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Red Bull XRow 2011
En extraordinary race needs an extraordinary film production. For the Red Bull XRow 2011 we were armed to the teeth with 13 cameras on the lakes, under water, on the land and in the air. It was an interesting production with a lot of planning for a 2.5 hour event. But our engagement was honored with spectacular camera perspectives and extraordinary pictures topped with news on national Swiss TV the same day.
Camera handling under crazy circumstances
The "Silbergeier" is one of the hardest climbing routes of the Alps. An extreme challenge for the body combined with a mind-blowing trail make this route unique. But it wasn't too tricky for our cameraman Diego Defilla. He helped Nina Caprez and Cédric Lachat with their film production. Diegos work earned a lot praise from Nina: «It was the first day for Diego in such a big wall. I haven't seen a lot of other people doing this like that before. He wasn't even impressed by the height. Chapeau!» First Impressions: www.ninacaprez.ch
Down to earth imagefilm
The gardening and road construction company W. Stehli AG celebrates its 50 years anniversary in 2011. For this occasion we got the chance to make their image film. Straight out of their working situation Stehli workers tell how they experience their company. This imagefilm fascinates through an unusual authenticity and the closeness to all day situations on the construction sites.
SAC Alpine Ski Race
Filming an alpine ski race in high altitude is not a peace of cake. Because of the coordination, technical equipment and also regarding the fitness of the cameramen. For the Swiss Alpine Club SAC we realised such a test project. To find a weatherproof and efficient solution was a fascinating challenge for the 'fittest film team in Switzerland'. Here's the complete TV highlight.
Maremma Pumptrack Clip
The Swiss company pumptracks.ch are the leading european company when it comes to plan and realise bicycle-pumptracks. In the Italian bikers paradise Massa Vecchia they designed and built their new reference. Here a webclip with Claudio Caluori and his Scott DH team colleagues in action.
Bikedays TV production
For the event company FAF and their national bike festival we took over the complete TV production. Before the event we made the commercials, during Bikedays we provided TV stations with footage and made clips for social media. After the event we edited diverse products for marketing and communication. For example this web clip.
Glacierbike Saas-Fee
Together with our distributions partner eyeSprint from Munich we realized a rapid production on two counts: On ski we followed the downhillers with over 100 kmh, then we edited a report for German RTL TV news the same day and few days later this entertaining event clip hit the finish line.
Information spot about livestock guardian dog
For the organisations agridea, WWF and ProNatura we realised a very innovative communications concept: QR-tags are printed on thousands of warning signs in the alps. This way the hiker, biker or dogwalker can directly access a short information movie on their mobile phone about how to behave when they encounter a livestock guardian dog.
EKZ e-Fix wheelchairs
EKZ (Energy Canton of Zürich) provide the social help organisation Spitex with free electric wheelchairs. To communicate this sensitive issue a movie was necessary. To explain the functions to temporarily disabled people, but especially to give the offer an attractive image. We developped the idea and produced the movie from beginning to end. The six actors proved lots of authenticity. Director Hans-Urs Bachmann, camera and edit: Diego Defilla.
Rising high for Walter Meier
Curiously we watched the Primetower grow higher and higher, now Switzerlands tallest building. What luck it was, to be able to film with such an exclusive view over Zürich! For our client Walter Meier AG we could produce a specific Imagefilm about their climatisation solutions in the Primetower.
SBB RailAway Commercials
For the official travel agency of the Swiss Railways we produced a variety of short commercials. These are displayed on digital screens in all train stations. The commercial is also screened in many Openair Cinemas around Switzerland. A special innovation is an edgewise widescreen movie version in HD.
Red Bull X-Row: the whole story
Almost melancholy we look back at this first-time rowing event. The X-Row 2010 lies in the past, but all the more lively the spectacular images are in our memories: The athletes with their 17m long boats in the historic "Hohle Gasse" and the dramatic final meters in Luzern. The 26 minute highlight was distributed and screened internationally. Here it is online in full length.
