Own the Court
A lively basketball campaign for a performance-wear label, following a neighbourhood athlete from warm-up to the final drill. The direction feels energetic without becoming noisy, balancing real movement, product detail and plenty of personality for a hero spot, launch stills and fast social edits.
PRODUCTION GEAR
Sony BURANO and FX6 • Freefly Ember S5K high-speed camera • Angénieux EZ-1 30–90mm • Sony 70–200mm GM II • DJI Ronin 2 • Easyrig Vario 5 • Aputure LS 1200d Pro • Astera Titan Tubes • DJI Inspire 3
SERVICES
Product Film, Tabletop Cinematography, Commercial Editing, Macro Photography, Social Cutdowns
POST-PRODUCTION
DaVinci Resolve, After Effects, Cinema 4D, Capture One
TIMELINE
5 weeks
THE BRIEF, THE BUILD, THE PAYOFF.
The performance-wear launch needed speed, but the category was already crowded with frantic edits and anonymous athletes. We wanted the player’s concentration, humour and repetition to feel as important as the final explosive move.
One neighbourhood court became the whole world of the film. Warm-up marks the beginning, drills build the rhythm, and a last solo run gives the campaign a natural finish without inventing a fake championship.
The shot design followed basketball geometry: arcs, pivots, lateral cuts and the vertical release of a shot. A mix of low tracking, locked wides and brief high-speed details showed how the clothing moved without asking the athlete to perform unnatural product poses.
We recorded shoes, breath, ball impact and the chain net separately, then built the edit from those sounds. Product close-ups arrive during real resets and adjustments, keeping the film athletic rather than interrupting it with a catalogue moment.
The production supplied a hero spot, athlete portraits, motion stills and fast vertical edits built around individual drills. The campaign has enough pace for launch week and enough personality to live longer, with a visual identity the brand can return to for future players and colourways.
The athlete looks focused, funny, and completely himself. You found the clothing in real movement—and that chain-net sound is ridiculously satisfying.
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