BOS400

Mysteries Of The Abandoned’ is a factual historical documentary series produced for Discovery Channel that identifies and investigates significant historical/engineering locations that have been abandoned or forgotten in time. It is an intensive 24-48 hour shoot on location. The story of the location is told through beautiful footage, through the eyes of a contributor that has a connection to the location – assisted by in-studio specialists. The show is drone-intensive, coupled with lingering long shots and close-ups and cutaways.

In all cases (Film Fixers has produced 8 shows for the Discovery Series), the shooting is managed and done by ourselves – with a comprehensive brief from Discovery / Likeashot.

In this instance, the location was an abandoned shipwreck of the coast near Cape Town – a massive French barge that broke anchor and ran aground before rescue/salvage work could commence. The seas off the Southern African coast are rough and notorious, with little successful salvage prospects. The story was told through the eyes of Nick Sloane, a world-renowned salvage expert (think Italian Costa Concordia) who winched down onto the platform – and got off pretty quickly.