Marine filming specialists in Cornwall

Almost certainly we are by far the most experienced marine filming specialists in Cornwall. Indeed we started our filming career trading as Shark Bay Films – marine documentary specialists. And we continue to produce documentaries for worldwide television distribution under that persona. We are currently finalising the edit of a 3 part series about WW2 shipwrecks throughout the Pacific. And we are particularly skilled in drone filming of all sorts of boats and marine events.

Drone filming in Norway’s Fiordland

Marine filming background.

Because we produced our first marine documentary over 30 years ago. We filmed “Caymania” in the Cayman Islands. and National Geographic bought the film. Encouraged by that, we shot our next film at Cocos Island, Costa Rica and Discovery Channel bought that. Since then we have produced over 30 underwater documentaries and won over 60 international awards.

Somali Pirates

One particularly intriguing marine project was our film about Somali Pirates . We signed a distribution deal with National Geographic. And the spin off book commissioned by Bloomsbury was in the non-fiction best sellers list for many weeks.

Blood Ransom paperback edition

Work with national boating magazines

We have done extensive work with both Motor Boats Monthly and more recently Motor Boats and Yachting magazines plus Princess Owners magazine, both producing feature articles and series of videos. We have taken our princess V39 from North Africa through Biscay and to St. Petersburg in Russia and Norway’s Arctic Circle among other adventures. This is not the greatest picture as photography was forbidden so I snuck the shot from inside the cabin…

Marine Border checkpoint St. Petersburg Russia

Promotional filming for boat manufacturers.

We have done promotional filming for a number of high profile UK based boat builders, including Princess and Rustler. Among other projects for them we have filmed a number of Princess cross-Channel events.

Filming for Rustler Yachts

Promotional filming for charter boats both UK and abroad

Indeed we have a niche expertise producing promotional films for all sorts of holiday charter companies. Among many, we have produced promo films for Silhouette Cruises in Seychelles, MV Febrina in Papua New Guinea, and  Atlantic Azores in Philippines.

Filming for Silhouette Cruises, Seychelles

Filming for marine insurance companies

In this field we have done extensive promotional filming for Haven Know Johnson, now known as MS Amlin, and even been sponsored by them on one of our voyages.

Marine events filming

Finally we are very experienced in filming marine related events. These include filming power boat racing for IPRC, Tall Ships in Falmouth, and other marine festivals including the Shanty festival. Falmouth Harbour Commissioners are among our regular clientele. And a very unusual special event -filming a group of top Cornish surfers doing a sponsored SUP paddle from Cornwall to Scilly for the campaign Against Plastic Pollution.

Filming sponsored paddle to Scilly

Marine filming for news channels

We have also filmed Cornish marine subjects for a number of national news channels and newspapers. One of those was filming Boka Vanguard for Channel 4 News.

Filming Boka Vanguard for Channel 4

So I think it’s fair to say that we are indeed the foremost marine filming specialists in Cornwall.