Being in a pool and training with the orca, the trainer starts gasping for air and scrambles to get out of the situation, feeling the orcas teeth going into her body. This was the first scene of Blackfish, a movie made by producer Gabriela Cowperthwaite on July 19, 2013. The film goes into detail as far as to say keeping orcas in captivity is wrong. The movie talks about the orcas in general, but Tilikun is one of the main orcas they talk about throughout the film. The reason why they talk about Tilikun so much is because much death and injuries have occurred with this particular orca. One of the biggest accidents they talk about throughout the film is Dawn Brancheau. Dawn Brancheau was a former trainer at SeaWorld and had an accident with
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Interviews included OSHA, marine biologist, former trainers, and eyewitnesses. When watching the film you see that they only do interviews from former trainers. We never see any current trainer interviews. The interviews with former trainers are effective in this film. Within the film, there are trainers who are more experienced than others. Most of these trainers never thought that they would be training orcas. In the film, one trainer that really expresses her feelings about being a trainer is an unidentified female. She expresses throughout the film how she has been with this orcas since she was eighteen and watched her have all four of her babies. She expresses her love, compassion and the relationship with this orca. Another interview that takes place throughout the film is an interview with Steve Huxter, former director of SeaLand. He says in the interview how he feels bad about the size of the pool that the orcas lived in and how they have outgrown the pool they started …show more content…
The footage and the interviews really bring the movie together. They show what really happens to these animals of nature and how they really do need to be put back into natural habitat for them. Also with knowing Gabriela Cowperthwaite has produced life stories, I would say that she really had some true knowledge with making the Blackfish
Interviews included OSHA, marine biologist, former trainers, and eyewitnesses. When watching the film you see that they only do interviews from former trainers. We never see any current trainer interviews. The interviews with former trainers are effective in this film. Within the film, there are trainers who are more experienced than others. Most of these trainers never thought that they would be training orcas. In the film, one trainer that really expresses her feelings about being a trainer is an unidentified female. She expresses throughout the film how she has been with this orcas since she was eighteen and watched her have all four of her babies. She expresses her love, compassion and the relationship with this orca. Another interview that takes place throughout the film is an interview with Steve Huxter, former director of SeaLand. He says in the interview how he feels bad about the size of the pool that the orcas lived in and how they have outgrown the pool they started …show more content…
The footage and the interviews really bring the movie together. They show what really happens to these animals of nature and how they really do need to be put back into natural habitat for them. Also with knowing Gabriela Cowperthwaite has produced life stories, I would say that she really had some true knowledge with making the Blackfish