STOCK FOOTAGE REPRESENTATION Prospective Cinematographers and Videographers Thank you for your interest in allowing Aquavision TV Productions to represent your Motion Footage. We are always looking to represent new, high quality footage from professional natural history and cultural Cinematographers and Videographers who have an established collection of footage and are able to make regular submissions. This document contains information about the library and submission guidelines. The Library Established in 1992, Aquavision TV Productions has earned its reputation as the preferred African producer of blue chip natural history and cultural documentaries for the International broadcast market.  We are globally recognized for filming extraordinary animal behaviour, both underwater and in the untamed African bush. Aquavision TV Production’s stock library houses a unique and comprehensive collection of over 6000 hours of High Definition broadcast quality footage. All footage accepted by Aquavision TV Productions is made available to buyers worldwide for searching, preview and licensing. Motion Footage content Natural history and Cultural footage is rich in subject matter and we want our footage collection to be comprehensive and unique. We are looking for staggeringly beautiful motion footage that captures the natural diversity of all the world’s countries, natural history and cultures: from the major tourist attractions to everyday scenes, from remote landscapes to the interiors of homes, from popular destinations to little known places off the beaten track. Festivals and people, food, flora, transport, communications, architecture, and landscapes are just some of the many subjects we are looking for. Regardless of the style of your motion footage, it should be of extremely high quality. Commercially oriented work should be professionally shot or recorded and carefully chosen. Please use your good judgement in selecting your clips, and submit only those clips that are likely to be commercially viable. Benefits of Representation ·  Access to leading International Producers, Broadcasters and Production houses. ·   Access to a Global Marketplace of Buyers who will be able to search for, preview and purchase your motion footage. ·  We will vault your broadcast quality masters in an access and climate controlled facility. ·  We will input content and format information for your footage into our database. ·  We offer opportunities to advertise and showcase your material designed to bring business to your doorstep. ·  We offer fair and attractive Non-Exclusive representation agreement. ·  50% Commissions on All Sales. Simple, straightforward and very competitive in the stock industry. ·  As your clip portfolio grows, this can mean regular, ongoing income from a relatively small initial investment of time. ·   You receive a detailed statement of sales. Exclusivity vs. Non-Exclusivity Aquavision TV Productions will urge you to consider granting Aquavision exclusive representation. Granting exclusive representation rights to Aquavision TV Productions has several benefits that includes: ·   increasing the potential value of the stock footage; ·  creating a distinction between quality library stock and royalty-free stock; ·  giving clients confidence in the originality of footage; ·  setting high standards that will be respected by clients; ·  being able to charge clients higher rates for quality footage. Although the footage is represented exclusively, Cinematographers and Videographers will retain full copyright over their motion footage and may reproduce their footage on their websites, in exhibitions, self-promotion, or their own productions and can also still sell directly to clients. We only require Cinematographers and Videographers not to place their footage with another motion footage archive or library. Partners Aquavision TV Productions, as part of FOX International, has dual representation agreements with NHNZ (Natural History New Zealand) and territory based partners, further increasing the exposure and licensing potential of selected footage. Agreement period As the on-line library requires a major investment in equipment and time, we require a commitment to represent selected footage for a minimum of 5 years. Licensing fees and payment Cinematographers and Videographers receive 50% of Third Parties Rights to Use licensing fees. Payments are made quarterly. Sending a Submission for Consideration In order for our Librarian to accurately assess your work: ·  a first submission must consist of a minimum of five 10 minute low res clips on CD/DVD · This must represent the range of your collection’s geographic and content coverage. · Place footage from each subject in a separate folder. We would also like to know a little about you, so please include answers to the following questionnaire with your image submission. Questionnaire: Name Business Name Address City Telephone Email Website How long have you been a Cinematographers or Videographers? Please give us an overview of your collection (countries & subjects) Do you specialise in any particular subjects or country? What is the approximate amount of footage that would be available for exclusive representation by Aquavision TV Productions? What period (in years) does your collection cover? Do you currently have stock with any other agencies? If so, which agencies? How did you hear about Aquavision TV Productions? Contact and delivery details Send CD/DVD of footage, cover sheet and questionnaire to: Aquavision TV Productions Library PostNet #552 Private Bag X29 Gallo Manor 2052 South Africa Tel: +27(0)11 275 0900/1 Please note: All footage submitted for review should be available for representation and therefore should not currently be exclusively represented by any other archive or agency. If we are interested in your work after reviewing your first submission, you will be required to re-submit that footage as high resolution files for a technical assessment before a contract is offered. CDs/DVDs will not be returned

