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MUMBAI:
Animal Planet has announced that it will showcase an eight-part
reality series Unearthed: Film School Wild later this
year. For this purpose, it has called for entries globally.
Unearthed
will follow four contestants on an intensive training course
as they learn the essential skills and realities of creating
a natural history documentary. Industry experts and wildlife
filmmakers Lyndal Davies and Andrew Barron will guide the
contestants though their tasks on the course. The tutors will
provide inside knowledge to help the students shoot and edit
their own short wildlife film.
The
budding filmmakers and animal enthusiasts will carry out their
challenges at the Shamwari Game Reserve in South Africa in
July 2008, competing to ultimately have their film chosen
the winner. An international panel of experts will judge the
final documentaries at a gala dinner in South Africa, and
the winner will have his or her film broadcast on Animal Planet
in 160 countries throughout Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa
and the Middle East.
In
previous years, Unearthed students, including from
India, have learnt how to film great white sharks underwater,
film undercover using covert techniques, and aerial filming
from a helicopter, during a game capture.
Entries
will be accepted from 14 April to 19 May. All applicants will
be required to shoot a three-minute personal profile. This
must be produced, shot and edited by the applicant with no
outside assistance. The film should then be delivered in a
DVD format with the application form to the application address.
The
competition is open to those over the age of 18. All
applicants must be in possession of a passport valid until at least February 2009.
Participants will be responsible for their own entry visas into South Africa.
Applicants
must be willing to travel and be available for filming during
July and August 2008 or as otherwise scheduled by the producers.
In
addition, they must not have worked in a professional capacity
as a cinematographer, director, producer, editor, sound recordist
or in a senior film or television production role.
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