Liu Jiali
In June, as the sun sets, the distant blue sea beckons you to surf, dive, or swim in the water – has this scene been repeated many times before your eyes, but has it been difficult to travel and has been a little sad lately?
Although the body cannot go to the sea, our minds can soar freely. This summer, if you can't go to the beach in person, then get up close and personal with the sea through these blue documentaries.
Ocean
Directors: Jacques Behan, Jacques Kluod
Layers of waves pour in from afar, chasing forward, colliding with each other in endless shots, and then slowly turning into gentler waves... The high-altitude view of the waves kicks off the documentary Ocean, directed by Jacques Behan, which reveals what the ocean looks like.
What is the ocean? What is the sea? What is Yang? The narrator, through the boy, asked such a question. It is the "blue territory" that covers 70% of the earth's surface, and it is also the place where life is born and the basis for human survival. Filmed in more than 50 locations around the world and documenting more than 100 species, the documentary is a true account of the lives of marine animals and an unabashedly direct glimpse of how people are grabbing marine resources. As an educational and reflective documentary, Ocean uses a sober narrative to tell the laws of the marine ecosystem, and also predicts the serious consequences of a food chain rupture - when you are impressed by the vigorous vitality of marine life such as charming jellyfish, highly cooperative whales, and cruising sharks, please take a moment to think about what you can do to reduce or avoid making their living environment worse.
Blue Planet
Director: Erstei Fassergill
The TV series produced by the BBC can be considered a guarantee of quality in a sense, and "Blue Planet", which has been broadcast for two seasons, is no exception.
When light penetrates from the surface of the sea into the sea, a dizzying sense of color naturally arises. This gorgeous picture and color make the whole documentary present a pleasant viewing tone, and the marine animals that swim in the deep sea and cannot be accurately named, the marine animals that we are familiar with and even occasionally meet in the ocean, together constitute a magnificent blue epic, which reveals the cruelty of life and makes people feel the grandeur of nature - but in fact, you know, these are not just grand.
Blue Planet currently has two seasons, 8 and 7, suitable for every age group.
The Blue Realm
General Director: Li Yong
When we talk about Chinese documentaries, many people often think of works about taste such as "Flavor of the World" and "China on the Tip of the Tongue", but in fact, this marine documentary "Blue Realm", which took 4 years to focus on China's coastal waters, is also a masterpiece worth watching repeatedly.
The documentary is divided into 6 themes: "The Cycle of Seasons", "Rhythm of the Tide", "Competition in wetlands", "Embrace of the Bay", "Space of the Island", and "The Challenge of Survival", telling the story of the spotted seals raising their cubs in the ice and snow, the giant whales swimming long distances to open their mouths to forage, the egg clusters laid by corals in the night are beautiful and brilliant, and the baby turtles have to experience a thrilling death journey from the beach of birth to the sea, presenting a mysterious, magnificent and vibrant blue realm.
"Blue Land" photographed about 120 species, covering fish, cetaceans, birds, amphibians and reptiles, etc., objective records and anthropomorphic narration make it easy to substitute themselves into it when watching, while feeling the magnificence of the ocean, empathizing with the fragility of life, the documentary's sentence "Its wonder and abundance, wonderful and vibrant, depends on our choices, depends on humans, between thoughts", perhaps many people when watching this documentary.
The Secret of the Whale
You may know that whales are not fish, you may know that whales are actually fetal animals, and you may even know that whales have unique ways of communicating with whale swarms, but do you know how they pass on hunting skills from generation to generation? Or, can you tell the story of whale migration routes and how different populations survive in different seas?
In James Cameron's executive documentary "The Secret of the Whale," you can spend 40 minutes immersed in the azure world and feel the way of life of each whale — from the Arctic Circle to Antarctica, from killer whales to humpback whales, you can start from the family, to understand their heritage and culture, to feel the survival wisdom and coordination of this extremely large thing, to feel the smallness of the self, and the importance of protecting them.
The Secret of the Whale has aired 2 episodes so far.
Editor-in-Charge: Jie Yang
Proofreader: Liu Wei