multidisciplinary creator
info@gijsleijdekkers.nl
London
I am a multidisciplinary creator with a passion for creating stories, atmospheres and experiences. I create design, image, film, music and love mixing them.
Function Follows Form
2011-2012, video explaining my final project at Central Saint Martins. Read more about this at the bottom.
Childrenbooksmuseum by Platvorm
2009 - 2010, I was involved in the designprocess as spatial designer and workflow specialist
Hema cake-machine
2008, design in collaboration with Boudewijn Boon for in-store cake-ordering-machine
Personal Paradise
2008, design for an environment where I can practice my creativity
Intervention to stimulate social behavior
2010, final presentation of an MA-project that shows an intervention that fights anti-social behavior in gentrified London coffeeshops
Age of the Giants
2004, entry for computer graphics competition 'Grand Space Opera', organised by the CGSociety
Mastermind
2005, entry for computer graphics competition 'Master and Servant', organised by the CGSociety
Strange Behavior
2007, entry for computer graphics competition 'Strange Behavior', organised by the CGSociety
Kind monster
2008, 2D light- and characterstudy
Moon
2011, 2D doodle of a cinematic setting
Photography
2009, a selection of my photographic work
Eva
2011, A short film as an early quick experiment for my Major Project
2010, I produced, directed and edited this musicvideo for The Quaint
Golconde
2006, film about the fictive story behind René Magritte’s painting “Golconde” in collaboration with Maarten de Vugt for his artschool project
Close Encounters
2006, rough entry for visual effects competition by the CGSociety with only 20 hours of post-production. Click here for a before and after-clip.
Rainy night with a Piano
2011, one of my experiments on refining my personal style
2009, I started playing piano in childhood and began improvisation and composing later on
Function Follows Form
2011-2012, ‘Function follows Form - Exploring Image-Based Filmmaking’ is the title of my Major project at Central Saint Martins, for which I am developing and testing a new filmmaking methodology. Film processes are often been based on form follows function: filmmakers usually start with a story (script), design a world around it (form), shoot, edit and add music. An alternative approach in which story and form are more closely integrated might deliver more interesting results with less effort.
My process starts not with a story, but with a random collection of photographs. These serve as the ‘aesthetic vocabulary’ for the design of a world (as seen in the images above) in which I will immerse actors during an improvisation-session. The characters and narrative that they come up with, will then be refined and combined with the original world using a virtual prototyping space, to produce the final film. In the end an exhibition will show both the film and the methodology.
Background
I grew up in Nispen, a little town in the south of The Netherlands, in the area where Vincent van Gogh grew up too. Ever since childhood I have been a creator: building waterslides, haunted houses and a rollercoaster. While a teenager, I started creating animations, computer graphics and visual effects, which taught me allot about lighting, atmosphere and the will to make high-quality unique images. Later on I developed a strong interest in film and started experimenting with it. About the same time I started writing music and improvising on piano. I studied industrial design and I learned about the process of creating integrated, well thought, user-focused designs. During internships I worked on the interior of a restaurant, a Nokia product and a permanent exhibition. As freelancer I worked on promotional videos, exhibition design, product design and graphic design.
Currently I am studying Masters of Arts 'Creative Practice for Narrative Environments' at Central Saint Martins (London) - a course on storytelling in space.
Expertise
I create design, image, film, music and love mixing them.
My background in industrial design trained me to think about all aspects of a project at the same time. I am well organized, technically skilled and feasibility plays an important role in my design projects. Thanks to my broad knowledge and creativity I am very valuable in the conceptual stage of a creation process. I am curious, open-minded, passionate, critical, empathizing and l love to collaborate. I am very comfortable in multidisciplinary projects.
Focus
I love…
• Multi-disciplinary collaborations to create good, well thought things
• Moving people by creating beautiful things
In future I want to...
• Tell stories in space (as exhibition designer, production designer, experience designer, show designer)
• Tell stories in time (as filmmaker)
My lifestyle captured in words…
• Quiet Is The New Loud
• More Souls Is More Fun
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