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The video begins with urban upbeat music. The first shot is filmed in slow motion and features a large wake of a boat. The video cuts to a close up shot of Kate Laemmle looking out onto the horizon. She is the student featured throughout this video.
There are various shots of the journey on the boat heading out to sea featuring the boat itself, as well as the surrounding waters and passengers looking out. This is followed by a quick montage of shots with more boat and water images, as well as the Boston skyline. Kate looks out on the top deck followed by an aerial shot of the New England Aquarium Whale Watch vessel.
More quick shots of the vessel are cut to the beat of the music followed by a close up shot of a whale breaching in the ocean. This is followed by another close up shot of Kate followed by an aerial image of the vessel and a breaching whale before Kate begins to speak off-camera.
Kate: "The main parts of my internship are data collection and research,"
The video shows Kate cataloguing data for her research and looking out at sea for whales.
Kate begins to speak on-camera. The on-screen text reads: "Katherine Laemmle — Marine Mammal Research and Education Intern at the New England Aquarium."
Kate: "and then also community as education which are two things that I'm really passionate about this summer."
Kate interacts with passengers on-screen on the dock and on the boat.
Kate speaks off-camera: "I get to go on whale watches and I get to see whales and seals and dolphins almost every single day."
A whale breaches in the ocean creating a large splash as seabirds fly above.
Kate speaks off-camera: "Growing up everyone around me had a really deep connection to the land and to the ocean. So it was really cool to see that a lot of this data that I'm collecting is being used directly for conservation work."
On-screen shots go back and forth between Kate looking on from the deck of the boat and taking down data to shots of different whale sightings in the ocean.
A shot of the ocean water overlays with a close up shot of Kate working.
Kate speaks off-camera: "For example, there's this endangered species called the North Atlantic Right Whale - there's only 409 left in the entire world,"
An aerial shot shows the vessel as well as three whales traveling together. Kate continues to collect data on the deck of the ship.
Kate speaks on-camera: "and over the last couple of years using data from where they've been found they were actually able to move the shipping lanes in Boston one degree north which reduced boat strikes by about 80%."
An aerial shot follows two traveling whales before we see a few shots of Kate continuing to take down data and educate passengers both on the dock and on the boat.
Kate speaks off-camera: "A lot of the educational outreach I do goes to protecting these animals and it's really awesome to make a difference and impact people to sort of, bring that message home of protecting the whales,"
Kate continues to educate those on board, take notes, and survey the waters.
Kate speaks on-camera: "and all the natural world around us."
The video begins to come to an end showing an aerial shot of two whales swimming away from the vessel. Kate smiles with a co-worker before the screen fades to a white screen with on-screen text reading:"Brandeis.edu."
This end slide fades to a shot of the dancing ocean followed by a whale's tale disappearing into the water.
The screen fades to black and the on-screen text reads:
"This experience was made possible by Brandeis University's World of Work (WOW) fellowship, which supports undergraduate students who pursue unpaid summer internships.
Apply at: www.brandeis.edu/hiatt/wow"
The on screen text changes to:
"Additional footage provided by:
Stellwagen Bank National Marine SanctuaryThe screen fades to black. The music fades out bringing the video to a close.