Halsundbeinbruch Film at freestyle.ch
It was an exiting job to see behind the scenes at the freestyle.ch 2010. For the organizer we produced a short imagefilm and many quotes clips, with the aim to bring the worlds biggest freestyle sports event nearer to potential partners. The image film has a quick pace and still stays in a traditional shape to also activate matured marketing specialists.
Back from Afghanistan
The "1st Afghan Ski Challenge" is successful history - and the team around Hans-Urs Bachmann is back in Switzerland full of experiences. Shortly after we started post production. A first teaser can be seen on www.afghanskichallenge.com. Right now eyeSprint in Munich is in charge of the international TV distribution. Besides TV documentaries our great aims are film festivals in fall 2011.
Production with FMX world champ Mat Rebeaud
Once again we were on duty for Red Bull with an an exiting story: In the project "under my wing" the freestyle motocross world champion tought youngsters the art of flying. In cooperation with journalist Raphi Jansen, editor Richie Schwarz and cameraman Dani Villiger we produced a cool webclip from the training camp.
Lion offspring in Zurich
This fall we visited the Zurich Zoo for an especially nice event: four cubs were born this summer. We filmed one of the first excursions of the proud family in their large enclosure. Regularly we film for the Zurich Zoo and produce their web news. This time we also edited a TV commercial from the impressive animal pictures.
Edit at high elevation
For the athletics meeting Weltklasse Zürich we realized an edit-only project. The international meeting advertises in the airplanes of SWISS airlines with a short clip. The spectacular images come from the airline. Next year we would love to capture these images ourselves!
Video streaming directly into the forest
What is a pumptrack and how do you use it? For the city of Zurich we tried to answer this question. With Olympic racer Roger Rinderknecht we produced an educational clip in the woods above Zurich. The clip was designed especially for use on mobilephones. So you scan a QR-Tag on the sign near the pumptrack and immediately your smartphone turns into a cycling trainer.
Halsundbeinbruch Film claims the streets
Besides longer features which we often produce in nature, we are now also active in the city centers for our Austrian client ServusTV. With street surveys we find out, what the local Swiss population thinks about different issues. Result are 45second clips, as for an example about couchsurfing.
3D Animation Commercial
For our new client zwei plus we realized a TV commercial without any camera work. For such a project we took Roman Lehmann aboard, our freelance partner for 3D animations. He designed the sporty moving graphics from scratch. The sound design comes from soundtracker Christian Bisang.
„Love is…“ - the slogan of the new ZSC Lions campaign
Sitting at the pool with a full hockey outfit, and that with 35 degrees? No unusual scene in the new TV commercial for the ZSC Lions. And another interesting work for our client Xess Marketing. Director Yogi Parish let his fantasy run free and cameraman Christoph Fritschi captured expressive images. 30 seconds which should not only attract the hockey public in to the stadium.
Flyer image film
A conceptual challenging and large production is the image film for the Swiss electric bicycles called Flyer. Director Hans-Urs Bachmann has already realized some first production days with cameramen Simon Usteri and Christoph Fritschi. The production is filmed with Canon photo cameras. The film with the elaborate script will be finished in summer 2011.
RedBull X ROW
"Oh my god what's that again?" said Olympic champion Marcel Hacker when he
heard from the X Row the first time. We were part of the debut event. With 11
cameras on water, motorcycle, bicycle, car and in the air. 3 hours after the
award ceremony news images were spread through Quattro Media. Here the trailer.
More action coming.
Golf commercial goes to cinema
Our TV commercial for
the Migros Golf Parks from 2009 is reused in 2010. The lightning-speed animation
can be watched in all Swiss cinema theatres in full HD quality. Who wants to
count how many models we placed into only 10 seconds before the visit in the
theatre can watch the movie on our website.
