There was this cool music program I worked for, called Lola Da Musica. I did the graphic design and made ‘bumpers’ (the little animations between items) and some of the leaders.
We covered the Lowlands Festival somewhere in history, and I made films on the spot: the camera operator and I went into the multitudes and tried to catch material I storyboarded beforehand. I also had music prepped and whenever there was a moment in the mobile cutting room i edited the clips. Lowlands was friday, saturday and sunday – the program went on air sunday night.
This tv show opened with my car and out comes my friend Marleen, who did the camera except in this shot where we see her legs.
The material looks crappy, but hey, these were the ’90s! Everything looked crappy! I don’t have the original betacams – those were re-used in tv stations so this is what I recorded on VHS when it was on telly. Yes, VHS.
Most material is gone by now, since ‘betacam’ videotapes, on which TV was shot in the ’90s, were re-used to save on budget. But i dug up this title from a program I worked for in that period – I was the graphic designer for some Dutch TV programs (Lola Paloeza, Lola Da Musica, Lola Moviola, Spirit of America, De Toekomst and some occasional others)
This was a special on Jan Akkerman in Lola Da Musica. I think the guitar work you hear during the title is mine actually – hahaha i was a ballsy youth! Special about the Dutch guitar master and play something myself whahaha.