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Happy welcomes to our freelance full members who joined in August! Kimberly Stewart - Passionate about wildlife and the environment. Biological science background, MSc in Biological Photography, looking for opportunities in research/assisting/production with the aim to move into sequence directing. Emma Louise Blackwell - Presenter with a passion for wildlife and children's entertainment, currently presenting for BBC Worldwide and a series called Zoo News Monthly. Shelley Lozano - Presenter, Speaker and Author who has worked internationally as a professional Entertainer for over 25 years in Theatre, TV and Radio. Shelly also runs a voluntary non-profit organization called Big Cat Conservation. There's basic FREE membership for all here or for a much more comprehensive listing, Profile Page and additional benefits, become a full member: Wildlife-film.com/freelancers or Wildlife-film.com/companies |
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Places available on Wildeye's Wildlife Camera Operator Course, 31 Oct - 2 Nov 2014
Whether you are hoping for a career as a professional wildlife camera operator or want to film wildlife as a fascinating hobby, this course will arm you with the knowledge and techniques to create stunning shots and sequences. As camera technology advances apace it can be difficult to know what equipment to use (and then how to use it!), with a high tutor to student ratio, this course is unique in content and value for money.
The location is Whitwell Hall Country Centre in the centre of Norfolk, UK. Costs: £345 per person, which includes all tuition, accommodation, and meals. Find out more here!
Booking: If the home page shows that there are still places available please complete the online application form and send in the deposit as detailed.
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British Wildlife Photography Awards 2014 Winners Announced! The British Wildlife Photography Awards proudly announce the winners for 2014. The Awards celebrate both the work of amateur and professional photographers and the beauty and diversity of British wildlife. Winning and commended images are chosen from thousands of entries in sixteen separate categories including a special film category for Wildlife in HD Video and three junior categories to encourage young people to connect with nature through photography. “Each year the British Wildlife Photography Awards generates an incredible catalogue of splendid, exciting, imaginative and artistic images, proving beyond doubt that we have the richest palette of life to celebrate in our own backyard. Anyone passionate about protecting and preserving wildlife will be inspired by the British Wildlife Photography Awards, which in its fifth year has done more than any other award to raise the profile of British wildlife”, Chris Packham, TV Presenter and Naturalist. The Winners British Wildlife Photographer
The winning picture ‘The Tourist’, is by Lee Acaster, for his image of a Greylag Goose in London. "It was a real privilege to have such a close encounter with a wild bird in the very heart of London. I vividly remember the excitement I felt as she patiently waited for me to get the shot, and I knew immediately this was a once in a lifetime opportunity, I’m just grateful that she didn't lose interest as quickly as my children do when I’m taking photographs of them”. Lee Acaster. Judge Mark Ward, Editor-in-Chief, at RSPB Nature’s Home Magazine commented “The winning photograph shows a familiar bird in a familiar setting, but the visual impact is extraordinary. The stormy, brooding backdrop sets a dramatic scene, while the orange and pink from the bird bring vibrancy to the monochromatic cityscape. Lee’s stunning photograph proves you do not have to travel far from home to capture the very best of Britain’s wildlife images.”
DOCUMENTARY SERIES – 'Hazel Dormouse Monitoring' by Nick Upton (Somerset, England) WILDLIFE IN HD VIDEO – 'Tide' by Rebecca Payne (Bristol, England) Highlights of all the commended winners:
Highly commended entries: A Sense of Place by Max Smith WildPix Young People’s Awards here: www.bwpawards.org/static/young-winner-2014.html |
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Jackson Hole Science Media Awards Announces 2014 Finalists The Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival is delighted to announce the finalists selected for its second biennial 2014 Jackson Hole Science Media Awards. This year’s saw more than 480 entries competing for 21 special awards. More than 140 international judges screened an aggregated 3000+ hours in order to select the finalist films. The 2014 Science Media Award-winners will be selected by a distinguished panel of judges preceding the three-day Science Media Symposium, an industry conference hosted in partnership with WGBH in Boston, September 17-19, and will be announced at a gala Awards Celebration at the New England Aquarium, on September 17th.
