2 week videography training and internship

Train to become a BSAC Professional HD Underwater Videographer on Koh Tao, Thailand

Underwater videography course Thailand

2 Week BSAC Pro HD Underwater Video Training

Become an underwater videographer in one of Asia's top dive destinations! While you are living on the beautiful island of Koh Tao, you will be trained to capture the stunning underwater world. Oceans Below will provide you with all of the skills and equipment needed to produce professional HD underwater videos. Your training will include the use of high-quality HD video cameras, Gates and Aquatica Underwater Housings, and Adobe software. Join our highly experienced team of professionals for the 2-week BSAC Pro HD Underwater Video Training program.

You must be a certified PADI Rescue Diver (or equivalent) with 50+ logged dives It is possible to add on the scuba training courses before the start of the Pro HD Underwater Videographer Training if you have no prior dive experience. Oceans Below can organize your dive training and accommodation through Koh Tao’s Premiere 5-Star IDC Center.

2 week video training

Get hands-on experience in the making of top-quality underwater movies. Learn to shoot everything from the biggest fish in the world, to the smallest shrimp, using full manual camera controls for that perfect image(white balance, focus, exposure, lighting, and zoom) edit your movies on Adobe Premiere Pro.

Instructor and student with the HD cameras

Available Dates

The Pro HD Underwater videographer Training Course is available year-round. We only take 2 people per course to ensure that each trainee gets lots of personalized attention throughout the course. We begin a course at the start and at the middle of each month. These courses usually are booked at least a few months in advance, so make sure you check in with us prior to traveling to check the availability.

The best time of year for a chance to see Whalesharks is close to the monsoon period, so April/May and September/October/November are the best months. However, they can turn up anytime. May to February are the best months to get close encounters with the Bull Sharks. April, May and June are the easiest months to spot Green and Hawksbill turtles. Throughout the year you’ll see Moray Eels, Stingrays, Scorpion Fish, Octopus, Sea Snakes, Boxfish, Jacks, Groupers, etc...

Health Requirements for underwater videographers

If you are looking to participate in this program you need to ensure that you are reasonably fit and free from any conditions that may prevent from or be a danger to you while diving. Before coming to Thailand, it is best to consult your doctor and get a signed Medical Statement.

Underwater videographer training Thailand

2 Week Underwater Video Internship (only available after the 2 week BSAC Pro course)

Once you have completed your training, you will have the option to follow one, or both of the following:

-learning to produce souvenir videos for divers. Film and edit a movie to music telling the story of the diver's day trip. By the end of this internship you'll have gained all the skills and knowledge to be successfully employed in the field.

-continued Education and skill development. Quite simply, diving and filming to produce your own short documentary. Diving away from the main student dive sites and so avoiding the crowds, spending 45 minutes filming a seahorse to get that perfect shot. Or head out to the dive sites that the big student boats can't reach, Sam Ran pinnacle, Sail Rock, Hot spots to shoot the big stuff.For this course we will be using the Goodtime Adventures speedboat so we have no time restrictions and can get to any dive site in a matter of minutes.

Goodtime Adventures speedboat

You must be a certified BSAC Sports diver or PADI Rescue Diver (or equivalent) with 50+ logged dives. Being a competent scuba diver is critical as you will be filming PADI Instructors with students in training and you will be expected to look after yourself underwater. It is possible to add on the BSAC Dive Leader or PADI Divemaster Training Course or even the BSAC Open Water Instructor Course or PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) before or after the Underwater Videographer Internship.

Available Dates

The Video Internship is available year-round. You may begin any time after your 2-week Video Training Course. The length of the internship is 2 weeks. Oceans Below will give you as many opportunities as possible to gain experience.

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!