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Jaws Strikes Back

Posted on: October 29th, 2014

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A S U C C E S S F O R S H A R K S

A S U C C E S S F O R S H A R K S

It’s officially been 1 week since a landmark win for sharks at Cop 27 🏆
 On Thursday 17th November, world leaders voted to approve the suggestion put forward by Panama to add over 50 species of sharks to the CITES Appendix II. This decision will regulate and limit the commercial trade of the sharks most targeted by the fin trade. This includes the charismatic requiem family (that’s blues, bulls, blacktips and many others), bonnethead sharks and hammerhead sharks.  
According to Luke Warwick, associate director at the Wildlife Conservation Society's Sharks and Rays program, before this decision “around 25% of shark’s subject to the fin trade were protected," but with this new plan, “about 70% of sharks will be protected.”

While we celebrate this historic decision, enjoy this close up of a great hammerhead Sphyrna mokarran taken from our 2021 @discovery show, The Great Hammerhead Stake Out. The doc followed Dr Tristan Guttridge and James Glancy, as they investigated rare sightings of these critically endangered sharks in the Bahamas - from a tent suspended in the ocean!

#shark #sharkprotection #CITES #cites4sharks #appendix2 #conservation #historic #ocean #saveouroceans #saveoursharks #saveourseas #hammerhead #greathammerheadshark #requiemsharks #blueshark #winforsharks

A N I N T R O D U C T I O N . . . As mentioned i

A N I N T R O D U C T I O N . . .

As mentioned in our last post, we’ve been lucky enough this past month to have an extra pair of hands at Big Wave - and they’re overdue an introduction! 👋

Meet Helen, our @wildscreenorg @wwf_uk Production Assistant Intern. Helen really stood out in the interviews and since day 1 has got stuck 100% into everything the team have thrown at her.

Spending her early years in rural Canada, Helen grew up with a love for animals and with a masters in writing, in her own words sees natural history filmmaking as ‘the best way of communicating the stories of animals and educating viewers about them in an engaging way.’

We took these photos making use of the conveniently marine themed street art outside of our Brighton office. You might notice another new face on the final slide - watch this space for another introduction soon 👀

Here’s what Helen says about her first month at Big Wave -

“I've only been an intern at Big Wave for a month and I've already learned so much. From how to log footage right the way through to developing risk assessments and call sheets, I feel I've been given a really well-rounded experience and the opportunity to explore all the myriad areas of natural history production that interest me. It doesn’t hurt, of course, that I get to indulge in my love for animals everyday within a super supportive, lovely team. I can already see how valuable this experience will be to me in the future, especially at the beginning of my career, and I'm so excited to see what's next!”

#naturalhistoryfilmmaking #wildlifefilm #wildlifefilmmaking #marine #bigwave #myfirstjobintv #tellyjobs #intern #internship #production #productionassistant #wildlife #wildscreen #wwf

A N E X - S E A L - E N T F I R S T S H O O T

A N E X - S E A L - E N T F I R S T S H O O T

To kickstart the filming for our new series with @lovenature, last week some of the team travelled up to the Farne Islands to film with some of the North Sea’s most charismatic residents - grey seals! Dancing in and out of the kelp to see who had come to say hi, they were really curious of the team and definitely lived up to their reputation as the puppies of the sea! 🦭

Massive well done to Ben, @adventure_charlie @jamesblakefilm @romyjmorgan for completing a fantastic shoot in less-than ideal weather conditions! ⛈

Some beautiful moments were captured underwater, and we can’t wait to share them with you all soon 🌅

#underwaterfilming #underwaterphotography #wildlifefilmmaking #marine #farneislands #northumberland #greyseals #seals #britishwildlife #northsea

W I L D S C R E E N Last week was another fantast

W I L D S C R E E N

Last week was another fantastic week of festival-ing, as Big Wave travelled to Bristol for the 40th Edition of the iconic wildlife filmmaking festival, @wildscreenorg

As always Big Wave caught up with lots of friendly faces, but Director of Natural History Emma also had an active role this year, speaking on a panel with others in the industry on the topic of ‘Sharks without Sensationalism’. As we’ve made science focused shark shows for many years, it was great to be part of this discussion on a big stage and we’re really pleased to have been a part of it.

And speaking of Wildscreen, our Production Assistant intern in collaboration with @wildscreenorg and @wwf_uk has officially started their post! Watch this space for an official introduction soon 👀

#wildlifefilmmaking #wildscreen #filmfestival #diversefilmmaking #greenproduction #networking #collaboration #wildlifefilm

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