How To Film Wildlife with Mike Linley

Successful Wildlife Videography is a 2 hr 15 min video presentation presented by Mike Linley. Some of you might remember Mike as the producer and scientific advisor of Anglia Television's Survival wildlife series back in the 1980s. Mike also fronted the children's wildlife programme, Animals In Action.

Although my video production company filmed this back in 2007 most of the techniques for filming wildlife are still relevant today.

At one point this DVD was only available to purchase for £19.99, now I've digitised it and uploaded it to YouTube for wildlife filmmakers and videographers to enjoy!

Chapters, click chapter name to jump to that point:

0:00 – Introduction
06:35 – The JVC ProHD Camcorder
09:45 – Equipment
16:35 – Tripods
21:08 – Batteries
22:46 – Microphones, Softies & Headphones
27:38 – The Matte Box
30:49 – Filters
37:29 – Blank Tapes
38:34 – Camcorder Protection
39:56 – Dome Hide
40:38 – Manual Control
54:45 – Composition
59:16 – Shot Sizes
01:01:09 – Animal Groupings
01:03:08 – Panning Shots
01:06:02 – Planning The Shoot
01:12:52 – Lighting
01:18:38 – Fieldcraft
01:21:24 – Animal Behaviour
01:24:00 – Circle Of Fear
01:26:22 – Macro Videography
01:32:56 – Safety
01:34:50 – Ethics
01:35:55 – Filming Animals In Tanks
01:37:49 – Camouflage
01:45:34 – Filming Terrapin In Captivity
01:48:13 – Cutaways
01:49:31 – Filming Prairie Dogs In Captivity
01:51:34 – Filming Birds In Flight
01:53:33 – Filming Lynx In Captivity
01:56:22 – Editing
02:00:56 – Audio & Foley Sound
02:06:55 – Narration
02:12:05 – Titles & Credits
02:13:12 – End Wrap