Dave Vriens

Filmmaker and Writer

[ VOOR DE KUNST ] 28 - 05 - 2013

Kim Schonewille's documentary about Madame de Berry needs your support on Voor de Kunst.
With less then a month of crowdfunding to go and almost 50% donated up till now, she's right on track.
Will you support her and those who are involved (like me) to reach 100%? [UPDATE: We made it! Thanks to all who supported us.]

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[ WORDPRESS ] 28 - 02 - 2013

Besides filming and writing I decided to take some supplementary training to expand my skills.
Based on a minimalistic (59 lines) WordPress-Theme made by Nick Koning, I'm learning to code from scratch. This way I'll learn to understand what lies beneath, for I will be able to create well operated and beautiful websites in the near future.
Ambitious? Perhaps. Yet, nowadays it's not that easy to make a living from art-related affairs.
Though it is sort of a necessity, I do enjoy it. A lot (-: The best of both worlds. Giving shape by writing, imaging with words (code) and mastering a new universal language. Time well spend!
First things first. Right now I'm reconstructing my website. It'll come out looking quite the same, yet totally revisited at the back end. Stay tuned.

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[ 2D ANIMATION & MOTION GRAPHICS ] 19 - 02 - 2013

A compilation of animations/motion graphics, (± 70 shorts) I made for Naar Nederland & Zelf starten met Nederlands.

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[ HOEGAATIE? ] 09 - 01 - 2013

Hoegaatie? on facebook still needs a lot of likes. So go to Hoegaatie? and give that well known thumb a click.

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[ MADAME DE BERRY ] 21 - 11 - 2012

I'm asked by Kim Schonewille to join her crew as DOP, in reference to her upcoming project about Madame de Berry.
A documentary about (portrait of) a truly colorful character and her wonderful & absurd world.

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[ HAPPILY EVER AFTER ] 13 - 11 - 2012

Currently I'm working on a project by Spam van Griensven, called Happily ever after.
I'm supporting her with filming and editing of real time material, and animating some characters.

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[ CHOCOLATE MILL ] 18 - 06 - 2012

A film I made for Studio Wieki Somers. Music composed by Zimfonix.

Now playing from June 12 up to September 2 (2012) during Art Basel at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein,

as a part of the exhibition called 'Confrontations'.

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[ HOEGAATIE? ] 18 - 06 - 2012

At last, Hoegaatie?, my contemplating/writing alter-ego, has reached 34 likes. Due to this mile-stone I got honoured with an official pagename. So if you have a facebook-account, check out Hoegaatie? (Written in Dutch only)

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[ ROTTERDAMS OPEN DOEK ] 28 - 04 - 2012

A promo I made for Rotterdams Open Doek/LantarenVenster, i.c.w. Shafelly Snijders en Sander van Muijen.
Amongst others, I also participate in selecting the films for each edition/screening

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[ COMPANY LOGO MOTION GRAPHICS ] 12 - 03 - 2012

While working on motion graphics for clients, I decided to put some HD-life in my company logo.
I didn't pay much attention to sound design though . (-:

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[ SELFCONTROLFREAK ] 12 - 01 - 2012

Selfcontrolfreak asked me to be the DOP (Director of Photography) of his full length interactive film Order.
Besides operating the camera I also wrote the postcards. You'll find one of them in the trailer below.