Behind the Scenes of Netflix’s All the Sharks: An Insane Underwater Shoot!

Working on Netflix’s All the Sharks was on a scale I’ve never experienced before. At times, there were over 50 crew on location and more than three tonnes of camera equipment. Every day felt like orchestrating a mobile underwater production unit capable of moving between multiple countries, ecosystems, and shark species, all while keeping the operation safe, seamless, and cinematic.

The Gear and Camera Set Up:

Underwater, we were shooting on an assortment of RED cameras: my 8K RED V-Raptor, two more V-Raptor VV models, a RED Gemini, RED Monstro, and RED Helium 8K, a total of 6 RED Underwater cinema systems. Each had a selection of Gates and Nauticam housings, domes, and lenses. The technical complexity alone was staggering, syncing camera frames, white balances, timecodes, and exposure across different cameras while maintaining the freedom to capture unpredictable shark behaviour.

Topside, the production used 4 Varicams, 4 Sony FX3s, a range of FX6s, 30+ GoPro’s rigged absolutely everywhere, and countless drones ensuring that aerials, presenter sequences, and surface interactions were fully covered.