UBS Weltklasse Zurich e-Board
For Switzerland's largest bank we edited and designed a sponsoring ad for
the largest Swiss athletics event, which will run on Switzerlands largest
screens. The 15 second clip also runs diversely in online
media.
ServusTV Gotthard Pass Clearing
Every year it is a long awaited
highlight in the region when the important Swiss Gotthard mountain pass is
cleared. On a stretch of many kilometers huge amounts of snow and avalanche
debris must be cleaned. Many snow blowers are on duty for weeks, even if the
sight is less than a few meters. Shorty before the pass opens to public we
produced a 4minute feature for the Austrian
ServusTV.
Vögele Flagship Store Opening
For Compresso.ID Events we were on duty at the glamourous Charles Vögele flagship story opening. Many Swiss starlets were there, but the publics favourite was the German styling specialist Bruce Darnell. With life cameras and life editing we brought the shows onto 8 large screens. Many clips for online media were then produced in the days after. Here%u2019s the event clip, which was online the days after the event.
EKZ-Cup TV commercial
For the Electricity
Provider of the Canton of Zurich and the marketing company FAF we produced a TV
commercial. Patrick Tresch and Manoa Verner are the two protagonists and both
are real racers in the categories Elite Men and Kids. An authentic and likeable
commercial originated which runs on many local TV stations and invites to take
part at the EKZ mountainbike Cup 2010. For all 8 events we also produce news
roughcuts and ready-to-air TV stories.
Charles Vögele Lingerie Show
At the Charles Vögele
Shop Opening the late lingerie show in Zurich%u2019s infamous club Saint-Germain was
a public magnet. Only rarely you get to see lots of bare skin and crisp models
on our website. So that%u2019s already reason enogh to not deprive our female and
male visitors from this short web clip.
ZSC Family Commercial
For the ZSC Lions Hockey Team we produced an unconventionally quiet TV commercial. Our direct client was Xess Marketing AG which were responsable for the whole campaign. Christian Bisang made the high frequency Soundtrack, our partner for photography Alex Wydler shot the pictures for the posters.
Swiss Quiz
SwissTrails is responsible for touristic bookings across all 22 national routes in all 5 areas of the SchweizMobil project. 2009 we filmed in the cycling-, walking-, mountain biking-, skating- and canoeing-areas together with two professional actors. The result is an entertaining quiz at fairs with over 20 questions, in german and french. Here a short insight. More at the stand of SwissTrails.
Hugging in Baden
In an especially heart warming way the first Swiss LeCoqSportif Shop attracted its attention: In the city of Baden Huggers from the promotional agency stewards.ch demanded hugs from surprised pedestrians. Rarely one can capture so many emotions in one day!
High tech at the guilds exhibit
For the guilds of Zurich, with many hundreds of years of history, we realised the most modern video exhibit in the city. A highlight is the boat ride on the Limmat river. The visitors sit in a traditional wooden boat, in which they pass through a 10 minute multimedia experience. 6 large HD screens simulate the passing old town. Produced with a police boat and two RED cameras with 4K resolution each. Informations and opening times on www.zunftstadt.ch.
Sporty AZ Elektro commercial
Zurichs well known electric installation company AZ Elektro AG are official sponsor of the Swiss athletic championships 2009. In the grand Letzigrund stadium they attracted lots of attention with a commercial, exclusively produced for that event. The AZ technicians on the LED screens were motivating competitors for the real sportsmen.
Valais TV Spot for Asia
After dealing with the arabic water market our client Aproz Sources Minerales is now also aiming on sales in different asian countries. With a 30 second spot the new classy Swiss artesian water is now gaining popularity in Laos, Cambodia, singapore and Thailand.
Large live production at Kayak WC
Besides our media-cutter a second cutter was under continuous pressure at the Kayak World Championships. During three days all the wet competitions gushed onto the LED Big Screen. The live programme also ran on many screens around the event area and was streamed on freecaster.tv. Besides extraordinary perspectives, also from a 12 metre crane, the spectators liked the slow motion relays and the immediate results.
