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Professional Underwater Video Internship Update...
Written by lisa   
Wednesday, 09 May 2012 11:10

After celebrating the Thai New Year (Songkran) with a big water festival, we are nearing the end of Jahawi and Angelina’s Professional HD Underwater Videographer Internships. The visibility around Koh Tao’s dive sites has been stunning for the past six weeks or so, and the whalesharks have been visiting us almost every day! That should be a good omen for the coming Buddhist year (2556).

 

Our enthusiasm for the small things on the reef continues and is being passed on to Professional Underwater Videographer, Angelina. She completed her BSAC Pro Video Course last year and has returned to take part in the documentary filmmaker internship (Angelina's documentary can be seen here). The busy lives of the cleaner wrasse and cleaner shrimp have captivated her. So, we’ve been off doing what we love best- spending our dives studying the habits of some of Koh Tao’s tinier creatures.

 

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Professional Underwater Videographer, Angelina

 

We also have a new BSAC Pro Video Trainee here in the Oceans Below Sairee office. Jahawi is a DJ and music producer from Kenya. He has already been touched by the video bug and can't wait to start his documentary. He’ll get the chance to compose some music of his own for his movie!

 

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Professional Underwater Videographer, Jahawi

 

Elisabeth has been busy collecting some great footage of the smallest of our island’s nudibranchs. In the two weeks of scouting round the divesites for Corinna’s documentary, we were amazed how many different species we were able to find. So, we decided to make a little movie of our own which is being edited right now.

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And finally, we have been able to film loads of whalesharks in the past few weeks. As nobody is working on a whaleshark movie or project at the moment, Elisabeth put together a short film of what we have been seeing lately. Click here to enjoy it!

 

 

 
Oceans Below Video Trainers Win Another International Prize!
Written by lisa   
Monday, 16 April 2012 10:36

The showreels of Orhiane and Corinna, high-lighting the very best of what’s been happening under water on Koh Tao, have been uploaded and can be seen Here!  They have both been certified as BSAC Professional Underwater Videographers and are now completing their documentary internships.

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Nudibranch

Our passion for the macro world has infected Corinna who has chosen to make her documentary on nudibranchs. We are searching every inch of the reefs and sandy bottoms to find as many different species as we can. It’s often a challenge to scan a wall in search of tiny life with schools of barracudas swirling in a tornado or travellies chasing fuseliers in the blue behind your back!

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Corinna filming on her Pro Underwater Video course

While Corinna is focusing on macro filming, Orhiane has chosen to look at the bigger picture. Her stay on Koh Tao and newly-found passion for underwater videography as a result of her course with Oceans Below is going to be the topic of her documentary.

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Orhiane, Pro Underwater Video Intern

Meanwhile, we are expecting the results of the “Voice of the Ocean” film competition any day now. Elisabeth and I submitted our short movie "Coral Suburbia" for consideration. It was the same film which was awarded Second Place in the PAF Tachov International Underwater Film Festival in the Czech Republic last month. Let's see what the next competition brings!

 

 
Oceans Below Pro Video Trainer Wins Australasia Underwater Video Shoot-Out!
Written by Administrator   
Tuesday, 13 December 2011 10:49

While on holiday in Holland, Oceans Below Pro Underwater Underwater Video Trainer, Elisabeth, found out that one of her short movies won the top two prizes in the in the Australasia Underwater Video Shoot-Out! The rules required all video to be shot over an 8 day period between the 1st-10th of September (so, no stock footage), and that it be no longer than 5 minutes in length. Elisabeth's movie- Secrets of the Sand (see here), gained the Best of Show award as well as the Best Narrated Movie award!

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Elisabeth filming a huge Green Sea Turtle in Bunaken, Indonesia

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Elisabeth was especially lucky to be able to film these Flamboyant Cuttlefish mating

It was a great way to welcome the low season on Koh Tao as she immediately cashed in the top prize- a 2 week stay at Eco Divers Resorts in Manado and Lembeh Island Sulawesi, Indonesia! She informs us that it was a magical two weeks of diving where she was able to capture some fantastic footage of some of the area's incredible creatures. It seemed that she was lucky enough to gain HD underwater footage of Mimic Octopus mating as well as mating Flamboyant Cuttlefish! In addition, she informs us that she filmed Hairy Frogfish, Ambon Scorpionfish, Coconut (Veined) Octopus, a variety of Cockatoo Waspfish, seahorses and loads more...

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Filming in Bunaken, Indonesia

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Coconut Octopus at night in Lembeh

We're so proud of the work she has done and look forward to seeing what she comes up with next. Special thanks to Christian, Cary and all the staff at Eco Divers!

It seems that she will soon be cashing in her second prize- a 10 day all expenses paid dive trip to Yap, Micronesia! Well done Elisabeth!