David Hannan with his underwater camera rig in Milne Bay, PNG |
David Hannan -
HD Marine
Cinematography
Passionate about all things marine from an early age, Cinematographer, Director, Producer, Artist, Educator and Conservationist, David Hannan has won international acclaim over many years for his startling images of tropical coral reefs and remote underwater realms.
Dave has been filming in High Definition since 2001 and has worked in tropical and temperate waters all around Australia, journeyed to Antarctica and established a base for filming expeditions in Papua New Guinea. Read more...
David Hannan's - Coral Sea Dreaming - Awaken
September 22, 2009
by Toni Houston, Howard Whelan
After many years dedicated to filming and editing in glorious High Definition, David Hannan's new underwater masterpiece is coming out now.
Over 84 extraordinary minutes, Coral Sea Dreaming – Awaken enters into the very heart of life – and death – on a coral reef. It is a story that spans 500 million years and stars some of the most exotic and wondrous marine creatures on earth.
Coral is the planets greatest natural architect, and coral reefs boast the highest biodiversity of any ecosystem. Emmy Award-winning cinematographer David Hannan has filmed for 7 years to create this magnificent testimony to our extraordinary undersea world, set to an original score by Tania Rose. We meet thousands of reef inhabitants, from ancient turtles to feeding sharks, adorable pygmy seahorses and savage sea slugs, witness a manta ray ballet and courting octopus. Specialized state-of-the-art High Definition technology captures these lives with unprecedented intimacy, illustrating elaborate courtship displays, mating rituals, feeding frenzies, intense night-time predation, cannibalism and chemical warfare.
Many of the sequences have never been filmed before. Some may never be filmed again. Corals have survived 5 mass extinctions. But can they survive us?
Filmed over 2000 dives on three great coral reef ecosystems; The Great Barrier Reef, Ningaloo Reef, and Papua New Guinea, Coral Sea Dreaming - Awaken is a celebration of reefs now under threat of climate change and ocean acidification. There is much to be done to safe-guard these precious ecosystems for future generations. And very little time to do it.
David Hannan is renowned not only for his filmmaking, but also the conservation that is activated by his films. This is the driving force behind his work.
For more information about Coral Sea Dreaming - Awaken, visit the website www.coralseadreaming.com
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Current ProjectsSeptember 26, 2010 Filming in Papua New Guinea February 8, 2010 Marine Video Art |
Like visions of another world, Roger Steenes photographs have a magical quality that delight anyone with an interest in animals, the sea or photography in general. His meticulous attention to detail conveys vivid impressions of marine life and extensive knowledge gained by determination and sheer dive hours spent on coral reefs. Concentrating on close-up photography, including microscopic work, some of his subjects are animals that have neither been recorded nor named. 