Day 21: catchy titles 2

Hello there!


This is another instance of how to be creative with titles. The structure of the challenge is the same as the previous "catchy titles":


- explain how the name given to the video is a play on words.

 - Watch the video.

 - Provide a summary of the video using the following words: behaviour, exhibit, diversity, filters, phenomenon, occurrence, landscape, reef, marine, serenity.


Now, the title of this video on youtube is not that creative, but the one where I found about it was a clever one: Neon Seas. What is the play on words here?

Watch and enjoy!



Comments

  1. fdgcApril 5, 2020 at 8:08 AM

    Hi,

    Thinking about the possible PUN, I can only come up with the idea of similarity between the pronunciations of Neon Seas and nuances, despite not being exactly pronounced. That could evoke the different hues among sea creatures.

    My summary:
    A group of scientists are conducting research about biofluorescence in fish at Cayman Islands and mostly at the Salomon Islands, which are on a spot of the world with most marine diversity. They realized that that was not a rare occurrence but a more extended phenomenon exhibited in underwater landscapes than they thought. Then, they started to film a wide range of fish both scuba diving in open waters or in aquariums to eventually find out that small sharks are also brightly fluorescent. What is more, they isolated the fluorescence by using a combination of different lights and cutting-edge filters with the purpose of learning more about its function and the impact on their behaviour. Finally, the speaker remarks that not only is the serenity and beauty of the reef at night stunning, but if you add the fluorescent component it is like being on a different planet.

    Thank you for the video.

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    1. Shall I compare thee...April 7, 2020 at 8:12 AM

      Hats off, Daniel! The pun is the one I was looking for, and the paragraph is greeeeat! Thank you!!

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  2. EvelitaApril 6, 2020 at 3:49 PM

    Hello!

    Let’s try to catch up, Evelia!

    Well, as I see it the title plays with the double meaning of the verb to catch, catching an animal (find and stop an animal trying to escape) and catching something on camera (to record something). When reading the beginning of the title, we could expect they were talking about catching sharks, not about sharks being recorded. As for the second title, the one in the source where Bea got this, I have a simple answer which is likely to be wrong. As the video talk about recreating the blue light in the water through scientific filters, they are then seing “a neon sea”, being the adjective applicable to the entire sea and not only to the species.

    behaviour, exhibit, diversity, filters, phenomenon, occurrence, landscape, reef, marine, serenity.
    Scientific found that there were many fish fluorescent species in a Little Cayman Island. Later on, in the Solomon islands, the core of the fluorescent fish was found in a reef containing a rich marine diversity. After some research they found out that not only some fish and coral species were fluorescents but also the smaller sharks species exhibited this behavior. To better understand the ocurrence of the phenomenon, these scientists carried out some experiments. These consisted of recreating the blue light the marine animals are used to by means of tight filters. As scientist are only interested in seeing the fluorescence coming off the animal, they then use a yellow filter on the camera which allows them to do this. The scientist talking in the video, who really enjoy the serenity of the landscape he is talking about, mentions that they are looking forward to going further in their research to increase inter alia the understanding of fluorescent animal behaviors

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    1. Shall I compare thee...April 7, 2020 at 8:16 AM

      Thank you so much, Evelia! The pun I was looking for is the one that Daniel mentioned, but I must say I hadn't noticed the play on words with "catch" in the other title!

      In your paragraph, I would suggest maybe simplifying the sentences a bit wherever possible, for example when you say "who really enjoy(s) the serenity of the landscape he is talking about", is it really necessary to specify it's the landscape "he is talking about"?

      Also, don't be afraid to separate but and also. The structure is clearer is you put "also" in its natural place before a main verb: "... but the smaller sharks also exhibited this behaviour".

      Thanks a lot!

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    2. fdgcApril 7, 2020 at 9:01 AM

      I don´t want to seem nitpicking but, for the sake of learning, shouldn´t there be in the sentence "After some research they found out that not only some fish and coral species were fluorescents" an inversion?

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    3. Shall I compare thee...April 7, 2020 at 9:08 AM

      Indeed, Daniel: "not only were some fish and coral species fluorescent, but...". Thank you!

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    4. EvelitaApril 8, 2020 at 4:55 AM

      Thank you both! :-)

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