Role: Dr. Dave Diamond
U.S. Release: 2004
Director: Unknown

Synopsis: The story begins inside Mote's fictional underwater laboratory control room where biologists are searching urgently for Claire and her young. Dr. Dave Diamond, a marine biologist, is concerned over the preservation of dolphins and how to save Claire, a missing dolphin, and her new calf. The interactive movie is designed to educate Mote Aquarium visitors on dolphin research and conservation. Audience members are asked to become Mote volunteers and use their computer consoles to take part in the search for Claire and her young.

Cast:
David Strathairn .... Dr. Dave Diamond

Notes:
• Saving Dolphin Bay is an interactive film and game that premiered at the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, FL on November 19, 2004 and is now being screened regularly at the facility. David took part in this unique project over the Summer, 2004.
• In the 1970s, Randy Wells was a 16-year-old high school student volunteer at Mote who observed Sarasota Bay dolphins. Today, Dr. Wells is the Director of Mote's Center for Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Research and the scientist whom David's character, Dr. Dave Diamond, is based on.
• Most of the animation in Saving Dolphin Bay was created using a technique known as "keyframing." In keyframing, the key images of a movement are created (e.g. the dolphin's eye open and the dolphin's eye closed.) Then computers generate the images that fill in the gaps between the open eye and the closed eye. The result? A winking dolphin.

Related Links:
Mote Marine Laboratory (off site)
I-MMERSION - Saving Dolphin Bay (off site)