I have been contacted by a New Zealand/ Japanese production company who I worked with in 2018 at Gaping Gill.
I cannot help with any of the requests but thought it worthwhile putting the relevant parts of his email here. They were a good company to work for and the remuneration was more than adequate 😃
I will point Cameron to this thread but probably best replying directly to his email.
(cameron at nznetwork.c0m)
Thanks
Ian
“I am doing some more work with the same natural history doco series ' Great Nature', for Japanese broadcaster NHK. The producers are planning an episode about the geology of the Caucasus to be filmed later this year.
I had two reasons to contact you now - firstly do you know much about access and getting into Veryovkina Cave?
And secondly we are looking for a karst geologist knowledgeable about the caucuses who could be an on-camera scientist/guide to take the crew around a few locations and talk about the geology.
I wondered if amongst your caving contacts you could think of someone who might fit the bill as a geologist guide or point us in the right direction? Ideally a local Georgian scientist would be best but potential a Geo from the UK, elsewhere in Europe or even the US, would still be a go, if the right person is keen an available.
(Potentially even from New Zealand, if we are really stuck, but so far I have not found anyone here. I did mention this to our friend Kieran McKay as well, hoping to tap into his caving network, Kieran and I just completed a really interesting shoot in a cave Namibia for this series.
With regard to Veryovkina Cave, and other caves in Georgia, it is unlikely the crew would need to go deep or do anything expedition style, they would mostly just use stock footage for that, but they might want to poke around the entrances of some the caves with the geologist and might need a caving safety guide and technical support.
I also wondered if you knew any local Georgian cavers who might be able to guide the crew?
Dates are still to be fixed but we are looking at some time about mid July to late August. Filming over the course of a couple of weeks. Days involving the geologist and caves might be 4 or 5.
I wont be with the crew on the ground myself unfortunately, just helping out from afar.
Keen to hear your advice.
Cheers
Cameron”
I cannot help with any of the requests but thought it worthwhile putting the relevant parts of his email here. They were a good company to work for and the remuneration was more than adequate 😃
I will point Cameron to this thread but probably best replying directly to his email.
(cameron at nznetwork.c0m)
Thanks
Ian
“I am doing some more work with the same natural history doco series ' Great Nature', for Japanese broadcaster NHK. The producers are planning an episode about the geology of the Caucasus to be filmed later this year.
I had two reasons to contact you now - firstly do you know much about access and getting into Veryovkina Cave?
And secondly we are looking for a karst geologist knowledgeable about the caucuses who could be an on-camera scientist/guide to take the crew around a few locations and talk about the geology.
I wondered if amongst your caving contacts you could think of someone who might fit the bill as a geologist guide or point us in the right direction? Ideally a local Georgian scientist would be best but potential a Geo from the UK, elsewhere in Europe or even the US, would still be a go, if the right person is keen an available.
(Potentially even from New Zealand, if we are really stuck, but so far I have not found anyone here. I did mention this to our friend Kieran McKay as well, hoping to tap into his caving network, Kieran and I just completed a really interesting shoot in a cave Namibia for this series.
With regard to Veryovkina Cave, and other caves in Georgia, it is unlikely the crew would need to go deep or do anything expedition style, they would mostly just use stock footage for that, but they might want to poke around the entrances of some the caves with the geologist and might need a caving safety guide and technical support.
I also wondered if you knew any local Georgian cavers who might be able to guide the crew?
Dates are still to be fixed but we are looking at some time about mid July to late August. Filming over the course of a couple of weeks. Days involving the geologist and caves might be 4 or 5.
I wont be with the crew on the ground myself unfortunately, just helping out from afar.
Keen to hear your advice.
Cheers
Cameron”
