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A couple questions

posted 9 years ago by ikcaj
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Probably stupid but I'm curious:

1. What filmed the underwater views of the sub?
I know there was an accompanying unmanned sub on each dive but some of the shots seemed as though they were filmed from a different angle that the ROV. The shots at the very end of the film appeared too far to have been from the sub's own cameras. I'm wondering if the shots were filmed on shallow dives, then made to appear as though they were filming at 35k ft.

2. Is this the only film from this project? Was there ever a plan for this to be two separate films?
I was under the impression there were to be two films. I think that idea came from the articles covering the helicopter crash in which they stated DeGruy was filming a documentary of the making of Cameron's movie of undersea exploration. Somehow I was expecting one film pretty exactly like this one, and a second 3D IMAX focusing
on all the creatures found during the dives.

[–] Thornspike 9 years ago

I was having some of the same questions as you about the external sub footage.

[–] instant_change 9 years ago

Regarding 1), I even thought if it was CGI.

[–] SreckoMontenegro 9 years ago

I think it was the CGI :)

[–] standrkm 8 years ago

I was wondering about this too.

There's 3 options I guess:
1. A string of cameras sunk down 36,000ft
2. James deployed the cameras at certain depths
3. It's CGI
4. The outside shots were done during earlier shallow test dives.

It seems it had to be option 4. I mean what's the point of sending a guy down there if you can sink cameras and lighting down? Using CGI seems really unlikely. Most ocean floors probably look pretty similar at most depths.

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[–] Volley (3368) 10 months ago

If those distance external shots of 35,000 feet down were not actually the shots of 35,000 feet down but hundred feet down test dives, not impressed. Cameron's billions were more than enough to provide a string of cameras down 35,000 feet and/or deployable ROV's to accompany the Deepsea Challenger.