Client: Columbus America Discovery Group

The client is a deep-ocean salvage company that raised the SS Central America, a sidewheeler steam vessel that sunk off the coast of Carolina transporting over three tons of gold. In the process of its initial recovery, the company created new technology for underwater exploration and discovered new species of deep-sea flora and fauna.

Project: An investor video to raise capital for the second phase of recovery.

"Raising the SS Central America" (Excerpt)

SFX: MUSIC UNDER. EERIE, HAUNTING SOLO. FADE UP ON BLACK. SLOWLY DISSOLVE TO REVEAL ROUNDED LUNAR HORIZON AGAINST THE DARK OF DEEP SPACE.

NARRATOR: Discovery. The process of exploration that reveals the unknown…and charts a new course in the breadth of man’s understanding.

To discover is to push the accepted limits of ability and endurance, to test the boundaries that others blindly obey…and to challenge the heavens with the strength of a dream.

LUNAR HORIZON DISSOLVES TO RISING SUN HORIZON. MUSIC UP. PULL BACK TO REVEAL BEAUTY SHOT OF VAST OCEAN AND SHIP.

NARRATOR: The urge to push forward is deeply ingrained in the American character. We stake our claim on a vision and follow its call through hardship and adversity. We accept the risk and do not yield. We endure because we believe.

DISSOLVE TO UNDERWATER LIFE BEAUTY SHOT.

NARRATOR: The deep ocean is the world’s last unexplored frontier. And the Columbus America Discovery Group is setting a new course, illuminating the way for those who follow with the beacon of knowledge and the fire of understanding.

MUSIC SWELL. TITLE SEQUENCE. END WITH SHOT OF NEMO ROBOT PLUNGING INTO DEPTHS…BUBBLES AND POV FROM UNDER THE SURFACE. QUICK DISSOLVE TO SHOT OF SIDEWHEEL.

MUSIC OUT. NAT V/O SOUND OF CREW: “Oh my God, what is that, I think we’ve found it!” CUT TO SHOT OF SIDEWHEEL ON SHIP MONITOR WITH CREW IN ROOM, CELEBRATING THE FIND.