Congratulations to members Brian Leith Productions, Gulo Film Productions, Silverback Filmsand Montana State University, MFA Science and Natural History Filmmaking Program for their nominations... Check out the list of finalists here... Register here: www.jhfestival.org/registration.html |
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One of their most recently produced documentary is about to go viral and is named "The Incredible Bond". This thee minuter is about an amazing relationship between a wild female baboon and a male tame horse named Jericho. Click on this link www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7IX_EBf_TI if you would like to see a wild female baboon riding a horse! This behaviour has never been filmed in the wild before!
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The Wildscreen Festival 2014 is coming soon... If you're an aspiring wildlife filmmaker and want to get your foot in the door, look no further than our ROAR Talent Speed Pitching Practice & Perfect! These sessions offer newcomers a chance to meet with industry executives to practice pitching their film ideas and receive expert feedback. To apply, please email events@wildscreen.org.uk with an overview of your film, target audience demographic and intended channel slot and time. Successful applicants will be chosen by draw and the deadline for entry is 15 September. There are also many more opportunities for newcomers. Our How Do I Get a Job? workshop is packed full of expert hints and tips to help you kickstart your career in the industry. We also have a Beginners Underwater Filming workshop, a range of production skills workshops and a chance to have your questions answered by industry professionals. Take a look at our programme for more incredible sessions to suit every aspiring filmmaker. Wildlife-film.com is officially a Wildscreen Festival Media Partner! Looking forward to seeing you all at the festival in Bristol, 19th-24th October... Stay tuned for this years delegate membership offer! Delegate, Concession and Day passes to festival are now on sale now: www.wildscreenfestival.org/tickets.aspx Pitch it to me! Got an idea that will make the dragon’s jaws drop? Well then, you’ll be as excited as we are about the return of Speed Pitching for Wildscreen Film Festival 2014! The slots are available exclusively for Festival Pass holders, and for those who are not as experienced as others there’s a pitching workshop on Sunday 19 October to get your skills up to scratch. Speed Pitching sessions offer an amazing opportunity to present your programme and project ideas to a host of both TV & Film executives in an exclusive one-to-one session. Read their full profiles online or view/download a PDF here to see exactly what they're looking for. The application deadline is Monday 8 September and we will contact successful applicants by Monday 6 October. More here: www.wildscreenfestival.org/programme/speed-pitching.aspx Don't forget the Wildscreen Photography Festival (formerly WildPhotos) will be held in London straight after Wildscreen in Bristol! Don't miss being a part of the 2014 Wildscreen Photography Festival in London. Take a look at the fantastic line-up: www.wildphotos.org.uk/speakers, including member Nick Upton - PUTTING PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE - The challenge of telling conservation tales on Sunday 26 October. |
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Enter the Eden Shorts Competition! Wildscreen and UKTV have come together to launch Eden Shorts, a unique competition that is seeking your best 1-minute nature film. Winners will receive a Panasonic 16 Megapixel Full HD Compact Camera, a place at one of our wonderful workshops and have their film screened both at the festival AND on TV! A top panel of experts will decide the winner and are looking for great camera work, editing and content. Don't miss the chance to win these fantastic prizes and submit your entry by 26 September. Good luck! |
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Matsalu Nature Film Festival Nominations Announced! The films selected for the competition program of the Matsalu Film Festival 2014 are announced! CATEGORY A - NATURE THE MOOR (50 min)
Jan Haft
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2012 CATEGORY B - MAN AND NATURE GREAT SPOTTED EAGLE - A BIRD LIKE NO OTHER (55 min)
Ireneusz Chojnacki
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Congratulations to members Brian Leith Productions for Killer Whales - Fins of Change and to Sarah Whalley for Unnatural Selection. Both are co-productions with Terra Mater Factual Studios! Read Behind the Scenes: Unnatural Selection by Sarah Whalley. Check out the full list with descriptions here: www.matsalufilm.ee |
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Japan Wildlife Film Festival 2015 Call For Entries Open until 31st October 2014! It is with great pleasure that the Japan Wildlife Film Festival invites you to enter our 2015 international film festival competition. The nominated works at our festivals will be localized in Japanese and will be promoted by the festival, giving you a chance to break the Japanese and Asian market. Entries are free to enter and now open, with the regular deadline on 31st October 2014, and the final deadline for postal submissions being the 26th of December 2014. All details can be found at the following link: www.filmfreeway.com/festival/JWFF The festival is a great way to communicate our shared global appreciation for the natural world via high quality film screenings in Japan. Already we have become the biggest festival of our kind in the Asia-Pacific averaging with over 400 entries from over 40 countries every festival. We hope you consider entering our 2015 festival and look forward to hearing from you. Should you have any queries please do not hesitate to let us know. |
