SCIENCE
SEA LEVEL SCIENCE : The PROTECT PROJECT
PROTECT Sea-level rise is a European H2020 project aiming at producing robust global, regional and local projections of sea level rise on a range of timescales.
CLIENT:
IGE
DATE:
2020-2023
PROJECT:
Français
ENGLISH
The overarching scientific objective of PROTECT is to assess and project changes in the land-based cryosphere, with fully quantified uncertainties, in order to produce robust global, regional and local projections of SLR on a range of timescales. The project will place particular emphasis on the low-probability, high impact scenarios (referred to as high-end scenarios hereafter) [Stammer et al., 2019] that are of greatest interest to coastal planning stakeholders. A novelty in PROTECT is the strong interaction between these stakeholders and the sea-level scientists, ranging from glaciologists to coastal impact specialists, to identify relevant risks and opportunities from global to local scales and enhance European competitiveness in the provision of climate services.
NATURE
JAGUARLAND
Deep in the heart of Brazil, lies a wetland so vast that you can see it from space: The Pantanal.
For over 2 million years, it’s Pantanal itself who shaped a mysterious creature out of sun, water and dirt. A giant, capable of ruling over its lushy land and ensuring its balance…This creature, almost twice as large here as anywhere else in its distribution range, is the jaguar of the Pantanal.
Just like the Pantanal that gave birth to it, it is as dazzling as it is unforgiving. Its beauty is without equal, but its jaw is the most powerful in the animal kingdom.
With the heat, humidity and the enchanting colors reflected in thousands of rivers, the Pantanal seems to cast a spell on any living creature that crosses it: A bewitching fever that transforms you. No one can emerge unscathed from a life in the Pantanal.
This fever is the daily life of Abigail Martin, a young American biologist. 10 years ago, she was shocked by her 1st encounter with a jaguar, struck by the animal’s power of attraction and its aura. Since then, her life has taken a turn, and she now focuses all her energy on trying to unravel the mysteries surrounding America’s largest predator.
CONCEPT
Coming soon.
SCIENCE
UNFU**ING THE WORLD
Unf**king the World is a multi-season 6*20″ documentary series proposing a much needed new way of looking at the planetary environmental crises we are in.
CONCEPT
“Whether or not we are brave enough to accept it, we have it somewhere in mind: for the last 60 years, the human race has been fucking the world on a biblical scale and at breakneck speed, starting – among other great achievements – the 6th extinction of all life and a new geological era of plastic-based rocks. To get out of this mess, we are going to have to look at the reality of the threats directly in the eye, stop fooling ourselves, and start giving the steering-wheel of the world to people who actually know what they are talking about. Oh, and it might be better to do it sooner rather than later. “
Unf**king the World proposes a much needed new way of looking at the planetary environmental crises we are in. Most people today are tired of the way we talk about those subjects, or they have been so buried under contradictory information, that they even have doubts about their existence of the crises. Combining a totally quirky and satirical tone – very much like this pitch – with state-of-the-art, strict and unquestionable science, we will surprise with unknown numbers & facts, re-establish the truth and give the mike to people that for some reason are mostly absent from the screen : experts and scientists that have nothing to sell. Doing so, we will demonstrate that – contrary to common belief – humans CAN unf**k the world step by step, starting today.
SCIENCE
LINKS4SOILS
LINKS4SOILS is an applied research project financed by the European fund for Regional development (FEDER) within the framework of the Interreg Alpin space. The White Fox Pictures team has been responsible for creating a series of 5 episodes showing different and essential aspect of the ecosystemic services provided by the Alpine soil.
CLIENT:
IRSTEA
DATE:
2018-2019
PROJECT:
Français
Les sols alpins fournissent des services écosystémiques clés qui permettent le bien-être humain, le fonctionnement des écosystèmes et contribuent à la biodiversité. L’importance de la gestion durabledes sols alpins est reconnue mais insuffisamment mise en œuvre principalement en raison de safonction transversale, de ses structures de gouvernance fragmentées, de ses besoins sectoriels diversifiés, du manque d’informations ciblées sur les sols et des outils de gestion. Le projet vise à surmonter ces lacunes en associant la connaissance des sols alpins, les utilisateurs finaux et les experts, élaborer des informations sectorielles sur les sols, créer les meilleures pratiques et promouvoir la gestion des sols. De cette manière, il améliore l’applicabilité du protocole de conservation des sols de la Convention Alpine et contribue à la protection, à la conservation et à la connectivité des écosystèmes alpins. Le projet associe de manière innovante l’expertise et lagouvernance à différents niveaux et secteurs pour développer et mettre en œuvre conjointement despolitiques / stratégies de gestion durable des terres alpines.
