Sharpen Studio is a full service photo/video production house based and operating in Milan, Tokyo, Beijing and Shanghai.

The company provides a full photo production service: equipment hire, crew, studio rental, permits, casting, styling, hair and make-up, art department, props, and more. From simple shoots to large-scale productions, the team is happy to put their creativity at clients' disposal throughout the entire process.

Sharpen Studio has a wide choice of spectacular locations in Italy, Japan and China. "Thanks to our production experience, we are able to offer production services, a locations database and scouting throughout Europe, Asia and beyond."

Recent clients include Vogue, Pop Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, L'Officiel, Adidas, Intel, Apple, Samsung, Cluse, Range Rover, Pantene, Kappa, Chopard, Tissot, Dior, Element Fresh, Lapargay, Chopard, Dentsu, Cacharel, Shu Uemara, The Beijinger, Opera Bombana, and many more.

D'ELE is a creative agency dedicated to artist management and full service production. Based in Shanghai, with partners in Milan and London, for over 10 years the company has provided seamless and dynamic visual solutions to a wide range of international clients and advertising agencies.

In partnership with Livello6 and 1806, D'ELE is proud to represent international visual artists within photography, illustration, CGI, film, and animation. Its artists are recognised globally with awards such as Cannes Lions and Promax BDAs.

Additionally, D'ELE provides full service production, all customised to clients' specific needs.

Amanacliq is a full service production and communications house dedicated to the dynamic Asian market. With partners Amana Inc. from Tokyo and Bernstein & Andriulli from New York, the company is able to provide complete visual and social content solutions with a wide range of services from photography, film, illustration and creative services to facilities and equipment rental, as well as post-production work.

With the experiences of working with a roster of multinational clients worldwide, Amanacliq continues to spark fresh new ideas for the advertising industry and clients including some of the world’s largest brands such as Adidas, Coca-Cola, Nike, P&G, Chrysler, Pepsi, Bose, Apple, Beats and Unilever.

Central Studios is a leading Shanghai content production company providing creative executions and content production for world-leading brands, as well China-based market leaders.

"We have extensive expertise producing all kinds of commercial production for fashion and advertising clients.

We have a flexible approach to production management allowing us to fully complement the client’s own strategy and demands, while at the same time providing the best creative talent and production partners for the job.

Our large, versatile spaces and vast network of creative professionals makes Central Studios the one-stop-shop for photo and video production in Shanghai."

Red+Plus is a Shanghai-based creative team consisting of globally awarded photographers and young talents, directors, stylists, illustrators, make-up artists, hair stylists and fashion consultants.

"We are a group of passionate people happy to share our knowledge and expertise with our clients to meet their requests and develop their ideas. Red+Plus is proud to be a point of reference for the production of photography and motion campaigns, as well as creative projects for both fashion and advertisement. We represent an international pool of artists, each one gifted with a unique artistic style."

Red+Plus, together with the talents represented, work to develop concepts and ideas and to make them happen. "We support our clients, from creative and conceptual direction up to set coordination, with a special attention to detail."

With 2,000m² of space in Shanghai, Red+Plus also owns three in-house NY-style studios complete with equipment rental services; top-notch photo studios for creative use, from still life to cars, fashion shows to special events.

CONTRA Productions China is a photography and film production service company covering China and Asia. CONTRA’s broad experience across China allows them to find the most suitable locations and film studios for clients' productions - always keeping in mind creative requirements, budget and logistical restraints - whether shooting a car commercial in Shanghai, a branded content film in Beijing, or a documentary in Guangzhou.

CONTRA’s location managers and location scouts in China provide detailed recce reports from which informed decisions can be made, along with alternative locations for swift redirection whenever needed on tight schedules.

CONTRA finds the simplest and most cost-effective solutions for shooting locations in China, from the Huangshan mountains to the Crescent Lake in Dunhuang; the towers of Kaiping to the city walls in Xi’an; rice terraces in Zhejiang, waterfalls in Guizhou, and the blossoming fields in Wuyuan.

Providing film productions and photographers with travel advice and expedited visas that allow production crews to work legally and with the right permits is equally essential for the success of a shoot.

Welcome to Showcase China, brought to you by Production Paradise. This issue features some of the leading photographers, photo and film production and service companies, photo agents, location scouts, and post production companies working out of China.

More creative professionals and facilities for photographic and film production are available in our Beijing (Photo / Film) and Hong Kong (Photo / Film) directories.

Brands and editorials including Lancôme, Converse, McDonald's, Mastercard, Levi's, GQ, Skype, Harper's Bazaar, The North Face, Coca-Cola, Nike, Adidas, and Condé Nast Traveller among others, have trusted these professionals with their latest advertising campaigns and editorial shoots.

Be sure to catch our recommended event:

• A nous la mode! Photography exhibition by young fashion photographers who take inspiration in the work of emerging designers. Until 27th June at Three Shadows Photography Art Center, Beijing. 

Our cover image was shot by Stefan Khoo. Stefan is represented by amanacliq.

Central Studios is a reliable partner for leading fashion and advertising clients who value and trust the company's extensive expertise in commercial production spanning stills and video.

A flexible approach to production management allows the team to provide the best creative talent and ideal resources for each shoot, whether using their own art buying resources or a client's preferred creative team.

"Our focus is on unparalleled client services, creative solutions, and giving each project the support it needs for success. Our large, versatile spaces and vast network of creative professionals makes Central Studios the one-stop-shop for photo and video production in Shanghai."

Amanacliq is a full service artist management and production house dedicated to the dynamic Asian market. With strong global partners - Amana inc. from Tokyo and Bernstein & Andriulli in the US and UK - the company is able to provide complete visual solutions with a wide range of services, from photo and motion production, illustration and CGI to facilities and equipment rental, as well as post-production.

"Regularly working with masterclass photographers and artists, we emphasise creativity and quality as much as we care about effectiveness on the campaigns we work on. With the experience of working with most multi-national clients and advertising agencies worldwide, we are always striving to spark fresh, exciting ideas for the advertising industry."

Clients include Beats by dre, Nike, Google, Uber, Disney, HSBC, Coca-Cola, Pepsico, P&G, Unilever, Adidas, New Balance, Visa, Abbott, Budweiser, Levi's, Starbucks, Oreo, Oppo, Vivo, KFC, Alibaba, Tencent, and more.

Jasper James Studio has nearly 10 years' experience creating and producing shoots across Asia.

Jasper James Studio is a team of three creatives from London, Los Angeles, and Beijing with backgrounds in photography, video, and photo production. Based in Beijing, the team works extensively around Asia with a client list that includes many of the world's leading companies, including Bank of China, HSBC, Bosch, BMW, Lenovo, Pullman Hotels, Grand Mecure, Novotel, Huawei and Louis Vuitton.

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