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Underwater Video Training in Thailand with the Adobe Bigwigs!
Written by Aidy   
Sunday, 07 March 2010 14:27

February was a fantastic month for the full Oceans Below Team on Koh Tao! With so much going on, I've hardly gotten a free moment to write of the new events.

At the beginning of the month, new trainee David Trescot started his BSAC Professional HD Underwater Videographer course with us.  David didn't need much help with learning the Adobe Premiere Pro software as he was once the Sr. Director of Digital Video at Adobe Systems! More recently, he was on the Board of Directors at Total Training, Inc. So, as you can imagine, he already knew something about the program... and then some! But underwater video is a very different animal to surface shooting and editing, so we were able to point him in the right direction in lots of other areas.

Then as David was starting his Documentary Internship, an old friend of his, Erik Lundblade, arrived to start his pro video course. Erik used to work at Adobe as OEM Product Manager for Premiere and After Effects! He was joined by Kristian, a dive instructor from Norway. These two guys really got stuck into their course as we jetted around the island on the Good Time Adventures speed boat. They've both taken to the course well and have been a lot of fun to have around.training-hd-underwater-video-ADOBE
Kristian and Erik, pre-dive...

We've had a great time hosting the guys from Adobe with us at Oceans Below. Special thanks to Darius and his amazing Texas barbecue from the Oceans Below crew! We were even lucky enough to have Bill Hensler, VP of Dynamic Media at Adobe Systems, hanging out in the office when he wasn't on his PADI Open Water course. Bill was nice enough to bring us a few new copies of the Premiere Pro software in anticipation of the new desktops we have on order. It's good to know some of the guys behind the scenes of the software we love so much. Without the Adobe CS package this job would be a lot harder. But don't just take our word for it, to see all of the possibilities of the program, just go and see the new hit movie Avatar!

Now David has gone back to the States, Erik is starting his PADI Divemaster course at Scuba Junction- Koh Tao, and Kristian is moving into the second week of his documentary internship.

March started with an intensive course for team Sweden. David & Mikael are on a tight schedule, so we've customized the program in order to get them through it in 10 days rather than the typical 14. The schedule has been tough, but they've proven to be naturals at it and they've impressed us all with their progress.

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Swedish Mikael at Twins

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Mikael and David...

Today we'll be going out with Koh Tao Easy Divers for Mikael's last day of filming. We'll have our fingers crossed for something amazing to come along on his last two dives!

 
Professional Underwater Video Trainee Colby Starts Video Internship!
Written by Administrator   
Sunday, 28 February 2010 19:48

Oceans Below video trainee Colby has finally completed his BSAC Professional HD Underwater Vidoegrapher course and begun his paid internship. As Colby will be around for a bit, we've customised his program so that he can continue to work on his documentary film-making techniques while also spending some time getting paid to film souvenir videos for the various dive shops on Koh Tao.

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Colby... a pro videographer in the making...

Once we've been able to get Colby on track, he's surprised us with the quality of his shot-making and his creativity. For the next month or so, we'll be looking forward to having him working with us and becoming part of the team while he simultaneously prepares for his Instructor Development Course (IDC) at Buddha View Dive Resort.

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Colby at work with the HD camera...

After the last few days of diving at Chumphon Pinnacle in the afternoons with the Good Time Adventures speed-boat and getting some really good shots of the Bull Sharks, we're now able to focus on getting Colby up to speed with what the staff videographers on the Oceans Below team do to make a living in Thailand. Soon enough he'll be going out on his own to produce customer movies. We all look forward to what's gonna happen then!

 
Professional Cinematographer, Eike, Learns to Film the Underwater World!
Written by Elisabeth   
Saturday, 23 January 2010 11:14

Oceans Below welcomed our newest BSAC Pro HD Video trainee, Eike recently. With an extended background in the German film industry including his latest award-winning project Hans Im Gluck, his experience with shot-making, sequencing and the editing programs is invaluable.

He came to us to seek further training in making the move to underwater filming and we've had a fantastic time with him so far. It seems that a Professional Underwater Video course in Thailand is also the perfect escape from a brutal European winter!

Eike's a relatively inexperienced diver and is finding it a challenge to get himself in the right place at the right time, but his shot selection is fantastic and, as we'd expect, his camera work is faultless. His only complaint is that this work is difficult as it's not possible to "direct fish"!  

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Professional Cinematographer, Eike Zuleeg, learning to film underwater...

 
Jenny Completes her BSAC Pro HD Underwater Video Course on Koh Tao, Thailand!
Written by Elisabeth   
Monday, 18 January 2010 06:30

Yesterday our video internship trainee, Jenny, wrapped up her BSAC Professional HD Underwater Videographer Course with one dive at Japanese Gardens and another at Twins. We had two fantastic dives and Jenny got some great footage of the seahorses to add to her her demo reel.

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Newly completed BSAC Pro HD Videographer, Jenny

Having completed her Divemaster course at Crystal Divers on Koh Tao, she already came to us as a great diver with a passion for the marine world, and now she's developed an outstanding enthusiasm for underwater film-making!

Today she will begin her internship by filming a group of divers with Koh Tao Easy Divers. She'll be on an extended internship whereby she will focus on documentary style marine filming part-time, while also on a paid internship and  taking care of students.

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Seahorse at Twins

We're excited to have Jenny join us as full time staff upon completion of her training. She's planning on sticking around Oceans Below to get some experience working as an underwater videographer in Thailand and we anticipate that she'll be a great addition to the team!

 
Simon and Alvin Wrap-up Their BSAC Professional HD Underwater Videographer Internship with Oceans Below!
Written by Elisabeth   
Monday, 28 December 2009 16:03

Simon and Alvin, our pro video trainees, have just returned from filming the last of the HD underwater footage for their Koh Tao show reel. They spent the day focusing on the Bull Sharks at Chumphon Pinnacle and on the macro life at Twins and White Rock. They both chose to pursue the option of furthering their training by completing our documentary style film-making internship rather than choosing the paid internship while filming students. Over the past month, they've collected a vast amount of fantastic HD footage for their movie and we've all been having a hard time determining which are the best shots to include!

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Simon and Alvin filming nudes... er, nudis, rather...

Aidy and I have both had an absolute pleasure with Simon and Alvin (our Chipmunks!). Both of them are extremely passionate about diving and filming and they have proven to be excellent videographers. Alvin is going back to his job as a Divemaster in Sipadan, Malaysia and he hopes to return to Koh Tao next year to complete his Instructor Development Course (IDC) with Darius at Buddha View. Simon will return to Crystal Divers to complete his DM course before moving on to Australia where he will work as a Pro Underwater Videographer.

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Broadhead Flathead...

Guys, we both hope that you had as much fun as we did, and we wish you all the best in the future!

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Our December heroes, Simon and Alvin...

 
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