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Documentary movie The last kingdom of dragons

Komodo national park is the last place on Earth ruled by massive dragons. We travelled to their land and bring back unique footage of them, but also other inhabitants of the Komodo archipelago. Help us to finish a professional wildlife documentary!

Author: Living Zoology

  • Dragon on the beach

  • Blue scaled jewell

  • The king of the island

  • Venom spitting beauty

  • Beautiful deers

  • Amazing camouflage

  • Jurassic park

  • At work

  • On the nest

  • Face to face

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All or nothing. Project finished on Dec 30, 2016 at 08:07.

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How did it start? In the childhood...

Many young boys love dinosaurs. A five years old Matej was not an exception. He quickly learned difficult names of prehistoric creatures and dreamed about a possibility to return back to a time when massive dinosaurs ruled the planet. His excitement about them has soon spread to all reptiles and he watched many wildlife documentaries and read zoological encyclopedias. And there he found it - THE KOMODO DRAGON - a recent beast, which is resembling the giants of the past. Right at that time he promised to himself that once he will travel to Komodo and see the biggest lizard on Earth. Years have passed and the enthusiastic boy became a trained zoologist and evolutionary biologist who studies animals in different parts of the world. But he did not forget about the place which he always wanted to explore...

What is our aim?

This summer Matej fulfilled his childhood dream and we went to the Komodo national park in Indonesia, where we filmed a documentary about dragons. We managed to film unique video including dragons hunting a deer or a female dragon during guarding her nest. But we spent many hours by filming other amazing animals, such as bright blue pit viper or spitting cobra. We believe that our material deserves a professional processing into a documentary movie and we are already editing the video material. Unfortunately, we do not have the funds to pay a licenced original music and professional commentary recording. That is why we are asking you for help ...

Who we are?

We are Zuzana and Matej, partners in life and on the road, zoologists and documentarists. We have met during our studies of Ecological and Evolutionary Biology at Masaryk University in Brno and for four years we are complementing each other perfectly.

Zuzana has studied also Biology teaching and she is working for a long time in a field of children environmental education. Nowadays she works in the forest nursery Medlánka (Brno), where she awakens the love for nature in the youngest... Matej (born in Slovakia) does his PhD. studies and is employed at the Institute of Vertebrate Biology of Czech Academy of Sciences. His professional specialization and a lifelong passion is herpetology, the science focused on reptiles and amphibians. We both love nature and its diversity, beauty and color. Our greatest pleasure is observation of animals in their natural environment and that is why we travel around the world to find the most amazing creatures. 

Matej and Zuzana in Cameroon with the biggest frog in the world - Goliath frog with weight of 2.5 kilograms

Living Zoology

On our expeditions we usually don't have time for resting, because we are intensely documenting the wonders of nature. After coming back home we use our photos and videos to show the public how amazing place full of fascinating creatures is our planet. Project Living Zoology covers all our activities focused on popularizing zoology and nature conservation. On the internet we present our wildlife photography, then we organize lectures and meetings, produce documentary films, organize environmental programs for children and much more.

You can find more about us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingZoology/

Our photographic gallery: https://500px.com/livingzoology

Last summer we took a trip to national parks in Thailand and we created our first zoological and travel movie called Thailand: The land of snakes. This one hour documentary was made during 25 days without the film crew and with only a small amateur camera Canon LEGRIA R68. We were cinematographers, writers, sound experts and the main actors and every subsequent post-production was done only by us. All the music used in the film is free to download and use on the internet and accompanying commentary was recorded at a friend's locker room ... Despite of that our first documentary had great success at many projections and on the internet we had positive feedback. The entire film can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iymMwLn4PJM 

During filming and processing material from Thailand we gained a lot of experience and before this year's expeditions to Cameroon and Indonesia we bought more professional camera Canon LEGRIA G30 from third hand. We went to Komodo with huge commitment to get the best footage and move forward in our filmmaking skills. Thanks to theoretical preparations before the expedition, experienced guide Ajis, hard work on the location and also a portion of luck we managed to achieve all the goals that we set for ourselves on Komodo. And not only that, we witnessed natural dramas which we have never dreamed of ... Already on the plane on our way back home we were sure that we have a special material that deserves professional editing. We soon found out that if we want to improve the quality of post-production, we can not do it for free. One minute of original music from the music store costs about 37 EUR (and it is apparently a good price...), to pay for a recording studio is not cheap and also the commentator deserves a good payment. Additionally, we will record a commentary twice - in Czech and English language. Everything else we can do again by ourselves. We have been saving money for travelling and new technology for about a year, but we can't afford the additional costs of this non-commercial documentary. We hope that the film The Last Kingdom of Dragons will attract a wider audience and will help us to find sponsors for other future projects.

