The Story
“An Elephant Away” takes place in one of Africa’s most iconic landscapes. The Amboseli Eco System where Isiah, a young farmer, and “Three Holes” an elephant matriarch are struggling to coexists in a fragmented landscape.
Isiah is farming tomatoes to send his kids to school and to get out of poverty. But luck isn’t on Isiah’s side. Will he be able to achieve his goal to get out of poverty?
“Three Holes” is also effected by the growing population, land sub-division and a fatal drought. How will she and her family survive in a place where space gets smaller and resources are running out?
The Production
We wanted to do something different in documentary story telling and decided to go for a mixture of narrative blue-chip natural history content and interview driven run’n’gun documentary style. A combination which has been rarely seen before.
To achieve the blue-chip natural history quality we used car mounted gimbals, high end cinema cameras, time-lapse cameras and high-end audio recording devices.
Filming for over two years, editing, color grading and audio mixing for more than a year, we are proud of what we have achieved with such a small production team!
The Team
Andreas Knausenberger
Director / DoP / Editor
Nira Shah Knausenberger
Executive Producer / Writer
Lee Smith C.A.S
Production Sound Recordist / Foley
Amima Mwongela
Narrator
The Cast
| An Elephant Away Cast: | |
|---|---|
| Director & Producer: Andreas Knausenberger | Artwork: Stuart Duff |
| Executive Producer: Nira Shah Knausenberger | Production Company: Africa Wildlife Productions Ltd. |
| Production Sound Recordist: Lee Smith C.A.S | Status: In Distribution |
| Narrator: Amima Mwongela | Year: 2020 – 2023 |
| Camera: Andreas Knausenberger | Cameras: RED, zCam, Panasonic |
| Editing: Andreas Knausenberger, Nira Shah Knausenberger | Lenses: Irix Cine Primes, Sigma, Nikon, Tokina |
| Subtitles: Gary Mwai, Nira Shah Knausenberger, Dieter Knausenberger, Rob Böhm, Esther Wainaina | Locations: Amboseli National Park, Kimana Sanctuary, Isineti |
| Music: Serge Pavkin Veaceslav Dragano David Morton Beneath The Mountain Roland Bingaman Bortex C.K. Martin Tristan Barton Laurel Violet Caleb Etheridge Sid Acharya Shahead Mostafafar Eleven Kingdoms | In support of: Community Wildlife Fund Big Life Foundation Amboseli Trust for Elephants |