Introduction

Visual News Associates (VNA): established January, 2000, is a media production and consultancy services organization focused on creation of high-quality features covering a broad range of relevant issues in Pakistan and the region.

Our clientele includes some of the largest names in the news industry, such as CNN, CNBC, Getty images, SIPA PRESS, Bloomberg, and amongst the most prominent human development organizations; including UNDP, UNHCR, UNICEF and the World Bank. We have covered such events as the 2005 Pakistan earthquake, the 2010 Pakistan floods, the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, and the multiple unfortunate humanitarian crises in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Kashmir.

Objective

Our objective is to provide news media for accurate, responsible, and timely coverage of events of human interest from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Kashmir for clients all over the world.

Recent Projects

Some of our recent projects are summarized below.

•Photo and video coverage of the devastating moon soon floods and relief work in Swat, central Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was provided to UNDP Pakistan, European Union, World Bank, and Pèlerin (French weekly).

•A lake was formed at Hunza river after a massive land-slide at Attabad in northern Pakistan, the photo/video project was carried out for The National/Abu Dhabi Media Company and can be watched at:

www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100520/FO...

List of Recent Clients

Some of our current clients include:

•Abu Dhabi Media Company: The National (daily) Abu Dhabi/UAE.

•The Globe & Mail, Toronto, Canada

•Bayard Press (France)

•The World Bank, Pakistan

•SIPA PRESS (France)

•UNDP Pakistan

Facilities

We maintain workspaces for video and photography work. Some of the salient features afforded by our facilities include:

Photography:

•Picture editing

•Spot filing

•Photo printing

•Poster design and enlargements.

Video:

•Pre-production,

•Production

•Post production

•Indoor recording studios can be arranged as required

Equipment

Photography:

•Nikon D300S

•Nikon D 100

•Nikon S570 Coolpix

•Lenses ranging 12mm - 300mm

•Nikon Film Scanner

•Laptop with wireless modem

•Assorted flashes and strobes

Video:

•Sony DV Cam (DSR 130P Dockable)

•DSR 40P (player and recorder)

•Desktop editing station with a/v capturing

•Adobe Premier 2.0 editing suite

•Power generator

•Essential lights

Team

We maintain a pool of skilled production and operations crew, with ready access to such eclectic resources as a translator, background voice artists, musical score composers. The following resources comprise our permanent team:

•Director of Photography / Cinematographer

•Producer

•Scriptwriter

•Video editor

•Photographers x2

•Cameraperson x2

•Assistant to cameraperson

Sample Work

A few samples of our work can be seen at the Internet resources given below for universal access:

•www.flickr.com/photos/visualnewspk/

•www.youtube.com/my_videos?feature=mhum

•www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?contractUrl=2&...

•www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?contractUrl=2&...

•www.flickr.com/search/?q=muzammil+pasha&w=39573379%40N07

Contact Information

For further information or business queries, please contact:

Visual News Associates

3 Latif Chambers, Aabpara

Islamabad, Pakistan

Phone: +92 302 5046 478

E-mail: visualnews.pk@gmail.com

Photostream: www.flickr.com/photos/visualnewspk/