Animal Planet's offer to budding wildlife filmmakers

Bindu Shajan Perappadan
NEW DELHI: Is it your burning ambition to get up close and personal with the world's most amazing animals? Do you dream of capturing nature's raw beauty on film? If the answer to these questions is `yes' then Animal Planet is offering you the chance of a lifetime.
Unique project
In a unique new television project, Animal Planet is searching for the next great wildlife filmmaker.
The four-part reality series `Unearthed' will follow six contestants in an intensive training course as they learn the essential skills and realities of creating a natural history documentary.
The budding directors and animal enthusiasts will carry out their challenges at the award winning Shamwari Game Reserve in South Africa in July 2006, competing to ultimately have their film chosen the winner.
Industry experts and renowned wildlife filmmaker Lyndal Davies and Andrew Barron will guide the contestants through their tasks on the course. The tutors will provide invaluable inside knowledge to help the students shoot and edit their own short wildlife film.

International experts
An international panel of experts will judge the final documentaries, and the winner will have his or her film broadcast on Animal Planet in 160 countries throughout Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East.
To apply for one of the six places on this course all you have to do is to go to www.animalplanet.co.uk/unearthed and download the application form and send it in by May 5 to Animal Planet address in Delhi.