Freeport, Grand Bahama - A one-day workshop for beginner or intermediate underwater videographers will take place on the 28th of October, 2011 as part of the FlIFF on-location: Grand Bahama Island event, an extension of the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF).
Participants must provide their own underwater video equipment. Video equipment is not supplied and rentals are not available.
Beginning at 9:00 am the morning workshop discussions will include underwater camera techniques and the importance of production planning. At 2 pm, after a lunch-break, participants will check in with the Underwater Explorers Society (UNEXSO) to film UNEXSO’s legendary shark dive where attendees will be challenged with producing a short video of their shark diving experience.
An afternoon post dive session will involve video screening and discussions.
The following is more information on the UNEXSO shark dive:
• The Shark Dive requires a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 10 people.
• Only fully Certified Divers will be allowed to participate.
• Divers are required to check in at 2 pm.
• UNEXSO will provide dive gear, but participants may wish to bring their own diving equipment, in which case the cost will be the same.
The Workshop fee is $150.00 and interested persons can contact either: dmackey@bahamas.com, or troberts@bahamas.com
In a career spanning more than 35 years, Paul Mockler, IATSE local 667 director of photography associate member: Canadian society of Cinematographers, has worked on hundreds of commercial, documentary and dramatic films.
Early credits include writer and cinematographer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s The New Wave Ocean environment and technology series; director, writer and cinematographer for the wildlife documentary series This Land; underwater cinematographer for the CBC/Disney Danger Bay series; CBC Beachcombers and the MGM Sea Hunt series.
Paul Mockler won the prestigious Gemini award in 1987 for “Best Cinematography in a television series or performing arts program”, presented by the academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Other awards include a Cable Ace award nomination for the Nature Connection series and a nomination for Best Cinematography awarded by the British Association of Film & Television for cinematography on the 1994 BBC production Into the Wild.
Credits on feature motion pictures include underwater director of photography for Zeus and Roxanne, Phoenix Blue, and the fantasy adventure Nomad. Underwater commercial work has included Club Med and the E Channel’s feature on Victoria’s Secret swimwear.
Documentary credits have also included series-cinematographer for Supernatural, a BBC/Discovery co-production, with additional documentary film credits on a number of BBC productions such as the Holiday Series, Living Dangerously, BBC Horizon’s, Human Instinct and Extreme Animals.
Recent documentaries include the IMAX 3D production Sea Monsters, produced by IMAX and National Geographic. Documentary credits also include the Mighty Machines series and underwater director of photography for the Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters Shark Week special. Recent motion picture features include underwater DP for the Hofmann & Voges Production Der Seewolf (The Sea Wolf) and Paradise Productions, Beneath the Blue. Television productions also include underwater photographer for “Germany’s Next Top Model – With Heidi Klum”.
Sponsors of FLIFF on Location include the Pelican Bay Hotel, TheBahamasweekly.com, Bahamas Celebration Cruises, and SkyBahamas Airlines.
PHOTO Caption: Award winning cinematographer Paul Mockler will instruct an underwater film workshop as part of FLIFF on Location: Grand Bahama Island, an extension of Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival in Freeport on Thursday, October 28th. Space is limited for this unique opportunity to learn from Mockler whose career spans 35 years and holds such credits as Beneath the Blue, IMAX Sea Monsters, Mythbusters Shark Week, Zeus and Roxanne and many others.
