PostPanic

PostPanic is a Dutch hybrid film production company creating unique visual work for the international advertising, broadcast, retail and music industries. Founded in 1997, their distinctive visual style has come about through a shared passion for live action, motion graphics, visual effects and 2d/3d animation.

As mixed media specialists, PostPanic's projects are creatively driven and therefore not primarily technique-led. Some are completely live-action based, others focus on a more motion graphic-led execution and some are just a combination of every technique you can think of! That’s why they choose to produce, direct, design and animate themselves so their ambitious ideas stay true to their original vision once in production. The international group of directors share a common graphic design background and are very hands-on, often choosing to work on a certain aspect of the production such as motion graphics, animation or compositing. This is clearly reflected in PostPanic's creative attitude and approach to a project. They are also specialists in integrated project deliverables, meaning they can simultaneously create multiple platform executions of a single visual project (for example, providing television & cinema spots, print visuals, viral films as well accompanying digital assets for websites and mobile). Over the years, PostPanic has enjoyed creating international work for agencies and brands including Nike, Philips, MTV, ASICS, Google, MINI, McDonalds, Vodafone, TomTom, Coca-Cola, Disney and Amstel.

At the centre of their collective is PostPanic’s Amsterdam studio, a permanent team of producers and creatives specializing in live action, motion graphics, 2d/3d animation, visual effects and print. The team is made up of a range of nationalities including Dutch, British, American, Polish, Spanish, Hungarian and Latvian. The PostPanic studio is housed in a new building overlooking the river in central Amsterdam and has won attention worldwide for its unique interior architecture. This includes a green screen studio, edit suite and large grandstand for accommodating an audience for PostPanic events - the most famous being PostPanic’s ‘Panic Room’, a bi-annual inspiration evening which has featured some of the industry’s most-respected international creative figures.

History

PostPanic formed back in 1997 when Mischa Rozema [1], Jules Tervoort and Mark Visser graduated from HKU (Hogeschool Kunst Utrecht) together. Their graduation film A Time Of Panic was received to high acclaim and launched their careers in the Netherlands. The name PostPanic is a reference to life after A Time for Panic. In 2007, Mark Visser left PostPanic to work on his own projects.

PostPanic moved to larger premises in Summer 2009 which also include extended post facilities. [2]

PostPanic run their own series of inspiration nights called The PanicRoom [3] for the Amsterdam creative community. Guest speakers have included Shynola, Pleix, Vincent Fournier, Radical Friend, Bif, Si Scott, Dvein, Niels Shoe Meulman, Alex Turvey, Fons Schiedon, UVA (United Visual Artists), Lucy McRae, HECQ and Motionographer. 2012 saw the first Panic Room hosted outside of Amsterdam, as part of the CutOut Fest in Mexico. Guests included Aaron Duffy, Physalia and HeyHeyHey.

PostPanic launched Panic Program in 2010 - an opportunity to create highly creative projects on limited budgets (reflecting the current economic climate and changing requirements of advertising agencies). Most importantly, Panic Program offers a new generation of emerging talent (including directors, designers, animators and vfx staff) the opportunity to step up and take on more senior roles within a project, supported by the resources and creative/ production experience at PostPanic.

In 2012, PostPanic embarked on their most ambitious personal project to date, Sundays - a feature film idea written and to be directed by PostPanic co-founder Mischa Rozema. In order to keep Mischa's vision creatively pure, PostPanic decided to start off their dream with a short film which would act as a trailer for the larger feature film project. They successfully raised over 50K US Dollars via the Sundays Kickstarter campaign. [4] Filming took place in Mexico City in November 2012 with US actor Brian Petsos taking on the male lead. The film is currently in post-production, due for completion late summer 2013.

Senior members of staff

• Jules Tervoort - Managing Director & Executive Producer (Dutch)
• Mischa Rozema - Creative Director & Director (Dutch)
• Ania Markham - Executive Producer & Strategy Partner (British)
• Ivor Goldberg - Head of Post & Creative Partner (British)
• Chris Staves - Director & VFX Supervisor (American)
• Annejes van Liempd - Senior Producer (Dutch)
• Hesdy Doest - Senior Producer (Dutch)

Notable works

Pre-2002

Short film

• A TIME FOR PANIC (1997)

Commercials

• ALMERE (2000)
• BAAN - Get to the point (2001)
• MINI - Kick (2001)
• NED O (2001)

Music videos

• GOLDEN EARRING - Whisper In A Crowd (2000)
• GOURYELLA - Tenshi (2001)
• GOURYELLA - Ligaya (2002)
• TOLERANCE UNLIMITED - Osdorp Posse (2002)

2003

Commercials

• NIKE - Ambient
• Q-DANCE - Motel
• Q-DANCE - Hospital
• DSM - Guerilla ads
• NIKE - Killer Instinct
• NIKE - Back To Football
• NIKE - Tech Stories 1
• NIKE - Tech Stories 2