We believe that if we work on our projects with passion, love and dedication, we can succeed and fulfill our dreams and goals.

What will be the money used for?

  • To pay the original copyright music to the documentary film The Last Kingdom of Dragons
  • To rent a recording studio for recording the accompanying commentary to the film
  • To pay the professional commentator

And if we have any money left, or we will get more from you?

  • We will pay the original licenced music and professional commentary also for the documentary film Finding frogs in Cameroon (More here in official trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38kJ-XaiQN8)
  • We will complete our filming and photographic equipment with some of the other necessities (better light for night filming, GoPro camera for authentic footage ...)
  • We will cover part of the costs for other planned expeditions, we now consider Costa Rica, Bolivia and South Africa

10 things about Komodo which you probably didn't know

  1. Komodo island is one of about 17,000 islands in Indonesia
  2. The world population of Komodo dragon has maximum of 4,000 individuals
  3. Komodo dragon is the largest venomous animal on the planet
  4. Komodo national park includes two major islands - Komodo and Rinca - and several smaller
  5. Komodo dragon can weigh up to 100 kg and eat half of a deer in one meal
  6. Young dragons live on the trees to age up to 5 years
  7. The first report of Komodo dragons brought to Europe a Dutch pilot who crashed on the Komodo island in the beginning of the 20th century
  8. Only on the island of Komodo occurs a bright blue pit viper
  9. The Komodo national park has fauna typical for both Asia and Australia, so you can observe there cockatoos typical for Australia or sambar deer typical for Asia
  10. On the island of Komodo you can swim and snorkel on one of the 10 most beautiful beaches in the world with pink sand

News

Nov 28, 2016 We published a TEASER to our documentary on Youtube

There is a brand new TEASER on Youtube from today, which will show you what you can expect! So do not hesitate and support us, it will be a blast! There are not so many Czech wildlife documentaries and especially not about reptiles. We can do this together! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjJ2…

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  • sold 4
    Honest fan

    Are you a fan of dragons and you want to support us without any reward? We will be very grateful! :)

    Reward delivery: not specified

    EUR 6.05
    (CZK 150)

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    Thank you

    We will thank you for your support on our Facebook page and in the closing credits of the movie. 



     

    Reward delivery: not specified

    EUR 8.07
    (CZK 200)

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    V.I.P. fan of Living Zoology Youtube channel

    We will send you all trailers and bonus material for The Last Kingdom of Dragons a WEEK before official publishing.  https://www.youtube.com/livingzoology

    Reward delivery: not specified

    EUR 10.09
    (CZK 250)

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    5 photographs in full resolution

    We will send you 5 photographs in full resolution, which you can print and have on the wall or you can use them as a screensaver. Every photograph will have a transparent logo Living Zoology.
    You can choose the photographs here:   https://500px.com/livingzoology

     

    Reward delivery: in a month after the Hithit project end

    EUR 10.09
    (CZK 250)

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    The Last Kingdom of Dragons in your livingroom

    We will send you the documentary in digital version and thank you in the closing credits.
     

    Reward delivery: not specified

    EUR 12.11
    (CZK 300)

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    Postcard from next expedition

    We will send you a postcard from our next expedition. Can you guess from where it will be?

    Reward delivery: on address, in a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 12.11
    (CZK 300)

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    10 photographs in full resolution

    We will send you 10 photographs in full resolution, which you can print and have on the wall or you can use them as a screensaver. Every photograph will have a transparent logo Living Zoology.
    You can choose the photographs here:   https://500px.com/livingzoology

    Reward delivery: not specified

    EUR 18.16
    (CZK 450)

  • sold 12
    Original calendar The Last Kingdom of Dragons

    A calendar full of wildlife photographs will be a pleasure for nature lovers. Apart from photos and calendarium it has also interesting information about animals of Komodo national park. Shipment to foreign countries should be paid as additional.