Barend Van Der Watt Stills photographer, documentary cinematographer and editor.   Barend Van Der Watt began his wildlife conservation career as a game ranger. He is now a multidisciplinary photographic service provider. Professional still photography, documentary cinematography, video editing, time lapse photography and media wrangling are all in a day’s work for Greenpixel Productions founder, Barend van der Watt.   Barend’s  degree in Nature Conservation supplies the in depth knowledge necessary for accurately filming natural history. He has worked with award-winning producers and filmmakers such as Kim Wolhuter, Kathryn Pasternak, Jeff Morales, Peter Lamberti, Richard Slater-Jones and Bruce Davidson.   As Documentary Editor, working on Apple’s Final Cut Pro, Barend is a member of the South African Guild of Editors. He has worked on numerous productions for National Geographic, Animal Planet/Discovery, NHK and the IUCN, lately being involved in story development as well as consulted for scientific advice.   A qualified professional photographer, and he uses his skills for breathtaking time-lapse photography – a service Barend now provides for natural history productions. He travels to local and exotic locations to add to his constantly expanding library of time-lapse footage.   Barend is at home filming in remote locations, hanging from helicopters or being charged by lions. He even had his vehicle mauled once by an overly protective Elephant cow, while he was still behind the steering wheel.   Barend is now based in Cape Town, South Africa.

BRAD JOSEPHS Brad has been a Natural Habitat Expedition Leader since 2005, guiding in Alaska, Churchill and China. His specialty is bear biology and ecology of the north country. He attended the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, graduating with a B.S. in wildlife biology in 1999, and since then has worked as a biological research tech on various projects throughout Alaska. He has guided numerous professional photographers, photography workshops, bear viewers and film crews on expeditions along the remote Coast of Katmai National Park for the last 12 years, as well as in Churchill, Manitoba for the past 7 years.  In the off-season Brad keeps busy as a freelance wildlife writer, photographer and videographer, consultant for wildlife film productions, and lectures to schools, government agencies and organizations.   In addition to being a “bear junky” and wildlife photographer, Brad’s hobbies include botany, gardening, bird watching, and volunteering with the Homer, Alaska volunteer fire department as an EMT. Brad’s love of wildlife has led him on numerous solo adventures throughout the world including trips to Borneo, Central America, the Amazon, China, Africa, Sri Lanka and India.

BRADLEY IRELAND PRODUCTIONS  Bradley Ireland Productions, owned and run by Jay Ireland and Georgienne Bradley, specialize in HD wildlife and nature stock footage and productions above and below water. A strong biology background combined with years of field experience provides a foundation in natural history filmmaking. Georgienne Bradley Photographer / Producer Founder and executive director of Sea Save (seasave.org) and co-owner of Bradley Ireland Productions (bradleyireland.com), Georgienne uses her education as a biologist and her professional background as a photographer/producer to leverage the power of media to educate. Ms. Bradley has worked closely with the government of Costa Rica for over 16 years on projects protecting Cocos Island and the shark populations around the island. Author of two books, hundreds of magazine articles about the ocean she has published multiple scientific papers and created productions with, among others, Paramount, Disney and National Geographic. She is the chair of the ASMP Underwater Specialty Group, and in 2006 was inducted into the Women Divers Hall of Fame. Jay Ireland Film Maker / Photographer Jay Ireland's innate understanding of animal behaviour is a key ingredient for our success recipe. As a filmmaker and photographer Jay possesses both the experience and the tenacity to capture underwater and terrestrial activity in new innovative ways. A born teacher, Jay thrives upon sharing his childlike enthusiasm with any interested participant. His generous approach to teaching photography has inspired many and affords the Imaging Foundation a unique opportunity to teach expedition volunteers as they contribute to our mission. Jay's images have already stood witness for many other non-profit agencies showing the good, the bad and the ugly of our natural world.

