Shooting this commercial was probably my favourite project to date. Tim (our CD) let me take the lead on everything, from concept to music and editing—that amount of trust from your team members is really special. I’m really proud of this piece and hope to work on more projects like this, where the rhythm and connection really bring the story to life. I wish we could have thrown in more VFX to transition the ball from scene to scene, showing it supercharged by their trick shots—maybe next time.

Client: Adidas Japan

Agency: StudioStudio

Production: Panic Ball Productions

Talents: Yui Hasegawa, Fuka Nagano, Aoba Fujino, Hinata Miyazawa, Chika Hirao, Hana Takahashi

Extras: Rina Hoshino, Kai Hoshino

Creative Director: Tim Lambourne

Producer: Lisa Koski

Director: Lilou Augier

Production manager: Mariko Tateno

Assistant Director: Amy Aoyama

DOP: Matt de Sousa, Ivan Kovac

1st AC: Jayce Ong

2nd AC: Sterling Vicenti

Art Director: Madeline Kinney

Art assistant: Nakagawa Lina

Gaffer: Masahide "Panda" Takahashi

Lighting Assistants: Takahide Uchibori, Musashi Suzuki, Kenji Otsuka, Bundo Kana, Yujiro Tokushige

HMU: Phoebe Lin, Hanako Ishii

Stylist: Taiki Noshita

Stylist assistant : Akiko Kitajima

Photographer: Steve Gaudin

Photographer: Natsuko Okada

Photo assistant: Yuuki Nakayama

BTS: Sam King

Production Assistants: David Alexandre, Freddy Kitsu

Drivers: Aomi Shi, Ken Nakayama, Ray Kikuchi, Jun Kondo, Wataru Takahashi