Blue Planet II is the long awaited sequel to the BBC’s groundbreaking nature documentary series Blue Planet released more than a decade ago. Earlier this year we learned that seven new episodes of Blue Planet would be available by year’s…
Chasing Coral Review: This Very Important Film Was Way Overdue!
Chasing Coral is a profound documentary that has been a long time in the making. Made by the crew that brought us Chasing Ice, the team at Exposure Labs went to the ends of the earth to document the alarming…
High Speed Snail Chase And Dueling Hermit Crabs
Remember that time that Blue Planet first wowed us with up close videos of marinelife? We hadn’t until the BBC uploaded a few clips from the venerable nature documentary series which will soon be followed up by Blue Planet 2. …
Chasing Coral is A Much Overdue Documentary on the Plight of Coral Reefs
Chasing Coral is a new documentary that aims to document the increasing plight of corals around the world. The new coral movie premiered this weekend at the Sundance Film Festival and it was produced by Exposure Labs, makers of the…
An insight into documentary film making with Richard Fitzpatrick
The best things in life often come unscripted and unplanned, brought upon by sweet serendipitous moments that take you by surprise. While visiting Cairns Marine earlier this month, we were treated to an enchanting encounter with one of documentary filmmaking’s…
NOVA’s Lethal Seas program is a simple lesson in Carbonic chemistry
On a very basic level, some reefers kind of understand the interplay of carbon dioxide, carbonate, carbonic acid. However we’re not quite as sure that saltwater aquarists really understand how these chemicals affect pH and alkalinity, and especially how it…
Mission Blue now available to stream on Netflix
Mission Blue is an important new movie that stresses the critical need to begin conserving the oceans the way that we protect the land. The Netflix original film is partly a biopic about the life of esteemed ocean scientist Sylvia…
“The Cove” about Dolphins wins Academy Award for best Documentary
Did you watch the Academy awards last night? If you did you would have seen The Cove win the award for best documentary series. “‘The Cove,’ directed by Louie Psihoyos, uses surreptitiously gathered footage to document dolphin hunts in the…