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NHNZ Appoints New VP of Marketing and Development NHNZ has promoted Marketing Executive Shera Collins to VP of Marketing and Development, North America. Shera first worked with NHNZ while she was an associate producer at Animal Planet, and in 2004 she spent a year directing The Most Extreme, NHNZ’s long-running Animal Planet co-production. Following a short stint producing web content for Discovery Online, she re-joined NHNZ in 2006 and since then has been a key part of the creative development team responsible for Animal Planet’s upcoming series Redwood Kings, A&E’s long-running dramatic first person narrative series I Survived… and Beyond and Back, as well as Smithsonian’s stand-out L.A. Frock Stars. “I get to meet the most interesting people on the planet because that’s the kind of people we pitch to the networks. I am excited to work on a growing number of projects and bring new content to new broadcasters,” says Shera. NHNZ Managing Director Kyle Murdoch is thrilled Shera has agreed to step into her new role. “With Shera’s background in both production and development, and her excellent relationships with all NHNZ’s key broadcasters like Animal Planet, A&E, National Geographic and Travel Channel, she is already on the ground and running.” Visit: www.nhnz.tv |
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'When Wildlife Documentaries Jump The Shark' with member Chris Palmer This summer's Shark Week on the Discovery Channel was the highest-rated in the special's 27-year history. But that success has also brought complaints. The network has been criticized for pushing entertainment at the cost of science, with "documentaries" that advance dubious theories — or are entirely fake. Discovery Channel has aired specials about everything from mythical monster sharks in Louisiana's rivers to long-extinct Megalodons supposedly still swimming the seas. Animal Planet — which is owned by Discovery Communications — has even run fake documentaries on mermaids. A Caveat Buried In The Credits
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Shark Week's dark side: After fake documentary controversy, Discovery doubles down on its lies Last year, Discovery Channel kicked off Shark Week with a two-hour documentary called "Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives," about the rediscovery of a giant prehistoric predator thought to have been extinct for more than 35 million years. But it was entirely bogus. The scientists in the documentary were all actors, and the photos that supposedly showed megalodon were clearly doctored. Confirming the lie was a too-fast-to-read disclaimer that ran across the screen in the program's final seconds. The deception caused an immediate firestorm among Shark Week fans, who protested the fake documentary on social media, with many vowing never to trust Discovery again. But the program drew 4.8 million viewers – the biggest in Shark Week 27-year history – and executive producer Michael Sorensen stood by the fake documentary with a half-baked defense: "With a whole week of Shark Week programming ahead of us, we wanted to explore the possibilities of Megalodon. It's one of the most debated shark discussions of all time, can Megalodon exist today?" It's a preposterous question, according to Chris Palmer, a nature filmmaker, author of the book "Shooting in the Wild" and a professor at American University. "I was outraged that Discovery would show a film like that and deliberately, for the sake of ratings, mislead people," Palmer says. "People felt that Discovery had let them down. I'm sure they had Champagne and celebrated the ratings, but it shouldn't be that way. They did real damage with that film. They misled people and promoted pseudo-science." And now Discovery is doubling down on the lie. As part of this year's Shark Week programming, it's airing an extended version of last year's megalodon documentary, followed by a new one-hour program, "Megalodon: The New Evidence." Discovery didn't make the show available for advanced screening, but offers this program description: "Collin Drake returns to share new details of his case and present shocking new evidence of the existence of megalodon, an enormous prehistoric shark that could still be roaming the oceans." Palmer is stunned that Discovery learned nothing from the controversy. "What new evidence?" Palmer wants to know. "I'm shocked that they're airing more of this junk." Read more: www.oregonlive.com Chris Palmer has a new book coming out next year called Confessions of a Wildlife Filmmaker, which will look skeptically at what broadcasters like Discovery are airing in their zealous pursuit of ratings. Email: palmer@american.edu Website: www.chrispalmeronline.com Twitter: @chrispalmer_au |
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The campaign may be winning says Richard Brock - The "Blackfish" Effect! It appears that due to the sucess of media and film, the tide is turning in the war against animal cruelty, over-exploitation and misrepresentation. China takes shark fin soup off the menu, Shark fin imports to world’s biggest market drop by third and SeaWorld shares sink amid concerns over killer whale displays. Are these sucesses down to film and other media? Is Blackfish really a film that has made a difference? Proof that a big corporation can be hit? Visit Richard's updated News Page on his website for more, including his disapproval of Discovery's sponsorship of Wildscreen: www.brockinitiative.org/news.htm |
What is 4K? How can you get great wildlife footage from a DSLR? What does broadcast quality mean? How can you get amazing aerial shots on a budget? What do you need to take slow motion video?
