My name is Sergio Gabriel. I'm a Belgian citizen currently based in Milano, Italy. I speak English, French, Spanish, and Italian. I want to help you achieve excellent promotional results through video, and to achieve this you need someone that not only understands video but understands advertising, marketing, and branding. In real life, I operate as a freelance video maker, editor, colorist, and web designer and I work with small & medium businesses (some big ones), artists, and professionals of all kinds by creating awesome visual content for them to improve their online presence. I am also part of the live stream team of the Scala Opera house of Milan's academy, and part of the media team for a couple of film and music festivals here in Italy. I am passionate about storytelling, advertising, and branding which I'm always studying. I also recently got my Google Video Ads certification and trying to clone myself to also get FB content marketing certifications. I'm a Virgo, so I strive for perfection. Don't expect me to mass create low-cost products as it is simply unsustainable for my way of working. Look at me more as an artisan of the moving image. I do have competitive prices and tackle lower-budget works but up to a certain limit. I have access to tons of licensed premium stock footage, audio, graphics, and use legit software subscriptions to help you build an awesome message for your target audience, with added peace of mind that you will never be infringing any copyright laws or support piracy, which to me at least is crucial! I hope to hear from you and wish you success and the best of luck in your business!

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My name is Sergio Gabriel. I'm a Belgian citizen currently based in Milano, Italy. I speak English, French, Spanish, and Italian. I want to help you achieve excellent promotional results through video, and to achieve this you need someone that not only understands video but understands advertising, marketing, and branding. In real life, I operate as a freelance video maker, editor, colorist, and web designer and I work with small & medium businesses (some big ones), artists, and professionals of all kinds by creating awesome visual content for them to improve their online presence. I am also part of the live stream team of the Scala Opera house of Milan's academy, and part of the media team for a couple of film and music festivals here in Italy. I am passionate about storytelling, advertising, and branding which I'm always studying. I also recently got my Google Video Ads certification and trying to clone myself to also get FB content marketing certifications. I'm a Virgo, so I strive for perfection. Don't expect me to mass create low-cost products as it is simply unsustainable for my way of working. Look at me more as an artisan of the moving image. I do have competitive prices and tackle lower-budget works but up to a certain limit. I have access to tons of licensed premium stock footage, audio, graphics, and use legit software subscriptions to help you build an awesome message for your target audience, with added peace of mind that you will never be infringing any copyright laws or support piracy, which to me at least is crucial! I hope to hear from you and wish you success and the best of luck in your business!

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My name is Sergio Gabriel. I’m a Belgian citizen currently based in Milano, Italy. I speak English, French, Spanish, and Italian.

I want to help you achieve excellent promotional results through video, and to achieve this you need someone that not only understands video but understands advertising, marketing, and branding.

In real life, I operate as a freelance video maker, editor, colorist, and web designer and I work with small & medium businesses (some big ones), artists, and professionals of all kinds by creating awesome visual content for them to improve their online presence. I am also part of the live stream team of the Scala Opera house of Milan’s academy, and part of the media team for a couple of film and music festivals here in Italy.

I am passionate about storytelling, advertising, and branding which I’m always studying. I also recently got my Google Video Ads certification and trying to clone myself to also get FB content marketing certifications.

I’m a Virgo, so I strive for perfection. Don’t expect me to mass create low-cost products as it is simply unsustainable for my way of working. Look at me more as an artisan of the moving image. I do have competitive prices and tackle lower-budget works but up to a certain limit.

I have access to tons of licensed premium stock footage, audio, graphics, and use legit software subscriptions to help you build an awesome message for your target audience, with added peace of mind that you will never be infringing any copyright laws or support piracy, which to me at least is crucial!

I hope to hear from you and wish you success and the best of luck in your business!

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Skills

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Freelance Gig
Vi
Video Advert
Pr
Promo Video
DaVinci Resolve Studio
Ex
Explainer Video
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Experience Level

Freelance Gig
Expert
Video Advert
Expert
Promo Video
Expert
DaVinci Resolve Studio
Expert
Explainer Video
Expert
Corporate Video
Expert
Photo
Expert
Actor Showreel
Expert
Product Video
Expert
Voiceover
Expert
Adobe After Effects
Intermediate
Copywriting
Intermediate
Music Video
Intermediate
adobe audition
Intermediate
Motion Graphic
Intermediate
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Language

English
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Fluent
French
Fluent
Italian
Advanced

Education

Fotografia e Video di Scena at Accademia Teatro alla Scala
November 30, 2017
a one year professional preparation course in photo and video for the scenic arts at the prestigious academy of Milano's Opera House Teatro alla Scala.