BRODERICK WHITTAKER Free Diver and Underwater Cameraman  The silent nature of free diving combined with 20 years of spear fishing experience has given Brod the ability to find & get up close to many species rarely seen by most underwater filmographers. He has an obsession with "joining the shoals" of sometimes shy and maybe misunderstood creatures of the ocean. His unique knowledge of the underwater environment gives him an advantage in filming sport fishing, getting the underwater build up to the bite and the strike is what he strives for, taking viewers with him as he swims amongst the very species they pursue from above, giving them a broader understanding and deeper appreciation of our fragile sea-life.  He has worked on sport fishing productions and is currently with ESA (Extreme Sports Angling) which airs on Super Sport, as their in-house underwater cameraman. Besides his off screen contribution to the show, he is occasionally in front of the camera as a guest angler. He is also the 2009 SA National Spear Fishing Champion and has just released a DVD called Spearvision, a journey into the nature of spear fishing shedding some positive light on the sport. His true passion is the ocean and all of its creatures in their natural state. “There is no better sensation than free-falling to the ocean floor and being surrounded by large predators or accepted into a shoal.” If there is specific underwater footage you need and he doesn’t have it, he can get it for you.

CHARLES MAXWELL Emmy award winning underwater cinematographer Charles Maxwell is an underwater cinematographer living in Cape Town, South Africa. He has been diving for over 40 years and therefore has an excellent knowledge of the South African marine environment as well as contacts in the documentary and scientific communities. Charles began his career in underwater filming in 1987 while assisting Swiss filmmaker, Gerald Favre with his production Le Souffle du Dragon,a story about the discovery and exploration of the world's largest underground lake in Namibia. Since then he has worked with many production companies worldwide. "South Africa is one of the sharkiest coasts on earth" Sir David Attenborough in his narration for the BBC's "Shark Coast" Working with the sea can be frustrating and sometimes dangerous but mostly rewarding. It is not all about tropical islands and warm water and sometimes involves spending many cold hours underwater often on your own. While Charles specializes in documentary films about sharks, whales, dolphins and the Cape fur seals that are abundant in the cold water near Cape Town where he lives, he spends a lot of time along the coast between Cape Town and Mozambique. Charles was a 2002 Primetime Emmy Award winner in the category Outstanding Cinematography for work done for The Blue Planet: Seas of Life, produced by the BBC / Discovery Channel. In 2006 Charles filmed rays feeding on squid for the BBC's Planet Earth: Shallow Seas.

Chris du Plessis Professional photographer Chris excels in both still photography and videography and has been photographing and documenting the marvelous southern Africa for over 18 years. His talents have proved phenomenally useful in both private and government projects alike. Chris is extremely passionate about his work. His inherent love for tourism and wildlife, keen eye for the extraordinary and heart-warming patriotism for his country adds a touch of refined splendor to his films. Various films have been released by this inspiring artist, and every month the collection grows. Based in Hoedspruit, South Africa, Chris du Plessis and his wife Sarah own PHOTOS OF AFRICA, an established production company that produces travelogues, documentaries and promotional material of South Africa and its surrounds. Their productions are broadcast locally and internationally and displayed on our online South African travel channel (southafricatravelchannel.com) and their own Travel Channel broadcast in hotels. www.photosofafrica.com

DARRYL SWEETLAND Biologist, Writer and Cameraman Darryl Sweetland, has lived and worked in Thailand since 1996. He speaks, reads, and writes Thai. Darryl has extensive experience of looking for and filming Thai wildlife and most often this involves spending long periods in hides and camping in the forest, which is something he loves. From Oct 2007 to March 2010 Darryl was a regular contributor to www.earth-touch.com (Wild Touch - SABC2), and some of his work can be viewed in the Thailand section of their website. Darryl offers a wide range of services to film crews wishing to work in Thailand.

GIL ARBEL Gil Arbel is one of the world’s leading underwater cameramen. In 2004 he won the Italian underwater video trophy for his film "Tonga's Gentle Giants" featuring Humpback whales in Tonga. Specializing in underwater camerawork, Gil’s dives have taken him to locations from the Red Sea to Tonga, Thailand to Australia and New Zealand. Credits include "Harmless Giants" on whale sharks in Thailand," Broken Code", a study of underwater archeology in Israel and "The Elusive Dugong" about dolphins and dugongs in Shark Bay, West Australia. Between 2003 and 2005 Gil worked with the BBC NHU on their mega series "Planet Earth". In 2007 he did "A Journey to the World of Sharks" for the underwater observatory in Eilat, Israel. His current is a feature film about Humpback whales for Channel 10, Israel.

GREG HENSLEY Award-winning Greg Hensley Productions has over 30 years of footage filmed across America. Greg specializes in unique time-lapse techniques turning the ordinary into the extra ordinary. With over a decade of 35mm film production footage available Greg has now moved into HD and enormously expanded the range of his collection capturing American wildlife in the remote areas of the United States.

