green is the new brown

Putting up camo nets and staking out wildlife is not exactly the sort of stuff that gets my pulse racing. However, on friday myself and 10 other novice natural history documentary makers decended on Victory Beach, a fantastic spot on the Otago Penisula for a spot of animal observation. In the current television climate we are constantly being told that 'Blue Chip' wildlife documentaries are out of synch with viewer demands. Hence, there is probably no good reason that this Post Graduate Diploma should teach wildlife filmmaking practices? Without wanting to engage in that debate, I'm glad that we had this field trip as it was a great chance to get to know others on the course and quite importantly for budding filmmakers, get used to working in teams. We didn't have much luck spotting Sea Lions but there were a few plucky Penguins that were kind enough to act like they couldn't see us in our funny hides. The day was particulary well documented by my collegue Kat Baulu, so please visit her blog to see the photos.