the selected works of Lex Vesseur

KENSINGTON ARMS: THE GREAT ACHIEVERS A music video I made for the Dutch band Kensington Arms. What started out as an experiment on cloud movements slowly grew into an intens two minutes of nature violence.

TITLE The Great Achievers
ARTIST Kensington Arms
STARRING Sieta Schellinger
CAMERA, EDITOR & DIRECTOR Lex Vesseur
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Hidde Zemel
PRODUCTION Lex Vesseur 2013 Film, Motion Graphics, Visual Effects
WHEN WE ARE WILD: SCUSE ME A music video I made for songwriter Hille Stellingewerf. While experimenting with high-speed filming we tried to make optimal use of the natural weather conditions we had that day. While being quite challenging, the real rain, lighting and wind give this video an honest, realistic feeling.

TITLE Scuse Me
ARTIST When We Are Wild
CAMERA, EDITOR & DIRECTOR Lex Vesseur
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Roxanne Schreiber
PRODUCTION Tzanto Koot & Lex Vesseur 2013 Cinematography, Film
BEN HOWARD: CASE VIDEO Ben Howards surprise flashmob case video created for Sensu Film. This case study shows how we made this unique moment happen.

TITLE Ben Howard Case Video
CLIENT Sensu
DIRECTOR Caspar de Zeeuw
ANIMATOR Lex Vesseur
WRITER Anne de Zeeuw
PRODUCTION Sensu 2013 Motion Graphics
FREAK STRANO: MEMORY GAP A music video I made for Dutch producer Freak Strano. Inspired by repetitive motion and tactile colors I tried to create a visual interpretation of bliss and how this feeling connects throughout various states of consciousness.

TITLE Memory Gap
ARTIST Freak Strano
CAMERA, EDITOR & DIRECTOR Lex Vesseur
PRODUCTION Lex Vesseur 2012 Cinematography, Digital Art, Film
CINE PREMIERES The Ciné Premières film festival asked me to make a trailer for their 2012 edition. Ciné Premières is a film festival which promotes French films in the Netherlands. The trailer was played in moviehouses throughout the Netherlands.

TITLE Cine Premieres Trailer
CLIENT Cine Premieres Festival
STARRING Hans Hanneman
CAMERA, EDITOR & DIRECTOR Lex Vesseur
PRODUCTION Lex Vesseur 2012 Cinematography, Film
NOORDERZON LEADER A leader for the Noorderzon festival 2012. The Noorderzon festival is one of the more renowned cultural festivals in The Netherlands.

TITLE Noorderzon Leader
CLIENT Noorderzon Festival
ANIMATOR Lex Vesseur
PRODUCTION Lex Vesseur 2012 Digital Art, Film, Motion Graphics
GREYLINE: IF VANITY FADES Greyline asked me to create a music video for their 12" split EP "Epidemic Of The Forked Tongue. I looked for inspiration in photographic portraits of laborers from the beginning of the 19th century. The plan was to film the entire project in black and white, but during the editing process we brought back the color. The result: a rough and tough music video infused with an explosion of color.

TITLE If Vanity Fades
ARTIST Greyline
CAMERA, EDITOR & DIRECTOR Lex Vesseur
PRODUCTION Lex Vesseur 2012 Cinematography, Film, Motion Graphics
PIONEERS OF LOVE: ARREST ME NOW The second music video I made for the Pioneers of Love. They wanted a space-themed video, so we shot it in a 1:1 model of an International Space Station. By means of some green screening and visual effects added in post-production, this was the result.

TITLE Arrest Me Now
ARTIST Pioneers Of Love
CAMERA, EDITOR & DIRECTOR Lex Vesseur
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Janine van Veen
PRODUCTION 8Ball Music 2012 Cinematography, Film, Visual Effects
NIGHTINGALE EXPRESS In this project, music from the Dutch band A Liquid Landscape was complemented by different forms of visual interpretation. The project has two aspects to it.

