Shark & Lion
The venomous Lionfish was introduced by accident into the Caribbean. It populates too much, disturbs the balance of the local marine eco system and causes immense damage on the reefs. By telling a symbolic story, ‘Shark & Lion’ shines a light on this ecological problem.
For more information please refer to: Cape Eleuthera Institute
Making of ‘Shark & Lion’
Making of the Shark and Lionfish diving scenes
Making of the over water scenes.
Startingpoint, Homebase …
… Divebase Oceanfox Cottonbay at Davis Harbor Marina.
Martin in good mood on the way to the location of the day … the Schooner Cays.
Al Curry from Oceanfox is ‘head of transportation and logistics’.
Micha, Al and Flo expecting an exciting day.
Al, Anderson and Daryl … looking great on the ‘Rum Boat’, which is flat enough to get right to the beach.
Mace jumps right into his job as the ‘behind the scenes cameraman’.
Getting the drone over.
Al expecting the boys to shoot the first scene with the Lionfish.
The main actor for the first scene.
Getting the timing right.
Flo and Mace having fun directing Michel.
Yes, we will eat the Lionfish for dinner. It tastes actually very good.
Wade Livingston shoots most of the beautiful pictures today.
We decide to use the upcoming thunderstorm for the plot.
Mace is sceptic about the storm but motivates himself with potato chips.
Setting up the camera …
… to shoot Michael crawling out of the water.
Michael complains about the lightning …
… but we have to do it a few times more to get the shot.
Celebrating the lightning strike that we just recorded.
Wiping away the footprints for the upcoming shots.
Al is getting rich on sand dollars.
The weather couldn’t be any better.
It’s a perfectly strange combination of clouds and sun.
Expecting another change of weather.
Time to get the aerial shots.
It’s just 5 minutes later …
… and the weather is completely different.
Discussing the last details for the diving.
Getting ready for the money shot.
It’s getting crowded.
