NowShenzhen | March 20, 2020
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.
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.
The Zen & The Zany: Episode 1
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
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
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. See more of her video series, subscribe to the Zen & Zany YouTube channel:
If you want to know more about what Nausheen is doing, contact her on wechat: wechat ID nsheen or email her on [email protected].