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Koning van Katoren (To Be King)
The shooting period of 'Koning van Katoren' (To Be King), the screen adaptation of a book by Jan Terlouw, has begun. The director Ben Sombogaart (De Storm, Kruistocht in Spijkerbroek and De Tweeling) and lead actors Mingus Dagelet and Abbey Hoes have traveled to Italy to take part in the shoot. The film tells the story of 17 year old Stach (Dagelet) who has to fulfill difficult quests to become the king of the fictional country of Katoren. He is being assisted by Kim (Hoes). HecticElectric has been brought on board to provide lots of various visual effects sequences for the feature. The grading of the feature will be done at Hectic as well. The movie opens in theaters on December 5th 2012.
ADCN 2012
Posted in News in April 2012
On the 26th of April the Art Directors Club Nederland has announced the nominees of the prestigious ADCN Lamp Awards for advertising and design. This year the awards ceremony took place at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. In total, 36 Lamps have been awarded in different categories, and 2 of them - one Gold and one Silver award - went to the commercials that HecticElectric and AVP have worked on.
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Nova Zembla - Stereoscopic Feature Effects
Posted in News in November 2011
Eyeworks asked Hectic to do some serious Stereoscopic effects and beautiful titles for their film Nova Zembla.
Nova Zembla is the first 3D film to come from the Dutch film industry. Director/producer Reinout Oerlemans (“Komt een vrouw bij de doctor”) has instinctively steered the creative process with a confident hand, enabling the team to excel in a wide range of challenges, from beautiful titles to a myriad of demanding individual shots.
The titles are truly a master artwork, transitioning the live action shots of the leading stars into an etched, canvas composition, inspired by Jan Luyken’s 16th Century engravings of Nova Zembla.
We were privileged to work on the opening sequence, a one minute epic piece, immersing the audience in a stereoscopic universe full of stars and wonder, drawing them deeper into the 3D.
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