Before the eye under the sea there was just darkness...
see here our latest trailer - a new showreel is in progress
Action adventure documentary full of drama and humour with an extensive interactive multi-media component - creating awareness for the state of the ocean with the aim to find real solutions. Based on the untold evolution of underwater film & photography and how it changes the world.
- 3-hours action adventure - experiential blue-chip documentary series for the general global audience, with flexible programming formats
- Presented by a comedian celebrity, preferred narrator Alexandra Cousteau
- Interactive multi-platform web-site, aiming for the younger audiences
- Educational Gaming Collection - with the oportunity of creating real solutions - adapted to the school ciriculum
Supported by National Geographic, Screen Australia, Screen NSW and X|Media|Lab |
Ready for the next phase: writing the latest script draft, developing and building the Eye under the Sea multi-platform site and developing the edu-gaming collection. |
At this stage we depend on private funding, please support Eye under the Sea and check out Funding page |
The project is listed at the Documentary Australia Foundation and has a tax deductible status in Australia. |
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1856 - William Thompson lowers a cast-iron box holding a plate camera, several meters deep to the bottom of Weymouth Bay. Little does he know what his pioneering instigates.... 2012 - James Cameron dives 7 mile deep into the Mariana Trench with a special built sub fitted with 3-D cameras and sampling equipment. This is once before achieved by pioneers Jaques Picard and Ltd Welsh in 1960 with bathyscaphe Trieste. Filmed on B & W 16mm film, Picard's discovery of fish-life in the abyss helped stop the dumping of radio-active waste into the trenches. Knowing the impact of Cameron's blockbuster films, with always a profound message - we can only phantom how his images from the deep will change the world.
Documentary series Before the Eye under the Sea there was just darkness. From our
fear for the unknown Hollywood created the monsters of the deep. But the Eye
also transformed our fear into a fascination with the sea, and it's untapped
treasures. Yet each man kills the thing he loves... Can the eye under the sea
save man from the abyss?
The eye
of the underwater camera gives us a window into a mysterious world where only few venture. Like most
of us, our comedian presenter is terrified of the monsters
of the deep. He embarks on a dramatic and hilarious journey, faces his fears for the ocean he inevitably falls in love
with it's wonders and treasures, but awakens to an ocean on the edge of the abyss. On
a mission to find solutions, he meets with the world's most committed
underwater image makers and marine scientists who join their efforts to turn the tide. In a virtual ocean our comedian presenter creates his own marine world, showing what the future could hold - depending what choices he makes.
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I was nine years-old when I went on my first
dive, in the Caribbean. I saw a shark, which seemed very large at the time
(perhaps because I was quite small). I remember being torn between fear of this
impressive predator and the curiosity of admiring such a beautiful animal.
After some hesitation, curiosity won over, andI swam
with the shark, in awe of its majestic beauty. Knowledge can help us overcome
fear, and curiosity is a wonderful engine of creation.' Pierre-Yves Cousteau- son of Jaques-Yves Cousteau
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Alexandra Cousteau
‘Thanks so much for your interest
in our work and for giving me a voice in your film'.
Dr Sylvia Earle
‘I do whatever I can to support your project and will
connect you with worldwide network of oceanographic experts'.
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