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Which cave has killed the most divers?
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Trying to stay positive in all this, attached is a clip from the last NFSA newsletter.
Busted. I suppose that I really am an armchair crusader. But I can live with myself on that...
Busted. I suppose that I really am an armchair crusader. But I can live with myself on that...
and .01% setting the OP on 'ingore'.
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If you write the script for a movie about street racers, the characters have to break the speed limit to create drama. If you want to make a movie about mountain climbing, wreck diving, cave diving or treasure hunting, you need to have some license to create drama.
No one is going to watch a diver dig through the dish room on the Doria for ten minutes and the do two hours of deco on a hang bar. It's realistic, but dull as dirt. A fictionalized Cave name will work just as well a real one, since there're probably a thousand miles of caves that are unexplored in Florida alone.
Th big problem for making this movie will be logistical, since everyone involve will need adiquate certification and of course, insurance. Then, of course, a good, safe stand-in cave will be needed for filming. The cost of filming underwater is probably the primary reason so few movies about diving get made. A couple days of bad weather will disrupt filming for weeks. I assume a cave would offer some pretty tough challenges, too. I hope they have some luck and make a great movie. Hopefully, they can find the right story and the right people to give tech advise.
No one is going to watch a diver dig through the dish room on the Doria for ten minutes and the do two hours of deco on a hang bar. It's realistic, but dull as dirt. A fictionalized Cave name will work just as well a real one, since there're probably a thousand miles of caves that are unexplored in Florida alone.
Th big problem for making this movie will be logistical, since everyone involve will need adiquate certification and of course, insurance. Then, of course, a good, safe stand-in cave will be needed for filming. The cost of filming underwater is probably the primary reason so few movies about diving get made. A couple days of bad weather will disrupt filming for weeks. I assume a cave would offer some pretty tough challenges, too. I hope they have some luck and make a great movie. Hopefully, they can find the right story and the right people to give tech advise.
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I would suggest that you film it in Edd's Cave.
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It was my impression that writers would first immerse themselves in the element that they are interested in. I spent a fair amount of time in southern Georgia. Naylor. If I ever wanted to fall off the grid and disappear, you best look for me there first. Not North Florida, but close enough.
Cave culture:
Calm down, fool. You want to produce something worthwhile? Settle in and do your research first.
Cave culture:
Calm down, fool. You want to produce something worthwhile? Settle in and do your research first.
Underwater sounds darn near as expensive as the slopes of K2.
Scuba hasn't been too popular in films because you can't see the pretty/handsome faces, you can't pan to the character-ID physical things like his square chin and steely gaze, the old guy's squint and hunched shoulders, the bad guy's greasy hair. You also lose gestures, expressions, the way he walks, the way the bad guy fidgits, etc.
Scuba hasn't been too popular in films because you can't see the pretty/handsome faces, you can't pan to the character-ID physical things like his square chin and steely gaze, the old guy's squint and hunched shoulders, the bad guy's greasy hair. You also lose gestures, expressions, the way he walks, the way the bad guy fidgits, etc.
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I thought that "The Deep" did a passable job.
I love a great movie. I truly appreciate the film maker's craft. Ground-breaking movies are the best. Jaws was already mentioned, nothing like that before it. Or the Exorcist. Long, long ago date movie for me. I get a late night phone call. "Can you come over? I can't sleep." She sounded totally disappointed in herself. Tough, self-assured woman. Nurse. I did. We curled up together and passed out. It was nice. I was feeling a bit creeped out too, but guys can sleep through anything...
A well-made movie is a powerful thing, I wish the OP the best, -should he go about it in the proper manner.
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Two questions for LowViz and the other cavers in this thread.
Where have you found information that they wanted to close off EN due to the fool who killed himself and his son? I take it (and hope) that their effort is gaining little traction?
Second, what is the extent of the dynamiting that took place in Morrison Springs? Is there any hope of moving the rubble or drilling a shaft into the system?
Where have you found information that they wanted to close off EN due to the fool who killed himself and his son? I take it (and hope) that their effort is gaining little traction?
Second, what is the extent of the dynamiting that took place in Morrison Springs? Is there any hope of moving the rubble or drilling a shaft into the system?
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