	Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre
	Canada's premier coastal and marine facility for teaching and research

Scientific Filmmaking 2009

Instructors:

Jeff Morales, producer and cinematographer for National Geographic
Dr. Colin Bates, photographer, videographer and marine biologist

This course was described as "an introduction to the use of video as a means to communicate scientific and natural history information..."

But it was oh-so-much-more....
*see the photo gallery

Dr. Colin Bates writes:

"This was the first year that we have offered the Introduction to Marine Scientific Filmmaking course, and by all accounts it was a great success. This fantastic group of students eagerly took concepts introduced in lecture and put them immediately into practice in the field. They learned how to use professional video cameras to capture the building blocks of video sequences, mastered the basics of video and audio editing, and learned how to build realistic sets for filming sea stars and banana slugs in the lab. Several nights a week were spent critiquing existing nature documentaries (13 in all), and we discussed the finer (and not so fine) details by deconstructing other filmmakers work.

In the second week we learned how to make time-lapse movies, and tried out several ways to capture underwater footage. One and five-page proposals helped the students to refine their ideas for their final projects. The final week and a half was spent in the field, with students filming the subjects of their choice, from mink to ROVs, wave-swept shores to red-legged frogs, local kelp icons, seastar tubefeet, and so on. The BMSC film festival was attended by over 50 people, and the hard work of the students brought laughter, learning, and reflection. The course was capped off with the Bammy awards, where students were all recognized for their efforts. Several of the students say their career path will involve filmmaking, which is really rewarding for us to hear. Thanks to everyone who made this a great course. See you next year!"

Filmmaking student Paul Lehmkuhl awarded an Internship with the National Geographic Society, based on his production of "Subtidal Desire" (see link below to view).

Documentary films made by the class. Click on links below to view:

"Hooked" by Melia Legace & Maeva Gauthier

"Mink Manor" by Carly Janusson & Marie Fournier

"Black Wizards" by Cam Koerselman & Nik Clyde

"Podia Under Pressure" by Stefania Gorogopa & Mary Daniels

"Red Legged Arena" by Brent Seamone

"Subtidal Desire" by Paul Lehmkuhl (People's Choice at the Bammy Awards)

"Symphony of Life" by Ty Merritt & Kibby Evans

"The ROVing Eye" by Cherisse Dupreez & Zora Feren

"Troubled Water" by Elisabeth Oakham

Time lapse exercises...

	Inlet Time Lapse
	Slugfest
	From the Deck at BMSC
	LabAntics
	Starfish Races

Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre
100 Pachena Rd, Bamfield, BC
Canada, V0R 1B0
Phone: (250) 728-3301
Fax: (250) 728-3452

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