LIFE IN MOTION
Creating intriguing motion is one of the greatest pleasures of filmmaking.
I try to capture what lives in my soul: intense embracement of the world around us and deep curiosity of the miracles of being. Shapes, colors and composition help to convey a message and reflect an inner and deeper dimension.
Due to a lack of time to edit and my main focus being photography, I only selected some short fragments of creative moments in the past. However, I have a database of precious footage covering volcanoes, remote islands and uninhabitable places. During each photo project I also did camerawork, including flying my drones.
Contact me if you are interested to use some very specific and exclusive footage. I am always eager to contribute and/or collaborate.
CHRISTIAN CLAUWERS, A PHOTOGRAPHER WITH A MISSION
Mission & vision statement / 3’22" / 2022 / © Christian Clauwers & Jean-Simon Gérard
It became my life’s goal to explore the relationship and ever-increasing tension between man and nature, to document impact, and to raise awareness in order to salvage our oceans & polar regions and their communities. I am proudly presenting a movie of my mission and vision, directed and shot in Svalbard this summer by my talented friend Jean-Simon Gérard, who also did the editing. Follow him on www.instagram.com/jeansimongerard/
A MAOIST TOWN IN MODERN CHINA
two drone teasers / 35” & 56" / 2018 / © Christian Clauwers
It was hard to find, but worth to have a look. A journey to the revolutionary China of the 1950's, where even portraits of Marx, Engels, Stalin and Lenin are represented on the main square. Propaganda from speakers, no advertising billboards, portraits of the Chairman everywhere... On the rainbow is written: "Mao Zedong thought will shine forever". Yes, this is all real... It is not a park nor a tourist attraction. When I took out my drone, the adrenaline was enormous. The local police man was fascinated and (maybe because of his enthusiasm?) he let me do my thing...
THE WANDERING PENGUIN
teaser / 1'05" / 2017 / © Christian Clauwers
Danco Island, Antarctica, 13th of March 2017, around 11 am...
DRONE FOOTAGE OF SCOGLIETTO DI PORTOFERRAIO, ELBA, ITALY
drone teaser / 42" / 2017 / © Christian Clauwers
A lonely lighthouse bathing in the golden Italian sun near the coastline of Elba, at Scoglietto di Portoferraio, Italy.
THE SHEER CLIFFS OF MYKINES
drone teaser / 43" / 2016 / © Christian Clauwers
Drone footage of the spectacular cliffs on the island of Mykines, Farœ Islands (Denmark). This is my very first drone footage, how exciting!
A DRONE FLIGHT OVER SAN GIMIGNANO, TUSCANY, ITALY
drone teaser / 40" / 2017 / © Christian Clauwers
Piercing through Tuscany clouds, the medieval skyscrapers of San Gimignano still appeal to the imagination...
WILLIAM LAWSON'S
commercial / 38" / 2013 / © Christian Clauwers
LABYRINTH
psychological thriller / 4' 19" / 2006 / © Christian Clauwers
A visual story of a traumatized schizofrenic girl, who is coping with something that she is not sure of that it even happened... Where fears interferes with reality...
Wat is Nederlands voor jou?
Contest (2nd price!) / 1'17" / 2013 / © Christian Clauwers
What means Dutch to you? A short movie about the meaning of Dutch for people that are brave enough to study this difficult language...
THE NEEDLE
drama / 2' 03" / 2001 / © Christian Clauwers
A personal interpretation of one of the most touching songs ever written...
THE 9TH OF LUDWIG VON
absurd comedy / 1' 30" / 2002 / © Christian Clauwers
FINALÉ
ironic drama / 2' 58" / 2003 / © Christian Clauwers
PRESBY
commercial / 1' 52" / 2001-2002 / © Christian Clauwers
THE END
ironic drama / 1' 26" / 2003 / © Christian Clauwers
In 1916, the Hershey Chocolate Corporation of Pennsylvania (USA) purchased large parts of land in Cuba and built a sugar mill 45 km east of Havana, Cuba. To transport its produce (sugar) to nearby ports ands its workers to adjacent towns in Cuba, this authentic Hershey train -steam-powered and dating 1917- was built. It still rides !
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