Swimming with the fishes and the whales
At the California Science Center and the Aquarium of the Pacific by Bondo Wyszpolski There’s little quite as thrilling as a big subject on a big screen, and it doesn’t get any larger than “Blue Whales: Return of the Giants” on an IMAX screen at the California Science Center. This new 3D documentary, narrated by Andy Serkis, is from the folks at Oceanic Films, who along with SK Films and HHMI Tangled Book Studios previously brought us “Amazon Adventure” and “Backyard Wilderness.” We’ve all seen majestic shots of whales blowing off steam and flipping their tails as they deep-dive and then come bursting up through the swells as seagulls scatter in disbelief. So how do you make another movie that doesn’t swim in the same wake as its predecessors? “Drones are the real game changer,” director Hugh Pearson pointed out, and the aerial shots from above — so close that spray from the animal’s blowhole covers the camera lens — add a previously unseen dimension, both cinematically and scientifically where ongoing research is concerned. On one of the largest screens anywhere, the whales are pretty much lifesize. What goes in one end must come out the other. Photo courtesy of SK Films At up to…
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