Red Bull “Playing Fields”
In 2018 and 2019 I extensively travelled to Japan to co-direct a documentary about the Video Game industry in the land of the rising sun.
The series was divided in 4 episodes: Arcade, Esports, Indie and AAA
I’ve got to meet legends of the gaming industry such as Yoko Taro, Daigo Umehara, Toshihiro Nagoshi among many others. Myself being an avid gamer, it has always been a kid’s dream to work on a video game related project in Japan.
Director: Charles Lanceplaine, Daniel Agha-Rafei
Co-Director: Jonathon Lim
Executive Producer: Kristin Skar Forseth, Kristian Kvam Hansen, Joseph George
Producer: Ken Bhatt
Line Producer: Malik Ndiaye, Jia Zhou
DOP: Victor Ivanov, Daniel Agha-Rafei, Charles Lanceplaine
Still Photographer: Charles Lanceplaine
Editor: Victor Ivanov, Charles Lanceplaine, Amerigo Brini, Daniel Agha-Rafei
Logo Design: Royal Club Shanghai
Sound Design & Original Composition: Paolo Baglio
Translator: Yu Muroga, Zhamilya Tyulemissova
Client: Red Bull
Production: PUSH Media
Airbnb “Passion Fruit”
Back in 2018 Push Media was commissioned by Airbnb to capture the renovations of a few centennial houses in a small village in the Guangxi Province (China) as part of collaboration project in between Airbnb and the local government in order to revitalize tourism.
I’ve spent a couple of weeks traveling back and forth to document the daily lives of its people. This tiny village of a few dozen is primarily inhabited by people from the Zhuang Minority.
The photos ended up being used for online and social media usage on Chinese platforms such as Weibo and Wechat.
Shanghai Heights
Some of my favorite shots of Shanghai’s skyline, a place I used to call home for 12 years.
