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Series Pitch — Prepared for Swarovski Optik

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A 6-part wildlife documentary series. One filmmaker, one animal, one search — six times over.

6 × ~12 Minute Episodes YouTube Documentary Series Shot on Location, Worldwide
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The Format

One search, repeated six times.

Every episode follows the same throughline: Clément sets out to find and film a single elusive species, meets the people working to protect it, and shares the story of what it takes to bring an animal back from the edge.

01

Find the Animal

Clément travels to the species' home range and searches for it on camera — carrying the gear himself, with no guarantee of success.

02

Meet the Experts

He finds the conservationists, rangers and researchers doing the work — the people who know the species best, and why it's still here at all.

03

Share the Story

Each episode closes with the wider story: what nearly wiped the species out, and what its future now depends on.

Six species. Six countries. One witness camera, carried by the person doing the searching.

The Episodes

Six species, six stories.

Two episodes are locked in as the opening pair. The remaining four slots are open — a chance to shape the back half of the season around species that matter to Swarovski's audience.

Episodes 3–6 are placeholders — send over species (or a wishlist) and I'll drop them straight in.
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Episode 01
Pelicans

A search for one of the ocean's most theatrical hunters, and the people protecting its nesting grounds.

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Episode 02
Bee-Eaters

Chasing one of Europe's most colourful migratory birds, and the conservationists tracking its shifting range.

Confirmed
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Episode 03
Species TBD

Open slot — a candidate for another Alpine or high-altitude species, continuing the mountain thread from Episode 01.

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Episode 04
Species TBD

Open slot — room for a coastal or wetland species to balance the season's locations.

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Episode 05
Species TBD

Open slot — a candidate for a nocturnal or hard-to-film species, leaning into the "search" format at its most difficult.

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Episode 06
Species TBD

Open slot — season closer, ideally a species with a strong human-conservation story to end on.

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Tone & Style

Carried by the person doing the searching.

Filmmaker close to camera in the field
Operating the long lens on a ridge
Carrying the rig across the mountainside
Climbing the ridge at altitude
Watching the skies with Swarovski binoculars
Bird in flight past the cliffs
Distribution & Reach

Hosted on Swarovski's own channel.

A simple model for expected reach if the series is hosted and promoted through Swarovski Optik's YouTube channel — built as an editable framework, not a forecast.

I couldn't pull a reliable, current subscriber count for Swarovski Optik's channel, so every number below is a placeholder assumption, not real analytics. Give me the actual subscriber base and average view-through rate and I'll recalculate this properly.
Assumed Subscriber Base
40Kplaceholder
Assumed View Rate
18%of subscribers, ep. 1
Assumed Engagement Rate
4.5%likes + comments
Assumed Season Uplift
+12%per episode, series momentum
Episode 01 — Est. Views
~7,200
Subscriber base × view rate, before any external promotion or paid boost.
Season Total — Est. Views
~58,000
Sum across all 6 episodes, assuming steady per-episode uplift as the series builds an audience.
Est. Engaged Actions
~2,600
Likes, comments and shares across the season at the assumed engagement rate.
Episode 01
~7,200
Episode 02
~8,060
Episode 03
~9,030
Episode 04
~10,110
Episode 05
~11,320
Episode 06
~12,680
Clement Hodgkinson filming in the field
The Artist
Clement
Hodgkinson
Director, Photographer & Cinematographer

Clement Hodgkinson is a Director, Photographer and Cinematographer who directs his work towards assignments covering human stories, expeditions, and the environment — combining high-end cinematography with observational documentary process to tell stories that make an impact.

He has directed and filmed stories for both Rolex and National Geographic Pristine Seas, with campaign work for Ford Europe, Canyon Bicycles, HOKA, Osprey Packs, Scott Sports and RAB Equipment, streaming on the Nat Geo Channel, VICE and Disney+.