Doc does deep dive into the ‘Ocean with David Attenborough’ 

This day s spectacular eye-popping documentary feature Ocean with David Attenborough only took -plus years three directors several ships fearless divers camera crews and the -year-old icon to tell an incredible but true story perfectly timed for its NatGeo premiere the day before Sunday s World Ocean Day celebrations We had this idea three-and-a-half years ago with David Attenborough to tell this incredible -year-story of the ocean director Colin Butfield declared in a joint phone interview Our first act really is all about discovery particularly in David s lifetime How we ve gone from knowing almost nothing about the ocean to a really deeply understanding and finding these incredible habitats within it The second part is immersing us in the destruction they ve got The third which has only been workable to film in the last or years are the largest part incredible examples of ocean recovery anywhere on the planet It was pivotal that we film those because it s not enough to just say Oh we should be hopeful for the future There was a chance we can literally show it for the first time Ocean was designed to show all three things in one cinematic story We worked together but divided it up as well A lot of what I did was based in the UK working with David Noted director Keith Scholey I m the old boy on the unit I ve worked with David for years I was bringing great experience I ve made a lot of ocean films before That meant we can cut to the chase quite hastily if you know certain places work other places don t And then Toby Nowlan brought youthful exuberance After the last years David Attenborough remains the inspiration to my getting into this business Nowlan declared Keith solicited me to come in and direct the two years of filming and lead and direct the edit deliver the film That s what I ve done for the last three years It s been an incredible privilege Even after working on David s films for quite a while nothing comes close to the personal piece which is this seminal feature film with David Attenborough s greatest message his the greater part major story he s ever notified doing it when he s It s remarkable isn t it I remember being with him on a freezing cold winter beach filming the opening and closing with those last lines It is my great hope that we all come to see the ocean not as a dark and distant place with little relevance to our lives on land but as the lifeblood of our home For if we save the sea we save our world Ocean with David Attenborough streams on NatGeo June David Attenborough looks out to sea in Southern England From National Geographic and Silverback and in association with All Media International documentary special Ocean With David Attenborough highlights the vital achievable actions the world can take to restore the ocean and stabilize the context debuting in Photo Conor McDonnell