Lots of media work in Thun
At the ICF Kayak Freestyle World Championships in Thun paddlers came from all around the world. Accordingly the request for country-specific images and interviews was large. The newscut with more than 20 interviews was distributed around the world by satellite, just 3 hours after the competition. 4 days later the entire TV broadcast was ready for distribution.
3 productions at 1 event
At the international athletics event Weltklasse Zürich, we had three missions: For the event organiser we produced the discipline boards on the LED screens. For Canon we filmed and edited regular Web-TV reports. And for UBS we produced sponsoring billboards and a 4sec breakbumper, our shortest production up to date.
Police TV Spot
As a part of a broad media campaign we produced a TV Spot for Zurich's Police. The idea is to raise awareness about concentration behind the steering wheel. The spot is edited unconventionally fast and mainly aims at the young masculine target group, fascinated by mobile technics. Director Yogi Parish, Editing Dani Cherbuin.
valais Imagefilm in EDI 09 Shortlist
EDI is the official Swiss Award for high quality films. The competition is under the patronage of the Swiss ministry of the interior. Our 3minute film is in the finals and therefore it already now belongs to one of the best Swiss corporate movies of the year 2009. We are exited to visit the final award ceremony.
Weltklasse Zürich
Also behind the scenes the vibes were so-called 'weltklasse'. During five days we followed the different staff teams of the athletics meeting in Zürich. Here a first impression of different jobs. The final product will be a detailed presentation, which shows all the staff departments of the largest one-day sportsevent of the world.
52 minutes Jungfrau Stafette 2008
A year ago, in October 2008, the second Red Bull Jungfrau Stafette took place in Switzerland. The feature-length documentation about this insane one day relay race was screened on many TV stations around the world. Now it can be watched on our website in full length. And on www.redbulljungfraustafette.ch you can inscribe your team for 2010.
New Mammut team wear
Our apparel sponsor Mammut offered us a large amount of new team wear for the upcoming hot and cold seasons. We are proud to present ourselves in a high Swiss quality brand. Thanks to Mammut we are ready for any mission - in the warm studio or in the icy winds of the Alps.
Making Of Migros Golfparks Spot
Just 8 seconds of staged video demands more effort than many would expect. Besides the 9 actors many others were engaged in this project for consulting, conception, production and postproduction. Here's a short but entertaining glimpse behind the scenes.
ZSC Lions Commercial
The winner team of the international Champions Hockey League, the ZSC Lions, promote their ticketing offers on TV. We could produce the 30 second commercial, which we recorded during a life game. The speaker is Switzerlands legendary sports reporter Walter Scheibli, also a self-confessed ZSC fan.
Golf at the trainstation
For the first time we can look up to the largest screen in Switzerland and watch one of our productions. A 15 second commercial for the Migros Golfparks runs in Zürichs main station and many other trainstations and movie theatres. 9 actors hit the golf ball in just 5 seconds and symbolize the Migros-typical 'Golf for everyone'. A making-of movie will follow.
Valais Imagefilm
Valais is a great new artesian water from the Swiss Valais region which plans to conquer the internatinal water market. We are very proud to have produced this spectacular high end image film. It is commercial but still philosophic. Kitsch and all the same elegant. Patriotic and nevertheless focussed on the arabic target group.
Swiss Alpine Wrestling Event 2013
In the Emmental, the region of the famous Swiss cheese, the national Swiss Alpine Wrestling will take place in 2013. Many hundred thousand people will visit this event. We congratulate our client in Burgdorf which won the candidacy. Our film argumented and presented the advantages of the bernese venue with 3D animations and beautiful air images.
Swiss Olympic Park
During the Olympic Games 2006 in Bormio, the Swiss Olympic Comittee organised a parallel tour of sports events through Switzerland. We filmed the public competitions and all the shows on stage. Through a mobile life edit studio we projected all the action happening onto a big LED screen. The Clip shows a mix of impressions thoughout all the events.