ENGLISH
Alpine soils perform key ecosystem services (ESS) that enable human well-being, ecosystem functioning and contribute to the biodiversity. The importance of sustainable Alpine soil management is being recognised yet insufficiently implemented mainly due to its crosscutting function, fragmented governance structures, diverse sectoral needs, lack of targeted soil information and applicable management tools. The project aim’s to overcome these gaps by linking Alpine soil knowledge, end-users and experts, elaborate sectoral soil information, create best-case practices and promote soil management. By this, it enhances the
applicability of the Alpine Convention Soil Conservation Protocol (SCP) and contributes to the protection, conservation and connectivity of Alpine ecosystems. The project innovatively links expertise and governance on various levels and sectors to jointly develop and implement sustainable Alpine land management policies / strategies.
SCIENCE
ROCK THE ALPS
ROCK THE ALPS is a Scientific project involving 6 countries throughout the alpin range. Its goal: better understanding how rocks are falling in the Alps, and even more how forests can help mitigate this dangerous phenomenon.
FRENCH
L’objectif global du projet RockTheAlps est de renforcer l’implémentation des politiques de lutte contre les risques de chute de rocher, stratégiquement aligné avec une gestion durable des forêts alpines. Pour atteindre cet objectif, la première carte des forêts de protection à l’échelle de toutes les Alpes a été réalisée.
ENGLISH
The overall objective of the project RockTheAlps is to reinforce and strengthen the implementation of rockfall risk prevention policy and mitigation strategy support in line with a sustainable forest management approach. For achieving that objective, the first harmonized rockfall natural risk and protection forest mapping for the entire Alpine Space will be provided.
NATURE, SCIENCE
Les Gorges de Daluis
5 minutes educational documentary about the gorges of Daluis, in Southern France, usually referred as the “French Colorado”.
FRANCAIS
Les Gorges de Daluis constituent un canyon formé par le Var dans les Alpes Maritimes dans le Sud de la France, traversant les villages de Guillaumes et Daluis.
Visuellement impressionnant et géologiquement passionnant, l’équipe de White Fox Picture a été responsable d’écrire, tourner, et post-produire un film de 5 minutes permettant à tous de découvrir et de mieux comprendre ce site exceptionnel.
ENGLISH
The Gorges de Daluis is a six-kilometer-long canyon formed by the river Var in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. It runs south from Guillaumes to Daluis.
Geologically and visually intense, the White Fox Pictures crew was responsible for writing, shooting and editing a 5 minutes pieces allowing a wide audience to discover or re-discover this unique site.
NATURE, SCIENCE
LA DRONNE
4 x 6 minutes web series on a 4 years conservation project managed by the Périgord Limousin Regional Park (France) to save the river Dronne as well as its unexpected host, the Pearl Mussel.
PARTNER:
Parc Naturel Régional du Périgord Limousin
DIRECTOR:
Emmanuel Rondeau
PROJECT:
DURATION:
4 x 6 minutes
French
Le Parc Naturel du Périgord Limousin, en lien avec l’Université de Bordeaux s’est lancé dans un projet LIFE de 4 ans (2015-2019) pour restaurer la continuité écologique d’une de ses rivières, la Dronne, et ainsi sauver une espèce en danger critique d’extinction, la moule perlière.
White Fox Pictures est responsable de la création d’un cout film de 5 à 7 minutes tous les ans permettant de suivre l’évolution de ce projet unique en Europe par son envergure.
Géré par le Parc Naturel Régional du Périgord Limousin, le projet est financé par les fonds LIFE de l’Union Européenne.
English
The Périgord Limousin Regional Park, with the Bordeaux University embarked in 2015 in a 4 years adventure to restore the ecological continuity of one it is river, the Dronne, as well as saving a critically endangered and unknown species, the Pearl Mussel.