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weekend introduces the latest technology and camera systems for those
who may upgrade their equipment in the future or have yet to buy a camcorder. The knowledge gained
will help you choose and use the right gear for your purposes and
will save you wasting money on unnecessary or inappropriate technology.
The Creative Camerawork element will help you improve your techniques
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Beyond Borders Film School had a great past couple of months with some students producing some great short wildlife documentaries. Here is the link of their Youtube Channel if you are interested in seeing some of them: 
And in the pipeline they currently have one student producing a three minuter about Cape Fur Seals in 3D! 
They still have some places available for their courses in October (starting on the 3rd of October) and in November (starting on the 11th of November) if you are interested in enrolling for their next 30 day wildlife film course and producing your own short documentary with them. You can contact Sebastien Rombi on 
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Silverback Films is looking for an Assistant Producer & a Researcher Silverback Films (Bristol, UK) is looking for an assistant producer and a researcher to support its new underwater commissions. They are looking for applicants with the following skill set;
Start Date: Likely early 2015 (possibly before) Please send your application to Hal.Hampson@silverbackfilms.tv |
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ITV are seaching for wildlife film bloopers for It'll be Alright on the Night! It'll be Alright on the Night are in their 37th year and in production with another special. They are on the look out for out-takes from all over the world and in particular are keen to find some funny moments from the world of Wildlife Film. They are looking for fluffs, falls, out-takes and bloopers. Anything that went wrong during filming that's laugh-out-loud funny. As ever, they will clear all copyright and talent and so more often than not everyone's will be really happy to be included in the programme. Over the years the show has featured some of the biggest names in the film industry including Dame Judi Dench, Keira Knightley, Daniel Craig and Dustin Hoffman, to name but a few. So you'd be in good company but we need to add a few wildlife film names to that list! Please contact holly.mccabe@itv.com if you can help with your own funny bloopers, or know of any that you think would be worthwhile including in the show! There's a £100 finder's fee up for grabs for clips that make it into the final show! :) |
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BBC Underwater Camera Bursary Job Introduction OCEAN is a new and ambitious landmark series for BBC1 - the next iteration of the ‘Planet’ brand, following on from ‘One Planet – Land’ (2016) and building on series like Blue Planet and Planet Earth. Just as Blue Planet did, OCEAN will give a generation a chance to take a global view of our seas, but this time in a current, immersive and interactive way. OCEAN will share the extraordinary new discoveries at the edge of our known world. It will saturate our audience with awe and wonder at all that we have learned about our underwater frontiers. Through the untold stories of the astonishing lives of the animals, plants and humans that live within and around them, OCEAN will take us on a voyage like never before. The oceans are the only part of the planet where the rate of scientific discovery is actually increasing. New science and new technology gives us new stories. OCEAN brings us to the frontiers where they are being uncovered, where new behaviours are being observed, where new analogies between life on land and life in the sea are being drawn and new interdependencies understood. OCEAN will reveal the secrets that have been hiding beneath the waves. Read more on our Jobs Page Find out more & apply here: careerssearch.bbc.co.uk/jobs/job/Underwater-Camera-Bursary |
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The RSPB need Common (Harbour) Seal & Tawny Owl Footage Urgently! Madelaine Westwood is looking for footage of Common (habour) Seals and Tawny Owls - all behaviours for a conservation social media campaign for the RSPB. Please contact Madelaine on Madelaine.westwood@rspb.org.uk if you can help! |
