Too Wild Productions, based in the Timbavati Game Reserve, offers the first-of-its-kind, immersive wildlife filmmaking course to help build the next generation of wildlife filmmakers. Living in the heart of South Africa’s Greater Kruger National Park, the students learn to capture the wild as never before. This life-changing opportunity is open to local and international talent.
Together we have the power to inspire change and uplift the youth! To nurture local talent and produce the next generation of South African wildlife filmmakers, Too Wild fully sponsors a student from one of the local communities on the periphery of the game reserve through this course. Supported by the Timbavati Foundation and Wild Shots Outreach, the student will also be kitted out from head to toe in bush apparel from local clothing brand Ruggedwear.
What is knowledge anyway if it is not shared? After working with wildlife for over 18 years combined, Lauren and David, the founders of Too Wild, realised they could give back, share their knowledge and begin to break down the “metaphorical fence” separating the local communities from the game reserve. Many people living on the periphery of reserves have never set foot inside or even seen an elephant. We have the power to change this and Too Wild wants to bring down the “fence” for the future of wildlife filmmaking.
FABIAN’S STORY
Fabian Mdluli, 23 years old from a small rural village called Acornhoek in Mpumalanga Province of South Africa which is surrounded by nature and game reserves. However, Fabian himself never had the chance to experience the wildlife firsthand. After studying Civil Engineering, he took a short course in wildlife photography with Wild Shots Outreach which sparked his real desire to capture nature through film. Fabian was the first sponsored student in the first-of-its-kind wildlife filmmaking course with Too Wild based in the Timbavati Game Reserve. A life-changing opportunity where he was trained by industry experts, used industry-standard equipment and was guided by experienced naturalists to ethically film wild animals”
Lauren Arthur
Zoologist (BSc), and marine biologist (MSc) with a love for conservation and creative natural history storytelling, Lauren has presented live TV across Africa and beyond. She has also been featured on a host of channels such as, Nat Geo, Nat Geo Wild, SABC, CGTN, Disney+ and telling conservation stories for WWF International.
David Eastaugh
Renowned wildlife filmmaker David, has worked across Africa and beyond both above and below the surface, on TV shows with BBC, Disney+, Nat Geo, Nat Geo Wild and conservation stories for WWF. David is an all round technology fanatic and thrives on finding new ways to use camera technology in the wild.