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sTUNT sHOTS
significant preparation in these sunts. Conducted by very experinced divers with several support divers.

bow 18 meters on the bow of the swan. Three back up divers just out of shot holding jeenys equipment. Stage tank hidden under ironing board.
bow 2 Final shot. Jeeny required to hold her breath for at least 45 seconds in very cold conditions.
bow 3 The difficluty for these shots can not be stressed enough. Jenny is exceptionally calm and relaxed in the water and has excellent breath hold abilities. It was possible she could fall off the bow and had no fins or mask. Three back up divers are just out of shot and already prepared to assist in an emergency.
breath hold Jenny practising her breath holds.
bridge 5
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bridge3 Jenny in her french maid's outfit ( getting cold) while captains shot being executed.
captain 2 Captain Glenn prior to descending to the wreck.
captain 4 Filanl Shots of Glenn dressed as Captain on the bridge. No fins, mask or wetsuit. To enable the best clarity for the shots Glenn had to remove fins and scuba unit while hovering above the bottom on the roof of the bridge then slowly settle to the bottom and pass unit and fins out through window to the backup divers. Once this was done remove mask and place on hat and sunglasses. Take a breath from the pony bottle on the floor and wait sufficent amount of time for the bubbles to disappear from the view
captain 5 Glenn seaching for his mask to enable him to locate the pony bottle on the floor.
captain 6 Jenny and Glenn on the bridge of the Swan. Made more difficult as two divers needed to gain access to the bridge without stiring up to much sediment.
captain Glenn about to enter the water for stunt shot on the HMAS Swan. No neoprene!!
davy Davy practising breath hold while displaying natural expressions for underwater shots
fairy 1 Jenny prior to the night dive on the HMAS Swan in her fairy costume, wings and all.
fairy 2 checking lighting
fairy 3 Back up divers doing double checks on jenny. These shots have an element of risks and we do not recommend anyone attempted duplication of this dive unless divers are very experience, they have a significant amount of support divers are available and trialling is done prior to the dive.
fairy 4 Pony bottle hidden behind Jenny. Support diver helps remove fins. Cold was a concern as this puts the diver at more risk of decompression sickness.
fairy 6 Unfortunalely due to inadequate lighting at night and surge on the night of shotting caused blurring in the photographs. We may attempted this again however, we will need to ensure camera is sufficiently stabilized and a very still night is selected.
fairy 7 Lighting using a 100 watt HID Light.
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fairy 10 Jenny of on the crows nest of the HMAS Swan at night in a fairy costume. No mask Wetsuit or fins... yes it was very cold! Three back up diver were just out of shot.
filming 4 Glenn with in Captain's costume just prior to the dive. He was popular amongst the Japaneese tourists who seemed quite stunned at these strange Australian divers.
j davy Davy, an experienced dive master and cave diver trying out another set up shot in the pool. These stunt shots require a signifcant amount of preparation and trial before being attempted.
jenny and glenn Jenny and Glenn testing prop's. Props required to made so they could securely hold stage tanks and be weighted to so they would not float away.
jenny Several ideas for a stunt shot were assessed not all of them worked.
props Stage tanks used in stunt shots due to their compact size.
toilet Due to large amount of silt found inside some areas of the wreck clear photographs were almost imossible even when extreme care was taken not disturbe it.
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