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Ammonite Films Bioluminescence

hilary — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:49:47 +0000

Hunt for the Giant Squid is currently being shown on Nat Geo Wild channels around the world.

We’ve already had a huge response from the viewers in the USA who have all commented on how much they enjoyed the bioluminescence sequences, this clip on Youtube has been very popular

UK details for Hunt for the Giant Squid

Ammonite’s Image Library Grows

hilary — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:22:33 +0000

We have extended our still image collection. New night images, brilliant bioluminescence and amazing ant photos are now available

Our still images can be licensed from Nature Picture Library

Watch a showreel of Ammonite’s moving images

Emmy Arrives at Ammonite

ben — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:26:39 +0000

We were very excited when this was delivered to Ammonite HQ this morning. It is an Emmy Award for Cinematography 2011 on National Geographic’s Great Migrations series.

Emmy Award for Cinematography on Great Migrations

Hunt for The Giant Squid UK Premiere

ben — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 12:09:41 +0000

For centuries, sailors have told terrible tales of ferocious underwater monsters.

for decades Ammonite has been developing equipment that might help to catch a glimpse of the ultimate monster: the 12-metre, 200kg giant squid.

Join the quest under the waves in the UK premiere of Hunt For The Giant Squid on Monday 27 February at 8pm. on Nat Geo Wild

Lurking some 500 metres below sea level, these real-life krakens are notoriously hard to film – and they have never been shot in their own world.

With the team headed by British camera expert and expedition leader Martin Dohrn, the brave souls of the Makaira are hoping to be the first.

Equipped with radical night-vision cameras and a custom-built stealth rig known as ‘the Gupster’, their mission takes them to a giant squid hotspot off the coast of the Azores.

With the camera lowered, an astonishing array of curious creatures and super-sized sea serpents loom out of the darkness. Could one of them be the elusive giant squid?

View a preview of Hunt for the Giant Squid.

Night Stalkers: Episode Details

ben — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:24:01 +0000

Night Stalkers: Jaguar Ambush
An expert team of night-filming specialists go into the jungles of Costa Rica on the hunt for Central Americas big cats. Pumas, ocelots and the elusive jaguar all live in the dense tropical forest, but filming them is far from an easy task. Starlight, thermal and infrared cameras are deployed throughout the forest, together with remotely operated cameras suspended above and on the forest floor.

Night Stalkers: Crocodile War
This episode exposes the real nature and behavior of crocodiles, we discover that,
far from being simple killing machines, there’s a sophisticated side to these fascinating reptiles.

Night Stalkers: Leopard Battleground
In Yala National Park on the small island of Sri Lanka lives one of the highest leopard populations in the world. Ammonite’s unique equipment, follow these secretive solitary creatures in the complete darkness of the Sri Lankan jungle and observes them leading surprisingly social lives.

Night Stalkers: Hyena Gangs
Thousands of wildebeest and zebra migrate through Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve every year, the hyenas team up to hunt them cooperatively. Using specially developed cameras the playful and sensitive nature of this intelligent animal is revealed.