The Vegetable Garden Under The Sea | BBC StoryWorks x JCOThe JobProjectThe VegetableGarden UnderThe Sea — a 90-second film, plus two 30-second cutdownsClientJapan Cabinet OfficePublisherBBC StoryWorksProductionStreet Attack JapanLocationAmakusa, Kumamoto Prefecturethe filmThe Subjectseaweed. Japan has around 1,500 edible varieties and eats a handful of them.The Formatobservational. Two contributors, no presenter, no narrator over the top.The Signaturethe waterline. The camera keeps sitting where the air stops and the garden starts.the contributorsThe ChefNamae Shinobu — three Michelin stars at L'Effervescence, and a freediver.The InnovatorTeramatsu Chihiro of Sea Vegetable, growing suji aonori on dry land.The Farmersthe Amakusa fishermen who tend the seabeds, playing themselves.the challengeThe Breatha freediver only has so many takes in him before the day is over.The Dinnerforty people down on the shore, string lights, and one narrow window of usable dusk.The MandateDon't explain it.Feed them. — Deliciousness first. The argument about the ocean arrives on a plate, or it doesn't arrive.CreditsProduction Team (Street Attack Japan)DirectorTom Slemmons (トム・スレモンス)ProducerAdrian Grey (エドリアン・グレイ)Director of PhotographyKeivan Salehpour (ケイヴァン・サレプール)Line ProducerShino Kazuki (篠和樹)Production ManagerHirobe Tsubasa (廣部翼)Production Assistant / Dinner CoordinatorMoriya Ryuta (守屋龍太)Sound RecordistMiyazawa Shiho (宮澤志帆)Drone OperatorBrandon Strack (ブランドン・ストラック)Post-ProductionEditorShoji Waku (庄司和久)Music CompositionSato Nami (佐藤奈美)ContributorsChef & Owner, L'EffervescenceNamae Shinobu (生江史伸)Manager, Sea VegetableTeramatsu Chihiro (寺松千尋)Sea VegetableSupportNakamura Satoshi (中村智史)SupportUshijima Shunsuke (牛嶋俊介)Sea VegetableTomisaki Rin (富崎凛)Sea VegetableMiyazaki Mai (宮崎真衣)BBC StoryWorksDirector, Production & DeliveryEmily Ho (エミリー・ホー)Creative StrategistHijanah Hernandez (ヒジャナ・ヘルナンデス)Content ManagerTakahashi Hanae (タカハシ・ハナエ)Account ExecutiveTsuno Seita (ツノ・セイタ)
