David Hannan's -
Coral Sea Dreaming - Awaken
September 27, 2009
by Toni Houston, Howard Whelan
After many years dedicated to filming and editing in glorious High Definition, David Hannan's new underwater masterpiece is coming out now.
Over 84 extraordinary minutes, Coral Sea Dreaming – Awaken enters into the very heart of life – and death – on a coral reef. It is a story that spans 500 million years and stars some of the most exotic and wondrous marine creatures on earth. Coral is the planets greatest natural architect, and coral reefs boast the highest biodiversity of any ecosystem.
Emmy Award-winning cinematographer David Hannan has filmed for 7 years to create this magnificent testimony to our extraordinary undersea world, set to an original score by Tania Rose. We meet thousands of reef inhabitants, from ancient turtles to feeding sharks, adorable pygmy seahorses and savage sea slugs, witness a manta ray ballet and courting octopus. Specialized state-of-the-art High Definition technology captures these lives with unprecedented intimacy, illustrating elaborate courtship displays, mating rituals, feeding frenzies, intense night-time predation, cannibalism and chemical warfare.
Many of the sequences have never been filmed before. Some may never be filmed again. Corals have survived 5 mass extinctions. But can they survive us?
Filmed over 2000 dives on three great coral reef ecosystems; The Great Barrier Reef, Ningaloo Reef, and Papua New Guinea, Coral Sea Dreaming - Awaken is a celebration of reefs now under threat of climate change and ocean acidification. There is much to be done to safe-guard these precious ecosystems for future generations. And very little time to do it.
David Hannan is renowned not only for his filmmaking, but also the conservation that is activated by his films. This is the driving force behind his work.
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Current Projects
Science Sense Series
December 28, 2009
The programs in the series will feature some of the world's leading scientists presenting the science behind the environmental challenges we face - making the science behind these critical issues sensible to us all and providing a factual basis for acting on real solutions.
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Virtual Decor
February 8, 2010
As a visual artist, David is always experimenting with different ways of taking us to places most of us don't have direct access to. 'Virtual Decor' explores and re-interprets Nature with 'immersive' studies or in more abstract, highlighting dazzling ways.
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Coral Sea Dreaming - Awaken Multi-platform Delivery
Updated: September 23, 2009
The program is a mesmerizing and poignant celebration of one of the planet's great natural wonders. More than a DVD or BluRay disc, it's a window onto another world - and David's passion!
Several different ways are being developed to access his unique vision.
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AQUA - A Dance with Nature Documentary
Updated: December 27, 2009
AQUA is a 75 minute documentary chronicling the story of the Great Barrier Reef. In a revolutionary approach to natural history storytelling, AQUA is told entirely through contemporary dance music, and is aimed for theatrical release and cross-platform performance festivals and venues. read more...
Pisces - A Virtual Fish Tank - HD
December 6, 2007
Different to other virtual fish tank programming, this is filmed entirely in actual marine environments. read more...
About Plankton Productions - formerly 'David Hannan Productions Pty Ltd'
High Definition Marine Cinematography, Stockfootage & HD Programming
Cinematographer, Director and Producer, David Hannan won international acclaim for his tropical coral reef footage in his classic video Coral Sea Dreaming first released in 1992. Many years, TV documentaries, musical videos and DVDs later, David remains passionate about all things marine and since 2001 has filmed exclusively on HD in a joint venture with ProCam in Brisbane Australia.
From mid-2009, the company is trading as 'PLANKTON PRODUCTIONS PTY LTD' under a new business name, formerly 'David Hannan Productions Pty Ltd'. Previous Australian Company & Business Registration details remain the same:
ACN 010 898 567 and ABN 43 010 898 567.
Over the last 8 years David, his partner Lucy Trippett and crew have filmed in tropical & temperate waters all around Australia, established a production base in Papua New Guinea and also undertaken several field trips to Antarctica.
Although busy with commissions, TV field shoots and productions, David also foresees an exciting future for HD Display Programming with a current focus on his new film Coral Sea Dreaming - Awaken. Several successful HD programs are currently in release including Antarctica Dreaming - Wildlife on Ice and Serenity Southern Seas with more projects planned.
