It just so happens that you’re dealing in a world that is beautiful, magical, but at the same time scary as well.
The ocean is such a beautiful place, and so naturally built into the story.
People are terrified of the ocean because they don’t know what’s down there.
My story for this film, our heroes go on this rite of passage journey, on this quest, and along the way they meet all sorts of fun creatures of the deep, let’s say; creatures of the deep that Lovecraft would be proud of.