Reviews

Staff · Issue 18, Apr/May 2004 · pp. 53–54

Products mentioned: Deep Blue (film), Shark by Mark Carwardine, Successful Underwater Photography by Brian Skerry and Howard Hall

53 Deep Blue Deep Blue is a 90 minute theatre film based on the award winning BBC series, Blue Planet. This was a big budget series of eight 50 minute documentaries narrated by Sir David Attenborough and was several years in the filming. To reduce 400 minutes down to 90 must have been a difficult task indeed but it has resulted in a visual feast of the highest quality accompanied by a soundtrack by legendary composer George Fenton which contributes almost as much as the excellent footage. The soundtrack is expanisve without being too sweet and is, like the whole film, beautifully paced. Whilst the Blue Planet was a traditional natural history documentary with comprehensive narration, Deep Blue lets the images and soundtrack do the work with only limited input from the narrator Michael Gambon. His voice is richer and much more effective for this big screen version. Deep Blue has been well…