Chasing Coral Guided Reflection

    1.  There was a scene in the movie that I loved to watch. When the team contacted the director from Chasing Ice and the difficulties that came along with the desired project. The production team knew that there was a lot of uncertainty about the coral project, but they were willing, and wanted, to help with this production of Chasing Coral. They had to use technology and science to even create the devices that held the camera. The entire project seems unreal because no one has ever done it before. Another point is that there were complications. They failed on different occasions. They didn't get disheartened and they were committed to the project. They kept at it, even after they lost a month and a half of footage, getting battered by the conditions of the ocean while doing recordings every day, and they were eventually able to bear fruit from their struggles. From learning some sign language, flooding technology, thunderstorms that could disable cameras, doing construction underwater, and doing fricking manual time-lapses every day, this team worked through so many problems to finish the project because they knew they wanted to get their message into the world. They were able to record the coral bleaching by going underwater every day for more than a month. The situation was terrible. What once was beautiful was now dead. Even though they were sad that they physically saw the coral die off, they were able to make a great documentary that can easily inspire action from humanity. I find Chasing Coral an incredible display of determination by the production team to show the world the severity of this problem. And they won't give up, not until people wake up and help.

    2. A thing that surprised me was the total amount of coral that has died over the years. Towards the start of the movie, there was a fact given, which said that over the last 30 years, 50% of ALL coral in the world has died. It really puts into perspective how serious this problem is. Most people, myself included, don't think about coral reefs too much outside of knowing how beautiful they can be. However, corals are dying at an alarmingly rate and soon, there will barely be anything left of corals. Especially considering how amazing coral reefs looked in the past, seeing the barren wastelands of reefs today is incredibly disheartening. The reason why I think it surprised me is that it really was a wake-up call to this problem that I didn't know existed. 

    3.   The only question I have after watching the documentary is: What is there that I can do to help? How would I be able to assist in any way to keep these beautiful environments survive. It's terrible to see the death and dramatic decrease in coral reefs all over the world. People need to come together and cooperate to help save the reefs. I feel inspired, or rather called to action. I think this documentary did a great job at making people realize that they need to do something. People won't want to see these environments die off.

    4. One reason why research in summaries is a bad idea is because we could get some incorrect data from our research. It would make our summary incorrect, so only use data if it is provided in the thing being summarized. Also, doing research might make us more biased towards the situation in one way or another, which could show up in our summary. If our goal is to write objectively, then having a bias contradicts that.