Jonathan BellÊs A Filmmaker’s Work (2008 - 2015)
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Table of contents 1. A brief description of myself
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2. Showreel 4 3. Commercial videos 5 My Generation at Work (Urbact II) 6 Celio 7 Seguros equitación, s.l. 8 Loftalento 9 Model European Union (MEU) 10 Invasa. Salud y movimiento 11 Paradox, s.l. 12 Quibim, s.l. 13 4. Own production 14 René Magritte: drôle de bonhomme 15 L’ennéagramme 16 Tres llums (The Three Lights) 17 Godzilla: the Nuclear Threat 18 Sima 19 451 Prods (web site) 20 5. Masterclasses 21 6. Contact details 22
A brief description of myself Dear Mr./ Ms.: Let me introduce myself. My name is Jonathan Bellés, I was born in Castellón de la Plana, a little Spanish town close to Valencia city. My birthday was 21 November of 1988, so I am 26 years old. Since I was a child, I loved drawing and painting. When my parents, teachers or friends asked me “What do you want to be when you grow?” my answer always was “When I grow up I want to be painter”.
Points to be noted: · Ph.D. on Japanese sci- fi postwar movies (Spain-Japan) · Master of Artistic Production · Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts · Founder and CEO of 451 Productions Main roles: · Producer and film director (storytelling, post-production, motion graphics editor and cameraman). · More than 8 years’ experience.
I discovered my passion early: Arts. Since I was 14, it was completly clear. I wanted to study Fine Arts. In 2006, I moved to Valencia and I enrolled at the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Polytechnic University of Valencia. I could develop my creative ideas and I improve my artistic skills. However, two years before, I was impressed by movies. I always enjoyed watching movies but in 2004, I wanted to become a film director. This same year, I saw a movie that change my life. This movie was “Fahrenheit 451” (Dir.: François Truffaut, 1966). This movie tells about an early future where firemen burn books because reading and thinking is prohibited. This movie was my inspiration and year by year, my interest in making movies was increasing. I wanted to be a painter of “moving images”. At the beginning of my studies, I founded my own brand called Producciones 451 (451 Prods).This name is my tribute to Truffaut’s movie. Between 2006 and 2009 I created several art videos such as “París: 1831” (2007), “Confluyentes” (2008), “Sima” (2008) and a lot of short fiction films: “El juzdado” (The Judgement, 2006), “En equipo” (2008), Friedrich & Elisabeth (2009), Mi llamada (2009) and “El baúl de los Nadas” (2009). These videos were produced, written and directed by myself. However, I couldn’t create all these movies without my big and reliable team that worked very hard on these short films. During those years, I learnt how to work in a big team. I am completly thankful to all of them.
At the middle of 2009, I had the opportunity to produce and shoot my first documentary film. It was in Bruxelles (Belgium) and the topic was on one of my favourite painters: René Magritte. After bringing together a Belgian-Spanish team, we shot the documentary with the support of the Musée René Magritte. The documentary was finished in 2010 and was a finalist in Media Fest (Canarias, Spain) and was deposited at the Library of the Moderm Museum of Art in New York from 2013. I finished my studies Fine Arts in 2011 and my Master of Artistic Production (UPV) in 2012. During both years, I directed my first dance videos titled “L’ennéagramme” (2011) and “Tres llums” (Three lights, 2012). In 2013, I began my Ph.D. project on Kaiju Eiga (Japanese monster movies) because since I was a child, I was fascinated by the relation between Godzilla and the trauma after the bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In 2014, I went to Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama and Hiroshima city to investigate about this topic by interviewing 20 authorities-film directors, composer, professors from Waseda University, actors from the orginal Godzilla movie made in 1954, etc. With this shooting I fulfilled one of my dreams. Since 2013, I planned to create a new documentary about the origins of Godzilla and now I am working very hard on this project. My team and me, we will create an international co-production to finish the film. In addition, since 2009 until now, Producciones 451 was constantly increasing its activities. We’ve had a lof of clients from the public or private sector. Our goals were producing corporate videos including pre-production, production and post-production processes. Motion graphics, 3D animations, social media, development of web site are included. Reading my own words, I can say I am so satisfied on my trayectory. I hope person who is reading about me can enjoy my brief description and my work what I am displaying in this dossier. Let me show you my particulary world through images. As Steven Spielberg said: “I don’t dream during the night, I dream every days. I dream to life”. 3
2. Showreel (4:06 min)
3. Commercial videos Latests commercial videos for clients as freelance
My Generation at Work (Urbact II, 2014) Powered by
My Generation at Work is a project developed by Urbact II and its main goal is to improve the current labor market. It is based on development tools for unemployed young people. Jonathan Bellés was invited to Tampere (Finland) June of 2014 to receive a special training as film director. He learnt the goals of the Urbact II project and his task was reflect it through a video.
