Imaginary Forces

Imaginary Forces produced this five minute short film about the harm marine mammals suffer from low and mid-frequency military sonar testing and seismic air guns used to find oil and gas deposits beneath the ocean floor. The movie is narrated by actor and environmentalist Pierce Brosnan.

The film opens with underwater scenes overlaid with a series of thin white lines undulating in waves across the screen. We hear the sounds of dolphins and whales, and the lines vibrate and oscillate in response. At times the lines move with fluidity and grace, but at other times they jump wildly like a seismograph during an earthquake, representing the jarring effect sonar bursts and tests can have on these animals.