Today at 5:00 p.m. – by Simon Gonzalez
This Monday, January 13, two new episodes of Shores are broadcast on France 2. And a question arises: was the series filmed underwater?
Last Monday, France 2 began broadcasting its event series, Shores. Carried by Fleur Geffrier and Guillaume Labbé, the fiction tells the story of the sinking of the trawler Rosa Davies in the Bay of Fécamp. The fishermen who were on board the boat are nowhere to be found and this research mission is entrusted to Abigail, a young oceanologist who has experienced a family tragedy. This tragedy will bring back painful memories and she must team up with the quartermaster Prigent. The specialist discovers that something in the water is preventing the beacons and sonars from working properly. But what's happening underwater? Abigail will try to solve this mystery and she is not at the end of her surprises.
Shores : the actors have redoubled their efforts
Last Monday, nearly 3 million French people followed the twists and turns of this environmental series where the actors gave a lot of themselves. Indeed, Fleur Geffrier passed her maritime code, her boat license and completed her first dive in just a few weeks. So she didn't need a liner to dive into the water, as we can see in the series. With Allociné, the actress explained the filming conditions for the series. “When I started, that's finally when I realized that I was taming the element of water. It was going pretty well and I really wanted to do it because it's a great challenge to be able to do my own stunts and to be able to shoot everything without a stunt double. It's a real gift. And then David Hourrègue is someone extraordinary. He has this ability to take us with him. We no longer feel cold when we are with him”, she explained.
Shores : was the series filmed underwater?
If the actors have redoubled their efforts to immerse viewers as much as possible, was the series filmed underwater? While most were filmed outdoors, others took place in a huge aquatic studio located in Brussels. This place, open since 2019, is the largest aquatic studio on the continent. It has three film sets, two aquatic studios including a pool more than 10 meters deep. A true technological gem, these studios can recreate waves of more than one meter, wind, rain and all possible weather conditions. There are very beautiful filtering systems, for color, but also for waste like dead leaves. We can throw them in to make darker water.” explained Karen Jensen, the co-owner of these studios with Wim Michiels, TV 7 days.
