ASEAN Science Film Fest: Engaging young minds by lighting the ocean
The oceans have vast landscapes that are unseen by most people. But the film "Light the Ocean" attempts to shed some light—sometimes literally—on this dark and still largely unknown underwater world.
"Light the Ocean" was shown at the formal opening of the ASEAN Science Film Festival held at the Mind Museum, Taguig City on Nov. 14. It is currently showing in nine different locations in Metro Manila.
The film’s director and producer, Steve Nicholls, said the film aims to provide a new perspective on the oceans by showing it with "the lights on"—and the film does this with almost realistic graphical representations, exclusive footage of sperm whales diving into the depths of Kaikoura Canyon off New Zealand, and research videos of jellyfish and other sea creatures miles below the surface of the sea.
After the film, students from St. Michael Academy of Marilao, Bulacan asked Mind Museum's resident biologist Carlie Dario about what they just watched.
One question was, "Why are the sea creatures transparent?"
Dario answered that many sea creatures are transparent for a number of reasons, such as to evade predators.
Some, though, are troglobites—fish, insects, and mollusks living in the abyss that do not have pigmentation as they live permanently in the dark depths of the ocean.
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