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Opening Academic Year 2025

The brief
The Opening Academic Year is one of the biggest livestream productions we make each year. Every September, we work with the Events and Corporate Communications teams to create a show that welcomes new students and staff to TU Delft.

Behind the scenes
We start with the theme and build the production from there. That means developing ideas for stage acts, shaping the timeline, and exploring the stage design. At the same time, our graphics team starts working on visual concepts and recurring design elements that can carry through the whole show. Once the proposal is approved, we move into production mode: bringing in a production partner, finalising the rundown, and mapping out the camera plan for the livestream.

Why this one stood out
This project gives us the space to bring everything together: live direction, graphics, stage design, lighting, sound, and broadcast. It is also one of the few productions aimed directly at students, which gives it a very different energy. The pace is faster, the programme is denser, and the whole show needs to feel sharp from start to finish.

Producer: Stephan Voogd
Director: Christian Kasius
Camera Operator: Celine van Benten, Hector Nieman, Boris Swaen, Simone Breetveld, Rob Maas
Sound Engineer: Vincent Groen
Graphics: Melle de Winter, Christian Kasius
Video Technician: Sander van Duijn

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