Fri 3rd – Sun 5th June, 2011
Badgers and Butterflies: If you’re passionate about wildlife and want to learn the secrets of filmmaking from the world’s leading experts, then this is the course for you.
Join us for three wonderful days in a 250-acre nature reserve at Folly Farm in unspoilt Somerset.
© Darin Smith
This summer course from June 3rd to 5th will include filming badgers at dusk as they forage for food and daytime filming in Folly Farm’s beautiful wildflower meadows. Unspoilt by pesticides and fertilisers they brim with flowers that attract bees and butterflies.
© Sarah Whalley
Working on location in small groups you’ll gain hands-on filming experience and learn about the field craft that will bring you closer to animals. Working alongside professional cameramen and editors you’ll get the chance to shoot and edit your own film – a film you can keep forever. We’ll introduce you to the ethics and legal implications of filming wild animals and there’ll be an opportunity to have one-to-one sessions with tutors to discuss your own film projects and ideas.
Evenings are for enjoying great food cooked using fabulous local, organic produce – all washed down with Tales from the Bush presented by guest speakers from wildlife filmmaking’s elite. Come nightfall, it’s a room with a view over Avon Wildlife Trust’s Folly Farm Reserve, and comfy, spacious en suite accommodation.
Come and enjoy the great team spirit, wonderful catering, stunning location and opportunity to learn wildlife filmmaking skills from the professionals. This isn’t just a course, it’s an experience to remember with a film to remember it by.
Feedback from our previous courses has been outstanding. One student found it a:
‘life-changing, inspiring experience, something that will stay with me forever. It’s re-established my passion and inspiration for wildlife filmmaking, nature, wildlife and conservation’.
PRICE:
- £506 (including VAT at the new 20% rate)
- Includes 2 nights accommodation at the beautiful Folly Farm Centre, all meals and expert tuition and equipment. This price is based on two participants sharing accommodation. If you would like to book a single occupancy room there is an additional surcharge of £35
- Minimum of 16 participants. Avon Wildlife Trust and Bristol Wildlife Filmmakers reserve the right to cancel the course two weeks before the start date if this minimum number has not been reached. We will update participants on the numbers booked one month before the course is due to begin.
- Terms of Trade for this course are as those for Avon Wildlife Trust
TUTORS:
- Producer: Karen Partridge and Steve Nicholls
- Cameramen: Tim Shepherd and John Waters
- Editors: Rob Harrington and Martin Elsbury
ENQUIRIES AND BOOKING A COURSE:
For general enquiries about courses please contact us via e mail or call us on 07785 282411.
If you’re interested in joining this course please contact Jo Morris on 0117 9177270
Note: We assign tutors to courses well ahead of time but because they are all working wildlife filmmakers, we may have to make changes subject to their availability. Rest assured that we have a large reserve of experience and talent to draw upon!
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Hi
Is this an adult course or would it suit children (8-10 year olds)?
Sue
Hello Sue
This course has really been designed for adults. Both the technical tuition and production tuition are aimed at adults rather than children. However, if we felt there was a level of demand for a day course for children, we could certainly begin looking into how we might offer something like this.
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