2. YUNUS VALLY PORTFOLIO
DESIGN MOVING IMAGE RESEARCH ARCHIVELETTERS OF REFERENCE
17
December
2104
To
whom
it
may
concern
YUNUS
VALLY
MULTIMEDIA
AND
GRAPHIC
ART
This
letter
serves
to
recommend
Yunus
Vally
as
a
graphic
artist
of
enormous
skill
and
talent.
As
a
graphic
designer
he
has
created
multimedia
digital
special
reports
for
the
Goodman
Gallery
website
(www.goodman-‐gallery.com);
this
involved
the
overall
design
of
the
inserts
including
branding
and
moving
graphic
content.
The
inserts
were
in
some
instances
filmed
by
Yunus
and
in
others
edited
by
him
also.
The
artists
are
the
very
famous
names
attached
to
the
Goodman
Gallery:
William
Kentridge,
Kendell
Geers
and
Willem
Boshoff
among
others.
They
can
be
viewed
online.
In
addition,
in
my
previous
job
as
Arts
Editor
of
the
Mail
&
Guardian
newspaper
–
a
position
I
held
for
16
years
from
1998
to
2013
–
Yunus
did
graphic
work
for
the
newspaper.
Among
the
jobs
was
an
advert
for
etv
as
well
as
designs
on
paper.
Yours
faithfully
MATTHEW
KROUSE
MEDIA
LIAISON
17
December
2104
To
whom
it
may
concern
YUNUS
VALLY
MULTIMEDIA
AND
GRAPHIC
ART
This
letter
serves
to
recommend
Yunus
Vally
as
a
graphic
artist
of
enormous
skill
and
talent.
As
a
graphic
designer
he
has
created
multimedia
digital
special
reports
for
the
Goodman
Gallery
website
(www.goodman-‐gallery.com);
this
involved
the
overall
design
of
the
inserts
including
branding
and
moving
graphic
content.
The
inserts
were
in
some
instances
filmed
by
Yunus
and
in
others
edited
by
him
also.
The
artists
are
the
very
famous
names
attached
to
the
Goodman
Gallery:
William
Kentridge,
Kendell
Geers
and
Willem
Boshoff
among
others.
They
can
be
viewed
online.
In
addition,
in
my
previous
job
as
Arts
Editor
of
the
Mail
&
Guardian
newspaper
–
a
position
I
held
for
16
years
from
1998
to
2013
–
Yunus
did
graphic
work
for
the
newspaper.
Among
the
jobs
was
an
advert
for
etv
as
well
as
designs
on
paper.
Yours
faithfully
MATTHEW
KROUSE
MEDIA
LIAISON
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3. MOTION TITLING GRAPHIC DESIGN CREATIVE DIRECTOR ARCHIVE RESEARCH HERITAGE COMMUNICATIONS BRANDING
Over 20 years experience IN: Adobe Photoshop Indesign Illustrator - Layout Design Adobe After Effects - Motion Design Final Cut Pro - Editing
Age: 46 Black Male South African
email: vallyyunus@gmail.com
mobile: +27 71 541 2534
showreel
www.youtube.com/yunusvally
Yunus Vally has worked as a creative/art director in television, film, print, art, photography, political archivist, heritage, social communication
and research since 1985. he has over twenty years experience in Photoshop, InDesign, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, amongst others.
In 2014/15, he researched and directed “Art, Democracy & the City” a 10 minute documentary, for the City of Johannesburg.
Looking at 21 years of the Arts Alive Festival and democracy. Shot & edited segments for the Goodman Gallery, William kentridges
“Refusal Time” Willem Boshoff, Kendel Geers and The Brother Moves On. Our City title sequence for Cape Town TV, Social Media Week Joburg
2014. Currently designing an exhibition for The Mineworkworkers Investment Company’s “20 years Celebration” and the United Front social
movement branding. Symmetri Consulting branding work. Standard Bank documentary 3 minute Africa trailer. He has developed and de-
signed award winning television, heritage, publications & cultural projects for various oragnisations and television brands, i.e INPUT, Gaz’lam,
Sophiatown, Take 5, Zola 7, Scamto Groundbreakers, The Molo Show, LoveLife, Takalani Sesame, The Wedding Show, Get Real., etc.
