Under Water Over Land (UWOL) is a friendly, inclusive international wildlife film competition where wildlife filmmakers from around the world hone their creative skills by submitting 4-min creative short videos under a 1-month deadline based on a given theme. Visit the UWOL Forum, here.

Carol Of The Bells Christmas
Okay, so this isn’t exactly an official UWOL entry, but this creative short was shared with the UWOL community for fun. Seasons Greetings, 2020! Happy New Year 2021. Enjoy this Season’s Greetings video card playing Carol of the Bells on the Russell Farm. Me as a flute student, teamed up with professionals, Cille Lutsch and Rianne Matthews for some holiday fun down on the farm.

Cille Et Les Oiseaux
The June, 2019 UWOL 51 Challenge had the theme: Man vs Nature. Spike Productions worked collaboratively with flutist Cille Lutsch in a very last minute guest entry entitled Cille Et Les Oiseaux, a play on the musical title Pan Et Les Oiseaux by Jules Mouquet, which Cille played excerpts from in this creative short. Guest entry basically means that one…

Make A Joyful Noise …
The May, 2016 UWOL 38 Challenge had the theme: Recreation. Spike Productions had the fun idea to spin the theme to make it not only recreation, but re-creation by taking film shots and morphing them into a new look. This was a blast, and a great challenge to work out new skills. Have a look by clicking…

Studio B
The October, 2015 UWOL Fun Shoot didn’t have a theme but was an in-between-challenge challenge where old material could be used and anything goes. My entry, Studio B was an attempt to be on the fun/silly side of the spectrum. No winners in this challenge, just feedback and a good time. The next legitimate UWOL challenge…

The Little Book of Why
The March, 2016 UWOL 37 Challenge had the theme: Why, yes, you got it, “why.” This theme was a bit of a challenge to say the least but it landed Spike Production its first win with the entry, The Little Book of Why. It’s a short story about father Ben and his daughter, Belle, who…

What Is It?
The December, 2015 UWOL 36 Challenge had the theme: Weather. Spike Productions placed 2nd Runner Up with the entry entitled, What Is It? Working at NOAA for 16 years in a form career, weather is right up my alley. It was a fun opportunity to once again, look at the sky! View this entry on…