White Fox Pictures is responsible for creating one 5-7 minutes short film every year telling the story of this project, unparalleled in Europe in terms of scope.
Managed by the Périgord Limousin Regional Park, the project is financed by LIFE fund managed by the European Union.
SCIENCE
EuroVenus
A set of 6 x 10 minutes #Web series, 12 x 2 minutes #News and 3 minutes 360° #VR Virtual Reality film focusing on the work of the E.U funded research consortium ‘EuroVenus’, gathering the very best European experts from planet Venus to make incredible new discoveries.
PARTNERS
Observatoire de Paris, Oxford University, European Union
DIRECTOR:
Emmanuel Rondeau
PROJECT:
DURATION
6 x 10 minutes + 12 x 2 minutes + 3 minutes VR/360°
French
En 2015 et 2016, White Fox Pictures a eu l’immense privilège de partager la vie d’un groupe de scientifiques Européens hors du commun travaillant dans 6 pays différent mais ayant un seul et même but : lever les mystères de la planète la plus proche de nous : Vénus.
Notre responsabilité était de retranscrire ces deux années sous la forme d’une web série documentaire de 6 x 10 minutes, d’une série de 12 pastilles #NEWS permettant aux chercheur d’enregistrer des “log” eux mêmes directement devant une webcam ou un téléphone et enfin d’un film en 360° VR permettant aux spectateurs de se retrouver littéralement plongé au coeurs des télescopes d’Hawaii et de Vénus !
Ce projet, géré par l’Observatoire de Paris, a été financé par l’Union Européenne.
English
In 2015 and 2016, we had the huge privilege at White Fox Pictures to share the life of an amazing group of European scientist working in 6 different countries but working together toward the same goal: lift the veil on the mysteries of Venus, the closest planet from us.
Our responsability was to tell the story of thoses two years with a documentary web series of 6 x 10 minutes, a series of 12 video logs directly recorded by the scientist themselves with their webcam or smartphone and an innovative 360° VR film allowing the audience to experience what it is to be in the giant telescope of Hawaii and to be walking on Venus itself!
This project, managed by the Paris Observatory, was funded by the European Union.
Additional information
A 52 minutes of the web series was edited and screened at the GEoCinema event part of the EGU Conference (European GeoScience Union), April 2017.
The 360°/VR film “A journey to Venus” was selected at the Tech Doc Festival in Seattle, January 2017.
THE WEB SERIES
THE 360° VIRTUAL REALITY FILM
THE NEWS
SCIENCE, NATURE
Travelling to Monte Perdido
15 minutes educational documentary about the extraordinary geology of the UNESCO World Heritage Monte Perdido site located in the Pyrenees.
PARNTERS:
Parc National des Pyrénées, Comarca de Sobrarbe, UNESCO
WRITER AND DIRECTOR:
Emmanuel Rondeau
ADVISORS:
Pierre Meyer and Joseph Canéro
DURATION:
15 minutes
French
Depuis presque 5 milliards d’années, l’énergie emmagasinée dans notre planète sculpte, déforme et structure la croute terrestre (…) laissant alors derrière elle des traces géologiques mystérieuses. Le site de Pyrénées Mont Perdu rayonnant sur la crête franco-espagnole des Pyrénées est une de ces plus impressionnantes empreintes du temps.
Ces 30 000 hectares classés au patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO ont de tout temps questionné les hommes sur le mystère de leur naissance.
White Fox Pictures a été eu la chance d’être responsable de l’écriture puis de la production de ce documentaire pédagogique de 15 minutes diffusé sur Internet et dans toutes les maison du Parc National des Pyrénées, coté France et Espagne.
English
For almost 5 billion years, the energy stored up in our planet has sculpted, twisted and structured the earth’s crust (…) leaving behind it mysterious geological traces. The Pyrenees Monte Perdido site, radiating out over the Franco-Spanish ridge of the Pyrenees, is one of the most impressive of these marks of the passing of time.
These 30,000 hectares, listed as a world heritage site by UNESCO, have always questioned man on the mystery of their birth.
White Fox Pictures has been lucky enough to be responsible for writing and the production of this 15 minutes educational documentary broadcasted on Internet and in all the Pyrenees National Parks (French and Spanish) visitor centers.