2004

Commercials

• DSM - Corporate Film
• NIKE - Changing The Game
• NIKE - Look Good Be Bad
• DSM - Olympics
• Nikon - Ambient
• NIKE - Players Truth
• MIELE - Soft Care

Broadcast

• MTV - Wednesday Special
• MTV - Clip Classics

2005

Commercials

• NIKE - Brasil
• MIELE - Allergotec
• PALM - One World
• SPORTLIFE - Deep
• NIKE - Power of 3

Broadcast

• MTV - Road Rally

2006

Short Film

• POSTMAN

Commercials

• NIKE - My Year
• Amstel - Pure Filtered
• NIKE - Federation Colours
• Verizon - V-Cast

Broadcast

• TMF - TMF Awards 2006
• MTV - MTV Brand New

2007

Short Film

• POSTMAN 2 (in production)

Commercials

• NIKE - Reversed Engineering
• AMSTEL - Pure Filtered
• Visa Inc. SIGNATURE
• TomTom - Hospital Dash and Client Meeting

2008

Short Film

• POSTMAN RETURNS
• SUN DAYS (in production)
• MTV SHORTS - I'M HERE, EVERYTHING ALL OF THE TIME
• MTV SHORTS - OOOH DVEIN

Commercials

• McDonald's - The Lost Ring (5 trailers)
• MTV - Manifesto
• POLKOMTEL - Machine
• KPN - GLASVEZEL
• Frito-Lay - EYE GLASSES

2009

Short Film

• SUN DAYS (in production)

Commercials

• BWIN - Journey
• Coca Cola - Rave Flower
• ETOS
• NIKE - Cortez
• HOLLAND CASINO - Dinner Jackpot
• ASICS - Running
• NIKE - CTRL
• TATRABANKA - Cube
• HOLLAND CASINO - Try-out

Print

• NIKE - Total T90

Broadcast Design

• MTV - Happy Happy Joy Joy
• MTV - Rocks (2 idents)

2010

Commercials

• TATRABANKA - Timeline
• TATRABANKA - Robot
• TATRABANKA - Robot (cinema 3d version)
• MAURICE MENTJENS - Overview
• NIKE - Mercurial Vapour
• BERTA - 3 commercials
• ESSENT - State of The Union
• WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY - Test (Panic Program)
• Vodafone - SmartBusiness
• ONITSUKA TIGER - Winter 2011
• GOOGLE - Adwords 10th Anniversary

Broadcast Design

• MTV - MTV Rocks (5 idents)
• MTV - MTV Rocks (additional 3 idents)
• MTV - Valtifest (Panic Room)

Print

• YOKOHAMA - Robot
• NIKE - Precision
• NIKE - HiVis

Digital

• HEINEKEN - Festival
• Red Bull - Sugar Free
• VODAFONE - SmartBusiness

Short Film

• SUNDAYS - In production
• IdN - 100th Birthday (Panic Program)
• MASSIVE MUSIC - Cannes Party visuals
• Playgrounds Festival - Opening Titles
• OFFF Festival 2011 - Opening Titles 'Year Zero'(in production)

Feature Film

• Mischa Rozema project - In production

2011

Commercials

• MINI - Rocketman Concept
• PLAN NEDERLAND - Daybook
• NIKE - Mercurial Vapour Superfly
• BERTA - 4 commercials
• FBTO - Vacation
• FBTO - Car
• ESSENT - Chairs
• BOSCH - Vacuum
• 02 - Pianito
• 02 - Snowman
• 02 - Christmas Card
• AUDI - A5
• PHILIPS TV - 2012 Series Films x 10 (In production)

Broadcast Design

• DISNEY XD - Place2Be
• DISNEY JR - Kleurplaat

Print

• 02 - Pianito
• 02 - Snowman
• 02 - Christmas Card

Product Design

• BERTA - New 2012 product range

3d Projection

• MATTEL - Hot Wheels
• ARIEL - Desert
• EFTELING - Flying Dutchman
• EFTELING - Villa Volta
• EFTELING - Ghost Tunnel

Short Film

• SUNDAYS - In production
• OFFF Festival 2011 - OFFF Festival 2011 Main Titles 'Year Zero'

Feature Film

• Mischa Rozema project - In production

2012

Commercials

• PHILIPS TV - Series Films 2012 x 10
• PHILIPS TV - Positioning Film IFA 2012
• JAFFA - Vintage
• UPC - Welcome To Horizon
• HEINZ - Tomato Ketchup
• NEDERLANDS ENERGIE MAATSCHAPIJ - Ik zeg
• PHILIPS TV - Series Films 2013 x 10 (in production)
• PHILIPS TV - Feature Clips 2013 (in production)

Broadcast Design

• DISNEY XD - Xtra

3d Projection

• EXPERIS - Human Age

Event

• PHILIPS TV - Eyecatcher (video installation)

