September • 2021
Professional, quick thinking and independent. A perfect fit for this shoot. Helena was everything we needed
Helene F.
İstanbul, Türkiye
1 review$850 - $1500 / Day
About
Visual journalist, visual consultant and drone pilot covering Turkey, the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa, based in Istanbul. As part of her work for HF Visuals, her own production company, Hélène is a versatile one-woman band who can pitch, film, edit and produce visual packages for a diversity of clients. She shoots and produces topical news videos, documentary films and short social media clips for a variety of international outlets, corporate clients and NGOs. As a talented storyteller, she collaborates with NGOs and international organisations on visual campaigns, telling the human stories behind the issues. A certified drone pilot, Hélène has experience in documentary shooting and technical inspections, especially with wind turbines.
Top Services
- Documentary DP
- 1 review
- Video Editor - News
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
Clients
Top Reviews
Top Projects
Showreel 2020
Showreel 2020
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Documentary DP
- Drone Operator
- Video Editor - News
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
Produced for SVT
Grekland anklagas för illegala avvisningar – här räddas migranter på öppet hav
Story on the migrants pushbacks in the Aegean sea by the Greek coastguards into Turkis waters. Shot/edited the story for SVT, Sweden's public broadcaster
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Video Editor - News
Les réfugiés afghans affluent en Turquie
Reporter, DP, editor, script and narrator for this story for French-German broadcaster Arte about how the crisis in Afghanistan is sending migrants to Turkey via the Iranian border
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Video Editor - News
- Line Producer / On-Location
5.0 Produced for Bloomberg Digital
Multi day shoot, Istanbul, Turkey
'Every year hundreds of thousands of men pack their bags and fly to Turkey because they want their hair back. The nation's hair treatment industry is worth north of $1 billion, but clinics are lightly regulated and technicians rather than doctors often do most of the work. As the sector expands, some wonder whether profit is being prioritized over patients.'
- Documentary DP
Produced for BBC Reel
From Mongolia to the UK by camel
Baigalmaa Norjmaa's 12,000km camel journey from Mongolia to the UK, filmed and edited for BBC Reel. I followed Baigalmaa for a week in March 2019 during her crossing through Kazakhstan.
- Documentary DP
- Drone Operator
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Line Producer / On-Location
Equipment
Video
- 4K video camera
- Full HD video camera
- Multiple cameras
- DSLR or equivalent
- GoPro or equivalent
- Drone
Video
Audio
- External recorder
- Wireless lavalier mic
- Shotgun mic
Audio
Miscellaneous
- Lighting kit
Miscellaneous
All Services
Production Support
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Documentary DP
- Corporate Videographer
- Drone Operator
- Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
- Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
- HD Live Operator
- Digital Content Creator
- Reporter / Journalist
- Line Producer / On-Location
Production Support
Post Production
- Video Editor - News
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Animator / Visual Effects Artist
Post Production
Miscellaneous
- Production Company
Miscellaneous