After a long professional underwater videography course of nearly 6 weeks Jonas Fagerberg's Showreel Event was finally upon us. The film was played at the Crystal Dive Resort Bar to a packed bar. The movie was well excepted by the audience of staff new trainees and diver from all over the world. His showreel was around 25 minutes of pure quality and yet again showed the very high standard that is expected and acheived by all Deep Down Productions film students. All footage was shot using Hi-definition cameras in both Mini DV 1080i and AVCHD.
We were very inpressed with the final result and look forward to seeing some more of his work. Jonas is next starting the PADI IDC with Crystal Dive Resort so good luck to him in that.
A formal introduction for the Broadcast Documentary Course Team
We have now been running our Broadcast Level Documentary Video Course for around 4 months now and I think it is time we met the team who are heading this one-of-a -kind course. Aswell as Jon who is DDP's head videographer, we have two other members of the team Simon & Jennifer Dowling, who are available exclusivly for this course and who have knowledge of the film & production industry that is unsurpassed on Koh Tao or Thailand.
The three of them guide the trainees through every aspect of the course from start to finish and teach a variety of modules including - Treatment, Storyboards, Script writing, budget, pre-production shoot schedule, interview techniques, editing, sound effects, narration, camera techniques and style. This elite course is exclusive to Deep Down Productions and should not be missed.
Simon Dowling - MSDT
With over 15 years experience in the UK broadcasting industry, Simon is actively involved in a vast amount of projects for BBC, National Geographic, and other large broadcast corporation.
Recent UK underwater projects for programmes such as Blue Peter, BSAC's "Go Diving", National Geographic's "Red Sea Adventure", Dive Magazine's "Dive Aqaba" using a whole range of film techniques and post production work has ensured Simon is always in demand.
Recent land projects have involved post production work on a wide range of features, such as "The Audrey Hepburn Story", "Nelson Mandela - The Last Mile", "Hollywood Musicals", and the ITV series "Missing".
Current projects that Simon is working on include 3 new episodes of STV's "Taggart", a Military aircraft series, and an ongoing multi million pound natural history project in commissioning stage.
Simon also creates "stings" which are quick eye grabbing graphical displays, using his wide experience of Adobe After Effects. Simon extensive knowledge of After Effects has earned him commissions from major UK corporations for channel branding, and logo creations.
When asked, Simon said that the highlight of his career was "Following The Dalai Lama around with a camera.... I never have been a very religious kind of guy, but that man had something...it was a honour."
Simon's continual role as Creative Director and major shareholder of Dupehouse Ltd, and having a active prescence with Eco Koh Tao, means that scheduled bookings are a must with this very exclusive and detailed course.
Jenny Dowling - MSDT
Jennifer's role is in the pre-production and management of the course. With experience in a vast array of multi million pound projects in the UK and Middle East, her experience of pre-production, budgets, logging, and shot lists are essential for professional productions to control time and budget deadlines.
Jenny recently completed a film about Coral Restoration that was widely appraised as "An amazing insight to Koh Tao's Coral Reefs". She leads an active role in Eco Koh Tao continuing to educate divers and non divers in good enviromental practices