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Sarah Weldon is looking for some help with her Oceans Project! I have a couple of opportunities coming up, that might be of interest to your members. Not paid, unfortunately, but there is interest for a TV documentary and for footage to be shared through the UK tabloids as part of a channel, so could be a good stepping stone, plus have a few BBC wildlife filming type folks supporting in other ways. First Opportunity Second Opportunity Next week is the first of my busy weeks and includes: I also need to come up with a montage to be shown at the Explorer's Club in New York in Oct. Contact sarah@oceansproject.com if you'd like to get involved! www.oceansproject.com |
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A message from... NaturVision Film Festival! Dear Friends of the NaturVision Film Festival, We are still in the follow-up phase of the NaturVision Film Festival – looking through photos, replying to mails with impressions of the festival, and even already making plans for 2015! Altogether we managed to reach more than 11,000 viewers with our events. But it’s not just the figures that we’re delighted about: We can look back on a wonderful festival with a rich atmosphere, characterised by fantastic films, many unforgettable encounters and an impressive gala award ceremony. A list of all the prize winners is available at festival.natur-vision.de/en/competition.html We would like to say a big thankyou to all the trade visitors who enriched the festival with their presence – and of course to everyone who assists and supports our work! Best wishes, Ralph Thoms and Dr. Kay Hoffmann Mail: thoms@natur-vision.de Web: www.natur-vision.de |
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Call for entries - 25th Abbeville Bird and Nature Festival The Abbeville Bird and Nature Festival is in it's 25th year. They have opened their Call for Entries, open until the 3rd of November. See: www.festival-oiseau-nature.com/france/decouverte/concours/films (scroll down to find the English translation). |
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BLUE 2014 Film Finalists Announced! The BLUE Ocean Film Festival & Conservation Summit will be held in Saint Petersburg/Tampa Bay, Florida, USA from November 3 - 9, 2014 See the finalist and honorable mentioned films here listed: www.blueoceanfilmfestival.org/2014_film_finalist_3.htm Congratulations to Michaela Strachan for her nomination in the 'Presenter Lead Program' for The Great Penguin Rescue produced by members NHU Africa and Alice Clarke! :) |
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The NY WILD Film Festival Call For Entries is NOW OPEN! The New York WILD Film Festival is a documentary film festival showcasing a spectrum of topics, from exploration and adventure to wildlife and the environment, bringing all things wild to the most urban city in the world.
Through powerful, exhilarating films and conversations WILD presents an extraordinary opportunity to exchange ideas, affect vital change and celebrate the wild. New York WILD is excited to partner again with the venerable Explorers Club whose members have accomplished many incredible “firsts” -- from the deepest point in the ocean to the surface of the moon. The festival will be held January 30-31, 2015.
We welcome documentaries about exploration, adventure, wildlife, conservation and the environment completed between January 1, 2013 and December 2014. Enter your films at FilmFreeway. Contact:
Nancy Rosenthal
Founder & Executive Director
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Check out this new Reel for 2014 from member Richard Hughes Richard is an experienced shooting AP with broadcast credits: directing, camerawork and editing. He has a special interest in observational documentary and natural history filmmaking, which has lead him to film projects in over 15 countries, keeping him abreast of some of the latest production techniques. Get in touch if you are in need!
Websites: www.richardshughes.co.uk & www.edge2edgefilms.co.uk |
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Watch Wildscreen Finalist Elephant Seals California's Coast TRAILER 2014 from member Alex Jones NOMINATED FOR 2 PANDA AWARDS AT #wildscreen! IT'S THE ACADEMY AWARDS FOR WILDLIFE FILMS. Off the shores of the Pacific Ocean, Massive northern elephant seals battle like gladiators to become kings of the beach. Each year, the seals are forced to fight their way through towering waves to migrate to California's central coast. They arrive for one purpose. To breed. As the beach is filled with 5 ton bulls, they clash, bite and brutally attack each other to win a harem and claim themselves to be California's "Beach Masters".
