Splash Inn 010 - Underwater Cinematographer Dean Spraakman & Peter Lesty

About

Dean Spraakman :

Talk titles -

A) Filming the Spotted Handfish sequence for Our Oceans, the unique specialised

equipment used and challenges we were confronted with.

B) The making of A Dragon Story. How I filmed the Leafy Sea Dragons behaviours

and captured a newborn Leafy Sea Dragon seconds after birth. How the story

came together, the challenges along the way and the mysteries that remain.

For my talk I will have some tools of the trade on show including my 8k Red V Raptor

Nauticam Underwater Cinema system, as well as a custom-made fluid head quad used

for filming small benthic subjects like the Handfish.

Bio -
Dean Spraakman is a local Adelaide based freelance Underwater Cinematographer

specialising in Natural History and Documentaries. Dean has worked on many shows

such as:

• Our Oceans for Netflix working on the Southern Ocean Episode specifically

filming the Spotted Handfish sequence in Tasmania.

• Shark Week and Shark Fest Shows including – Bull Shark Bandits for Nat Geo,

Mega Sharks of Dangerous Reef for the Discovery Channel & Super Shark

Highway for Love Nature.

• My Underwater Worlds for Channel 9 with Richard Harris

• All The Sharks 6-episode series for Netflix

• And more recently my own independent film ‘A Dragon Story’ has been

successful in several Film Festivals including The Ocean Film Festival

Peter Lesty :

Talk title -

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