BioQuest Studios in Port Douglas | Film/Television studio

BioQuest Studios

Locality: Port Douglas

Phone: +61 412 424 673

Address: 7/32 Macrossan street 4877 Port Douglas, QLD, Australia

Website: http://bioqueststudios.com.au

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25.01.2022 9 days of near perfect conditions on the GBR, from the mangroves of Low Isles to the outer reefs, 29 dives, more than 35 hours underwater. Shooting 6Tb of 5K underwater material to record the work of 2019 Rolex Awards Associate Laureate: Dr Emma Camp and her coral research team. Directed by Heather Cruickshank with the absolute minimum of fuss, it was a pleasure to work with dedicated professionals who also knew how to have fun. Thank you all for making our job easy. Heather Cruickshank, Pete West, Daniel Stoupin, Neil Munro, Patrick Acum, Franck Gazzola, Terry Meehan, Dan Proud, Reuben Nutt and Wavelength Cruises.

25.01.2022 Covered in toxic spines and preying on coral, adult crown-of-thorns starfish are a powerful force on the Great Barrier Reef, causing devastation to reefs during... outbreaks. But they don’t always dine on coral. When young, the starfish eat algae that looks like pink-paint, called coralline algae. A pink starfish against a pink backdrop is hard to find so who eats them? What types of coralline algae do they feed on, and how might this influence outbreaks as adults? These juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish, beautifully captured by BioQuest Studios, were spawned in the National Sea Simulator last November. We’re studying the little-known larvae and juvenile stages of the starfish to better understand what drives outbreaks in adults. Hear more from Dr Sven Uthicke about this work: https://youtu.be/HVFhjX0otUc : BioQuest Studios

21.01.2022 We are very proud to be able to contribute to this truly unique event.

19.01.2022 Just the weapon you need to shoot fish in a barrel. Red Gemini with Laowa cine lens. The latest configuration of the BioCam micro motion control system.

19.01.2022 There’s always something fascinating waiting to be found even in the seemingly unexciting animals. To the naked eye sponges do not seem to do much, until we look at them under higher magnification. Up close they turn into a soup of swirling cells, moving around almost like bees in a hive. Watching this eerie swarming-like motion under the microscope is a reminder that cells work together to make us, no matter how chaotic their behaviour might seem at first glance. The complex...ity of the task of building a multicellular animal out of these tiny distinct but highly coordinated units is staggering. What is even more puzzling is how the cells learned to come together to become something more than the sum of the individuals. How did they learn to transform into different types and find their role? The origin of multicellularity is a critically important question in biology. For a long time researchers thought that our distant unicellular ancestor was a cell with a flagellum and a collar-like structure designed to capture smaller microorganisms. Their modern descendants are called choanoflagellates. At the same time, sponges are the simplest multicellular animals and likely were the first ones to branch off in the process of evolution of complex bodies. Choanoflagellates look just like the food-capturing choanocytes in the sponges. In addition, their genomes share many similarities with sponges. The study published in Nature by an Australia-based team of sponge biologists compared transcriptomes of different cells picked one-by-one from the adult sponge and to the surprise of everyone this choanoflagellate hypothesis of the origin of multicellularity now seems less plausible. Our Creative Director Daniel Stoupin is proud to have been part of the team who challenged the long-held idea and revealed a fact that will be written in the upcoming generation of biology and evolution textbooks. Some of Daniel’s focus stacked microscopy work on the sponge is seen in the video. The publication can be found here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1290-4

18.01.2022 Get a glimpse of our new multi-axis precision motion control systems, the control panel, and what they are capable of. The equipment has been designed and built in-house. More pictures in the link below. http://bioqueststudios.com.au/motion-control-systems/ There's a short video teaser at the bottom of the page. Watch it full screen at 2560x1440px.

17.01.2022 Lord Howe Island is an incredible corner of the planet It was hard to find a spot from where one wouldn't want to take a panorama shot.

17.01.2022 Our motion control showreel - we posted pictures of the equipment earlier.

16.01.2022 BioQuest Studios and Wild Pacific Media commissioned to produce Australias first Netflix Original documentary, MicroWorlds - Reef.

