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Marloes and I just heard yesterday that we are FINALLY going to shoot our first cinema commercial! We thought of the idea around a year ago and it has been approved by the client and we are going to shoot on Monday night at 8:30 at a comedy theater in Amsterdam.
We briefed 5 comedians and they are going to do a skit of 5-10 minutes in front of a live audience and while they perform we are going to shoot the commercial.
The commercial is for Bio, an organization that provides a vacation place for mentally and physically disabled kids. The idea is to make a compilation video of dutch comedians making jokes about handicaps. Jokes that will make the public and viewer laugh really hard. We want to capture people laughing and making fun at the cost of disabled people. The funnier the jokes, the better the message will be: "We know you sometimes laugh on our account, now can we laugh on your account." "Support the BIO holiday resort. A place that gives unlimited possibilities for handicapped and chronically ill kids." And in Dutch, ‘Als je om ze kan lachen, kan je ook om ze geven!’
With our idea we hope that the public will realize that disabled kids are not stupid, they know when people are using them for the sake of laughter. We hope that with our end message, we are showing people that handicap kids are brave enough to point out on this fact. They don't mind that people use their physical features for laughter as long as people are also willing to support them.
I made these for steve's parents a while back and never got the chance to take a picture of it until this weekend. Steve's mom use to be a nurse and steve's dad is a doctor. The picture was taken in their home backyard in Hengelo.
My team (Floor, Jordi, Kelly) and I worked hard for the past year with Move Your World organization and if finally paid off!!!! This Friday we finally reached our goal for "Donate your Space" campaign. Reminder: the goal of the campaign was to get the attention of the government so that they will push through with reaching the 8 Millennium goals by 2015.
As much effort as we put into this campaign, it won't make much difference in the third world countries. The people that are in power are the ones that can make a real difference. And all we had to do was inspire the government with our creativity and determination. And so we have been asking since the beginning of our campaign to meet with the prime minister of Holland (Balkenende) and our request was finally granted. Prime Minister Balkenende and Minister Koenders acknowledged our work and was amazed by our creativity and interest in the 8 Millennium goals. On the 25th of September they will meet with the UN and he is going to mention our campaign and the enthusiasm of the young Dutch people.
We had a little press moment at the government building in Den Haag. Minister Koenders was so impressed with the idea of donating your space he asked us how we came up with the idea. It was our proud moment. In the ceremony, we gave both of them a "Donate Your Space" tie and a board which showed pictures of people's participation. And in the end he donated a space in his office.
Floor, Jordi, and I left the building feeling satisfied and happy to know that the work we did for the past year has paid off. Our idea was recognized and supported by so many different types of people, from teenagers, people abroad, senior citizens, to the government. And the best thing is that we did it to help the world. Thanks for all your participation and support guys!
"Donate your Space" tie
press moment with the presenters
Prime minister Balkenende and Minister Koenders
They donated a space in their office building. See me in the back?