Weekend Projects

Sometimes we come up with ideas that are worth doing.        We try to make these happen in, what we call; Weekend Projects. These are the projects that we like to do for ourself, just for fun!

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The Graduate

This is a small side project Cas did after he graduated from the Utrecht School of the Arts. It's emphasising the next steps to be taken after graduation; Graduate, Orientate, Hesitate, Create

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The Kids Are Alright Sebas, Rik en Dirk gingen buiten spelen

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Mega Matjesdisco

Wouter de Wolf en Dirk de Graaff knallen in deze promo keihard naar de Mega Matjesdisco. Die deze keer in Tivoli Utrecht gaat plaatsvinden.

Camera: Sebas Vriend  Montage: Dirk de Graaff Muziek: Culture Beat - Mr. Vain Thanks to: Lisa Feij

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Summer 2012 Time Lapses

The summer of 2012 involved a lot of traveling, BBQ's, camp fires, skateboarding and having a good time with friends. This is a short clip I edited from the time lapses I made during the last couple of months.

Shot with a Panasonic DMC GH2 camera. Samyang 7.5mm Fisheye Lumix G Pancake 20mm/F1.7

Video by: Peter Schagen

Music: Earl Scruggs (featuring Steve Martin and Jerry Douglas) - Foggy Mountain Breakdown

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Lego Facts

A short informational animation about Lego.

video by: Cas Prins

voice by: Max Prins

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Insomnia

Endfilm of 5 weeks working on a structured life.

Video by: Dirk de Graaff Voice by: Kyle Duck

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Branding Yourself

Motivational speaker Eric "the hip hop preacher" Thomas, spoke to students from the Michigan State University, about the importance of perfecting your game. 

I decided to visualize his words. I tried to keep it simple and clean. There will probably be some mispelled words, because my hiphop slang is not what it used to be, sorry for that.

voice: Eric Thomas original video: [youtube.com/watch?v=DN39hO1mJzw]

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Firespitting Who said firespitting was hard? We gave it a try, and this is the result. 

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Roadtrip 2011 Teaser

In the summer of 2011, we made a roadtrip through the following countries:

The Netherlands Belgium France Monaco Italy Luxembourg 3333 Km. 333 Liter beer 33 Skateboardtricks 3 Cars It was pretty epic! The full version will be online soon.

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For Cold Times Sake

Amsterdam on a cold winters day.

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Bits from my phone

30 shots, 30 seconds out of the life of Dirk de Graaff.

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I will never Lego!

While browsing on different blogs, Cas found a drawing.

He liked it a lot and decided to make a simple animation of this image. Just for fun. Here is where he saw the original drawing; ilovedoodle.com etsy.com If you don't get the joke, don't worry. Just let it go.

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Thoughts About being trapped in your own thoughts 

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Super Awesome Slowmotion

We received a new toy to play with... A slowmotion camera. Song: Bathtime in Clerkenwell by The Real Tuesday Weld

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Urban Soccer Trailer

Two teams paired up to play soccer in the Kalverstraat, Amsterdam. The goal was to reach the opposite end of the busy shopping street.

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Day at the Beach

This was all filmed on the beach of Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, on a spring afternoon. The footage we shot was mainly used for narrowcasting purpose.  Peter decided to make a little clip of it because he was feeling the shots.

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Skateboarding Through Amsterdam

inspired by Brian Lotti's "First & Hope" skateboard video, we wanted to capture all the moments of Peter cruising through Amsterdam on a skateboard.