# @reddigitalcinema on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C9TNwlgyNsN
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/20546749-reddigitalcinema-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-07-11T23:10:34.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** RED Digital Cinema (@reddigitalcinema) — https://gondola.cc/reddigitalcinema

## Caption

#SharksonRED with sonyaslee and nickhawkinsphotography 

During the filming of Jawsome: Canada's Great White Sharks, our team spent three months in Nova Scotia trying to capture underwater footage of great white sharks, a feat never before achieved with cinema cameras. We worked with an experienced skipper and citizen scientist with a Species At Risk permit, staying safe in a cage. Despite terrible conditions, poor visibility, and even a major hurricane, the team persevered and finally saw our first white sharks in Canada. 

“As an underwater cinematographer, filming great white sharks has always been high on the list, but never in my wildest dreams did I think I'd get to film them right in my own backyard. Being in the water with these incredible animals is simply mind blowing. What struck me most was just how shy the sharks were. These weren’t animals that were used to seeing divers and it took hundreds of hours of effort to get the close encounters we were hoping for. There is still a lot we don’t know about these animals, especially in this part of the world, but we do know that their presence is a good thing; large apex predators are a sign of a healthy and balanced ecosystem. I used the RED #GEMINI5K throughout the project and it never let me down, helping capture these first images of great white sharks in Canadian waters." - nickhawkinsphotography 

Watch on the CBC The Nature of Things on CBC Gem in Canada and stay tuned for international release announcements.

Jawsome: Canada's Great White Sharks for the CBC The Nature of Things cbcdocs 

Production Company: River Road Films riverroadfilms 

DoP: Nick Hawkins, nickhawkinsphotography 

Cinematographers: _matthewhood, k_sandilands, andrew_maccormack, antisquare, jeff9 

Additional Cinematography: james_frystak, nicolaswinklerphotography 

EP: Jeff Turner 

Producers: Sonya Lee, Chelsea Turner 

Director: Sonya Lee sonyaslee 

Writers: Sonya Lee, Chelsea Turner 

Editor: Erin Cumming

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