Sea Fever Productions - an independent Irish production company specialising in ocean based, wildlife, big wave and outdoor filming.

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Farraigí na hÉireann is a new six part Irish Ocean Wildlife series to be broadcast by TG4 from Tuesday September 20th 2011 at 8pm.

MAKING THE SERIES

Farraigí was produced over a period of almost two years. The team needed a full year of shooting to follow creatures through their seasonal changes from feeding, mating, breeding and birth of their young.

Waiting for suitable sea conditions in which to film can be difficult in Ireland, but when the seas are calm, the diving and wildlife can be some of the most beautiful anywhere on the planet. Oddly enough some of the best dive conditions occur in winter, as the seawater is clearer when plankton descends to deeper waters. Naturally, this means pretty cold conditions! Filming a blue jellyfish off the Burren coast

Farraigí na hÉireann was funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland's (BAI) 'Sound & Vision' scheme and TG4. Under this scheme the BAI funds high quality programmes on Irish culture, heritage and experience.

Filming spider crabs off Kerry

THE TEAM
Ken O'Sullivan - Producer / Director / Cameraman
Katrina Costello - Camera / Sound
www.SeaFeverProductions.com
Ken O'Sullivan has been an underwater cameraman for many years. His directorial debut was 'Sea Fever' a feature length documentary about the history of surfing in Ireland, which was critically acclaimed and won 'Best Cameraman' at the Moscow Sports film festival in 2009.

Producing an Irish ocean wildlife series has been a life dream for Ken and his wife Katrina Costello. Many years of development and two years of production have resulted in Ireland's first dedicated ocean wildlife series, bringing the Irish magical underwater world into the living rooms of people in Ireland.

Gordon Bruic - Editor. Gordon is one of Ireland's most experienced and talented editors with over forty film credits and has been working with Sea Fever Productions for several years now.

Pat Butler - Voiceover

Simon O'Reilly - Music - See www.SimonOReilly.com

Phil Rafferty - Graphics - http://www.philiprafferty.ie/

Consultant director & cinematographer - John Brown - www.JohnBrownImages.co.uk

See www.SeaFeverProductions.com and www.tg4.ie for further information or email Ken O'Sullivan from Sea Fever Productions on ken@mondial.net 087 245 0699.
TG4's media officer is Linda Ní Ghríofa Linda.Ni.Ghriofa@tg4.ie