Greetings from the LED screen
At the international athletics event 'Weltklasse Zürich' two huge LED screens offered the spectator lots of entertainment and information. In a special studio we recorded statements with the worlds most famous athletes. These were screened shortly before each competition, which boosted the exitement in the stadium. Here's Sanya Richards, the world's fastest woman over 400m.
Grand Prix 24h Villars
Together with Marco Lutz Halsundbeinbruch Film filmed 6 members of the Alinghi Crew, who participated at a 24hour skirace in Villars. On friday they took a helicopter ride to a powder-warmup. From saturday until sunday the famous sailors skied one run after the other - all for charity. With the 8th place in ranking the team showed, that they can also be fast on frozen water.
WWF Movie Alive Rivers
WWF Switzerland intensively stands up for a vital nature at and in swiss rivers. At the time many canalised rivers are beeing widened by the government for flooding prevention - in the same step also nature can be reanimated. But large and expensive projects for natures benefits need lots of political argumentation. We produced a movie for WWF which should address and convince concerned people for alive rivers.
Weltklasse Zürich – Behind the Scenes
A half hour documentary about the different organisational divisions which are necessary to realize the international athletic meeting. The administration explain their departments, statements from athletes and managers show how worldwide unique this event is. The film was produced for staff, partners and sponsors.
SUI at the EURO 2008
SUI is an internationally acting sports marketing organisation situated in Zurich. At the soccer EURO 2008 SUI was responsable for the VIP- and Hospitality-programme in the fan zone of Basel. We packed their services into an actionloaded image clip. The animations were created by awardwinning Neil Stubbings.
Dragonboat Race Eglisau
Every year a small town at the Rhine is the location for
Zurich's trendiest sports event:
beach beauties and clubbers meet to watch
the dramatic competitions on the water,
but also just to admire themselves. A
work for the organiser and a review of the warm summerseason
2005...
adidas Clip nominated for the EDI award
For the event organiser Fastbreak and adidas we produced a video invitation for the Swiss shop opening. The very short production period of just one week challenged us to find a creative solution. Our client allowed us free play. With director Yogi Parish and Lorenz Forster as producer, cameraman and cutter the short film was nominated for the EDI award 2008.
Adventurous film production
At the time we are producing a high end image film for the swiss water 'valais'. A mountaineer presents his mountain region where his drinking water originates. Not only the story, but also the production was adventurous. The RED camera proved itself in icy winds at minus 30 degrees. With the helicopter we shot breathtaking pictures with the Cineflex.
MOUNTAINS IN THE MIST
A documentary about the mystic cloud forests. Produced in 2004 for the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. It shows not only the beauty of these special ecosystems, but also its functions for society and tries to present solutions for better protection. Filmed mostly in Costa Rica. Available on DVD and three languages D, E, ESP!
Lots of news about the Red Bull Jungfrau-Stafette
While the event was still running we uploaded a first roughcut onto a webserver. Many TV stations downloaded our pictures and screened them in the evening news. Swiss SF, German ZDF, B3 and N24, SportItalia, Eurosport, Eurmaxx and many local stations reported about the event. Thank you to our postproduction- and distribution-partners PKM and Smaragd!
Migros Familypark
The largest Swiss food-chain Migros was not official sponsor of the EURO 08. But nonetheless Migros was active during the great soccer event - especially for children and pupils. The 'Familypark' was a huge sports- and playground built of wood. Teachers were able to displace their classroom to the lakeside for a day.
With tapeless and Full-HD into the future
At the Red Bull Jungfrau-Stafette also the TV-production was spectacular: we captured the huge event with 28 Full-HD cameras (Sony XDCAM HD und XDCAM EX) and also the personal-view cameras recorded in High Definition. More than 600 GB came together in one day. Thanks to tapeless storage it was easier to produce international TV news that same evening!
