Underwater Movies
The video productions below are stories with music and narration on many marine biology topics. You need Windows Media Player, version 8 or higher, to see them. These movies are large. DSL or cable modem and other users of high-speed connections can see these well, but modem users will have quite a long wait for them to download.
Indigo Hamlets
Indigo Hamlets celebrates love among the fish. Running time 1:02. 1.8 megabytes.
Good Father Garibaldi
Good Father Garibaldi is a look at the parenting habits of the garibaldi, a damselfish of southern California. This 2-minute video was first made to show at a short film festival. At the request of Ocean Futures, a conservation group sponsoring a bill, we sent copies to key California legislators to persuade them to extend more protection to garibaldi. The bill became law in 1995. 2 minutes running time, 3.44 megabytes
Anchored Star
Anchored Star is one of our earliest videos to win a prize. In 1994, it was awarded First Place in the conservation topic in the prestigious EPIC photo competition. Running time is 1:05, 1.86 megabytes
Signals of Truce
Signals of Truce shows the unusual signals between species that fish display when they visit cleaning stations. The signals show the peaceful intentions of predators towards the cleaners. Awarded honors in several video competitions, including the prestigeous International Wildlife Film Festival and the EPIC photo competition in 1995. Running time 6:57, 5.4 megabytes
California Sea Lions
California Sea Lions shows the humor, grace and beauty of these wonderful marine mammals of the California coast, both above and below the ocean surface. This video is the final product of several revisions, each of which won awards: Ten Best of the West, 1993; Best Nature Picture Award from the American Motion Picture Society, 1993; and the second place in the Seaviews video competition, 1994. Running time 14:28, 11 megabytes.
Abalone Pearls
Abalone Pearls explores the human and natural history of the red abalone, a mollusk prized as a delicacy by California sports divers. The video received a finalist award in the Eighteenth Annual International Wildlife Film Festival in Missoula, Montana, 1995. Running time 12:43, 9.7 megabytes
