Wildlife Cameraman Diary - Film Trailer

The 50 minute wildlife film 'Through the Garden Gate - A Diary of the English Countryside' is on DVD direct from Amazon UK (lots of buyer reviews there) and shops in and around Oxford eg. Blackwells.

I'm a professional wildlife cameraman based in UK. Most of my assignments are abroad, for the BBC. Follow on my Facebook page 'Wildlife Cameraman'.

The film is about wildlife near where I live. There is no music - it's a personal view from behind the lens, giving an insight into the making of a wildlife film - at the same time reminding us that you don't have to travel to all corners of the world to see wildlife.

It's also probably one of the lowest-carbon footprint wildlife films ever made !

5% of the procceeds from the sale of the DVD go to the Wildlife Trusts - www.wildlifetrusts.org
Much of the film was shot on their reserves in Oxfordshire - www.bbowt.org.uk

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• British wildlife
• nature
• small critters
• movie
• outdoors
• wilderness
• high quality
• wildlife
• barn owl
• fox
• birds
• hiking
• walking

[WildlifeInCloseUp]

I'm in Canada filming for Discovery at the moment - can't upload video from that assignment but I've put some posts up on my Facebook page (which link to Twitter) if anyone's interested.

[WildlifeInCloseUp]

I did not get close to the fox - it got close to me, by chance. I was about 80m from the field edge where the 'earth' was, standing in another overgrown hedge of brambles and trees but with no hide. I used a 500mm lens but it is possible to work much closer to foxes in towns and places where they are not shot.

[13tenbears]

I have just watched your short video trailer of the wildlife in your area. It was brilliantly filmed and the narration was perfectly timed. I still have a bit to learn.

[WildlifeInCloseUp]

@13tenbears Thanks for the comments. The narration took a lot of work and learning - I had never done one before and was pretty fussy about how I wanted it to be. It's frustrating because you never have enough time to say everything you want and saying only a little and keeping it making sense is much harder than saying a lot.

[BlindBatProduction]

its amazing to see shots as good as this ..people like you are the reason i want to be a cameraman for BBC : )

[ourdistinctfilms]

Terrific cinematography! I look forward to seeing more. Thanks again for your support of my film project it's much appreciated. Keep up the creativity!

[28maxw]

thats just so amazing! thank you for this!

[YAProductions2010]

How did you get so close to that fox?

[YAProductions2010]

really good trailer! i have been wanting to buy the dvd for a year now but have been tight on the cash, as ive been spending it on other equipment towards making my own wildlife film/series.