During a revolt of Marine life about the litter in their oceans, an eager team of oceanographers exposes themselves to danger to save the marine animals from evil human actions.

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SYNOPSIS:

Genres:

Animation/Adventure

Format: Feature

Nutshell: “Finding Mobydick” meets “Jaws”

MY CONNECTION TO THIS STORY

I want to raise public awareness about the threats to Earth’s oceans and our planet. The ocean is a vital ecosystem for all life on our planet, as it provides us with oxygen and has a very rich biodiversity. Action Groups like Greenpeace and Sea Shepherd – who do their utmost to save threatened marine life, stop overfishing, and fight for healthy oceans – propelled me to explore these characters.

WHY DOES THIS FILM NEED TO BE MADE NOW?

The pollution and extinction of marine life will have serious consequences for all life on our planet. It will cause a catastrophic domino effect; as plant and animal species depend on each other. I chose the Covid-19 period because at that time many plastic masks and gloves were thrown into the oceans and Mediterranean. I believe this film will bring awareness about the pollution and motivate people to clean up the oceans.

OVERVIEW

The oceans are huge and beautiful, full of animal and plant life. But junk – in massive amounts – pollutes the oceans and harms their inhabitants. Marine life gets fed up with humans throwing trash into their home, and these angry animals revolt. An eager team of oceanographers exposes themselves to danger to save the animals from fishermen who are determined to capture them.

CHARACTERS

Mary Anne – The protagonist. She’s an Australian filmmaker, oceanographer, and environmentalist. She’s cautious, practical, and she can be stubborn. She has a sense of responsibility, and she takes the lead easily. She cherishes feelings for Mark.

Mark – He’s a newbie Australian oceanographer and environmentalist. He lacks skillfulness. He loses his temper easily, but he makes amends. He cherishes feelings for Mary Anne.

Malcolm – He’s an Australian oceanographer and environmentalist. He’s helpful and driven. He can act rashly, and he likes to finish the task or job he’s working on in a satisfying way. He owns the research vessel, the Ocean’s Saviour. He’s resentful towards Mark. A tattoo of a spurting whale is on Malcolm’s arm.

John – He’s a cordial oceanographer, captain of the Ocean’s Saviour, and environmentalist. He’s cautious, he uses common sense, he tends to stick to rules, and he doesn’t overact. His humor is dry. He’s a real ocean warrior. He has a Scottish accent and a weathered face.

SYNOPSIS

In South Africa’s Eastern Cape, a war rages between marine life and junk that people

have littered the ocean with, and when a dolphin calf gets entangled in a net, it ́s the

last straw. A massive white shark calls for action.

A filmmaker and oceanographer named Mary Anne records a humpback whale

swallowing a plastic bag. Worried, she calls her teammate, Malcolm, who ́s sailing

along Kwa Zulu Natal’s Coast with the other two teammates; John who is his former

Scottish mate from The Sea Front, and, Mark, a newbie. Malcolm sees angry

humpbacks heading for his research vessel, the Ocean’s Saviour. The team speeds

away, escaping from the whales.

After Malcolm’s boat arrives in the Eastern Cape, Mary Anne joins them on the boat.

The silence on the water is suddenly interrupted as a united group of marine life

appears. They slap their tails on the water, make different sounds, and perform

maneuvers. Malcolm realizes it’s a form of communication.

The team tests the condition of the water to figure out why the animals are acting

strangely. Orcas show up and unite with the other marine animals instead of attacking

them. Mary Anne alerts her teammates when the marine life wants to encircle the boat

and the team tries to escape from the animals in vain. They spit junk on the boat, fed up

with humans throwing trash into their home.

The massive white shark joins the marine life in their action. Terrified, Mark pulls out a

handgun to shoot the shark though it shows no aggressive behaviour. The shark bites

at Mark, but Mary Anne pulls him backwards just in time. Malcolm takes the gun away,

trying to save the shark from harm. It comes to blows between him and Mark, whereby

the gun drops into the water next to the shark. An angry shark hurls the gun back onto

the deck. The gun appears to be a gift from Mark ́s father, who ́s a trawler man. A

conflict between him and his teammates is a fact though Mary Anne tries to bring Mark

round in vain.

Things become worse when Mark secretly calls a fishing vessel to capture the white

shark but he soon regrets his action as they appear to be illegal fishermen. When The

marine life spits junk on the vessel, the crew lowers bottom trawls to capture them,

which are forbidden.

Mark sees humpbacks go under the vessel, but they don’t resurface. He assumes they

got trapped in a net, and he sneaks off the boat to free them while he has little

experience. When his teammates find out, John and Malcolm show little concern. Mary

Anne on the contrary assumes her responsibility and is determined to trace Mark.

Meanwhile, Mark finds more trapped animals. He radios the team and tells them his

knife can’t cut the net. John tells him that Mary Anne is on her way to him with the right

tool. Malcolm tries to call the Coast Guard about the fishing vessel illegally using nets,

but he can’t reach them.

Mary Anne swims to Mark and records the trapped animals as evidence. As Mary Anne

and Mark cut the net, the white shark appears and frees the animals. When the

fishermen shoot the marine animals that are protecting the shark, Mary Anne and Mark

alert Malcolm and John. They can ́t join them because they are again blocked by the

marine life and Malcolm tries to call the Marine Police but can ́t reach them either.

Meanwhile angry killer whales, whales and sharks attack the trawler and injure several

fishermen badly.

Furious fishermen lower another net, trapping animals. With no time to wait for the

police, Mary Anne and Mark submerge to cut the net, but a big hole in the net shows

that all of the animals except a wounded dolphin have escaped. Mary Anne and Mark

have just finished stabilizing the wounded dolphin when the massive white shark

appears and recognizes Mark as the one who aimed the gun at it; Its behaviour

becomes aggressive. Although Mary Anne is a shark expert, she and Mark must try to

wriggle one ways out to escape from the smart shark, which pursues them relentlessly.

What ́s more, some friction arise between them because Mark is keen on removing

plastic thrash to please the shark. Mary Anne calls upon him with mock to face reality.

When they succeed in reaching Malcolm’s boat, Mark has a narrow escape as Mary

Anne pulls him just in time out of the water.

The police arrive at last and arrest the fishermen. The marine life breaks their formation,

which allows Mary Anne and the team to reach the wounded dolphin and bring it on

board. The team names the dolphin Summer and Mark and May Anne surround it with

great care. Although Mark does his utmost to make amends, Malcolm keep ignoring

him, which hurts Mark.

The marine life makes a formation to block Malcolm’s boat, thinking the team has

captured Summer. The team contacts the Coast Guard for help transporting Summer,

but the Coast Guard says the marine life blockade is everywhere. With Summer running

out of time, Mark gets the idea to put a microphone to her snout so she can tell the

animals that the team wants to help her. When Malcolm treats him again with deep

disdain, Mark explodes, reproaching Malcolm being resentful. Mary Anne backs Mark

up and his plan. As Malcolm has respect for Mary Anne, he gives in. They carry out

Mark ́s plan and the animals break formation.

The marine life follows Malcolm’s boat to the Rescue Marine Centre where Summer will

be treated. The team watches a news report about the marine life revolt taking place all

over the world. Even space station, ISS, has sent images of the protest to NASA. In

unison the team says, “Yes, the oceans speak up.”