A piece of "Africa" how much effort August 23, 2013 08:15:39 let a group of world's top documentaries-for example, in 2010, won 6 creative Emmy award nominations and won the best non-fiction documentary film photography The award-winning "Life" group, to take photos of Africa, the world's largest wildlife habitat, how much time, how much money, how many people, and how many cameras do they need to give them? What will they get in the end? BBC The answer of Mike Gunton, Senior Director of the Natural History Department of the Company (BBC) is: 4 years, 8 million pounds, a team of nearly 100 people, 550 cameras of 21 different models-by the way, the one who completed the shooting task There are only 542 units. Of the 8 units that went on strike, one was destroyed by the lion’s mouth and the other was destroyed by the elephant’s mouth. For more than an hour, I tried to get something else apart from the camera), one burned down, two crashed together with the mini helicopter, and two sunk to the bottom. In addition, the filming team swallowed a total of 6,500 tablets of anti-malarial drugs. After crossing 160,000 kilometers in 27 countries, they took 2,000 hours of material and produced a 6-hour documentary series "Africa". From August 19th to 23rd, this documentary first met with Chinese audiences on CCTV. What can we see? As Mike said in an interview for the premiere of "Africa" in China last Wednesday, there are spectacles in the film that people have never seen before. The film crew tried to see the world through the eyes of animals, and shot many shots that subvert people's ideas. In the yellow sand, two giraffes fought with their long necks like noodles; under the stars, rhinos were first revealed in the nightlife, their gentle emotions; in order to eat flying insects, they dared to jump under the lion’s nose and even ventured onto the lion’s back The long-tailed lizards that attack; the silver ants that rush out of the cave every day at the hottest noon in the world and spend 7 minutes rushing for food before being scalded to death; the epic blockbuster performed by the newly born little green turtles... Hemingway said There are three things in the world worth writing about: love, murder, and war. Seeing the world through the eyes of animals, there are everything in this vast land of Africa. The Sahara Desert, the Kalahari Desert, the African savannah, the Congo rainforest... Faced with the most severe living environment, all animals fight for survival like superheroes and create legends. What can such a documentary bring us? Perhaps it is curiosity about the mysteries of nature, the feeling of the call of the wild, the reverence for life and the love for the planet under one's feet. also, We can also see role models and gaps. With the same amount of money, the same number of people, the same amount of time, and the same good equipment, can we make the same great work? The African-themed documentary "Discover Kenya", which was broadcast not long ago, is the first time that the CCTV record channel has completed the whole process. For works filmed abroad, the underwater photography in the film was done by one of the best teams in the industry who participated in the BBC documentary "Human Planet". The director Li Xia was deeply touched by this collaboration. They racked their brains and put forward all kinds of requirements during the shooting. They felt that they were the most demanding employer. Compared with the international level, Chinese documentaries still have a lot to rush. Mike claimed that they saved 50 pounds from the 8 million pounds of the filming budget. Zhang Guoli, the general manager of BBC Greater China, then laughed and said that this was bragging-"As far as I know, they overspend." To support such a huge filming project obviously requires partners. "Africa" was jointly produced by CCTV Records, BBC, Discovery Channel, and French National Television Group. Working with international partners to produce the best documentaries, this kind of cooperation is enjoyable, and we hope that China’s role in cooperation will go beyond funding. Continue to learn and accumulate. I hope that one day, Chinese documentaries can also play the leading role in such international cooperation and shoot world-class documentaries. Dude, no matter how long we have to wait, we look forward to that day. To produce the best documentary, this kind of cooperation is pleasant, and we hope that China's role in the cooperation can go beyond funding. Continue to learn and accumulate. I hope that one day, Chinese documentaries can also play the leading role in such international cooperation and shoot world-class documentaries. Dude, no matter how long we have to wait, we look forward to that day. To produce the best documentary, this kind of cooperation is pleasant, and we hope that China's role in the cooperation can go beyond funding. Continue to learn and accumulate. I hope that one day, Chinese documentaries can also play the leading role in such international cooperation and shoot world-class documentaries. Dude, no matter how long we have to wait, we look forward to that day. http://news.xinhuanet.com/mrdx/2013-08/23/c_132656316.htm
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