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Activities will include underwater photo and video courses, on-the-beach themed film screenings, film editing coaching sessions, as well as free diving and apnea courses.
Courses will be led by experts including BBC film director Neil Lucas, television documentary editor Frank Spencer, free diving world record holder Sara Campbell and members of leading diving company Eurodivers.
UK-based photographer and BBC film director Neil Lucas will run daily introductory classes for guests to improve their photography skills and learn new underwater shooting techniques. Neil will be joined by Britain’s foremost underwater cameraman Michael Pitts, helping attendees translate their photography into an underwater reportage.
Top television documentary editor, Frank Spencer, will work closely with attendees from their first cuts, through to the rough cuts, music and sound. Participants will be able to identify the key stories, learn ‘fill and flood’ lighting techniques, shooting disciplines as well as sequence skills through storyboards and creative editing.
Freediving expert and four-time world record holder Sara Campbell will offer insights into breath holding and apnea techniques. Capable of diving unassisted to depths over 100m, Sara will oversee freediving classes, focusing on participants’ inner ‘sleeping dolphin’ through simple breathing techniques, which aid relaxation and mind control.
Underwater Festival trainers and supporters Neil Lucas Producer and Director of the BBC’s world-renowned Natural History Unit for over 20 years, Neil has worked on many international award-winning productions, including Sir David Attenborough’s Trials of Life, The Private Life of Plants, The Life of Mammals and Planet Earth. The majority of Neil’s programmes have been nominated for many international awards including BAFTAs and EMMYs.
Michael Pitts Specialised in underwater shooting, Michael Pitts has received Emmy’s for
cinematography on two BBC landmark series: David Attenborough’s Private Life of Plants and Blue Planet. He is currently working on a Future Planet Productions film on plastics in the world’s oceans, which is due for cinema release in 2013.
Sara Campbell In October 2007 Sara became the first woman to hit the 90m mark in freediving using only the natural propulsion of her monofin and since then she has been internationally recognised through a series of awards. Her specialty is reaching advanced techniques such as the mouthfill, dive strategy, competition and record training.
EURODIVERS
Founded over 40 years ago, Eurodivers operates diving centers in some of the world’s best diving destinations such as Egypt, Thailand, Mauritius and Maldives to name but a few. Eurodivers at LUX* Maldives counts on a team of international diving instructors and is instrumental to the execution of the ‘Underwater Festival’.
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