Open Water (film): Difference between revisions

The filmmakers used live sharks, as opposed to the mechanical ones used in ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'' or the [[computer-generated imagery|computer-generated]] fish in ''[[Deep Blue Sea (1999 film)|Deep Blue Sea]]''. The film strives for authentic [[Ethology|shark behavior]], shunning the stereotypical exaggerated shark behavior typical of many films. The movie was shot on [[digital video]]. As noted above, the real-life events that inspired this story took place in the southern [[Pacific Ocean]], and this film moves the location to the [[Atlantic Ocean]], being filmed in the [[Bahamas]], the [[United States Virgin Islands]], the [[Grenadines]], and [[Mexico]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374102/|title=Open Water (2003)|work=[[Internet Movie Database]]|access-date=30 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Deborah |last=Sontag |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/01/movies/film-a-couple-go-for-a-morning-dive.html |title=A Couple Go For a Morning Dive... |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=2004-08-01 |access-date=2013-03-28}}</ref>

 

 

==Reception==