eyes of a stranger

Veldhuizen The Movie

2012-01-09T05:34:00.000-08:00

Oktober 2011.

A whole week intense shooting of the film Veldhuizen The Movie.

My jobs: Camera-assist, Camera 3, traffic controll and stunt double.

Premiere 8 february 2012

Autumn

2011-11-11T04:35:00.000-08:00

The Chronicles of Wendy

2011-08-26T06:17:00.000-07:00

A colleague at my work was leaving us, so I made a poster as a goodbye-present.

And here is the result!

Running Downhill goes to the movies!

2011-06-28T07:40:00.000-07:00

The concert Running Downhill goes to the movies was a great success!
There were more than 100 people, and so far as we know of they all liked it ;)

The cinema transformed into the concert room (CineMec-ExpoTheater)

The stage with theme: backstage concert/cinema

Sound check and rehearsing

The support act Mister Binks

The concert

The Band

The groupies & stuff

Pictures are from Esmee Ottema and Jurn van Mieghem.
For more picture you can go to RunningDownhill.nl

This summer we will make the dvd of the concert!
Sor for now a small trailer from the show in 10 sec ;)
More shorts of the concert will follow soon!

It's getting close!

2011-06-08T05:53:00.000-07:00

(a short teaser for show. But just so you know, the show is going to be much better ;) )

It's almost there! just one small week to go!
Exciting and stressing! There is still a lot we have to do.
But it will be all worth it :)

There are already some tickets sold.
You can even buy e-tickets !!

And psssst.....
Here some sneak peaks of the making of:

Try out RDH

2011-05-15T15:00:00.000-07:00

On Monday may 16th we had a small try out for June 15th.
We tested the song Empty Places with visuals for an live audience.
It went quite well and so far we know most people liked it!
I played with the logo of the band at the other two songs.
So it went quite well for a first time :)

Running Downhill goes to the movies!

2011-05-04T07:08:00.000-07:00

Flyer made by: Joost de Nooy

For my graduation project I wanted to make video with music.
To give the music something extra!
I asked the band Running Downhill to help me.
Together we're now creating a concert including stage with visuals.
So not only interesting for the ear but also for the eye ;)

Running Downhill plays punk/rock.
At this concert they will play their own songs and some covers with a twist of their own.
The band exists out of three members:
Joost de Nooy - Lead singer and guitar
Arjan Kamper - vocals and bassist
Wesley van Laar - vocals and drummer
You can follow them on www.runningdownhill.nl.

We are really looking forward to June 15th.
It's going to be a lot of work, but it's going to be worth it!
We already sold a couple of tickets.

We hope to see you there! :)

Any questions?
Just contact me: elinekoenen17@gmail.com

Portico Limes

2010-11-17T03:21:00.000-08:00

Ons project op tv bij rtvUtrecht en NOS jeugdjournaal!

Samen met zes andere mensen van verschillende opleidingen hebben we van school weer een opdracht gekregen. Voor de gemeente Utrecht moeten we een interactieve installatie maken dat Kanaleneiland met de Romeinse Limes verbind. De Limes is de oude Romeinse grens die vroeger door Utrecht (en Kanaleneiland) heeft gelopen.
We hebben de basisscholen als onze doelgroep gekozen en kwamen met het idee om een geschiedenis les te maken. Dit over de Romeinen natuurlijk!

Een professor, Tom genaamd, komt in de klas samen met zijn tijdsportaal. Wanneer hij net over de Romeinse tijd begint te vertellen gaat het portaal aan. We zien beelden uit de Romeinse tijd, lang lang geleden!
Daar zit Aelius, een romeinse jongen. Hij Zit gevangen en wilt vrijheid!
De kinderen uit de klas kunnen hem helpen door in de buurt met een 'spulletjesspeurder' objecten te vinden. Die objecten kunnen ze door middel van het tijdsportaal naar het verleden sturen. Bij elk object dat ze invoeren zien ze steeds een filmpje van hoe het object Aelius kan helpen.

Hier een paar leuke foto's van op de set:

Meer informatie op: http://limes.hku.nl/

Underwater

2010-08-03T15:17:00.000-07:00

I really wanted to experiment with photographs underwater. So Wesley and I bought a small camera that can go down for about 5 meters. And luckily we went to America and Crete for our holidays. Here we could experiment with our little camera in swimming pools and of course in the sea. So here are a couple of pictures wich were are quite proud of! But first of all I have to say that we were inpired by the video artist Danielle Kwaaitaal.

Vj'en G.O.H.K.

2010-06-08T06:36:00.000-07:00

Together with Suzanne van Dongen we were invited to VJ'ing at the spring party of my brothers student house. This was the first time in my life, and the second time in Suus life. Unfortunately the most of the film material weren't ours. But we had the licence to use them ;).
The theme of the party was Psycedalic Circus. And we were standing on the pink elaphant.
The dj, Menno de Meester, was standing beneath us.
It went quite well for the first time and it was really fun to do!
It was a great party and I think most of the people enjoyed it!

