{"id":4895,"date":"2023-02-09T14:05:38","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T13:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingkong-mag.com\/?p=4895"},"modified":"2023-03-03T10:47:59","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T09:47:59","slug":"victorien-loriers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingkong-mag.com\/en\/victorien-loriers\/","title":{"rendered":"Victorien Loriers, videographer turned entrepreneur"},"content":{"rendered":"

\r\nVictorien Loriers was 18 years old when he founded his own company, VLR Films. For five years now, he has been putting his passion for video creation at the service of his clients. A look back at the journey travelled by this young entrepreneur, a video aficionado since he was\u202612.\r\n<\/p>\n\n\n

Having developed an interest in technologies, and with a Dad who was active in the computer science sector, Victorien Loriers got his first computer at a very young age. Quickly creating social network accounts, he was lulled by YouTube videos and started to get to grips with the image. At the age of 12 he was given his first GoPro: \u2018It was my Christmas present. I started doing a little bit of filming, with no particular purpose. We went skiing and I made a video. The result was really great. I posted it on YouTube and sent everyone the link. I became aware that a lot of people liked it; there was really quite a lot of interest in it.\u2019 In his second year of secondary school, on a school trip to Alsace, he made a video each day, which he also published on YouTube. \u2018They ended up in the headteacher\u2019s mailbox, who put one in a newsletter sent to parents. Later on, whenever the school held an event, he asked me to make a video. That was when I knew that I could do something people needed. Why not turn it into a little service, rather than getting a student job at the local baker\u2019s shop?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When he was 14 Victorien created several social network profiles and started posting more and more. His visibility rapidly grew. \u2018In 2014, there weren\u2019t that many videos, and even less about Namur. For Dinant and Ciney, there was Cyprien Delire, Louis Colmant. But in Namur, I was the only one. It was very easy to make a mark and gain visibility.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the fourth year of secondary studies, he changed school and took an audiovisual option at the IATA. \u2018My parents were always saying to me: you hate school, maybe if you were interested in six hours of your courses, you might enjoy going there a bit more.\u2019 The sole condition? That Victorien complete his secondary education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I had a deal with the board of directors, and they gave me days off to do filming.<\/p>\nVictorien Loriers<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

At the time the fledging videographer wasn\u2019t yet thinking of making a career out of his all-consuming hobby. He did have an entrepreneurial spirit, however. All the money earned through videos was invested in better quality equipment. Whilst studying at the IATA, his project developed. \u2018I had a deal with the board of directors, and they gave me days off to do filming.\u2019 When he left school, he was faced with a dilemma: to enrol at university or strike out on his own? \u2018I didn\u2019t spend too long wondering about it. I had been working for a communications agency as a student. At the beginning of July, they got in touch and offered me a contract.\u2019 Victorien accepted and in the end stayed at the company \u2026 for 6 months. \u2018I didn\u2019t feel I belonged in the wage-earning sector. But this experience taught me such a lot about the field. The young kid who made videos for fun had become someone who was making commercial videos, meeting the demands of his agency.\u2019 On April 26, 2018, a date he will never forget, Victorien went freelance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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His six months in the salaried worker sector made him realise that this model didn\u2019t suit him. Set working hours, being instructed what to do \u2026 the entrepreneur couldn\u2019t go back on his decision. \u2018There\u2019s a lot of freedom in being able to do what you want when you want, managing my hours. The self-discipline aspect is more difficult. Then there\u2019s the worry of being financially viable, of having to make money, wondering if it will be sustained over time.\u2019 The thing that helped him? The little amount of risk involved. \u2018My parents always pushed me to branch out on my own because, in any case, I was living with them. I had no loans to pay, no children \u2026 nothing to lose.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Included amongst his assignments is a lot of corporate<\/a> work \u2026 and weddings<\/a>. A field he first explored very early on, when he was 15. His best friend\u2019s sister asked if he could help out and that\u2019s how it all started. But Victorien is not closing any doors. \u2018Events<\/a> remain a large part of my activity. I feel comfortable doing it because it\u2019s an area I know very well. But it\u2019s a sector which doesn\u2019t challenge me. If I only did events, I wouldn\u2019t develop. The projects which get me buzzing are those where I can get out of my comfort zone and take things further, even if I often get worked up about it.\u2019 What he also needs is recognition. \u2018A project which I can get proud about is one where I get a lot of feedback, where the client is happy, where I can see that it worked. I have the sense that my driving force is recognition, even beyond the financial aspect.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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