Brazil - A Natural History
Length: 5 x 50 min
Format: HD
Year: 2014
Series-Producer:
Christian Baumeister
Camera:
Christian Baumeister, Alexander Sommer, Cristian Dimitrius, Michael Riegler, Philipp Klein, Jack Hynes, Lawrence Wahba, Luis de Maia
Editors:
Mark Fletcher, Stefan Reiss
Production:
LIGHT & SHADOW
Clients:
Terra Mater Factual Studios, National Geographic Wild
Part 1: Fragile Forest
Part 2: Wild Heart
Part 3: Labyrinth of Lakes
Part 4: Paradise Coast
Part 5: Flooded Forest
Brazil is a land of gigantic proportions. This one country is similar in size to Europe and the USA. Brazil is energetic, flamboyant and fun, but also overwhelmingly beautiful. Within its mountains, seas, rainforests, deserts and millions of miles of rivers, are many of our planet’s last wild frontiers. Its diversity of life and landscape is second to none. Brazil is a rapidly developing and increasingly important country. In 2014 it will host the football World Cup and two years later South America’s first Olympic Games.
Yet, surprisingly, this will be the first series on wild Brazil; and most of its animals and places are still little known. This series explores five spectacular worlds. In each episode the viewer will be taken on a journey across fabulous landscapes and will meet a few carefully selected charismatic and little known animal species. The series will investigate their fight for survival and their amazing adaptations to their environment. It will show behaviour that will surprise even avid nature lovers.
The latest in HD technology including super slow-motion, night vision cameras, boroscopes and extreme macro photography will bring Brazil’s mysterious carnivores, secretive sea life, astounding insects, and much more to life. Gyro-stabilised aerials will reveal a Brazil that has never been seen before. The style will be extremely cinematographic, using the latest motion picture technologies to make this series an emotionally moving experience.
AWARDS
Brazil - A Natural History
Brazil - A Natural History - Part 1: Fragile Forest
Deauville Green Awards, France, 2016
* FINALIST'S PRIZE (CATEGORY SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE)
International Wildlife Film Festival (IWFF) Montana, USA, 2016
* FINALIST (CATEGORY ENVIRONMENTAL)
New York Festivals, USA, 2015
* GOLD WORLD MEDAL (CATEGORY NATURE & WILDLIFE)
Festival de l'Oiseau et de la Nature, France, 2015
* DISTINCTION FOR BEST PICTURE AND IMMERSION IN NATURE
US International Film & Video Festival, USA, 2015
* CERTIFICATE FOR CREATIVE EXCELLENCE
Festival International du Film Animalier d'Albert, France, 2015
* FINALIST
Festival International du Flm Ornithologique de Ménigoute, France, 2015
* FINALIST
Namur Nature Festival, Belgium, 2015
* FINALIST
Brazil - A Natural History - Part 2: Wild Heart
NaturVision, Germany, 2015
* DEUTSCHER WILDLIFE FILMPREIS
New York Festivals, USA, 2015
* GOLD WORLD MEDAL (CATEGORY NATURE & WILDLIFE)
