Making Films In Shenzhen: A Video Series

Nausheen with her Director of Photography, Sergey, on a shoot

Nausheen I. Chen is an expat filmmaker from Pakistan who’s been living and working in Shenzhen for the past 4 and a half years. She leads a video strategy and production team called Zen & Zany, with foreigners and Chinese crew working together to create films. 

Nausheen working with an actor for a crowdfunding video shoot

She’s just launched an online video series to document what it’s like working in the media industry in Shenzhen as a foreigner and an entrepreneur. In her first episode, she talks about her story, and how she found motivation to start the video series. 

Nausheen and Sergey, Director of Photography, on a cyberpunk shoot set

The Zen & The Zany: Episode 1

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Here is a behind the scenes look at one of the recent cyberpunk commercial projects that she directed, produced by Zen & Zany. This commercial created a cyberpunk universe, turning a basement in a studio in Shenzhen into a futuristic dystopia where our lead actress walks in to make a “deal”. We get a look at how complicated video sets come together and how a diverse group of people with different levels of expertise come together to create a video. 

The Zen & Zany: episode 2

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We all have histories of our lives prior to coming to China: Nausheen used to work at a Fortune 500 company (Procter & Gamble) before coming to Shenzhen. She reflects on her experience at P&G in this episode and talks about the 5 things she’s learnt during her time there. 

The Zen & Zany: 5 Things

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She and her team have been back filming (with safety precautions) in the past few weeks, and they’re about to release a video on how they’ve been filming during the virus outbreak. 

Filming on set during the end of the virus outbreak in China

Checking out a shot on the camera while filming during the virus outbreak

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