Email: wildlifefilmproductions2@yahoo.com Website: www.wildlifefilmproductions.com See all nominations here: www.wildlife-film.com/features/Wildscreen-Nominations-for-natural-history-film-Oscars-announced-190614.html |
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Listen to Swallows Nesting In Windy Stables 2014 by member Gregory Ovenden A.K.A The Sound Farmer! Swallows being fed in their nest on a windy Summer day. Blog post: www.thesoundfarmer.com/swallows-nest…indy-stables Recorded with stereo pair of DPA4060s to Sound Devices 744T.
soundcloud.com/thesoundfarmer/swallows-nesting-in-windy-stables-2014 Email: gregoryovenden@gmail.com Website: www.thesoundfarmer.com |
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A Song for Conservation – ‘Through Wild Eyes’ Lyrics written by new member Shelley Lozano A song written especially to raise awareness and funds for big cats and wildlife conservation. A large portion of the profit (one third) from the sale of this single will go to help raise funds for wildlife charities. The single is currently available in the UK and worldwide as an mp3 download at a price of £3 and one third of the profits will go to any wildlife charity or other organisation promoting the song to their supporters. The cover can also be adapted to suit any wildlife project or individual charity so the song is suitable for all animals and wildlife charities. It can be purchased from the Web Store on this link: bigcatconservation.webs.com/apps/webstore/products/show/5116371 or by emailing shelleylozano@mail.com Shelley Lozano with her colleague, Ali Leyton (music and vocals) are currently working on a whole album to raise awareness for all endangered wildlife and have just written a song for elephants called ‘Ivory Tusks’ and the album will also include some instrumental numbers, so more songs on the way! Visit: www.bigcatconservation.webs.com Follow @ShelleyLozano |
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The Blowfish has been Sunday Brunching again! Our Heavy Metal Marine Biologist, Animal Handler and Wildlife Presenter was on Channel 4's Sunday Brunch again on the 10th of August 2014 (Episode 25). This time his enthusiastic subject was turtles. Catch him on 4OD (one week left) at 01:29:17: www.channel4.com/programmes/sunday-brunch/4od#3738466 Email: tom.theblowfish@gmail.com Website: www.theblowfish.co.uk Follow @TheBlowfish |
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See new member Emma Blackwell in the latest Zoo Zews Monthly from Paradise Wildlife Park Emma is the resident presenter at Paradise Wildlife Park in hertfordshire. Her day consists of at least four live animal shows, tours, educational talks and a small amount of animal training. Alongside this she is the online presenter for a series called Zoo News Monthly.
She's soon to start her own programme on Animal Bytes TV, so watch this space! Email: emmalblackwell@yahoo.co.uk Website: www.emmablackwell.co.uk Follow @EmmaBlackwell12 |
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Seeing the World in 360°: The Panoramic Adventures of member Chris du Plessis In an ever-changing technological landscape it is critical for photographers and videographers to adapt and explore new tools. When it comes to employing visual mediums, Chris Du Plessis stands as one of the world's most versatile and diversified professionals. Widely known for his work photographing and filming wildlife for his organization Photos of Africa, Chris also shoots virtual tours of travel destinations and contributes extensively to the Google Street View project. The most recent example of Chris' proactive approach has seen him add 360-degree video to his arsenal of tools. Read more: www.linkedin.com Email: info@photosofafrica.com Follow @PhotosofAfrica & @360ImageFilm Websites: www.photosofafrica.com& www.southafricatravelchannel.com |
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Tom Aveling's short film on Ol Pejeta Conservancy featured on Nat Geos Short Film Showcase! Check out Fighting Rhino Poaching With Guns, Drones, and Dogs. Discover what it takes to protect rare species at a conservancy in Kenya. From tracker dogs to armed response - ensuring rhinos, elephants, big cats and other iconic species can survive and thrive. (Previously featured in WFN 179)
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Member EIA is celebrating it's 30th birthday with a photography auction A celebration of the natural world and a look back at 30 years of the Environmental Investigation Agency's achievements hosted by Biochemist, Wild Animal Biologist and TV Presenter Liz Bonnin. Over twenty world famous photographers have donated exclusive prints to be auctioned in support of EIA. We will also have an interactive display and films about EIA’s work. Drinks and nibbles will be served on arrival, followed by a paid bar selling wines and local beers. Visit: eia-international.org/eias-30th-anniversary-photography-auction Book a place HERE! |
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Take action: Watch the United for Wildlife video & spread the word United for Wildlife is fighting the illegal wildlife trade. We can save animals from extinction - but we need you to join us on social media so we can get people talking about the crisis facing the worlds wildlife. Please watch and share our new video which explains what we are, who we are – and why we can’t tackle the poaching crisis without your help. #WhoseSideAreYouOn
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Help member MCS with the Great British Beach Clean! Join the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) for the Great British Beach Clean and help clean a beach near you! Marine litter is a problem that we can all play a part in solving, and what better way to start than with a day at the beach. See our website to register as a volunteer for a beach clean: www.mcsuk.org/greatbritishbeachclean Ring MCS for more information: 01989 567807.
