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Tiger sharks. |
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They're one of the Pacific's most formidable predators. |
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The goal was to film them hunting from above and below the water. |
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This proved to be the team's greatest filming challenge. |
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To film this behaviour, |
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the team sailed 800 miles |
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to one of the remotest islands in the Hawaiian chain |
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- French Frigate Shoals. |
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The timing was critical. |
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For just two weeks a year, |
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a dozen tiger sharks gather round this tiny island |
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ready for the albatross chicks' maiden flights. |
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So as not to disturb the bird colony, |
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a scaffold tower was erected offshore |
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in the middle of the shark-infested lagoon. |
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This small filming platform was going to be the topside crew's base |
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for the next ten days - |
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a daunting prospect for landlubber cameraman John Aitchison. |
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It's pretty scary being out here when they're really close. |
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Sometimes the platform wobbles when the waves hit the back of it, |
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and I do wonder about what would happen if I fell in. |
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From this vantage point, |
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producer Mark Brownlow was able to spot the sharks |
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and direct the dive team to the action. |
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