I recently added a video to my YouTube page that I edited about 12 years ago, titled, LIFE IN THE SEA.

Its an underwater musical adventure edited to Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusic and Symphony No 40 in G minor.  I shot the scenes in this film while working on the Truth Aquatics dive boats in Santa Barbara in the early 1990's.  And I edited it at Thomas Horton Jr's house in Ojai, California.  He had an Avid editing system in his garage that he allowed me to use for a week in exchange for an underwater housing that I had that also happened to fit his video camera.  Back then it was very hard to find available time on an editing system since before Final Cut Pro was invented, all systems cost a bunch of money.  So I was lucky to be able to work on Tom's system and he was really helpful during the edit.

The film first played in Ed Stetson's Santa Barbara Underwater Film Festival in 1997.  Back then, people were amazed to see scenes of giant sea bass, also known as black sea bass, since they were rarely seen due to overfishing.  But, in the mid 1990's, I began filming them on the back side of Santa Cruz Island and at Eagle's nest off Santa Rosa Island.  These fish have made a comeback because they are protected and because gill-netting was banned in State waters and within a mile of the Channel Islands.  Now, you can find them regularly during fall at their favorite sites at the Islands.

For more information:
www.blueoceanproductions.com/
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