Jacques Cousteau, the leading man and legend oceanographer, pioneered the idea of filming underwater with a camera device and scientific experiments. He was able to combine his innovative breakthroughs through marine research and technology. Before the filming, he wrote a book based on the sea underworld. I found the film to be an accurate depiction on how scientists study and analyze data that they gather and document. They dived, killed, and showed the everyday life of a research crew. Although the general audience does not understand the death and dissections of animals, the viewing of the crew killing the marine animals from the sharks to fish may turn heads away from the screen. Throughout history of science, killing or gigantic accumulation of experimenting allows a scientist to figure out the characteristics and behaviors of animals. In return, the data can be manipulated by chemicals or by the knife to determine either a medicine or a medical procedure can be done on humans. Or if a certain solution can isolate a condition or heal it.
Throughout the years, the idea of animal cruelty has been a topic of discussion and shun by the sights of the outside world. Behind doors or out in the field, universities, science institutions or biotechnology companies are experimenting and pipetting discoveries to help mankind or other animals. I am relieved that the film portrayed how scientists need to gather specimens for studies. In my days of studying biology, I had to put mice into jars, cut them open, and pour solutions. Then I had to collect the blood, smear the cells onto a slide, and study the after effects through the microscope. I had to figure the physiology of organs and the animal systems. I lost count on how many that I killed for science. Imagine if I had to work on humans even though I had views. Even humans are experimented on through vaccines, medicines in war, or chemical warfare tests.
Based on the film, the technology won the award in terms of opening a world to the viewers. The beginning miraculously showed divers going into the deep end. The visual and the music are fascinating where no humans have witnessed via film. I believe that documentary films are successful when they can grasp the audience into a tunnel of visionary insights. The unknown and the exposed are the key components of a documentary filmmaker. I should brainstorm in the areas that viewers do not have the courage or the brain power to enter into a certain world. Once someone discovers a certain topic, they bring a certain technology to the table.
I would like to go deep into dangerous areas with a disguise and figure out how to expose the truth if humanity is at stake. I always thought that one day I would travel to Falkland Islands and live there for a year. I would accurately conjure a brilliant topic as I sit in mere isolation. I believe that stories will arise when you have a blank slate. There is a story to be told by me. I will find that damn core which will penetrate through the minds of the audience even if it kills me in terms of exhaustion and complete force. If only I could take a camera, rescue, and imprison them who destroy the innocent. Recently, a friend told me that I reminded them of Nelson Mandela. If I only had a courage and eliminate the distractions. I would really like to help people in a just and humanitarian mind. I believe that turn points of self-discovery will be significant in my later years.
A side note, I enjoyed seeing the dachshund as the crew's companion.
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