The scenes depict the mutual respect of the land-based alpha species and their aquatic equivalent and capture an understanding that makes for breathtaking factual filmmaking. They feature a trio of divers with a school of Great White Sharks, administering tracking tags at close range. The most stunning images provided by Cresswell and McNicholas are the scenes filmed in the waters off Guadalupe Island, on the Western Coast of Baja, Mexico. Utilising footage captured from as far afield as Mexico, South Africa, Los Angeles and New Zealand, the production solidifies modern conjecture that the Great White Shark is not particularly enamoured with human flesh (as humorously pointed out in the film, you are more likely to die driving to the beach than be eaten by a shark at the beach). Utilising on-screen contributors to capture cage-free footage of man at one with the most unjustly maligned creature of the ocean, the production paints a loving portrait of an animal that traditionally strikes fear into the hearts of instinctively cowardly men.īased upon the film’s message, one concludes that modern man need treat the Great White Shark with a mixture of awe, respect and fear.

Directors Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas achieve that goal with a spiritual grace in the latest nature-themed IMAX feature, Great White Shark 3D.Įmploying the large-screen format to convey the majesty of the king of the underwater beasts, the long-time collaborators re-apply the same sense of scale and mega-screen framing they perfected on the 2012 IMAX feature The Last Reef to their pro-protection advocacy project. Having demonised the Great White Shark with the blockbuster horror film Jaws, it seems only fair that cinema should also beatify the ocean’s alpha predator. Featuring: Frederic Buyle, William Winram, Mike Rutzen, Dr Chris Lowe and Dr Mauricio Hoyos Padilla.ĭirectors: Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas.

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