16.01.2022 Life under the sea is absolutely incredible...

14.01.2022 WATCH - Dr Line Bay spoke with ABC News about exploring the feasibility of a reef restoration technique called 'Assisted Gene Flow'. This is one of around 40 di...fferent interventions being examined by the Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program, a research program to investigate the best science and technology options to help the Great Barrier Reef resist, repair and recover. Learn more about the Program: www.gbrrestoration.org

13.01.2022 LE CORAIL : UNE ÉNIGME SCIENTIFIQUE D’où vient le corail et de quelle nature est-il ? À quelle époque remonte son origine ? S’agit-il d’un vé...gétal, d’un animal ou d’un minéral ? Autant de questions dont l’une a trouvé sa réponse au milieu du XVIIIe siècle à la suite des observations du médecin et naturaliste français Jean-André Peyssonnel (1694-1759). Grâce à lui, l’énigme posée depuis l’Antiquité a été résolue : le corail est bel et bien un animal ! Aujourd’hui, nous savons même qu’il fait partie de la famille des méduses, les cnidaires. Venez découvrir le parcours Corail au Musée océanographique, pour en apprendre d'avantage sur cet animal fascinant et indispensable à l'écosystème de l'Océan. #OceanoMonaco #vivonslocean #weareocean #Oceano #OceanoLover #Ocean #museum #musee #aquarium #mer #mediterranée #MediterraneanSea #Tropicalsea #undersea #Seaturtle #Monaco #visitmonaco #cotedazurnow #frenchriviera See more

13.01.2022 Our new toy: Camera Propulsion Unit (CPU) This latest piece of equipment from the BioQuest hanger is more about achieving camera stability rather than speed. Specifications:... Thrust: 15kg (7.5 kg for each motor). Run Time: 30-60 minutes depending on selected speed. Speed settings: 3 Battery: Flight legal 25.2V Lithium Ion Battery recharge time: Approximately 2 hours Battery change time: Less than 1 minute. Depth: 40 metres Controls: Bluetooth Net weight of CPU: 6kg

12.01.2022 La Fondation Tara Expéditions devient la Fondation Tara Océan. Mettre l'Océan au cœur de notre identité est aujourd'hui aussi essentiel que naturel. Cette nouve...lle appellation traduit donc fidèlement notre engagement pour améliorer la connaissance scientifique et la partager pour préserver cet écosystème capital pour l'humanité. Exploration, découvertes scientifiques et éducation, nous avons accompli beaucoup en 15 ans. L'aventure ne fait que commencer ! http://swll.to/FondationTaraOcean_ See more

12.01.2022 Our first opportunity to produce photogrammetric images of corals for a magnificent display. Congratulations to Olivier Ferracci and all those who made it possible.

11.01.2022 Once again we must thank Craig Humphrey and his team for ensuring our coral spawning shoot was a complete success. We could not have asked for more. Special thanks to Andreas, Tom, Anton and Carly....Oh!! and the cafeteria staff for their patience with Daniels special food orders.

09.01.2022 Our new customized underwater camera system produces incredible results. Have a look at a 4k sample here: https://vimeo.com/356825941 Read more about it: http://bioqueststudios.com.au/underwater-camera-system/

08.01.2022 Lord Howe Island is located between Australia and New Zealand. It has the world's southernmost barrier coral reef. This year many of the shallow water corals have been hit by the worst bleaching event yet. The summer was very dry and hot, with extreme low tides exposing the reefs at the hottest time of the day. If the last 5 years have not been catastrophic enough for marine ecosystems, mass coral bleaching has now officially reached its southernmost finish line. It brought a sad sight to such stunning corner of the world. The water in the bay where we took the photos feels cold now (19 degrees on the day) and the visibility was not great. The last underwater shot is from a deeper location with a still healthy reef.

05.01.2022 Only one year to go, then visitors to Expo 2020 Dubai will have an opportunity see displays featuring some of our finest work.

05.01.2022 Capturing our subjects in 3D has always been in our repertoire of techniques. Photogrammetry in particular is useful for constructing virtual reefs for several purposes. First of all, it is utilised in coral reef science. We have been developing new equipment (field and studio) to scan large reef areas, as well as individual small specimens. One of the projects being discussed involves scanning reefs around French Polynesia. Aside from science, photogrammetry is very handy in... modern filmmaking. For example, our past short films relied extensively on set extensions. Not only is the background 3D reef rendering useful for visual storytelling, it also helps to greatly reduce the carbon emission cost of the production. Deploying motion control rigs on the reef with boats and crew will inevitably lead to necessity to burn a lot of fuel directly or indirectly. Focusing on studio and aquarium work however, greatly scales down the production’s carbon footprint. We are currently at the stage of acquiring assets, scanning corals, reef substrate, materials, and other elements. The next step will be working with virtual sets in camera, in real-time, to make the process of studio filming more intuitive and the resulting shots more immersive. This video is a quick demo of the technique. Most of the elements were scanned on our newly developed scanning set.

04.01.2022 Science Magazine has just featured the cutting-edge work of the AIMS team in Townsville where we had the honour of staying for the coral spawning season and acquiring this image from the cover. Congratulations Australian Institute of Marine Science.

03.01.2022 Congratulations to Nick and all the team at Wild Pacific Media. It was our pleasure to be able to contribute.