40 Days and 40 Nights of COVID19
Day 8 A story read for Madison’s old nursery school class in New York city. Merricat’s Castle School, Sunshine Room.
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Maas Creative videos for websites, social channels and multi-media installations. Video content creation for local business, influencers and entrepreneurs. Writing, directing, scripting, editing and filming.
Day (4) – Youtube Channel Stories for Jadyn: Milastory
40 Days and 40 Nights of COVID19
Day minus four… New York was already in lock down for some time. Greensboro we had four more days before we began. Mila is an amazingly talented young actor growing up in New York. Her parents both super talented too. Toni Menage, a dear friend of mine going a way back. Madison and Mila met at Birdland, during our last visit to New York.
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Nervous Breakdown – Behind the Scenes
In Greensboro, those familiar with the Rock 92 morning radio show, Two Guys Named Chris, will know Chirs Demm and Chris Kelly. You may not know that Chris Demm (looks like this before he has his coffee) but is an absolute delight despite his furrowed brow. Nervous Breakdown by 4 Leagues Media was directed by Dan Robinette and starred Chris Demm as the monster alongside Chris Kelly as the sheriff.
See more behind the scenes of Nervous Breakdown stills photography here. See New York Fashion week here and also You’re Invited, directed by Andrew Kaplan here.
Below is a short teaser (my cut) of some video I captured…
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Pascal Lacroix – Brand Voice
Personality and voice. I knew from the first moment I spoke with Pascal that I had to have his voice on the website. He has a french accent and when he speaks his voice relaxes you.
The outcome was this very personal, brand-building narrative video. It immediately deepens the connection with visitors. It helps visitors relate to his work in a more meaningful way than just browsing through still images.
The audio was directed remotely. The video content was captured by Pascal himself and a friend of his. I edited the final piece to tell the story about how he works and designs at his studio in the mountains.
Below is another short video, this time speaking about a specific piece created for the Flight theme of the American Design Council, Living Collection.
Design, direction, editing and production, by Katja Maas
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Culture Sparks – Make IT Happen Animation
Created for Scotland’s national agency for the arts, Culture Sparks in collaboration with the Rudman Agency. Campaign GetAmb:IT:ion. Make IT Happen was a National initiative funded by the lottery to help Arts and Culture organisations get more from IT.
Design, scriptwriting, storyboarding, animation.
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Culture Republic Access All Areas Animation
Created for Scotland’s national agency for the arts, Culture Republic. Their ACCESS ALL AREAS national conference focused on equality and diversity. Following the conference, we integrated the “equals” (=) symbol into their brand mark to emphasize their core value of equality.
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MM&H International Arbitration Animation
FLORIDA is a growing hub for International Arbitration. This animation is a visual metaphor showing FLORIDA as integral to rest of the world by connecting the letters and highlights that International Arbitration is a natural fit.
A further illustration for International Arbitration was this one. A metaphor for how skillful the practice is because you need a foot in each country, an understanding of multiple cultures, while at the same time, balancing the case at hand. One of MM&H’s founding partners, Don Hayden is an expert in the field, a Notre Dame alum and loyal supporter of the Fightin’ Irish team…
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Pinterest functionality for a Squarespace website
2020 Tips, Hacks and Workarounds #1
In creating a portfolio website on Squarespace we found that there was no option for users to gather their favorite works (like a wish list function on an e-commerce website). We decided to utilize the popular social media platform Pinterest to provide this feature. The bonus for the artist is that their work gets additional visibility on a social platform.
We created our first How to tutorial video for this purpose. Below is the initial draft for the video which is being beta tested.
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Ten and a half things you might not know about prescription drug side effects
A public information video designed to be engaging and memorable. The video summarizes prescription drug side effects and what you need to do to protect yourself and your family. Created for Sense About Science and Liverpool University, home to the UK’s drug side effects research center. Companion guide pdf.
Sense about Science is an independent charity that champions the public interest in sound science and ensures evidence is recognized in public life and policy making.
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Day 35 – New Garden Friends School, Lower School Open House Video
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Day 27 – New Garden Friends School – Upper School Video
Upper School. Virtual walk through created during the Coronavirus lockdown.