JIM LAYBOURN  Jim Laybourn was born and raised on the high plains of southern Wyoming, and has lived in Jackson Hole, Wyoming for the last fifteen years. Based a few miles from the boundary of Grand Teton National Park, he has explored and guided hundreds of visitors to the natural wonders of the Tetons and nearby Yellowstone National Park. An early encounter with a roadside black bear in Yellowstone when he was a child sparked an instant and ongoing passion for wildlife and nature. When not guiding visitors to the areas natural wonders, Jim is busy capturing video, from dawn to dusk, during all seasons of the year.

JOHN VARTY  Over 17 years, John Varty, or JV as he is known to most, has shot many award-winning films including Savage Instinct, Troubled Water and Super Predators in the extraordinary Masai Mara region of Africa. In Zambia’s Luangwa region he filmed Shingalana, Jamu, Orphaned Leopard and Croc Safari. Having produced and presented films for National Geographic, Turner Original Productions, Discovery and BBC Natural History he also acted in the highly successful feature film Running Wild alongside Brooke Shields and Martin Sheen. He is presently developing a series called Kindred Spirits documenting the eight generations of leopards at the reserve he and his brother Dave created from their late father’s land - Londolozi Game Reserve.  The series Three in the Bush, featuring his twin sons is also in development.   After a long and fascinating career, he remains a maverick filmmaker and conservationist who marches to his own drum. Near the town of Philippolis in the South African Karoo, JV has established Tiger Canyons as an experiment to create a free-ranging, self-sustaining tiger population outside Asia. www.jvbigcats.co.za

JUDY LEHMBERG Judy is a biology professor who has traveled southern Africa, Central America, Europe, parts of South America, China, and much of western North America photographing and filming wildlife. Three years ago she quite her job as a professor to devote herself to filming wildlife fulltime with a RED camera. Much of her work since then has concentrated in and around Yellowstone National Park.   She is currently completing a movie on cutthroat trout and their decline in Yellowstone due to the introduction of lake trout and a children’s environmental video with Jim Stolts’ original songs. Some of her footage appears in National Geographic’s Expedition Wild – Inside a Wolf Pack. She is impatiently awaiting the release of the new EPIC camera and will be reluctantly trading in her RED for an EPIC. All of her current footage is shot on a RED camera with Nikon lenses.

MARK TENNANT Since the mid eighties Mark has been involved in the wildlife and tourism industries, from the development and establishment of luxury game lodges, the reintroduction of wildlife, lecturing on animal behavior at Oxford University, and doing the first live radio interview from his 4x4 in the bush apart from the years spent tracking and filming leopard and wild dog. His passion for wildlife extends to birds, frogs, butterflies, paleo-anthropology and human origins. Of course, there is also his photography! He has won a number of local and international photography awards. Today, still involved in private guiding, photography, tourism marketing and conservation, he conducts privately guided safaris in some of the most pristine and remote wilderness areas in Africa. Regularly called upon to assist in the production of wildlife documentaries he is currently featured in the TV series Mad Mike and Mark for Animal Planet. Website: http://www.marktennant.com

PETER SCHNEIDER Professional Underwater Camerman Peter, born in 1961 in Berlin, Germany, is a professional underwater cameraman and PADI diving instructor. Before he settled down in French Polynesia in 2001, he worked more than ten years for German television. Peter offers high quality underwater stock footage in standard definition and high definition video. Footage of dolphins, sharks, manta rays, turtles and schools of tropical fish in many different situations. You will find shark footage, manta ray footage and dolphin footage beyond the ordinary. Mating manta rays ( including the copulation, never filmed before in wildlife) , a shark attack showing the intelligence of a silvertip shark, and much more... take a look!

Rainer Schimpf Cameraman Expert Tours, based in Germany promotes, in conjunction with a diving company and guest house in Port Elizabeth, the diving industry in South Africa. Some of my work involves assisting the film and television industry with wildlife and underwater filming support in all parts of Africa.  I use a Sony FX1 with a BS Kinetics underwater housing and different light systems such as Oceanic lamps with + 5400 Kelvin. I dive with open circuit / normal cylinders and have even captured footage while snorkelling.

TEKWENI TV PRODUCTIONS The Tekweni TV Collection houses an extensive quantity of broadcast quality footage on travel, wildlife and culture in Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands. What we don't have, we can film for you on a variety of formats from dvcam to HD.