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Sabyasachi Patra is an award winning Director of Photography, Filmmaker and Conservationist based out of India who quit senior positions in corporate world to pursue his passion for filming and create a difference. He is founder of IndiaWilds® and Wild Tiger Productions.

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Filmmaking is not just science and art but also philosophy as well. Our approach is based on the quiet meditative way that we use in wildlife filming. We bring a sense of calmness and warmth to capture the essence of your organisation without causing chaos and disrupting your busy corporate life. We want to understand what you want to be and through our films help modify the perception and morph your organisation into it.

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We do select shoots for Corporates and have shot for Amex, Colin's Airspace, Netflix, Sotheby's International Realty, BCG, Mediacom, GSMA/Bharti Airtel etc. Prior experience in senior positions in industry makes it easy for us to seamlessly shift between the filmmakers & clients perspective. In interview situations our corporate experience helps put the CEOs at ease and saves precious executive time.

Musical Tribute for Corona Warriors .Duration 13 mins.

Advertisement shot for Sotheby's International Realty, New Delhi .

Dutee ChandWe shoot films, documentaries, advertisements and other promotion and commercials throughout India. We have shot for International broadcasters, MNCs as well as for corporates and Government.
Shot For HBO Real Sports USA: Documentary on Olympian sprinter Dutee Chand

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Films

Our recent film "Discovering Rann" , of 26 mins duration, showcases the unique landscape and biodiversity of Rann of Kutch. It has special emphasis on showing the behaviour of wildlife, their unique adaptations to survive in the desert ecosystem of Kutch and the life and death struggles and conservation challenges.

Official selection in Wildlife Conservation Film Festival, New York.

Films

Our Documentary "Jewels of Thane Creek" was created for Maharashtra Government, Mangrove Cell, GIZ and Indo-German Biodiversity Project on Coastal & Marine Protected Area to highlight the unique mangrove ecosystem of Thane Creek and its impact on Mumbai.

We are equally at ease exploring the role of Culture in our lives...

We take special interest in exploring India's historical past to draw inspirations from the art in stone that has survived thousands of years. Our Short film "Fall of Harappa" to highlight the role of Climate Change in decimating the advanced Harappa Civilization

Our documentary on the cult of 64 Yogini worship and tantra traditions is currently under production...

We don't believe in short cuts. A sneek peek to our Documentary "Leopards: The Last Stand" which is being shot over the last few years in various parts of India.

Pound for pound, the leopard is the most powerful predator. Like the mysterious black panther, we love to pack in a big punch. We own and use the latest professional equipment like the Canon Cinema C300 cameras, Canon 1D X Mark II, Sound Devices mixers and recorders, OConnor fluid heads and tripods, sliders, Aerial copters etc. to shoot and create world class imagery.

Photography

Workshops/Seminars/Forums

IndiaWilds® has been at the forefront of Photography education through IndiaWilds online forums. We have conducted workshops in prestigious institutions like National Institute of Design (Ahmedabad), Xavier University Bhubaneshwar, Loyola College (Bangalore), Marlabs, Nokia. Our images have been published in WWF Coffee table books, magazines, journals,exhibitions etc.


Equipment

Cameras

  • Canon Cinema EOS C300 EF mount
  • Canon EOS 1DX Mark II
  • Canon 5D Mark III specially converted to Infrared
  • Go Pro Hero 4 Black

Aerial Filming

  • 3DR Solo

Equipment

Sound

  • Sound Devices MixPre 10T mixer recorder
  • Sound Devices 702T recorder
  • Sennheiser MKH 416 shotgun microphone with rycote softie and rycote full zeppelin windjammer and soft fur cover
  • Sennheiser EW 100 G3
  • Sennheiser AVX wireless
  • DPA 4060 High End Binaural stereo
  • Telinga Parabolic Microphone
  • K-TEK K202 CCR graphite boom pole(max length of 16.10 feet) + K-TEK boom pole cradle
  • Rycoteover covers and under covers for wireless microphones
  • Rhode Stereo VideoMic X
  • Bartlett Boundary Microphone
  • DPA Boundry Microphone
  • Hydrophone for Underwater sound recording

Equipment

Tripods and Support:

  • OConnor 1030 HDS Fluid Head
  • 18 inch Arri style dovetail & 19mm bridgeplate,19mm rods, Arri lens support
  • OConnor Hi Hat(100mm bowl) 45A-002
  • Sachtler CF 100 ENG HD 2 CF
  • Gitzo GT3530LSV tripod and Wimberly V2 head
  • MYT 3-in-1 Slider Dolly system - 4 feet long
  • MYT 100mm half bowl
  • Manfrotto MVH500A fluid head
  • Sirui K-40X Ball Head

Equipment

Lenses:

  • Canon EF 24-70 f2.8 L USM
  • Canon EF 70-200 f2.8 L IS II USM
  • Canon EF 24-105 f4 L IS USM
  • Canon EF 16-35 f2.8 L IS USM
  • Canon EF 100-400 f4.5-5.6 L IS USM
  • Canon EF 100mm f2.8 L macro IS USM
  • Canon EF 400mm f2.8 L IS USM (to flatten perspective and quickly cut to wide angle) with 1.4x and 2x converters

Equipment

Lighting:

  • BBS Area 48 Remote Phosphor Lighting (5600k)
  • Light panels Micro LED lights
  • Bosch UFLED Infrared LED light (Bosch UFLED30-8BD AEGIS Illuminator)
  • Compact IR LED lights (camera mountable)

Other:

  • LCD VF Viewfinder for filming
  • Bush Hawk 320D Shoulder pod