Night on Earth

7 x 60 minute episodes (incl behind the scenes episode).
I worked on 6 of the 7 episodes; researching, directing, producing, shooting behind the scenes and blue chip wildlife sequences, both long lens, motorised gimbal work and drone work.

"We have always been strangers to the night...a place of unnerving sounds and imagined terrors... but now new technology allows us to lift the vale of darkness .. all around the planet the most iconic animals are revealing themselves in a completely new light ...

When the light fades... new worlds awake!"

Working on this project was both an incredible opportunity and an incredible challenge. I was lucky enough to work across the majority of the series in varying roles. My technical ability and shooting experience were useful when developing camera technology and filming methods which we would end up using through out the series.

The list of challenges of filming at night is a long one! But it was invaluable working on a series where you have to overcome the hurdle of having no light to work with. Say good bye to off-speed filming and telephoto lenses, but this forced creativity both technically and narratively which came across in the series. For me it also highlighted the importance of managing your team as everything becomes 100 times harder in the dark.