A Whale, a Submarine and the Sound in Between

A Whale, a Submarine and the Sound in Between creatively explores a world rarely seen – the ocean. The ocean makes up 99% of the space where life can develop and is our largest habitat. My short makes seen the unseen to illustrate the dangerous impact us surface-dwellers can have in our own search for safety. We start in the dark of the ocean, a world that becomes illuminated to us through the clicks and song of our whale: a lush landscape of green plants in white sand and coral reefs filled with fish and other ocean-life. When the Homeland Security boats’ sonar goes off, it disorients the whale, literally. While we cannot see sonar, echolocating is exactly how the whales see, navigate, and hunt in their world.

Director’s statement
Ever since I was a kid I always felt at home in the ocean, no matter where I was in the world. If I was next to or in the ocean, I felt at home in my heart. Noise pollution is a silent killer and not very many people know this is happening, or when they read about a beached whale they don’t know why it happened.
In A Whale, a Submarine and the Sound in Between, I question “How far are we willing to go in order to feel safe?” when the effects of our military maritime drills and tactics drive whales to beach themselves at a rate of about 2,000 whales per year worldwide.
I know that the military wants to keep us safe, but we are putting other living beings at risk. Through the magic of animation and the impact of storytelling, I hope to shed light on the whales’ plight and help people “see” this world through the whales’ eyes.