Notes from a recent filmshoot by Rob Jennings

We recently finished a 6 day shoot with Gurney Productions, filming for Discovery Channel.

One of the presenters who spent two days with us was Les Shroud from Survivor man. He was presenting a show about The most dangerous Great White Shark spots around the World.

The other presenter was Charles.( see pic below of us),a Special Forces Marine. His show was on the different feeding behaviors of the Great Whites around the world.
I was hoping that Charles would give us a grunt ( who-ha) and a marching song, as they do in those Hollywood movies…….but alas...... maybe another time.



Most days where pretty standard.....towing decoys, cage in the water and for the film crew.... chumming to bring the sharks up from the deep.

On one of the days it turned interesting when we had to use squid, kelp and a whole tuna to see which the sharks preferred.
To our disbelief the kelp was the first to be taken and eaten in a frenzy of tail thrashing, proving that the Great White goes for anything that resembles a seal in form shape.

The presenters were relaxed and enjoyable to work with, even though there was a lot of going over the lines again and again.
Once in the cage it was a different story, things were not so relaxed on one trip when visibility being poor and the sharks of about 4.5 m swimming around they were a little skittish and did not stay in the water long.

The weather over the period was outstanding for it being winter and the crew were content with their stock of film, making the six day shoot a success.