Qualifications

Google Ads Video Certification
May 1, 2021 - May 21, 2021
Storytelling Masterclass by Cannes Lions
January 28, 2021
a masterclass on storytelling with a focus on advertising.

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment
    uniE608 Yoga Online Course Explainer / Infomercial Promo Video
    Project description I was asked by this client to create a promo video for her upcoming online Yoga course. I met with her to understand what her marketing strategy was to promote her course, and I came to the conclusion that she was in a very early stage of promotion and online presence. The best solution, according to me, although slightly risky in appearance, was to go for an Explainer Promo, also a valid choice at the Awareness stage of the funnel. To combat the cons of this kind of product (lengthy and potentially dull) I conceived a set of solutions such as the use of actual B-roll footage of her performing Yoga, adding in stock B-roll footage to illustrate some excerpts of the script, as well as some subtle and elegant motion graphics captions to reinforce important messages, and a select choice of background music and SFX so to make it more relatable to the audience while keeping it in tune with the brand voice. I developed the script, for a Spanish-speaking audience, and handed it to her for additions of some details, and personalization (make it her own "voice"). We then shot on two locations, in her area: the outdoors b-roll of her performing Yoga and connecting with nature, and then the more challenging explainer: one take, shot at her place. I had very limited space to work with, not a controlled ambient in terms of sound and light. Audio recording was the toughest challenge as I was not going to ADR the video, so I had to deal with considerable reverb, added to and external audio contaminations. This was a one-take shot, I didn't want to interrupt the flow and engagement with the audience in terms of the speech, so I had my client try to memorize the script partially, and then used a prompter to help her out. I coached her to be on cam, warm-up and relax jaw and mouth muscles, and make her feel relaxed and confident overall. In the editing phase, I kept the one-shot sequence but had to cut out some extended silences that I felt were slightly breaking the flow and rhythm, and it was a challenge to try to keep those cuts unnoticeable, but I did manage to come to a satisfactory result. I inserted all the above-mentioned cut-away elements (b-roll) and added the logo, the pieces of music, the SFX, and even managed to replace the plant jar as I found it a bit disrupting with the overall atmosphere. I created and added the subtitles, an animated logo for the video closing. Overall very satisfied with this project, I have always loved developing a product right from the conceptual phase and putting my advertising skills to practice. The reach was quite surprising for my client: 18.000 true views just on FB ads the first 4 days of her campaign, which makes me very happy. #creativedirector #copywriter #video #explainervideo #advert #filmdirector #videoeditor #infomercial
    uniE608 mid/long form online video ad - Brand Awareness for an E-commerce brand
    Role Created and edited an online "Brand Awareness" ad for an e-commerce Project goal The main challenge was to propose another more "tv advertising" approach to my client's needs, therefore ideating and crafting a message and visuals around a Brand Awareness message rather than just advertising the product. The call to action is redirecting the audience to the client's e-commerce site. Fortunately, the client is very open to suggestions and very collaborative. I used my stock assets to build this advertising and used the client's Logo, Fonts, and Colors from his Brand Guide. Solution I crafted a Brand Awareness message with a visit-the-website CTA and used a slight touch of humor and curiosity gap advertising tactics to build up the video ad. The result was so satisfactory that the client has commissioned another 7 video adverts :) #video #advert #videoeditor #videopromo #videoad #colorgrading #davinciresolve #ecommercepromo #ecommercead
    uniE608 Italian corporate video to Spanish Localization, Voice Over, Re-editing, Dubbing
    I was asked to redub this video from English to Spanish. Being also an actor, I had the intention to VO the video myself, but lastly, I found my voice was too casual and "young", so I reached out to a colleague who has a deeper voice, which would reflect the magnitude and years of experience of the company. I didn't want to make it too solemn or excessively corporate though, so I asked him to use a warm, welcoming, and slightly optimistic tone. The client having only the finished video (no project, files, whatsoever, just the Youtube Video), I had to redesign and re-edit all the audio, also adding some more sound effects to keep the continuity and logic from the original intention, which was not always followed, but keeping all discreet and occasional not to overwhelm the spectators. It was a very fulfilling Audio Design and Mix project. #video #explainervideo #advert #videoeditor #sounddesign #voiceover #videoedit #videolocalization #videopromo