Stamp Out Oncho: One Persistent Woman
Client
Mectizan Donation Programme
Distribution
Company Website + Social Media
Sector
Global Health
Service(s)
Concept Creation + Concept Led + Editing + Filming + International + Interview & Documentary + Script Writing + Translations & Transcriptions
Location
Cameroon
Executive Producer
Steve Maud
Shooting Producer / Director
Lewis Davies
Fixer
Bernard Likoda
Editor
Bruna Amaral
Mme Chebin lets nothing get in the way of her making sure each and every person takes their Mectizan treatment in her community in Cameroon.
This interview and many others from this trip to Cameroon was the result of using a local core team working with local partners and a shooting director from the UK, Lewis Davies filming to a script and schedule that allowed for space to spend time with people like Mme. Chebin.
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Client: Mectizan Donation Programme
Sector: Global Health
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Client
Mectizan Donation Programme
Distribution
Company Website + Social Media
Sector
Global Health
Service(s)
Concept Creation + Concept Led + Drone Operation + Editing + Filming + Graphics & Animation + International + Interview & Documentary + Script Writing + Translations & Transcriptions
Location
Cameroon
Shooting Producer
Lewis Davies
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In The Field with Charlie Webster
Client
Malaria No More
Distribution
The Sun Website & Newspaper
Sector
Global Health
Service(s)
Concept Creation + Editing + Filming + International + Reversioning + Script Writing
Location
Kywangwali, Uganda
SHOOTING PRODUCER DIRECTOR
Steve Maud
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Duncan Walsh
EDITOR
Gary McQuiggin/Steve Maud
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Bruna Amaral
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Luke Williams
PICTURE EDITOR
Bruna Amaral
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Client: Cloud9Media
Sector: Arts & Learning
Ikhaya Labantwana: The Story of a Rural Montessori Pre-School
Client
Cloud9Media
Distribution
Company Website + Fundraising Gala + Social Media
Sector
Arts & Learning
Service(s)
Concept Creation + Drone Operation + Editing + Filming + International + Script Writing + Translations & Transcriptions
Location
Coffee Bay, South Africa
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Client
GSK
Distribution
Social Media
Sector
Global Health
Service(s)
Concept Creation + Editing + Filming + International + Script Writing + Translations & Transcriptions
Location
India, Zanzibar
SHOOTING PRODUCER DIRECTOR
Steve Maud
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Duncan Walsh
EDITOR
Jez Hunziker
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Rachael Mclean-Anderson/Helen Button
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Client: Mectizan Donation Programme
Sector: Global Health
Stamp Out Onchocerciasis!
Client
Mectizan Donation Programme
Distribution
Conference Launch
Sector
Global Health
Service(s)
Concept Creation + Drone Operation + Editing + Filming + Graphics & Animation + International + Reversioning + Script Writing + Translations & Transcriptions + Voiceover
Location
Cameroon, Nigeria
Executive Producer
Steve Maud
Shooting Producer Director
Lewis Davies
Photographer (local)
William Nsai
Fixer
Bernard D. Nagmo
Camera Assistant
Alric Davis Ndoko
Editor
Bruna Amaral
Client (MDP)
Joni Lawrence
Getting people to stand up and take action is at the core of the Mectizan Donation Programme’s remit. Especially when the intended audience are Ministers of Health in African countries. This is the first of a series of films intended to get key influencers to commit to putting their name to a 30 year-long elimination programme – ridding Africa of River Blindness or onchocerciasis. If we work together we can stamp out oncho!
We used a local fixer to go in search of stories that were set up in advance of our shooting producer director’s arrival. We then worked with a wonderful local photographer and camera assistant to create a more integrated team and integrate more in to remote and challenging settings.
It started off a relationship with Cameroon and Nigeria that continues to this day, adding to the list of the many African countries that we have ties with.