Filming Under Way to Reveal World's Most Spectacular Caves
The Inner Earth Film Project is well under way, with expeditions every two weeks to locales including massive underwater cave systems in the Yucatan, the world's largest salt caves in Israel and remote jungle caves in Africa.
San Diego, CA (PRWEB) February 16, 2007 -- Caves aren't places the average human being belongs in. But an above-average team of filmmakers is documenting the most spectacular, unusual and remote caves in the world for the rest of us.
The Inner Earth Film Project is well under way, with expeditions every two weeks to locales including massive underwater cave systems in the Yucatan, the world's largest salt caves in Israel and remote jungle caves in Africa.
"We're not just going out and shooting caves in the national parks or commercial caves," said team lead Greg Passmore. "We're going into war zones in Israel, jungles in Madagascar; we're going to the ends of the earth to shoot the best and most impressive caves on the planet."
The result will be a fast-paced video aimed at the MTV generation, with edgy digital photography and original music, said Passmore, owner of Passmore Lab, the San Diego-based videography firm creating the Inner Earth Film Project.
On a scientific level, the film is designed to instruct college and university geology students about the process of cave and karst formation, plus the relationship of this discipline to hydrogeology, urban planning and resource conservation.
On a more personal level, it's designed to show students that "geology fieldwork can be cool," Passmore said. Public, private and government caves around the world are being explored. The video will show how caves form and why they are a precious resource for all nations.
"The intensity, dedication and resources put into this project are unprecedented," Passmore said. "Most films about this subject focus on just one cave, because it's a tough subject to shoot. We're shooting caves in dozens of locations that are not only tough to shoot, but tough to reach and tough to work in."
A new film expedition departs every two weeks for about the next 24 months, Passmore said. Upcoming locations include Zimbabwe, Uganda, Madagascar and Borneo. Locations already filmed include:
- Deep-water cenotes with extensive underwater systems in the Yucatan
- Caves in the central highlands of Mexico
- Remote jungle caves in Belize
- Massive salt caves in Israel, plus archaeologically significant caves by the Sea of Galilee in the area where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found, and hand-dug aqueducts from Roman times under modern-day Jerusalem
- U.S. caves in Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, Sound Dakota, Texas and the Virgin Islands, including tropical karst, pseudokarst and classis carbonate caves
A location scout is currently traveling the globe to secure access to additional caves near 14 major cities, Passmore said. The video also is being filmed in 3-D for viewing with appropriate eyewear.
To view a clip of recent work in QuickTime, visit http://innerearth.tv/media/Cavinghighlightshdweb001.mov
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