Digital

• KPN - All-In-One

Print

• KPN - All-In-One
• PHILIPS TV - Footballer
• PHILIPS TV - Hurdler
• PHILIPS TV - 2013 Lifestyle Positioning (in production)

Short Film

• STARDUST - (in production)
• SUNDAYS - (in production)

Co-productions

• Melvin the Mini Machine

2013

Commercials

• PHILIPS TV - Series Films 2013 x 10 (in production)
• PHILIPS TV - Feature Clips 2013 x 5 (in production)
• EPAC (in production)
• Beer brand (in production)
• FreeForce (in production)
• Fazer x 2 (in production)

Print

• PHILIPS TV - 2013 Lifestyle Positioning (in production)

Short Film

• STARDUST
• SUNDAYS - (in production)

Notable Awards

• Red Dot Design Award (2004) - NIKE Tech Stories One
• ADCN Lamp (2004)(Art Direction) - NIKE Tech Stories One
• ADCN Lamp (2006) Art Direction) - TMF Awards 2006
• AICP Next Awards - Experiential Category Award Winner (2009) - McDonalds Lost Ring
• PLAYGROUNDS FESTIVAL (2010) Best International Short Applied - MTV Rocks
• PROMAX BDA (2011) - Best On-Air Ident (Out Of House) - MTV Rocks Loop
• GOLDEN DRUM INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING FESTIVAL (2011) - Golden Drum Award - OFFF Festival 2011 Main Titles 'Year Zero'
• GOLDEN DRUM INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING FESTIVAL (2011) - Virtuoso Award for Cinematography - OFFF Festival 2011 Main Titles 'Year Zero'
• BYRON BAY FILM FESTIVAL 2012 (2012) - Best Experimental Film - OFFF Festival 2011 Main Titles 'Year Zero'
• ADCN Lamp (2012) (Film Direction) - OFFF Festival 2011 Main Titles 'Year Zero'
• ONE SHOW DESIGN (2012) - GOLD PENCIL - OFFF Festival 2011 Main Titles 'Year Zero'
• ONE SHOW DESIGN (2012) - BRONZE PENCIL - MINI Rocketman
• CANNES DESIGN LIONS (2012) - NATIONAL DIPLOMA - OFFF Festival 2011 Main Titles 'Year Zero'
• HOLLAND ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL (2013) - VNAP TRADE AWARD - 'Stardust'
• VUODEN HUIPUT ADVERTISING AWARDS (2013) - GOLD & BEST FINNISH TVC OF THE YEAR - Hartwall 'Jaffa Posters'

Notable Festivals

• ONE DOT ZERO 10 - Postman
• RES FEST (2006) - Postman
• Clipped/ International Short Film Festival Berlin 2006- Postman
• ONE DOT ZERO 11 - Postman Returns
• HOLLAND ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2008 - Postman Returns (Jury selection)
• OFFF FESTIVAL BARCELONA 2011 - Main Titles 'Year Zero'

Speaking/ Presentations

• PLAYGROUNDS FESTIVAL 2009 - Mischa Rozema, Chris Staves, guest speakers
• FUTURE FILM FESTIVAL - BOLOGNA 2010 - Mischa Rozema, guest speaker
• SINES DIGITAL - Lisbon 2010 - Mischa Rozema, guest speaker
• OFFF FESTIVAL BARCELONA 2011 - Mischa Rozema, guest speaker
• PLAYGROUNDS FESTIVAL 2011 - Mischa Rozema, guest speaker
• STRP FESTIVAL / HOWDOYOUDO? - Eindhoven 2011 - Ania Markham, guest speaker
• FITC 2012 AMSTERDAM - Mischa Rozema, guest speaker
• CUTOUT FEST 2012 / MEXICO - Mischa Rozema & Jules Tervoort, guest speakers
• FREEFORCE 2013 / MOTION GRAPHICS - Amsterdam - Jules Tervoort & Ania Markham, guest speakers
• WASABI IN MOTION 2013 - Madrid - Mischa Rozema, guest speaker

Notable Juries

• ADCN (Art Directors Club Netherlands) 2009 - Illustration Jury - Mischa Rozema
• ADCN (Art Directors Club Netherlands) 2010 - Sound Jury - Mischa Rozema
• SHOTS Awards 2011 - Interactive, Editing Juries - Mischa Rozema

Representation

• USA Commercial Representation - Savage
• USA Film Agent - UTA
• USA Film Management - 3 Arts Entertainment

External links

• Official Website PostPanic
• PostPanic offices [5]
• Interview with Mischa Rozema (Amsterdam Ad Blog) [6]
• Interview with Ania Markham (Shots Magazine, London) [7]
• 'SUNDAYS' Kickstarter Campaign ([8]
• OFFF Festival Barcelona 2011 - 'YEAR ZERO' Main Title creation [9]
• Making of Article 'Year Zero' - [10]
• Article about Google AdWords film [11]
• MINI Rocketman Film link [12]