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My Generation at Work Urbact II Ajuntament de València
Comercial Video (all audio-visual processes; pre, pro and postproduction)
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Jonathan Bellés (director, storytelling, postproduction, cameraman, motion graphics and editor)
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James Wren (voice over) Beatriz Heredia (art dir.) Ximo Giméno (sound) Alexandra Monroy (cast)
Video Links My Generation (3:30 min) English with Spanish subtitles
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Celio* (2014)
This is the oppening day of Celio* in the Valencia city. Good DJ and espectacle. Enjoy the party!
Client Celio*
Service Comercial Video (all audio-visual processes; pre, pro and postproduction)
Total 1 video
Main roles Jonathan BellĂŠs (director, postproduction, cameraman, motion graphics and editor)
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Video Links Opening day (2:36 min)
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Seguros equitación (2013)
“Seguros equitación”, a new way to ensure good heath of your horse.
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Seguros equitación
Comercial Video, web design, graphic design, corporate ID and SEO.
Total 1 video 1 web site
Main roles Jonathan Bellés (director, storytelling, postproduction, editor, cameraman and web designer)
Credits
Beatriz Heredia (art)
Video Links Equitación video (4:04 min)
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Loftalento (2012 - 2013)
One of the most representative clients to Producciones 451-Loftalento- is an interesting company in which you can learn about coaching, NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) and coaching with horses. In two years, we produced 12 videos and more than 30 professional photos for this company.
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Loftalento
Comercial Video (all audio-visual processes; pre, pro and postproduction)
Total 12 videos 30 photos
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Jonathan Bellés (director, animation After Effects, postproduction, cameraman and editor)
Beatriz Heredia, Rubén Bellés (art)
Video Links Coaching + horses (4:35 min) Communication (2:57 min)
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Model European Union (MEU, 2011) Powered by
Model European Union is a project developed by the European Union and its main goal is to bring together young people from the European Union and give them skills on politic decisions. Jonathan Bellés filmed and edited until eight videos about the different parties: ministers, journalists, parliaments, lobbyists, etc. The most import video was “What is MEU?”. This video is about goals of the MEU (see video below right).
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Model European Union
Comercial Video (all audio-visual processes; pre, pro and postproduction)
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8 videos
Jonathan Bellés (director, storytelling, postproduction, cameraman, motion graphics and editor)
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Alex Laviada (2º Cameraman and editor)
Video Links What is MEU? (6:48 min) English
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Invasa. Salud en movimiento (2013-2014)
In Invasa, you can have a relaxing day and a training day. Choose your best selection. This work consists in two videos showing the best services of Invasa and include 20 photos.
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Invasa
Comercial Video (all audio-visual processes; pre, pro and postproduction)
Total 2 videos 20 photos
Main roles Jonathan Bellés (director, storytelling, postproduction, cameraman, motion graphics and editor)
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Beatriz Heredia (art) Sheila Toledo (cast) Marta Sánchez (cast) Rubén Bellés (assistant)
Video Links Have a relaxing day (1:44 min) Training day (3:15 min)
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Paradox D&D, S.l. (2012)
The comercial videos “Technology for business” and “Technology for education” show an interesting solution what can be used in many fields: corporation, education, etc. This aplication is based on “augmented reality”. The client, Paradox D&D, S.l., won one of the first position of Lanzadera Project. The award was 200.000€ to develop this technology.
