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DEEP SEA 3D – Production Information
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Deep Sea 3D, the new immersive, underwater adventure from IMAX, transports
audiences deep below the ocean surface in multiple locations around the waters
of the globe and gives them never-before-seen, up-close encounters with a wide
range of undersea life. There, moviegoers—with only their 3D glasses for a
diving mask—will be able to swim alongside some of the most exotic creatures
on the planet, from the bizarre Rainbow Nudibranch to the Giant Pacific Octopus.
Through the magic of IMAX and IMAX 3D—complete with the world’s largest film
format and movie screens and state-of-the art digital surround sound—audiences
will be introduced to a colorful cast of characters and observe at arm’s length
these creatures living out their lives in a variety of unique and often humorous
relationships…some predatory, some symbiotic, yet all ultimately dependent
upon one another for survival.
About the Production
For filmmaker Howard Hall, diving and photographing the undersea world has
been a lifelong passion. Hall has been involved in documenting the life
supported by the world’s oceans (through writing, photography and filmmaking)
since the early 1970s, serving in a variety of editorial capacities for some of the
most esteemed wildlife periodicals, including International Wildlife Magazine,
Ocean Realm Magazine and Fathoms Magazine. His internationally recognized
photographs have been published in hundreds of books and magazines
(including Life and National Geographic) and he has authored several acclaimed
books on the subject.
It was only natural that his career should evolve from still photography to
filmmaking, working in a variety of roles including director, producer and
cinematographer. With the pioneering development of a large-format,
underwater IMAX 3D camera, Hall was then invited by co-founder of IMAX and
producer Graeme Ferguson to share his superlative skills and knowledge, shifting
into this technically challenging art form with the entry of the acclaimed 1994
IMAX 3D title Into the Deep (the first-ever, giant-screen undersea motion.
An Array of Locations
To capture their survey of the diversity of life, filmmakers decided upon taking
their IMAX 3D camera to a long list of differing locations. As with any kind of
nature documentary work, there is always a chance that the subject you were
hoping to find might not be “home” when you arrive. But thanks to Hall’s
decades of experience, along with the valuable skills and knowledge of his
accomplished crew, the team was able to predict the whereabouts of the
undersea “stars” on their wish list with a high percentage of accuracy…and set
about globetrotting underwater to film their hoped-for sequences.
The director elaborates, “One of the interesting differences between Deep Sea
3D and Into the Deep is that in the earlier film, there were two or three
sequences that were quite spectacular and proved to be really memorable with
the audiences. In this film, there are so many things that are spectacular that
it’s very hard to pick out one or two sequences that really stand out as a
favorite. I think if you ask people coming out of the theater what their favorite
part is, you’ll get a whole range of answers. That’s the way I feel about it.
There is no favorite sequence out of the many that we shot.”
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