CHRISTIAN HERZER

VIDEO CONTENT PRODUCER – EDITOR – DIRECTOR

COMMERCIALS

BMW / MINI Engine Oil

An imagefilm for munich based automanufacturer BMW/Mini. The film combines high speed Phantom Flex 4K footage with moody shots to visualize the power of the brand’s dedicated engine oil.

Credit: Director, Concept

DoP highspeed shots: Marco Braun

DoP additional shots: Johannes Knaupp

BMW Bank

An imagefilm for munich based automanufacturer BMW/Mini. The film combines high speed Phantom Flex 4K footage with moody shots to visualize the power of the brand’s dedicated engine oil.

Credit: Director, Concept

BMW Efficient Dynamics / Connected Drive

A series of online commercials about BMW’s features Efficient Dynamics and Connected Drive. The clips show the benefits of those systems in a humorous way.

Credit: Producer

HOME AND LIVING

During my time as Senior Lead Video Producer at Munich based company Westwing Home&Liging S.E., I had the chance to work on a huge variety of different content pieces for web, social media, livestreams and others. Next to visual conception, I was in charge of camera, audio, lighting and the complete postproduction process.

INTERIOR

A collection of clips including productions for the Westwing Homepage, Home and garden TV, Homestories anda variety of productfilms for associated manufacturers.

Credit: Director of Photography, Postproduction

FOOD

Food is always an interesting thing to film. In this clip, I have combined different shots of food and liquids, shot mostly with a Panasonic EVA-1 in 200fps.

Credit: Director of Photography, Postproduction

Penguin Living Highspeed Clip

In combination with a 2000fps highspeed camera, I had the chance to work on this clip as operator for the highspeed motion control robotic arm system by Robotics Technology Leaders.

Credit: Motion Control Robotic Arm Operator

SOCIAL MEDIA

Social media content is always needed. There is a huge variety of different formats for Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and others. Here are some examples of SoM clips I created with classic filming, stop motion, graphic animation or photo animation.

ANIMAL SHELTERS

During a trip around the world in 2023/24, my wife and I decided to do something useful along the way, so we reached out to animal shelters to support them by producing image films for free. These are some of the results

SUN & SAGE RESCUES BALI

We met Aron from Sun & Sage Rescues in Bali in 2024 and were amazed by all the hard work and dedication he puts into his passion of rescuing street dogs and other animals.

Credit: Production, Camera & Postproduction

TE MANA O TE MOANA TAHITI

Te mana o te moana is an organization, based in Tahiti, French Polynesia that takes care of the marine environment.

Credit: Production, Camera & Postproduction

ELEPHANT FREEDOM PROJECT SRI LANKA

The Elephant Freedom Project in Sri Lanka is different than other Elephant „Sanctuaries“ in the country. It is the only one where the animals can behave as they wish in their natural environment without elephant riding or other harmful activities.

Credit: Production, Camera & Postproduction

These are some other examples of image films for animal shelters in Australia, Japan, Sri Lanka and Cambodia.