Otter Films is a
Scottish-based independent television production company specialising in
programmes about wildlife and conservation. It also provides training in
these areas.The company has
worked on programmes for international broadcasters such as the BBC in
the UK and PBS in the United States, as well as non-broadcast programmes
for organisations including Scottish Natural Heritage, the Forestry
Commission Scotland and the Scottish Wildlife Trust.
Otter Films is run by John and Mary-Lou
Aitchison. The company can provide their services as well as the other
personnel and expertise needed to plan, manage, film and take a
programme through post-production. Otter Films has worked with the best
presenters, camerapeople, editors and post-production facilities in the
business.
The company also manages an archive of
photographs and some footage of wildlife subjects including penguins,
otters, polar bears, sandhill cranes and Yellowstone National Park. |
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Polar bears wrestling from John Aitchison on Vimeo.
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In this video young polar bears waiting for Hudson Bay to freeze pass the time by wrestling. This looks like play and perhaps it is but it also allows the bears to test each other's strength, saving them from dangerous fights if they should encounter each other later out on the ice. |
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