HOP Arena is something like my first step to find out what I am capable of doing in my life. We all had a lot of fun on this project. To many things, I called upon the best and the closest to me in the field. I thank everyone who accepted the collaboration no matter what part they helped with. This is probably the first project that is not only about me, but also has the biggest part of me in it…

For a long time, I had no opportunity to grab a project from A to Z all alone. I had to choose a capable developer who would be able to bring all my crazy ideas into reality… Luke thanks, you are an integral and essential part of this project. Anyway, it all started by kicking off the first vision.

This is how it looked at the beginning, we wanted a simple web design that represents the uniqueness of the HOP arena right away, well and what better media to use to accomplish the goal then videos. We had a draft site based on videos, but now we missed an essential part… The actual videos…

So I jumped a bit from web design to the role of a director and put together a script for a complete presentation of the HOP Arena - 12 videos of attractions, one video that shows off the space and then an overall edit which will make you sit down on your ass ... here are the storyboards.

As an essential part, I needed capable actors who are able to do all those crazy things. And we had the best ones - Freemove, Adam and Gabriel.

But most of all it wanted a video maker who would shoot and cut it all! Who else in my circles should be a part of it other than Jan Strach… I needed it to look the best in every aspect and I knew that Honza is not only a capable cameraman and editor but is also a man who can work with a large team. Thanks to him, the dream team came into being and brought something I am rightly proud of.

More on the HOP Arena website

Huge thanks

Director - Tomáš Gnosis Snop

DOP - Jan Strach

1st AD - Michael Ennis

1st AC - Michal Kulhavý

2nd AC - Kristof Soukup

Gaffer - Petr Hons

Grip - Igor Igi

Grip - Jakub Pavlov

MUA - Karolína Wernerová

BTS - Max Mráz

Runners - Robert Lucák / Filip Radvak /

Kenneth Sherwood / Maty Hájek

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For the great music that beautifully cemented this whole thing and induced the right mood I thank my super-skilled bro – Matthew (Matt Got Hits)! All music is tailor-made for our project.

The illustrations that I designed custom for this project, were not only part of the videos but the website as well. The only mistake they had was that they were static. So, Luke and I made them move together)))).

And it all turned out like this ... It was lika a school and I think we all progressed in many aspects personally and professionally because of this project and mostly the courage of our client.

Thank you