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FILM SHOWCASE
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WAYFARER MEDIA 2020 SHOWREEL
All footage filmed and directed by Leander Ward.
Showreel edited by Olly Jelley.
Formats: 4K, Super 35mm, Super 16mm, HD.
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ULTIMATE FILMS 2020 SHOWREEL
Ultimate Films is Wayfarer's lifestyle content division.
Please visit Ultimate Films' dedicated website for further info.
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NSELE PRIVATE RESERVE
Nsele, Nick and Bo Wilson's 5,000 acre private game reserve in South Africa's Waterberg Biosphere, is a remarkable property. At its centre Nsele Lodge is a rarity: a safari lodge that feels like a home. Leander spent 3 weeks filming at Nsele before returning to the UK to edit this promo and construct a video-based website that can be viewed here.
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LEOBO PRIVATE RESERVE
In February 2014 Rory Sweet invited Leander Ward to travel to his private reserve Leobo in South Africa’s Waterberg Biosphere to help promote his property as a premium African safari destination. Leobo’s motto is ‘Our World, Your Playground,” and Leander was tasked with capturing the spirit and beauty of this breathtaking region, the award-winning architectural masterpiece that is the Observatory Private Villa (complete with its research grade telescope) and the serious fun that visitors can have at the reserve via the various toys that Rory has stocked the property with. Leander cut a number of the films from the footage and exhibited the long-form version in 4K at a private event at the Soho Hotel's cinema to an audience of tour operators and potential clients. The footage also formed the basis of Leobo's video-based website that can be viewed here.
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THE CRIMSON WING
In 2006, Leander and wildlife filmmaker Matthew Aeberhard teamed up with renowned British film producer Paul Webster to make The Crimson Wing for Walt Disney Studios. Jean-Francois Camilleri, Executive Chairman of Walt Disney Studios (France), commissioned the team to film the flagship release of the new wildlife arm, Disneynature. This major feature-documentary film received critical acclaim upon its release and went on to win awards at both the Jackson Hole and Wildscreen wildlife film festivals, and scooped up the Grand Prix at the International Festival of Music and Film in Auxerre, France. For more info click here.
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MOTO MONGOLIA
In 2017, Leander traveled with a group of British of motorcycle enthusiasts on a once-in-a-lifetime journey across Mongolia's Gobi Desert on KTM 350 motocross bikes, capturing the action on video. The resulting film was screened at a private cinema at Goldcrest Films in Soho, London.
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NASA - SLOW BURN TO MARS
In December 2014, Leander traveled to Cape Canaveral to film the test launch of America's newest spacecraft, Orion EFT-1. A Delta IV rocket was used to transport the capsule on a 3400 mile journey out to space during a total flight time of 4 1/2 hours. Over the next few decades, Orion will be used to send astronauts to the ISS, to the moon and in the early 2030s, to the surface of Mars.
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MASERATI BLAST
In February 2015, Leander traveled with supercar enthusiasts Rory Sweet and Sam McClean to Portugal's famous private racetrack at Portimao to film their exploits with Rory's new investment, the rare Maserati MC-12 GT1.
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FIRST LIGHT
We made this short film after learning that May 1st is International Dawn Chorus Day. We wanted to capture dawn on a beautiful lake we know in a nearby wildlife reserve here in Somerset, UK and thought it would be a good thing to post the film on a day that celebrates the magic of dawn. The film was exhibited by Natural England on a giant screen as part of Bristol's Festival of Nature in 2016.
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CLOUD ASPIRATIONS
A short film Wayfarer made for Gavin Pretor-Pinney's brilliantly named 'Cloud Appreciation Society.’ All filmed within a 15 mile radius of Wayfarer’s production office in Somerset. The film premiered on the big screen to an audience of 400 people at the CAS conference at the Royal Geographical Society in London on September 24th, 2015. Filmed and edited by Leander Ward. Music by The Cinematic Orchestra.
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SOMERSET OLD RECTORY
Promo film for a Somerset holiday home filmed and edited by Leander, for use on the house's website and on across other marketing sites and social media.
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AUTUMN IN AVALON
A short film shot in the landscapes around Wayfarer's office, celebrating the wild beauty of Somerset.
The project was a collaboration with film composer and popular classical musician Damian Montagu.
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