Fromthecreatorsof"DreamsoftheCoralSea"in1999.Stunningfilm,whichopensthedepthsoflifeanddeathoftheGreatBarrierReef,AustraliaNingaluuReefandtheCoralReefPapuaNewGuinea.Theaward-winning,thefamousfilmmakerDavidHannanworkedfor7yearstocreatethismagicalvideoevidenceoftheextraordinaryunderwaterworld.MusiccomposerTaniaRose.Youwillseethousandsofmarinespeciescoralreefinthemovement.AftermanyyearsdedicatedtofilmingandeditingingloriousHighDefinition,DavidHannan’snewunderwatermasterpieceiscomingoutnow.Over84extraordinaryminutes,CoralSeaDreaming–Awakenentersintotheveryheartoflife–anddeath–onacoralreef.Itisastorythatspans500millionyearsandstarssomeofthemostexoticandwondrousmarinecreaturesonearth.Coralistheplanetsgreatestnaturalarchitect,andcoralreefsboastthehighestbiodiversityofanyecosystem.EmmyAward-winningcinematographerDavidHannanhasfilmedfor7yearstocreatethismagnificenttestimonytoourextraordinaryunderseaworld,settoanoriginalscorebyTaniaRose.Wemeetthousandsofreefinhabitants,fromancientturtlestofeedingsharks,adorablepygmyseahorsesandsavageseaslugs,witnessamantarayballetandcourtingoctopus.Specializedstate-of-the-artHighDefinitiontechnologycapturestheseliveswithunprecedentedintimacy,illustratingelaboratecourtshipdisplays,matingrituals,feedingfrenzies,intensenight-timepredation,cannibalismandchemicalwarfare.DavidHannanisrenownednotonlyforhisfilmmaking,butalsotheconservationthatisactivatedbyhisfilms.Thisisthedrivingforcebehindhiswork.FilledwithstartlingHDscenesofexoticseacreatures,thisisDavidHannan’slatestunderwatermasterpiece,a’stateoftheartvirtualexperience’andwindowontoanotherworld.Manyofthesequenceshaveneverbeenfilmedbefore.Somemayneverbefilmedagain.Coralshavesurvived5massextinctions.Butcantheysurviveus?Filmedover2000divesonthreegreatcoralreefecosystems;TheGreatBarrierReef,NingalooReef,andPapuaNewGuinea,CoralSeaDreaming-Awakenisacelebrationofreefsnowunderthreatofclimatechangeandoceanacidification.Thereismuchtobedonetosafe-guardthesepreciousecosystemsforfuturegenerations.Andverylittletimetodoit.
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