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Fathom

Took ten years to lay the groundwork before we could even begin to buildthe playback files...

Fathom • 2021
Took ten years to lay the groundwork before we could even begin to build
the playback files to play to the whales

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Took ten years to lay the groundwork
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before we could even begin to build the playback files to play to the whales.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:40
Uploaded
May 09, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Sandbox Films,Impact Partners,Walking Upstream Pictures,Back Allie Entertainment,Hidden Candy,Catapult Film Fund,Sundance Institute

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Movie Summary

Fathom is a visual and aural wonder of a documentary that follows researchers working to finally decode the communication of humpback whales. With Dr. Michelle Fournet, Dr. Ellen Garland.
Yeah. I mean, we could reduce the volume. - Fathom 00:04
Yeah. I mean, we could reduce the volume.
So these recordings haven't been filtered, they haven't been adjusted at all. - Fathom 00:05
So these recordings haven't been filtered, they haven&#...
I'm trying to convince the humpback - Fathom 00:06
I'm trying to convince the humpback
We were just brainstorming a few things, and we might have stumbled upon... - Fathom 00:05
We were just brainstorming a few things, and we might have s...
So playback experiments in the past made a lot of terrible sounds by accident. - Fathom 00:05
So playback experiments in the past made a lot of terrible s...
This is how it works. For half of the verse it's the real song. - Fathom 00:05
This is how it works. For half of the verse it's the re...
The last time they did playbacks, - Fathom 00:05
The last time they did playbacks,
All the clicks and everything would be thrown away. - Fathom 00:04
All the clicks and everything would be thrown away.
The only issue I see is that most humpback calls aren't tonal. - Fathom 00:06
The only issue I see is that most humpback calls aren't...
Then it's just, again, I think, gonna be about clarity. - Fathom 00:04
Then it's just, again, I think, gonna be about clarity.
If you were to listen to all the whales around the world at the same time, - Fathom 00:08
If you were to listen to all the whales around the world at ...
Sometimes they occur in series that change order. - Fathom 00:05
Sometimes they occur in series that change order.
This call is produced, we think, by everyone. - Fathom 00:05
This call is produced, we think, by everyone.
This is an animal that has the potential to produce infinite numbers of calls. - Fathom 00:05
This is an animal that has the potential to produce infinite...
And the best way to start finding that out - Fathom 00:08
And the best way to start finding that out
This is the one that I fought for when I was 25 and I started this. - Fathom 00:04
This is the one that I fought for when I was 25 and I starte...
And this was the one that I rallied for when I started my PhD. - Fathom 00:05
And this was the one that I rallied for when I started my Ph...
This is the very beginning of how we understand - Fathom 00:07
This is the very beginning of how we understand
And how humpback whales perceive each other through sound. - Fathom 00:05
And how humpback whales perceive each other through sound.
And she always wanted to be an oceanographer, - Fathom 00:06
And she always wanted to be an oceanographer,