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Sensory: BBC Wildlife Director John Downer & the technology of 'spy-cam' filmmaking Small Cameras, Big Stories. Exciting developments in camera technology have levelled out of the playing field between the professional and the amateur and so the battle now for programme makers like award-winning wildlife filmmaker John Downer is having to produce something better than the average person. The difference comes from investing into understanding the behaviour of the animal and devising a way to capture those unique moments, using a huge amount of research, inventiveness and dedication. This has resulted in exceptional and unique technical solutions that tell a story in an new and compelling way.
Discover more about Sensory visual content at: curve.gettyimages.com/issue/sensory |
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Are wildlife documentaries contributing to environmental ignorance? asks ABC Radio National's Sarah L'Estrange Wildlife films offer magnificent windows into nature, but is their romanticised view of wilderness hiding the darker side of habitat destruction and threatened species? Sarah L’Estrange asks whether David Attenborough and his ilk are keeping our eyes are wide shut. Wildlife documentaries have been companions in our living rooms since the 1960s. They offer insights into the wonders of the natural world. However, is the world these documentaries portray a fiction? Currently, a quarter of all mammals are in danger of extinction. The number of other endangered species is too long to list. Yet you can watch a wildlife film and remain blissfully unaware of the imminent threat to lions, tigers, frogs or any other species. Conservationist and primatologist Dr Jane Goodall argues we have our ‘eyes tightly closed.’ Read more here: www.abc.net.au/radionational |
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Wildlife Sound Recording Society Sound of the Month! The Pink-footed Goose is September's Sound of the Month - have a listen soundcloud.com/wildlife-sound-recording/pink-footed-goose. www.wildlife-sound.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/WildlifeSound Twitter: @WildlifeSound |
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Chris Watson Sound App to be released on the 10th of September – The Nimbus The Nimbus is a sonic paintbox, featuring a collection of sound works by Chris Watson contained in an app for mobile devices. It allows you to travel within immersive sounds to impossible locations and inhabit natural environments which your physical presence would disrupt; detailed sound objects of stark beauty for personal listening. Alongside these portable experiences are a set of sound games; playful as well as sonically rich, that will take you on journeys that reorganise your everyday. The Nimbus allows you to hear natural environments as they are when we are not physically present with our smells, our noises and our narratives. Use it as a travelling companion, as you commute, work, shop or move through the grid of streets subdividing your world in arbitrarily geometric sections that have little to do with the geological and ecological reality underpinning our existence. It invites you to reframe your day-to-day activities within a strangely beautiful set of sound paintings by the world's foremost sound recordist.. Nimbus will be available for free download from The Nimbus Group website from 10 September 2014. Preview The Nimbus Follow: @ChrisRWatson Listen to Gossip From The Garden Pond - Three tales written and introduced by Lynne Truss, with sound recordings by Chris Watson. The first episode, called The Tadpole and the Dragonfly, airs at 19:15, Sunday 7th Sept '14 on BBC Radio 4! |
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Teton GeoTourism Center - Wolverines by Conservation Media Conservation Media produced this film on wolverines for the new Teton GeoTourism Center in Driggs, ID.
