I was recently comissioned to produce a short film for National Insect week, working with the Royal Entomological Society and presenter Dr Tim Cockerill. It was an absolute blast to shoot and a wonderful location, filming inside the colourful bug houses of insect breeders Janice and Graham Smith! I think I may get one as a pet!
Check it out below.
Dr Tim Cockerill looks at the sophisticated hunting strategy of the praying mantis, one of nature's deadliest predators! Produced by Ed Prosser Presented by Tim Cockerill Supported by the RES Goodman Award. Follow National Insect week on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/nationalinsectweek Follow National Insect Week on Twitter https://twitter.com/insectweek
The bug houses had a lovely mix of diffuse light and the tank lights provided night back-lights for our presenter Tim! We shot this on a Sony A7s ii using mostly Canon L lenses, the macro was shot on a RED Epic.
We also produced some shorter social content for FB / Insta, we optimised the content with text and by outputting the vids in a 1:1 square ratio.
One of the examples below!
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