Client Paradox D&D, S.l.
Service Comercial Video (all audio-visual processes; pre, pro and postproduction)
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2 videos
Jonathan Bellés (director, storytelling, postproduction, cameraman, motion graphics and editor)
Beatriz Heredia (art) Rubén Bellés (cast) Sandra Rodríguez (cast) Make up: Amanda Fernández FX: Alberto Martínez
Video Links Technology for business (3:01 min) Technology for education (2:48 min)
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Quibim, S.l. (2013)
This video was applied in the Spanish festival called Yuzz Project. This festival is about science and technology. The client, Quibim, S.L., won the first award (30.000€) for development of the project. This video explain the main concept of the project. At the end of the video, we can see a brief interesting animation created on After Effects CS4.
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Quibim, S.l.
Comercial Video (all audio-visual processes; pre, pro and postproduction)
Total 1 video
Main roles Jonathan Bellés (director, animation After Effects, postproduction, cameraman and editor)
Credits Beatriz Heredia, Rubén Bellés (art)
Video Links Quibim (2:45 min)
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4. Own film productions Latest films and documentaries from 451 Productions
René Magritte: Drôle de bonhomme (2010)
This is the first documentary film directed and writen by Jonathan Bellés. This biographic documentary film on the most famous surrealist painter René Magritte was shot in Magritte’s house, located in Belgium - the country where the painter was born, the documentary is a creative work where we delve into the artist’s private a personal life. We see actors embodying the painter Magritte, his wife Georgette Berger, and their circle of artist friends and family. The script is based on the original letters of the couple Magritte, which are preseved thanks to the René Magritte Museum, that is located today in the painters house in the Jette District of Brussels. Original testimonies come from Arlette Leclerq, a neighbour of the Magrittes, and André Garrite, an arts collector and the acting director of the Museum. The film’s added value lies aslo in the recreation of Magritte’s most representative works through digital 3D effects, by using panoramic shots that will show how the atmosphere of the house influenced his paintings.
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Producciones 451 V-1422-10 © 2010
Musée René Magritte Atelier de Jéunes Cineastes
Genre: Documentary Format: HDV 1080 Runtime: 35:47 minutes Color / Widescreen Year of production: 2010
Main roles Jonathan Bellés (director, producer, storytelling, postproduction, cameraman, and editor)
Credits
Beatriz Heredia (art) Miquel À. Múrcia (OST) Valeria Leroy (sound) Henri Leroy (Voice over) Pol Herrmann (DOF)
Video Links Drôle de bonhomme French with English subtitles
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L’ennéagramme (2011)
The most representative film from Producciones 451. L’ennéagramme is the first video dance produced and directed by Jonathan Bellés. The original idea was created by the artist Beatriz Heredia and the choreographies were signed by Sheila Toledo, star of the film. The thematic of this video dance was inspired by the model of human personality known as Enneagram. The film won the national Spanish award “Valencia Crea 2011” and was selected and screened in eight festivals such as: The Loop (Barcelona), Scientist Video Art Festival (Ferrara, Italy), Palacio de Pronillo gallery (Santander, Spain), etc.
Film Company Producciones 451 V-661-11 © 2011
Support Universitat Politècnica de València Máster de Producción Artística
Technical aspects Genre: Dance Video Format: HD 1080 Runtime: 15 minutes Color / Widescreen Year of production: 2011
Main roles Jonathan Bellés (director, producer, storytelling, postproduction, cameraman, and editor)
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Beatriz Heredia (art) Raquel Heredia (OST) Alberto Martínez (sound) Carla Melendre (script) Sheila Toledo (choreographer)
Trailers L’ennéagramme
Password: 451Prods
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Tres llums (2012) Powered by
Tres llums (The Three Lights) is the second video dance created by Jonathan Bellés. The Producciones 451’s team applied for a public fund in Spain and they get the budget for produced the film. The topic of the video dance is on the “natural light”. They represented three different types of light: “the dawn light”, “the middle light” and “the evening light”. Each kind of light was interpreted by three actresses. Finally, the night was represented through the shadow of the powerful night. The piece was screened in Las Naves (2012), L’institut Français de Valencia and was finalist in the Ourense Art Festival (Spain, 2013).
