Bajau People of Sulawesi
Bajau People of Sulawesi
In December 2014 I travelled to the remote island of Hoga – part of the Wakatobi archipelago off the South East corner of Sulawesi. Essentially I was there collecting marine footage for Earth Touch. While there I met Melody Lynch who was living in a small Bajau community as part of her fellowship program. I spend many days filming the Bajau people in their beautiful stilt village of Sampela and also out fishing and sailing around the immediate area as they showed me their prowess in the water. Bajau are renowned free divers and I personally witnessed divers descending easily to 20 meters without the aid of fins or flippers.
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Mechanic 2 Resurrection
Underwater Filming For Mechanic 2 Resurrection
Mechanic 2 Resurrection is set to release in US theatres on January 22 2016. With much of this film shot right here in Thailand we provided all the underwater filming as well as in water support and safety.
Arthur Bishop returns as the Mechanic in the sequel to the 2011 global hit. When someone from his past forces him back into the business, Bishop has to complete an impossible list of assassinations of the most dangerous men in the world.
Initial release: January 22, 2016 (USA)
Director: Dennis Gansel
Music composed by: Mark Isham
Screenplay: Brian Pittman, Rachel Long, Tony Mosher, Philip Shelby
Producers: Frank DeMartini, David Winkler, William Chartoff
Special thanks to Raya Group Asia and De Warren Productions in Bangkok.
Hilltop Restaurant Ao Nang Web Development
Hilltop Restaurant Ao Nang
Web Design and Development by Phuket Web Media
The Hilltop Ao Nang offers the best sunset dining in Krabi with an amazing view over the bay of Phang Nga and Nopparrat Thara Beach in Ao Nang. They approached Phuket Web media sometime ago to design and develop a user friendly website that would rank quickly on google and allow customers to easily book and pay online, read the menus, make special requests and organise pick ups.
The screen grab from page 1 on Google shows just how well they are doing. Following SEO protocols is easy and with a some clever content and regular postings on social media – The Hilltop Ao Nang has left their competition for dead. Check out their website and if you find yourself in Krabi or Ao Nang be sure to visit. Ask for Ivan Goh the manager and tell him Phuket Web Media sent you…..;)
Surf House Phuket
Surfhouse Phuket
Surfhouse Phuket is right on the beach in Kata, Phuket. The surf is always up and when they approached Phuket Web Media to make a promo video for them we were happy to be part of Phuket’s coolest entertainment venue……….
Check out their website for more information
www.surfhousephuket.com
All Star Lifeguards – Aito Media
Allstar Lifeguards From Aito Media
All Star Lifeguards is a Finish reality TV series that filmed it’s 1st season here in Phuket last year – on beautiful Koh Racha. This march we just finished filming the second season, with all underwater footage being provided by Phuket Web Media with our new Panasonic Lumix GH4 with a Nauticam housing.
The video above is the trailer for last year’s season 1 which met with huge success and with season 2’s filming now complete it looks like we may be filming For France and Turkey later this year as the concept was met with great interest at Mipcom last year.
Produced by Aito Media of Finland with Zebra Pictures
Special Thanks to Raya Divers Thailand for providing support and logistics as well as in water safety.
Search For The Red Panda
Search For The Red Panda
In May 2014 I returned to Nepal with my dear friend Gustavo Martinez Schmidt of Nubla Productions to search for and ultimately film the elusive and highly endangered Red Panda. We hooked up with my old friend and guide Chimmi Lama from Tulo Shyphro – a beautiful village at the entrance to the Langtang National Park. He promised to take us to the areas of high cloud forest where we had the best chance to observe these shy creatures.
Before leaving Kathmandu we met ZSL project leader Hem Baral and interviewed him on behalf of Earth Touch. He pointed out that although conservation efforts were in place, the Red Panda was highly threatened and not enough was being done to ensure protection from future extinction. The main threat to the Red Panda is habitat loss through human encroachment.
The trip to Tulo Shyphro is a 2 day affair that starts with a 10 hour bus ride to the small village of Tulo Barkhu. From there it’s a 5 hour hike to Tulo Shyphro. We hung out in Tulo for a few days to acclimate and shoot b-roll then hiked another day up to Sing Gompa (3580 m.), which is the small lodge
before the pass to Lake Gosaikund – a popular trekking route.
It’s from here that we set out every day in search of the Red Panda. Their habitat is the bamboo forests that are found in the cloud forests at 3 – 4000m overlooking the Langtang Valley. We spent a lot of time following fresh spoor and found plenty of evidence of recent Red panda activity but am sad to say were unable to capture any on film. Undeterred we plan to return to Nepal this year to try again – this time with a little more time………
For more information about Red Pandas check out this link from the WWF or try the Red Panda Network.
