The Borneo jungle which is one of Sabah’s hidden gem never fail to put the travelers in awe upon discovering its natural habitats and landscapes. Impressively, The Land Below the Wind’s beautiful forest was featured in one of the notable Hollywood films, The Jungle Book Movie.

Helen Brownell, a visual effect artist who worked as part of the team behind the all-time childhood favorite, The Jungle Book, said that the movie has transported her back to Borneo during her visit as a Raleigh International volunteer in 2006 as she was tasked to work on the recreation of ‘The Jungle Book’ project. Inspired by the nature that wonderfully grows all over the jungle’s deep green carpet, magnificent landscapes, and the live creatures there, she drew her special memories in Sabah into lifelike CGI by visualising it through some of the movie’s scenes. The jungle’s elements really intrigued her as she can still vividly remember the sounds, colours, and the textures of the place that has led her to sketch the environment in the project. Portraying a jungle sense coming to life, the visual effect artist reflects it by adding the animation, Baloo the bear as evidence of her amazement when she came across various wildlife during the expedition.