Experience

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  Visual Impact Broadcast Solutions

  • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

  • Director

    • Jan 1998 - Present
    • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

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  SASC

  • South Africa

  • Member of the South African Society of Cinematographers

    • May 2019 - Present
    • South Africa

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  Visual Impact South Africa

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Director

    • Jan 2001 - Present
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    Marius is responsible for the Cape Town branch of Visual Impact South Africa. His responsibilities include strategic planning, managing broadcast projects and coordinating his team's efforts and resources. He is actively involved in the VI Academy where he lectures and shares his knowledge with young previously disadvantaged youth. Marius is also actively involved in seeking employment for the students and mentoring them through productions.

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  Visual Impact Academy

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Managing Director

    • Jun 2014 - Present
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    Creator and Course director of the Visual Impact Academy. Provider of broadcast and film industry courses. Some Courses are SETA aligned and others have been created to service the demands of the digital video industry as we are experiencing them. Currently testing a hybrid intern model with 25 interns combining observation, participation, lessons and instruction sessions.

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  MediaHive

  • Managing Director

    • 2005 - Present

    The Media Hive is part of Visual Impact and provides broadcast services, including rentals, sales, a THX certified viewing room and transcoding services.

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  Partime Filmmaker

  • India and South Africa

  • Love documentaries and telling stories

    • 2005 - Present
    • India and South Africa

    Completed the documentary Odd Number in 2010, a couple of smaller projects and currently working on a documentary filmed in India and South Africa, as well as a You Tube channel

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  HEAVY WORDS TV

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Online TV channel focussing on hip hop rappers,poets,beat makers,breakdancers & DJs

    • Apr 2014 - Present
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    Marius van Straaten has partnered with Robert Nzaou in HeavyWords TV. We create content and it promotes Africa Hip Hop Culture in all its diversity by providing good quality visual content. An online TV channel and an extension of the successful SA Hip Hop blog heavywords.co.za.We feature rappers, poets, beat makers, breakdancers, DJs and graffiti artists living in Africa.We have exclusive interviews, Cyphers, documentaries, music videos, live shows and more.Our content is 100% African and updated regularly.To stay updated with our latest videos, please do subscribe to our channel.https://www.youtube.com/user/HeavyWordsTV

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  The Know It All and More You Tube channel

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Creator and manager of the TIKIAAM online channel.

    • 2012 - Present
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    The Know It All and More Channel offers you short and concise tutorials on how to do things, from making healthy food to building your own liquor sill. Most of the videos are filmed in Cape Town and Johannesburg, but in time we will have contributors from other cities.https://www.youtube.com/user/TheKnowItallAndMore1/feed

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  University of Cape Town

  • Part time lecturer

    • Mar 2005 - Present

    I lecture cinematography, film making and the use of social media to promote independent films.

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  AFDA Film School

  • Observatory, Cape Town

  • Part time lecturer

    • Jan 2005 - Jul 2017
    • Observatory, Cape Town

    Presenting the Digital Cinematography course as well as the Clapper Loaders courses. Lecturing in social media and new technologies.

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  National History Unit South Africa

  • Kruger National Park

  • Wildlife filmmaking

    • May 2014 - May 2014
    • Kruger National Park

    Presenting a three day course to foreign students in the basics of Wildlife Filmmaking. Theory combined with practical filming of wildlife. The course focuses on cinematography, sound recording and social media strategy.

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  Media 24

  • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

  • Trainer Mobile Journalism

    • Feb 2014 - Mar 2014
    • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

    Presented a training course to Media 24 journalists in Cape Town and Johannesburg. Introduction to Mobile Journalism and the use of DSLR and mobile phone cameras for electronic news gathering.Focussing on best practice and techniques to cover a story with limited equipment or well equipped kits. Specific training was given on using an iPhone and various apps to produce edited work in the field.

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  Beyond Borders Film School

  • knysna area, south africa

  • Trainer in Wildlife filmmaking techniques.

    • Jan 2014 - Feb 2014
    • knysna area, south africa

    Presented a short course with specialized training in cinematography, audio and shooting techniques focussing on wild life filmmaking. The course consisted of theory interspersed with practical components. Competency was measured during the practical elements of the course. The course concluded with a focus on a strategic approach of the use of social media and the web in promoting films.

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  Cape Peninsula University of Technology

  • Part time lecturer in technology

    • 2007 - 2012

    Lecturing the following courses: Introduction to Cinematography, Introduction to Audio recording, ENG and EFG course.

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  Tswepele Production

  • South Africa

  • Freelance Cameraman

    • 2002 - 2009
    • South Africa

    Shooting and lighting journal programs called Pasella and Top Billing.