Eye Movement - video installatie

2010-05-31T10:58:00.000-07:00

For the Music & Art Days Festival we were getting the assignment to make an art work that combines the music and art.
The festival was four days filled with music from Utrecht String Quartet (USQ) and art from several artists.
Here for we (Dennie van Dijk, Roald Joosen and me) made the Eye Movement. We referring with our installation to the musicians from USQ. There effort to play is followed by the music, which is followed by the imagination in the mind of the peoples. When the music stops, the imagination will all so vanish.
With the Eye movement we create the same thought by turning the tubes with a high speed, and show an projection on the form that's been created.
Also by the movement of the tubes, a tone is being created. When the movement stops, the tone will fade and the projection will stop.

Videoclip Hurt Me - Kerli

2009-08-25T16:55:00.000-07:00

Together with Susanne van Dongen we made a video clip on the song Hurt Me from Kerli.
The song is about anger and wilful making damage. To destroy people and let them fall.

The thought behind our video clip was a kind of exotic puppets who are controlled by the government, friends and family. The people are like string puppets who are set aside and cut loose. They can't do a thing anymore, there is nobody who is pulling their strings. Basically there used and sacked.

We wanted to make the video clip a little surrealistic.

The end result!:

Hurt me from Eline Koenen on Vimeo.

Tent experience

2009-06-24T07:36:00.000-07:00

Together with Sarah Kuipers we made an video installation.

This installation is like an experience. We had chosen for a tent where the viewer can lay in. The rain and thunder will starts and the tent floods under water. The viewer is now surrounded by an underwater world.

It is like a dream world you lying in. But at the end you are waking up by the alarm clock and get back in the reality.

Video registration:

Tent experience from Eline Koenen on Vimeo.

Video installation Utrecht

2009-05-25T12:04:00.000-07:00

Together with Mike Engelsman, Jessica Dreu and Joel Heyl we made a video installation in the city Utrecht. We found a spot in the middle of the center. A peacefull quiet area in the middle of the streets which are filled with sound.
We decided to make an installation what makes the contrast stronger between the sound of the city and almost completely silence. We wanted to show people that in the middle of the hectic there always can be a peacefull place, even in the center.

The installation was split in two parts. One portal where the viewer needs to walk trough. This portal stands for the hectic of the city. There is a lot of noise and al the images are of the madness from the town. The second part of the installation is behind the portal. This part stands for the quite place. Slow and peacefull images of the town.

Electronic Humans

2009-05-17T10:41:00.000-07:00

We had to make a live music video with projections and integrate an object of choice in it. My friend (Suzanne van Dongen) and I chose to integrate ourselves into the projections.
Subject: The human body with it's organs and bones versus technology.

Song: Front Line Assembly - Predator (collide remix)

Video Registration:

Electronic Humans from Suzanne van Dongen on Vimeo.

The Victim

2009-05-17T08:56:00.000-07:00

'The victim' is a video installation wich I made with Sarah Kuipers.
We built an electric chair with 2 screens in it. One at the backrest what shows the portraits of victims by rape, maltreatment, etc. The other screen was placed on the seat which shows a diary from the victims where they have writing their story.

The electric chair stands for a punishment of a lifetime and sentence, but our attention lies on the victims instead of offender. They will get their punishment and then they are done with it. But the victims are damaged for a lifetime (The electric chair).

The chair was placed on a small altar in a small room. Surrounded by white screens. And on the right the diary, that is shown on the seat, that stands on a standard. The whole time you hear an unpleasant sound.

Video registration:

Video installation 'The Victim' from Eline Koenen on Vimeo.

De Tijd

2009-05-17T08:31:00.000-07:00

A visualisation of the poem 'de Tijd' on two screens. I wanted to communicate the mood and feelings that I got from the poem to the viewer.

Tijd

Ik droomde, dat ik langzaam leefde…
langzamer dan de oudste steen.
Het was verschriklijk: om mij heen
schoot alles op, schokte of beefde,
wat stil lijkt. ‘k Zag de drang waarmee
de bomen zich uit de aarde wrongen
terwijl ze hees en hortend zongen;
terwijl de jaargetijden vlogen
verkleurende als regenbogen…
Ik zag de tremor van de zee,
zijn zwellen en weer haastig slinken,
zoals een grote keel kan drinken.
En dag en nacht van korte duur
vlammen en doven: flakkrend vuur.
- De wanhoop en de welsprekendheid
in de gebaren van de dingen,
die anders star zijn, en hun dringen,
hun ademloze, wrede strijd…
Hoe kon ik dat niet eerder weten,
niet beter zien in vroeger tijd?
Hoe moet ik het weer ooit vergeten?

auteur: M. Vasalis

de Tijd from Eline Koenen on Vimeo.

Me in the movie Big Fish

2009-05-17T07:41:00.000-07:00

Our assignment was to put ourselves in an existing movie. To do this we had to film ourselves in front of a blue screen. The movie I picked was Big Fish from Tim Burton. I played a little girl who wanted to comfort her mother.

The making of:

The basement

2009-05-11T01:44:00.000-07:00

We had to make a short trailer or title sequence. I found some footage that was filmed just for practise and fun and got the idea to make a trailer of a movie that just doesn't exist.

The basement from Eline Koenen on Vimeo.