    Reward delivery: on address, in a month after the Hithit project end

    EUR 20.18
    (CZK 500)

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    The Last Kingdom of Dragons on DVD

    Do you want to have our documentary in you collection of DVDs? So this reward is for you! Shipment to foreign countries should be paid as additional.

    Reward delivery: not specified

    EUR 20.18
    (CZK 500)

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    Documentary package from Living Zoology

    We will send you two documentaries - The Last Kingdom of Dragons and Finding frogs in Cameroon in digital version. Trailer for Finding frogs in Cameroon:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38kJ-XaiQN8

    In the movie from Cameroon you will see for example the endangered pangolins or the biggest frog in the world - the Goliath frog!

    We will also send you 10 photographs in full resolution, you can choose here:  https://500px.com/livingzoology

    Reward delivery: not specified

    EUR 32.29
    (CZK 800)

  • sold 0
    Educational program for children About snakes with snakes

    Do you teach a group of children in the school or environmental centre? Do you want to give them a great experience? We will come to visit you with our alive snakes and prepare for you an entertaining 3 hours! This offer is restricted for Brno city (we can not travel with snakes very far).
    You can see how these programs look like here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZyLFTkkq6E&list=PLj80DUXdImxZIfKhpDCBw0y4JCQJY0mW_

    Reward delivery: not specified

    EUR 32.29
    (CZK 800)

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    Quick lesson of video editing

    Are you interested in video editing? Do you want to see how we are editing our documentary? Do you have your own footage from mobile phone or other devices? 
    Matej will help you to improve your skills.
    This offer is restricted to Brno and surroundings, duration of approximately 3 hours. We will work in Adobe premiere elements 14 software.

    Reward delivery: not specified

    EUR 40.36
    (CZK 1,000)

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    Private projection and discussion with authors

    Do you want to learn everything about Komodo, wildlife filming and herpetology? We will bring the movie with us and project it in a place which you will choose. And only for you and your friends! After the projection you can ask what you want ;)  You will also get the movie in digital version. Restricted to Czech Republic. In case of Brno city the prize is final, in other places it is necessary to pay for us the transport. 

    Reward delivery: not specified

    EUR 60.54
    (CZK 1,500)

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    One filming day with Living Zoology


    Are you interested in life of reptiles? You don't have to travel across the globe to find them. We are working also on a longtime project about snakes in Czech Republic. And you will have the chance to go with us to the best location for finding for example vipers or rare Aesculapian snakes! During one day you will search for them with us, get close to them and have a great experience! You will take photos, try to manipulate with them and see how it is to film a documentary in the wild.

    Reward delivery: in a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 100.91
    (CZK 2,500)

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    A big thank you for a big sponsor

    Do you want to support our documentary very generously for example with logo of your company? As a big sponsor you will get a big thank you in the closing credits of the movie and of course, a movie itself in digital version. 

     

    Reward delivery: not specified

    EUR 201.82
    (CZK 5,000)

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    A bigger thank you for even a bigger sponsor

    If you want to support Living Zoology as a principal sponsor, you will be credited in the closing credits as a big sponsor with your logo not only in The Last Kingdom of Dragons, but also Finding frogs in Cameroon (trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38kJ-XaiQN8 ). You will get both movies in digital version. Then you will get 10 original photographs in full resolution with transparent logo Living Zoology and V.I.P. fan status of our Youtube channel. But it is not everything - we will also give you two original calendars!

    Reward delivery: not specified

    EUR 403.63
    (CZK 10,000)

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    Come to an expedition to Komodo with us!

    Did you have similar dreams as Matej in your childhood? Would you like to visit the kingdom of dragons? In that case you cannot be in a better company! With us you will get on your side zoologists, cameramans, photographers and travellers with many experiences. We will do everything we want for whole week in the national park and it is up to us if we use our local boat an visit every small island around or stay in the forests full of dragons. 

    The prize includes every costs for stay in Komodo national park for one week and presence of a dream team for reptile lovers with herpetologist and cameraman, wildlife photographer and local expert on reptiles. It doesn't include international flight. For more information please contact us directly.

    Reward delivery: in a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 2,421.80
    (CZK 60,000)

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