Visit: www.conservationmedia.com Follow: @naturefilmmaker |
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Wild Pages: The Wildlife Film-makers' Resource Guide 2014/15 Competition Win a copy of Wild Pages 2014/15... An essential piece of kit! Tell us what the animal on the front cover is: news@wildlife-film.com A name will be drawn at random from the correct entries and the winner will be announced in the next edition of Wildlife Film News. We didn't get a correct answer, so the comp is still open!! You can, if you prefer, just purchase a copy here: www.wildeye.co.uk/wildpages/order.html Thank you!! :) |
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ITV Studios Australia partners with Kim Wolhuter ITV Studios Australia has penned a deal with Kim Wolhuter (pictured), an Emmy-winning doc filmmaker noted for having spent extended periods living with cheetahs. Wolhuter, who has a 25-year career as a wildlife filmmaker, is working with ITVSA’s head of development Micah Hewson to create three documentaries – on the elephant, cheetah and African wild dog – using some of the 350 hours of footage he has shot over the past nine years. Read more at: Realscreen.com |
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BBC Worldwide sells 300 hours of programmes in China BBC Worldwide yesterday announced the sale of 300 hours of programmes to four key clients in China. The announcement was made at the fourth annual China Showcase in Beijing. The event saw BBC Worldwide unveil hundreds of new programme offerings from a variety of genres to over 100 industry partners in the country. It also serves as a forum to exchange ideas for future collaborations. The deals consist predominately of natural history and factual. Read more at: www.bbc.co.uk |
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Eileen O'Neill to run Discovery Studios Discovery Communications has moved Eileen O'Neill (pictured) to the newly created position of global group president of Discovery Studios, in a shake-up that sees Marjorie Kaplan become Discovery Channel's interim head. Read more at: Realscreen.com |
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Plimsoll hires Andrew Jackson for int'l production role Grant Mansfield's UK indie Plimsoll Productions has hired former BBC and Discovery Channel exec Andrew Jackson (pictured) to be its exec VP of international production. London- and Bristol-based Plimsoll was launched by Grant Mansfield - the former CEO of LA-based prodco Zodiak USA – last September, with a focus on reality and wildlife programming for the UK and U.S. markets. Read more at: Realscreen.com |
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"Hyperlapse For iPhone Will Revolutionize Wildlife Films" according to JV Chamary As a biologist, my first thought after hearing about Hyperlapse – Instagram’s new app for making time-lapse movies – was this: nature videos. Hyperlapse records a film and shows frames at intervals so it looks like time has elapsed quickly. The app is simple to use. Tap a button to start and stop recording, swipe a slider to set the playback speed (up to x12 normal) then tap to save the clip to your phone and/or share it on Facebook or Instagram. The promotional trailer focuses on how the app can be used to document our daily lives. But who wants to watch boring, self-obsessed Homo sapiens? At 30 seconds into the trailer, you see seagulls on a beach, hinting at a far more interesting use for Hyperlapse – capturing wildlife. Read more: www.forbes.com |
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We shed a tear for Crusoe, the lonely baboon, then blithely destroy a species by Camilla Cavendish If you want a break from the grim world news, spare a thought for Robinson Crusoe, the lonely baboon who is stranded on an island in the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe. It is a deeply human, faintly hilarious story. The intrepid baboon seems to have gone to explore the island during an unusually dry spell. When the water rose, in a river infested with crocodiles, he couldn’t swim back. For three years he has eked out a pitiful living on birds’ eggs and grass, with not even a tree to climb, calling out to his family on the far bank to relieve his loneliness. The response to his plight gives an uplifting glimpse into the human psyche. Concerned tourists have pleaded with the Mana Pools national park to mount a rescue mission for Robinson. Someone tried mooring a boat full of enticing bananas on the island, but he was too scared to approach it. Thoughtful park rangers have earnestly debated whether it would be wrong for them to interfere with the course of nature. Read more: www.thesundaytimes.co.uk |
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Wildlife Wish List – The importance of the right kit! "One of the challenges that wildlife has is that its very hard to find brand new stories. Whereas even fifteen years ago you could just blow people away as they’d never seen for instance this part of Peru or the Antarctic ice cap or deep sea oceans. Obviously now I think audiences are so savvy and worldly and with the advent of things like YouTube it’s really hard for us to blow people away with animals they haven’t seen before somewhere.” Chadden Hunter is a producer/director of the BBC’s One Planet which is shooting now all over the world. The public’s expectations of the new series is weighing heavy as he tries to conjure up new visual treats. “We debate about whether we should go back to more familiar animals and shoot them in a much more cinematic style, or to find those stories that haven’t been done and still shoot them traditionally on the end of a long lens. I think it is striking a balance. “What I don’t want to be doing is filming Penguins and Meerkats for the rest of my career just because I can walk through them with a Steadicam.” Read more: www.definitionmagazine.com |
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