The city district Amsterdam Osdorp recently merged with Slotervaart and Geuzenveld-Slotermeer and was given the name Amsterdam Nieuw-West. This change also meant the end of 20 years of restructuring urbanized areas. To celebrate everything achieved, a book was published. ‘The Metamorphosis of Osdorp’ gives an overview of the architectural highlights. We were asked to create an intriguing video, featuring the buildings we find most characteristic.

Restructuring urbanized areas isn’t all about aesthetics. That is why we chose to put emphasis on the architects and especially it’s inhabitants and the surrounding of the buildings. To achieve this, we decided to combine live action video with 2D- and 3D-animation. Herewith we were able to complement reality with our interpretation of the most important factors of restructuring urbanized areas.

Commissioned by: Amsterdam Osdorp (amsterdam.nl)
Agency: PlusOne (plusoneamsterdam.com)
Direction: Martijn Hogenkamp
Production: Marcel Vrieswijk
D.O.P.: Bob Joosten (indoor), Martijn Hogenkamp (outdoor)
Actors: Latifa, Ger & Hennie, Ibrahim
3D-Modeling/Animation/Tracking: Tim van der Wiel, Elias Widerdal
Rotoscoping: Marcel Vrieswijk, Elias Widerdal
Compositing/Editing/Grading: Martijn Hogenkamp
Music: Bas "Inf" te Braak
Sound Design: Matthias Kiewiet
Client: Doreen van ‘t Spijker, Jose van der Loos, Ruud Huiberts

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