MOTION
THE PACE
MUSIC VIDEO TEASER
The song that this music video was designed around never saw the light of day. The artist decided to not release the music. Here’s a collection of shots that i am able to share that give away at least some of the magic of the finished piece.
Directed, shot & edited by Basti Hansen
Client: (classified)
Motion: 4K - 2:1 - 3:10m
Shot in the Negev Desert, Israel
WILL.I.AM
MERCEDES-AMG BRAND AMBASSADOR
I had the pleasure of spending two days with Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas to shoot a series of short pieces with him as the new brand ambassador for Mercedes-AMG.
Directed, shot & edited by Basti Hansen
Client: Mercedes-AMG
Agency + Producer: Banauten
Second Camera: Daniel Camino
THE LAST RACE
Mercedes-AMG MOTORSPORT
"This is what it all comes down to.. The smell of burnt rubber, the roar of the engines and the countdown.. to the final race."
Directed, shot & edited by Basti Hansen
Client: Mercedes-AMG Motorsport
Motion: 4K - 16:9 - 2:07m
Shot in Spain & Germany
OH, MILANO
My love letter to Milano. In 2016 I shot my first big project here. I remember entering the Galleria for the first time, thinking how it would feel to close my eyes and to spin until I'm dizzy. In 2021 I returned and shot another project here - this time with Veronica Fedolfi and managed to get that shot in the Galleria. This is a short director's cut of what we did. A short visual love letter to the city that's so dear to me.
Directed, shot & edited by Basti Hansen
Motion: 4K - 16:9 - 0:51m
Shot in Milan
ANDALUSIA
CROSSCAMP
Launch Campaign AD & Image Set
Directed, shot & edited by Basti Hansen
Client: Crosscamp
Agency: OSK
Additional Footage: Dan Lior & Edden Ram
Motion: 4K - 2:1 - 2:37m
Shot in Spain
LAND
Mercedes-Benz
A 10,000 KM road trip through what was once called "The Wild West". Our mission was to find and photograph the America that we always dreamed about as kids - or at least - what’s left of it. We crossed 9 states and camped out for 3 weeks in the process of trying to find the images that we wanted to capture. Here’s a little bit of how these 3 weeks felt like...
Directed, shot & edited by Basti Hansen
Client: Mercedes-Benz
With: André Josselin & Tom Schaller
Motion: 4K - 16:9 - 2:20m
Shot in 9 states of the US
FACING FLAMES
ISRAEL PORTNOY
My friend (and brilliant musician) Israel Portnoy lost everything that he owned last summer when his entire house burned down in a wildfire in Israel - everything, except his favourite 1963 12-string guitar. Being the insanely positive guy that he is - he decided to turn this devastating event in his life into something positive. He recorded a concept album around the wildfire called "Facing Flames" - only using the guitar that he could save from the flames. The album will be published later this year. We met in the ashes of his belongings and recorded a couple of music videos for the record. This is the album teaser / a micro-documentary about what happened and how he deals with it.
Directed, shot & edited by Basti Hansen
Motion: 4K - 2:1 - 2:47m
Shot in Israel
ULTIMATE SINATRA
UNIVERSAL MUSIC
Universal Music asked me to create a video about Frank Sinatra who would have had his 100th birthday on December 12, 2015 - to promote the Ultimate Sinatra CD Box. They gave me full creative freedom with only one request: I had to incorporate a set of beautiful, old photographs of Frank Sinatra and his Orchestra. So I decided to put some life back into these historic scenes, to create an Observer Experience and put the viewer right into these old photographs.
Client: Universal-Music
Directed, animated & edited by Basti Hansen.
Motion: 2K - 16x9 - 1:34m