![]() ![]() designed the world’s first underwater 3D beam-splitter rig, and since they now had the means of production, they felt it was time to go ahead and have a go at the great white project. Sharks made guest appearances in both movies, but there was still no sign of the great white documentary.įor The Last Reef, D.J. They followed it with another film called The Last Reef. Roller as underwater Director of Photography, the team started to learn everything there was to know about deep water 3D shooting. Working on their first 3D documentary, Wild Ocean, with D.J. He returned to the UK determined to make a film about them – and like the real thing, it had to be in 3D. In 2004, director Luke Cresswell took his first trip to Isla Guadalupe, a 24-hour voyage by boat from the port of San Diego and it was there he saw his first great whites, in crystal clear water, bathed in sunlight. “We were determined to bring audiences something truly ground-breaking in a shark film”, he said. Roller, Producer and Director of Photography for Great White Shark, said the film dazzles because his uniquely designed camera enabled him to capture much higher resolution and better slow motion underwater than ever before. The film is available in release in both 2D and 3D.ĭ.J. Using revolutionary high-speed, digital IMAX cameras in South Africa, the filmmakers captured the great white breaching for the first time in 3D. The film examines what we know about these incredible animals through the eyes of several people whose lives and work have become inextricably linked to the great animal. Three years in the making, Great White Sharktakes viewers around the world to great white hotspots: from the crystal clear waters of Mexico’s legendary Guadalupe Island, to newly-discovered shark territory around Stewart Island off the southernmost tip of New Zealand, to the bone-chilling waters of South Africa’s ‘flying’ great whites and finally to the California coast near heavily-populated Los Angeles. The latest and greatest to grace Australian IMAX screens, Great White Shark, unravels the mystery of the creature we love to fear-the much maligned, misrepresented and misunderstood beast of the deep-and goes to the depths of human daring and cinematographic prowess to tell the true story of its role atop the oceanic food chain. A small band of filmmakers and scientists take shooting to new extremes to support the shark conservation efforts of Oceana and WildAid,Īnd see just how far they can take their gear. ![]()
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