However, credit must also go to one of the often overlooked desks in production: colorist Alex Winker. The patience required to obtain footage of the elusive and endangered ocelot in its natural and shrining range, or the unpredictable mating habits of the alligator gar, results in a unique record of the state's fauna. It's clear that Masters was inspired by David Attenborough's genre-defining work in his Life series of documentary films and series, and, to their absolute credit, the team emulate the quality of work in those shows.
The extraordinary diversity of Texas' habitats and their residents is captured down to the individual scale, feather, and whisker by natural history expert cinematographer Skip Hobbie and his entire team. But Deep in the Heart goes so much further, from the frozen ranges of Caprock Canyons State Park in the Panhandle, where snow-crusted Bison are coming back from near-extinction, to Flower Garden Banks, out in the Gulf of Mexico, whose coral reefs bask in the nutrient-rich waters that flow from rivers that began as creeks in the Hill Country.
He subtly debunked the idea of the Texas border as just dust and tumble weeds, traveling instead from streams on high peaks, via lazy drifts through shady canyons, to lush rain forests, and finally to the beaches of South Padre Island. That's what Deep in the Heart does: It gives the animals and wild places of Texas a shining place on the big screen.ĭirector Ben Masters touched on this topic in his last film, border documentary The River and the Wall, within the boundaries of the banks of the Rio Grande. Thus, they are deserving of a documentary that unifies the beauty, complexity, and interconnectedness of the Lone Star State's multiplicity of environments and ecosystems. The truth is that the land and wildlife that exists within border confines drawn by human hands are remarkable in their own right, as remarkable as anywhere else on the planet. One of the most obnoxious elements of Texas culture is the arrogance of exceptionalism, based around the idea that people have made Texas better.
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