Sézane Campaign in a Villa Near Milan

Courage Production managed the photo production for Sézane's L'Avventura campaign in a historic villa near Milan. The French brand's prints, embroideries and savoir-faire met Italian villa architecture, shot by Ward Ivan Rafik with the full crew and logistics run from our Milan base.

Finding the right villa was the first job. Courage Production scouted locations across the area around Milan, filtering for a property with period interiors, formal gardens and enough controlled space to build a basecamp for hair and makeup and a collection room without fighting the architecture. The villa we secured sits within the operational range of our Milan HQ, which kept crew transfers short and allowed us to run the shoot as a day operation with no overnight accommodation for the crew.

Everything ran from our photo production base in Milan. Courage Production handled the villa contracting, private property permits, catering, transport and crew coordination. Key creative and technical figures came directly from Milan. Proximity is the operational advantage of a villa near Milan. Full production infrastructure sits one hour away, not flown in.

Finding and securing a private villa is one part of the wider job of location scouting in Milan. See how Courage Production finds shooting locations across Milan and the surrounding region in our location scouting in Milan field notes. For the full setup across the country, see our Italy production service.