Flying Lion Kings, The
NATURE & WILDLIFE 1 x 15'
NATURE & WILDLIFE
ocean voyagers
Journey on the maiden voyage of a newborn humpback whale, alongside his enormous, yet gentle 40 tonne mother and charts their perilous ocean journey during the first few months of his life.
Duration
1 x 60' or 1 x 70'
Production Company
Feodor Pitcairn Productions & Off the Fence
YOP
2006
Definitions
SD HD
Awards
Nominated at Wildscreen: FILMS AT 59 AWARD FOR BEST SOUND Ocean Voyagers Off the Fence (Netherlands) A Feodor Pitcairn / Off the Fence production with Animal Planet International Sound: Feodor Pitcairn International Wildlife Film Festival 2007, Montana, Merit for Underwater Cinematography, Theatrically Released Durban Wild Talk Africa - Finalist FINALIST - Japan Wildlife Film Festival 2009
Episode Information
An ancient species and one of the largest animals ever to live on planet earth, humpback whales have been traveling – and singing – through the world’s oceans for millions of years. Like the oceans themselves, we know surprisingly little of humpback’s lives. This film is a startlingly intimate portrait of humpback life through the eyes of a mother whale as she teaches her baby all he will need to know to survive in the ocean. We follow the calf, playing near the seabed floor while his mother rests; catch a glimpse of milk dispersing into the water around him as he nurses; enjoy the interaction between mother and infant as she embraces her baby in her gigantic flippers. These remarkable moments have simply never been filmed before. Ocean Voyagers is enriched with the music of humpbacks themselves. Using a set of specially designed hydrophones, Feodor Pitcairn captured stereo recordings of his humpback subjects: one of nature’s most complex and beautiful songs.