Daga Chris Palmer, Memba na Hukumar Shawara ta TOF

Kwana biyu kacal ya rage mana yanayi yana rufewa kuma ana ta fama da hadari. Har yanzu ba mu sami faifan bidiyon da muke buƙata ba kuma kasafin kuɗin mu ya ƙare cikin haɗari. Damar mu na ɗaukar hotuna masu kayatarwa na kifin kifin dama a kusa da Peninsula Valdes a Argentina na raguwa cikin sa'a.

Hankalin ’yan fim ya yi duhu yayin da muka fara ganin cewa akwai yuwuwar cewa bayan watanni na gajiyar ƙoƙari mu kasa yin fim kan abin da ya kamata a yi don ceton kifin.
Domin mu ceci tekuna kuma mu kayar da waɗanda za su lalata da su, muna buƙatar nemo mu nemo hotuna masu ƙarfi da ban mamaki waɗanda za su shiga cikin zukatan mutane, amma ya zuwa yanzu duk abin da muka kama ya kasance abin ban sha'awa, harbi na yau da kullun.

A cikin kwanaki biyu, za a kashe kuɗinmu, kuma ko da waɗannan kwanaki biyun za a iya ragewa ta hanyar iska da ruwan sama, wanda hakan ya sa yin fim ba zai yiwu ba.

Kyamarorin mu sun yi sama a kan tsaunin da ke kallon bakin tekun inda uwa da maraƙi na dama ke jinya da wasa—da kuma yin taka tsantsan ga kifin kifin.

Tashin tsoro ya sa mu yi wani abu da ba za mu yi la'akari da yi ba. Yawancin lokaci idan muna yin fim ɗin namun daji, muna yin iyakacin ƙoƙarinmu don kada mu tsoma baki ko dagula dabbobin da muke yin fim ɗin. Amma babban masanin ilimin kifin kifi Dokta Roger Payne, wanda shi ma yake jagorantar fim ɗin ya jagorance mu, muka haura dutsen zuwa teku kuma muka watsa sautin kifin kifin a cikin ruwa a ƙoƙarin jawo hankalin kifin kifi a cikin tekun da ke ƙasa muna jira. kyamarori.
Bayan sa'o'i biyu mun yi farin ciki lokacin da wani whale na dama ya zo kusa da kyamarorinmu suka yi nisa suna harbi. Murnar mu ta koma euphoria yayin da wani kifi ya shigo, sannan na uku.

Ɗaya daga cikin masanan kimiyyar mu ya ba da kansa don ya hau dutsen da ba a iya gani ba kuma ya yi iyo tare da leviathans. Hakanan zata iya duba yanayin fatar whale a lokaci guda. Ta saka rigar rigar ja, cikin ƙarfin hali ta shiga cikin ruwa tare da ɓallewa da fesa taguwar ruwa da manyan dabbobi masu shayarwa.

Ta san cewa hoton wata mata masanin ilimin halitta tana ninkaya da waɗannan manyan halittun za su yi “harbin kuɗi,” kuma ta san matsin lamba da muke sha don samun irin wannan harbin.

Yayin da muke zaune da kyamarorinmu muna kallon wannan yanayin da ke faruwa, beraye sun yi yawo a ƙarƙashin ƙafafu suna ɓoye daga tsuntsaye masu farauta. Amma mun kasance gafala. Gabaɗayan hankalinmu ya kasance kan wurin da ke ƙasa na masanin kimiyyar yin iyo tare da whale. Manufar fim ɗinmu ita ce inganta kiyaye kifin kifi kuma mun san cewa za a ci gaba da haifar da wannan harbin. Damuwarmu game da harbin ya ragu a hankali.

Kimanin shekara guda bayan haka, bayan wasu harbe-harbe masu kalubale da yawa, a karshe mun kirkiro wani fim mai suna Whales, wanda ya taimaka inganta kiyaye kifin kifi.

Farfesa Chris Palmer shi ne darektan Cibiyar Fina-finan Muhalli ta Jami'ar Amirka kuma marubucin littafin Saliyo Club "Shooting in the Wild: An Insider's Account of Making Movies in the Animal Kingdom." Har ila yau, shi ne Shugaban Gidauniyar Duniya ta Daya kuma yana aiki a Hukumar Ba da Shawarwari ta Gidauniyar Ocean.