CASE STUDY — 2014
SHAANXI: CHINA'S GREAT GATEWAY
Two parts on the province where the Silk Road began — 2,000 years of gateway, meeting the 21st century.
- CLIENT
- DISCOVERY ASIA
- YEAR
- 2014
- ROLE
- CINEMATOGRAPHER
- CATEGORY
- TELEVISION
CONTEXT
A two-part journey through Shaanxi province with Ryan Pyle for Discovery Asia — the cradle of Chinese civilisation for more than two thousand years, home of the Terracotta Warriors and the starting point of the Silk Road, meeting its 21st-century self.
THE WORK
Heritage sites, working landscapes and modern city life shot to feel continuous with each other — one province, one visual language.
LOGISTICS
Filming permissions at protected heritage sites, drone clearances near sensitive locations, and schedules built around tourist hours at some of the most visited monuments on earth.
THE ANCIENT GATEWAY BETWEEN EAST AND WEST.
Outcome
- 2-PART DOCUMENTARY
- DISCOVERY ASIA
Credits
- CINEMATOGRAPHER — CHAD INGRAHAM
- PRESENTER — RYAN PYLE
- NETWORK — DISCOVERY ASIA
Watch the Shaanxi Grand Gateway (0:30)
All projects · Chad Ingraham, cinematographer and photographer, Fredericton NB