Nazca boobies stare back at the camera on the Galapagos Islands.
Naturalist Jeff Corwin provided commentary for “Galapagos 3D.”IF YOU GO¦ What: An evening with Jeff Corwin, screening of “Galapagos 3D: Nature’s Wonderland”¦ When: 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 20.¦ Where: Tennessee Aquarium’s Imax 3D Theater, 201 Chestnut St.¦ Admission: $15 members, $20 nonmembers.¦ Website: http://bit.ly/imaxeventwithjeffcorwin.
In the old days — a decade or so ago — filmmakers like Jeff Corwin would have to haul a million dollars worth of equipment to some remote place and then spend months, even years, in post-production to get a finished film.
It was tougher back in the era of Charles Darwin, when just surviving the journey was part of the equation.
Today, guys like Corwin can carry an iPhone with them, shoot the footage, do a little editing and have it out to the world for viewing by dinnertime the same day.
That is not what the makers of “Gallapagos 3D: Nature’s Wonderland” did. They went old school, utilizing the latest in high-tech equipment and devoting hundreds of hours in filming to get the right shot so they could tell the story as it deserved to be told, according to Corwin, the film’s narrator.