OCEAN VOYAGERS
April 26th, 2008: Ocean Voyagers wins Best of Nature at the Jules Verne Adventure Film Festival in Paris.
May 1st, 2008: Ocean Voyagers makes its North American broadcast television premiere. Ocean Voyagers will be airing throughout the spring in North America on Animal Planet and Animal Planet HD. Check local listings for updated times and channel.
December 10, 2007: Announcing the Premiere of the HD feature film OCEAN VOYAGERS, Narrated by Meryl Streep.
Discovery is celebrating Animal Planet’s 10th anniversary with a gala event and very special screening of Ocean Voyagers in London on December 10th, 2007 with music performed live by The London Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra.
This magical event will take place at London’s Cadogan Hall. Approximately 800 VIP guests, industry colleagues, International and European press will be in attendance.
We at Feodor Pitcairn Productions are thrilled to have The London Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra provide live accompaniment of the very deserving film score, composed by Grant McLaughlin of South Africa.
A film by Feodor Pitcairn Productions and Off The Fence
In co-production with Animal Planet International
The evocative feature film Ocean Voyagers explores the familiar themes of motherhood and parenting in a world as unfamiliar as it is breathtaking. Featuring a precocious newborn humpback calf and his enormous 40 ton mother, we are taken on a journey of discovery into their world. A five year labor of love shot entirely in High Definition on location in French Polynesia, Hawaii, Alaska, Newfoundland, The Bay of Fundy and the Gulf of Maine, the resulting footage of these elusive animals is as eloquently beautiful as it is luminously detailed.
SYNOPSIS
An ancient species and one of the largest animals ever to live on planet earth, Humpback Whales have been traveling – and singing their mesmerizing songs – throughout the world’s oceans for millions of years. Like the oceans themselves, what we know of Humpback’s lives is surprisingly little. Ocean Voyagers provides 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.
Through images as hauntingly beautiful as they are rare, watch as our calf plays near the seabed floor while his mother rests; catch a glimpse of milk dispersing into the water around him as he nurses; and wonder at the tenderness of the interaction between mother and infant as she embraces her baby in her gigantic flippers.
One of the hallmark characteristics of Humpback Whales is their song. Ocean Voyagers is rich with the music of Humpbacks. Using a set of specially designed hydrophones, Feodor Pitcairn captured stereo recordings of his humpback subjects; including singing in the South Pacific and French Polynesia as well as the calls of group lunge feeding in Alaska. This film features these remarkable recordings of one of nature’s most complex songs, interwoven with an original score by composer Grant McLachlan.
Feodor Pitcairn Productions, Ltd: Founded in 1977, FPP is an independent production company featuring the work of diver, naturalist and underwater cinematographer Feodor Pitcairn. FPP was an early pioneer in the use of High-Definition technology in the underwater environment, originating and releasing Sperm Whale Oasis and Realm of the Killer Whales in HD in 2000.
Off The Fence, Inc: Established in 1994, OTF is an independent television distribution and production company, specialized in non-fiction programming for the international marketplace. OTF works hands-on with established production companies as well as talented newcomers to create internationally marketable specials and series. www.offthefence.com