Red Bull Jungfrau-Stafette 2008
28 camerawomen and men, 2 helicopter pilots, 3 motorbikers, 5 runners, 2 cutters, 1 director and 1 producer worked on October 4th for the TV-production of the Red Bull Jungfrau-Stafette. The weather was a big challenge for the athletes and our team. Many thanks to all!
Chris Sports Insideout
The company Chris Sports does not just distribute its sports products. With all their commitment at events and their sponsoring engagement they prove that they really vouch for their brands. We produced an authentic imagefilm which shows Chris Sports from their active in- and outside.
Colombo Dance Factory
Zürichs Colombo Dance Factory offers education for professional dancers. But what is professional dancing? Can one earn a life from dancing professionally? We produced a short movie that informs pupils planning their future job and tidys up teachers and parental scepticism.
Alta Rezia Freeridetour - the Trailer
The film about the Alta Rezia Freeridetour with Hans Rey and Thomas Frischknecht will celebrate its première at the bike-WC in Livigno on 2nd of September. The new trailer offers first insights into this freeride-adventure.
Herzblut und Kettenöl
Since many years we film in the tuscan cycling paradise Massa Veccia. The yearly renovated film with the untranslateable title 'Herzblut und Kettenöl', shows new guests the touristic attractions, especially the fantastic biketrails. Here's a short sequence from the 20minute movie. Only the pasta would be worth a visit in Massa Vecchia!
Zürich Lake Crossing
Every year, if the weather allows, thousands of people swim over the lake of Zurich. This event is organised by Zurichs sports department and carried by different sponsors. The heavy traffic with boats and swimmers is guided by Zurichs lake police. This summer we produced a wet and joyful event portrait.
Alta Rezia Freeride
The two bikelegends Hans 'No Way' Rey and Thomas Frischknecht returned from a extravagant freeride-adventure: 20'000 meters of altitude in 6 days in the Alta Rezia-Region. Sport Aktuell produced the first Making Of...
Portrait René Wildhaber
René Wildhaber, Switzerlands most successful Downhiller, is guest of honor at the Tour De Suisse 2008. For his sponsor Red Bull we produced a portrait for his official appearance in his hometown Flumserberg. A portrait with fast pictures by four different cameramen. Additional words are needless.
POS-Marketing for TdS Cycles
The largest Swiss cycling manufacturer, Tour de Suisse Rad AG, goes innovative ways in point of sale marketing. All swiss dealers recieve large flatscreens, a dvd-player and: a movie which we produced. The nonverbal 10 minute movie runs in the shop all day long and shows the potential client the individual advantages of TdS-Cycles.
SCOTT Action in Châtel
In late fall 2007 the Swiss bike brand SCOTT invited journalists from around the world to the riders mekka Châtel in France, to present their new 2008 models Gambler and Voltage. With five international pro riders we produced individual portraits with interviews. Here's an action roughcut which speaks well about these bikes, also without words.
Outdoor-Catwalk in Zurich
Outdoor catwalk in Zurich The opening of the first G-Star shop in Switzerland was celebrated with life events, but also in a multimedia form: with 20 models we produced a clip on the longest outdoor catwalk - the streets of Zürich. This clip we realised together with star editor Jessie Fischer.
Making Of for Celina Musicvideo
Marco Lutz, earlier known as producer of the most beautiful snowboardmovies in Europe, is now a fiction director and still known outside the Swiss borders. For the German singer Celina he made a musicvideo - we made the images behind the scenes for the label Fourmusic.
We have a new address!
Halsundbeinbruch Film has moved from the underground to the trendy Zürich-Oerlikon. In the freshly renovated factory at the Eggbühlstrasse 20, we have more capacity for new challenges and to recieve visitors. Welcome!
Cooking web-TV
For years Waskochen.ch (translated: what to cook .ch) has offered reciepes including a filmed cooking show and a shopping list. These mini-tv-show are a calorie free surplus and very popular. Now we regularly produce a part of these shows. That's also good for our balanced diet!