He directed his own documentary for the BBC/SABC 1 “ The Glow of White Women” which travelled and won numerous awards internation-
ally ( Berlinale, HotDocs - Canada, IFFLA - Los Angeles, and others)
YUNUS VALLY PORTFOLIO
DESIGN MOVING IMAGE RESEARCH ARCHIVE
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4. Highlights
IFFLA (Los Angeles) -
Grand Jury Prize for best documentary
2008
THE GLOW OF WHITE WOMEN
(BBC 2/SABC) - Director
Official selection Berlinale - Germany -
Panorama 2008
Thirdi - San Francisco
HotDocs - Canada
INPUT South Africa / Goethe: Switzerland,
Kenya,
Mozambique, ohannesburg
Encounters Film Festival
DIFF
A list of some Projects:
Film, Television BRANDING ANIMATION
DV8 Films - Title Sequence
The Immigrants SABC 2 - Title Sequence
Sophiatown - Documentary branding
Project 10 - SABC 1 -
10 years of democracy documentary series - Title sequence
Mail & Guardian eTV spots
Zola 7 - Title Sequence
Soul City - Title Sequence
Soul Buddyz - Title Sequence
Democrazy - SABC 2
Gazlam - SABC 1 series branding
Get Real - SABC 1 series branding
Arts Alive - SABC tv spots
LoveLife TV PSA spots - Title Sequence
National Heritage Council - Heritage Month SABC 2
MORIBO Title Sequence
MY WORLD Title Sequence
Exhibitons/Heritage
In Conversation: Mandela Luthuli Exhibition
Dinokeng - Heritage project - Designer
Constitution Hill - Designer Designer/Curator
150 memory struggle democracy Apartheid Musuem
Campaigns / Communications
Department of Arts & Culture - designer
Department of Community Safety
Take Charge Campaign- Creative Director / Designer
Department of Health - Khomanani - Designer
Arts Alive 2011/12 - Designer
Legal Aid Board - Creative Director
16 days of No Violence Against Women & Children -
Creative Director
Centre for the Study of Violence & Reconciliation
Transnet Culture Change Campaign - Designer
Archive / Research / Design
Constitution Hill
South African History Archives
Gay & Lesbian Archives
Namibian Peoples Development Institute
English Literacy Project
2015 - 2014
Goodman Gallery - Artists work
City of Johannesburg - Arts Alive - 10” doccie
Cape Town TV - My City title sequence
United Front social movement branding
Symmetri Consulting CI
Standard Bank Corporate video
Socil Media Week -Joburg 2014 - Look?feel
Africa Rising SABC opening seq
1997 - 2013
TELEVISION FILM BRANDING
Designer / Creative Director /
City of Johannesburg,
Constitution Hill, CAF Brand South Africa,
BRICS CABLE, Transnet Department of
Community Safety, Arts Alive / Heritage Month,
Department of Health, DACST, SABC Branding
1995 - 97
South African Council for Higher Education
(SACHED), Johannesburg
1991 - 95
IEC First election
English Literacy Project (ELP) - Johannesburg
1988 - 91
Namibian Peoples Development Institute
(NAPDI) - Windhoek
1986 - 87
University of Durban Westville - BA Fine Arts -
Durban (Incomplete)
SUMMARY
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15. AFCON - BRAND SOUTH AFRICA - PLAY YOUR PART
Transnet Ltd
Behavioral change campaign: Development of a new Transnet
Culture. An internal values charter development process and
promotional campaign, over an 18 month period, was aimed
at articulating behaviours that would translate into a new and
positive corporate culture that all employees could commit to
and encourage.
KZN Premier’s Building
Content Development, Design, Production and Installation
Developed a conceptual approach to the restyling and refur-
bishment of the building. Work included the fabrication and in-
stallation of exhibitions, external and interior design as well as the
programming for the Premier’s Office in KwaZulu-Natal.
ZOLA 7
acclaimed prime time series for SABC 1 now in it’s fourth season.
Hosted by , Zola, Zola 7 remains SABC 1’s flagship prime time fac-
tual property
CHOICE
Prime time edutainment series for the South African youth deal-
ing with the choices young people face. Developed as a televi-
sion vehicle for the Department of Health, the series has enjoyed
two seasons on SABC 1. Selected for INPUT 2007, Switzerland.
TAKALANI SESAME
– is a critical intervention in the Early Childhood Development
and is now one of the best recognized education brands in
South Africa. The series was originally commissioned by Sesame
Workshop in New York in 1998 and remains a flagship of SABC
Education. The series has won a number of international awards
including a Japan prize and a Peabody.
TAKE 5 – daily, hour-long youth life-skills programme commis-
sioned by SABC Education, reaching two million young South
Africans every week.
MOLO SHOW – SABC Education life-skills series for younger (9-13)
viewers.
GET REAL – award-winning prime-time youth series for SABC Edu-
cation, now in its fifth session and delivering ratings higher than
that of a competing local daily soap opera aimed at the youth.
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16. PIC
Content Development, Design, Production and
Installation of struggle icons with Modjadji Media
commissioned Brian Molefe
Dinokeng
Scope brand and corporate identity, Above the
Line advertising, Public Relations and Tourism prod-
uct marketing.
BRICS CABLE project, i3 Africa, Imphandze - Sub-
tel Services. This is a South African Entrepreneurial
initiative lead by Andrew Mthembu, Chairman of
both i3 Africa and Imphandze. Building the WACS
project to establish a Development Bank for BRICS
countries to lay optical cable from south to south.
see showreel
Yunus was the designer and curator of 150 - MEM-
ORY STRUGGLE DEMOCRACY, an audiovisual video
design on Indentured labour in South Africa, Gan-
dhi, passive resistance, the History of Sugar, Alcolo-
hism and the highest rate of suicide in this period of
the British Empire. The exhibition was commissioned
by the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation and The Con-
sulate General of India in Johannesburg
“Your Moves”
South African University Vice-Chancellor’s Associa-
tion (SAUVCA)
Interactive CD rom developed to assist young
adults with sexual behaviour decision making
Albert Luthuli and Nelson Mandela Museum
commissioned by the Albert Luthuli museum in
Groutville, Natal and the Nelson Mandela muse-
um, Umtata, Eastern Cape to develop two perma-
nent exhibitions commemorating the 40 year an-
niversary of Albert Luthuli and to celebrate the 90th
birthday of Nelson Mandela.
The exhibitions showcased the great legacies of
these two statesmen such as their contribution to
the peaceful resolution of the liberation struggle in
South Africa, their views on nation building, inclu-
siveness and democracy. The exhibition were ex-
hibited at 7 locations around South Africa.
Constitution Hill
Design, Production and Installation
Number 4 prison & the Woman’s Jail.
Dinokeng
Destination Marketing, Promotion and Brand Posi-
tioning: Design, Production
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17.
CSVR BOOK COVER DESIGN
DEMOCRAZY SABC & IEC DEMOCRACY SERIES -
OPENING SEQUENCE GRAPHICS
DVD COVER
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