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Producciones 451 V-298-12 © 2012
Genre: Dance Video Las Naves Ajuntament de València Format: HD 1920 Runtime: 9:10 minutes Color / Widescreen Year of prouction.: 2012
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Jonathan Bellés (director, producer, storytelling, special effects, postproduction, cameraman, and editor)
Beatriz Heredia (art) José Antonio Esteban (OST) Alberto Martínez (sound) Sheila Toledo (choreographer) Amanda Fernández (make up)
Trailer (1:03) Tres llums 17
Godzilla: the Nuclear Threat (2015) Photo © Toho, 2004
“Godzilla: the Nuclear Threat” is a documentary film directed and written by Jonathan Bellés. It is an international coproduction between Spain, Germany and Belgium. The topic of the documentary is tell the origins the Godzilla linked with the Atomic Era. The first Godzilla movie, realeased in 1954, was inspired by the atomic bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the radioactive contamination fishing boat called Lucky Dragon nº 5. Jonathan Bellés went to Japan in 2014 and interviewed until 20 artist related with the creation of Godzilla.
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Wild tulip Iota Production RTBF, VRT, Wowow, Ins. (tv) Producciones 451 © 2015
Masterschool Documentary film campus
Technical aspects Genre: Documentary Format: HD 1920 Runtime: 90 minutes Color / Widescreen Year of prod.: 2016
Main roles Jonathan Bellés (director, producer, storytelling, postproduction, cameraman, and editor)
Credits
Christoph Klotz (executive producer) Beatriz Heredia (art and producer) Nacho Molina, Rubén Bellés (art)
Video Links Trailer (3:09 min) Password: LuckyDragon Japanese with English subtitles
Sima (2008)
One of the first art video created by Jonathan Bellés -Sima (2008)- is about mistery and secrets. This piece was realeased in: ‘Fontaine du court Festival’ (Dijon, Francia. 2011), CORTOMATE, XI Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes ‘Vivir de cine’ (Buñol, Valencia. 2010), I Edición de proyecciones Audiovisuales ‘Pendiente de Filtro’ en: Ca Revolta and Magatzems (Valencia. 2009), among other. This is one of the best examples of Bellés’s world.
Film Company Producciones 451 CS-61-10 © 2008
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Polytechnic University Genre: Art video Format: SD 720 of Valencia Runtime: 4:39 minutes DCADHA Color / Widescreen Year of production.: 2008
Main roles Jonathan Bellés (director, storytelling, postproduction, cameraman, director of photography and editor)
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África Verdú (cast) Virginia Morant (cast)
Video Links Sima
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Web site developement & design (2013) Released on April 2013, this web site is presenting the current work of Producciones 451. The corporate identity was renewed. After an intesive briefing, we designed a new logo and web design. You can see the result on the link below (right).
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Producciones 451
Web design, graphic design, logo, corporate ID and SEO.
Total 1 web site
Main roles Jonathan BellĂŠs (web designer and editor)
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Beatriz Heredia (art)
Video Links www.451prods.com
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5. Masterclasses and courses Film Production Workshops and Master classes 12 to 60 hours of training in filmmaking, production, video editing and postproduction. You will learn various techniques and some of the greatest filmmakers’ tips. You will be able to tell your own story in a more clear and direct way. Become a great image narrator and give your work a final and personal touch. Photography Production Workshops and Master classes 12 to 60 hours of training in picture shooting. You will learn various techniques and some tips for your pictures to achieve another dimension. You will also learn to postproduce your pictures.
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Professionals Students Las Naves
Masterclasses Workshops Courses
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Main roles Jonathan Bellés (Teacher)
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Video Links “Devolvere” (Fr/En, 2015) “Qué le pasará ahora” (Es, 2014) 21
6. Contact details +0032 465 817 057 / +0034 626 222 830 johnbels@451prods.com www.451prods.com Skype: johnbels451
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