early age and through the tutelage of renound pastry chefs in Europe and Asia, developed into one of the top chocolatiers in the world today. 

Currently the Maitre Chocolatier at The Peninsula Hotel, Hong Kong, and this year he has entered the World Chocolate Masters competition after winning the opportunity to represent his country at the Belgian Chocolate Masters competition. 

As part of his entry for the World Chocolate Masters, he had to create something that helps create an adventurous story about his inspirations.

As one of our long-term clients, Reed Midem has already proven their ability to put on successful business events.
In this movie we highlighted how impactful MIPIM Asia, their Property Leaders Summit in Asia-Pacific event, truly is.

We gathered testimonials from some of the most influential leaders in the world of construction to talk about the ingredients that makes MIPIM Asia summit so alluring.

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.

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 

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

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.

Internship on steroids. That's how you might think of the VIE program.

VIE stands for "volontaires à l'international en entreprise", a master-level paid internship in French companies worldwide.

Very talented fresh-grads eager to show that the world is their oyster and Hong Kong attracts some of the best. And since many of them had astounding results and substantial contributions, it became clear that their excellence deserved to be recognized.

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.

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.

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!

Internship on steroids. That's how you might think of the VIE program.

VIE stands for "volontaires à l'international en entreprise", a master-level paid internship in French companies worldwide.

Very talented fresh-grads eager to show that the world is their oyster and Hong Kong attracts some of the best. Many of them have astounding results and have made substantial contributions to their hosting companies.
To recognise these young people the Conseillers du Commerce devised a competition, reviewed all submissions thoroughly,  and put on a grand Award Ceremony event at the consulate's residence.

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.
 

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

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"
 

We were very honoured to be selected by Reed Midem to produce the opening piece for their commercial retail exhibition MAPIC in Cannes, France.

This high-octane, straight to the point edit reinforced their branding by giving a meaningful twist to their event’s visual.

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.

We rarely do private events, but Jacques Boissier is a good friend of ours. 

Jacques is a Frenchman, and is a keen diver; the ultimate frogman, as some might say.

Now here's the special part: We took photos of his friends during the cocktail party, edited them in to the video during the dinner, and showed the video just before dessert, ending the night on a high note.

Needless to say the attendees were pleased by the animation, and even more amazed to see themselves in the video.

"The feats of a conquering boxer or of a billiard's player on the world's stage can raise the hope and spirits of millions amongst the destitute" said Corazon Aquino at Time Magazine's 60th Anniversary - Asian Heroes Party. 

We were witness to an amazing crowd of Asia's most influential people; from "Mr. Condom" Mechai Viravaidya to Momofuku Ando who invented the Cup Noodles, and even Rudy Hartono who redefined Badminton in the 70's!

We used an elegant motion graphic layout to condense a memorable evening and let the stars shine.