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Recent work.....
 
1997
 
Director of 4 industrial and instructional -videos for Adam Opel AG / General Motors
 
Reporter / Editor of a ZDF-report on mobile slaughterhalls for "Achtung lebende Tiere". Directing the shoot in England, Germany and USA, e.g. at Cheyenne River Sioux tribe in North Dakota. Participation in a talkshow " Nachgefragt " on 3Sat tv station on the subject of
" mobile slaughter " , - see also EAMOS.
 
Director of postproduction of a 45 min. buyvideo for the US. / Canadian market:
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MOBILOGO
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"Quest Spirit", on the " Yukon Quest " - the 1000 mile sleddograce across Alaska, Videoediting on media100, musicrecording and mix in Hatterode.
Musical score: Urs Fuchs. Editor: Roger Bisson. See also EditorsSuite.
The Quest Spirit Video ( in NTSC only ! ) is available online from:
Midnightsun Gallery, Whitehorse.
 
1998
Freelance editor for Deutsche Welle TV - Berlin. Reports for the economy magazin "Made in Germany",

Deutsche Welle TV broadcasts worldwide in three languages.
 
 
6 further industrial films for Adam Opel AG / General Motors, and for FFT, Flexible Fertigungs Technik, Mücke, Hartmann Karrosseriebau, Alsfeld and others.
 
Editorial work for Telekom Dokumentationszentrum, Berlin

 
Directing the 93 Min. video documentary: "Näher zu Gott",(Nearer to God) A buyvideo for the pilgrimage city of Walldürn in county Odenwald - Coproduktion with Mecom, Fulda. The music was recorded with digital equipment in a forest camp. See also: Walldürn and Cor Unum
Video online available from: Amazon.de.
Music: Roter Mohn ( rest of 1. and only edition ) online available from : SB Medien
 
1999
" Imagine* ", Video, a virtual study on the future development of car manufacturing, - for Adam Opel AG / General Motors
(* title changed )
 
" Ffortissimo " - Concept and direction of a cinema commercial for a localy famous musicshop in Fulda, - via MetroScreenVision, Fulda.
 
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Camera and direction of the 72 min. documentary, - as a pro deo project: " Light the Fire ".
 
 
Video for the Mömbris pilgrimage,- to celebrate the 250. pilgrimage anniversary.
A small number of the videos 1. edition is available from SB medien.
 
Start of the realization of a video - archive for
IVG AG, Bonn, - known as the future owner of the new Berlin airport, for Promot Ingolstadt (agency) and apm, Berlin (production comp.)
Supervision of the complete design work: treatment and style studies, the direction of the shooting and the animations and simulations, the musical concept and recordings with Urs Fuchs and the AVID -Postproduction, Ready
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from 1. September 2000.
 
2000 & 2001
Further work for IVG - amongst others direct playouts for german News TV in Berlin, - a CD - businesscard incl a spinoff movie from the video archivs.
Start of format development. design of future tv formats and scenarios for media programming, content and consumer expectations.
See also VisionsLab.
 

Fotos:

Wil Hagenaars Amsterdam

The shoot for the media launch trailer to introduce the new Opel Vectra, - in december 2001 on the Opel testfield, airport Pferdsfeld, for mecom Film und TV Produktion, Fulda. Fotos by Damian Schadt.

Below left: director of photografie Werner Jansche with assistent Damian and Sigrid Backhaus (Catering) in the background. The water ( below right ) is spread for an optimal reflection of the ground. The light comes from 16 x 4.5 KW Arri Floods, not in picture the necessary generator-truck. The trailer is entered at the "World Media Festival" by Adam Oplel AG and mecom,Fulda .

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