The first part of the project consists of a short film that accompanied the concept album. It was released on the 24th of september 2011. The album was released on the 20th of january 2012. The film is a concrete visualization of the music's narrative. Similar to the film and cd, we did performances where live music was accompanied by live VJ-ing of visuals from the film. This made for an enthralling audiovisual experience, enveloping it's audiences.

The second part consists of the album artwork. This, again, ties in to the bigger picture. It's static visuals bridge the gap between the music, film and live performances. It was the last piece of the puzzle.

TITLE Nightingale Express
ARTIST A Liquid Landscape
WRITTEN BY Fons Herder & Lex Vesseur
STARRING Fons Herder, Janine van Veen, Levi Kok de Calonne, Romkje Busstra

MUSIC WRITTEN BY A Liquid Landscape
MUSIC PRODUCED AND MIXED BY Forrester Savell
MUSIC EDITOR Prasheen Naran
MUSIC RECORDED BY Freek van der Heide
SOUND DESIGN Joost Kraaijenbrink

COSTUME CONCEPTS Lieve ten Duis 
COSTUME DESIGN Marian Vesseur

ARTWORK Lex Vesseur

CAMERA, EDITOR & DIRECTOR Lex Vesseur
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Niels van Dam
GAFFER Sebas van den Brink
PRODUCTION Lex Vesseur

This film was made possible with the financial support from Freesonica & Gemeente Leeuwarden. 2011-2012 Cinematography, Film, Visual Effects
PIONEERS OF LOVE: FEAR OF HEIGHTS This music video was created for the Dutch band 'Pioneers of Love'. The band asked for something visually stunning with impressive landscapes, without losing focus of the band as it's center-piece. We chose to go to the Swiss Alps and shot the video there in three days. Even though it is a very beautiful place, the locations we used were hard to reach, at an altitude of 3000 meters, making the shoot challenging at times. In the end we managed to get to several beautiful locations, including a green valley, mountainsides and even a glacier including waterfalls.

TITLE Fear Of Heights
ARTIST Pioneers Of Love
CAMERA, EDITOR & DIRECTOR Lex Vesseur
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Janine van Veen
PRODUCTION 8Ball Music 2011 Cinematography, Editing, Video Arts
BLIKSEM & BETONROT Bliksem & Betonrot is a documentary about a poet's society called "De Dichters van Epipbreren" (The Poets from Epipbreren) from Groningen, who roamed all through the Netherlands with a combination of music and poetry. Directors Regina Broersma and René Duursma underline the significance of this collective of northern poets by means of a series of interviews, archive footage and several performances filmed exclusively for this documentary.

TITLE Bliksem & Betonrot
CLIENT Stichting Beeldlijn
DIRECTORS Regina Broersma & René Duursma
EDITOR René Duursma
CAMERA Lex Vesseur, Regina Broersma & René Duursma
SOUND Meno Knevel
PRODUCTION Lejo Siepe, Stichting Beeldlijn 2011 Cinematography, Film
GRONINGEN SCHREEUWT OM CULTUUR A registration of the protests concerning the financial cutbacks on culture in the Netherlands. The music is by A Perfect Circle.

TITLE Groningen Schreeuwt Om Cultuur
CAMERA, EDITOR & DIRECTOR Lex Vesseur 2011 Digital Art, Film
ELEMENTS BeMedia asked me to design some movie-like visuals for the entrance at the Philips Consumer Lifestyle Building in Drachten (NL). The visuals are shown on 12 full HD screens which are embedded in the wall. I teamed up with Janine van Veen who came up with the Elements-concept. What started out as a simple project slowly grew to a massive undertaking.

In the end we managed to produce about 30 minutes of usable material which included super-slowmotion and underwater footage. All footage was shot in full HD. Below you can find an impression of the project with audio (this version was also used in the 'Aqua Luma project'). The entrance-version at the Philips Consumer Lifestyle Building has no audio and has a longer runtime.

TITLE Elements
CLIENT Philips
DIRECTORS Janine van Veen & Lex Vesseur
CAMERA & EDITOR Lex Vesseur
PRODUCTION Lex Vesseur, Janine van Veen & BeMedia 2010 Digital Art, Film