This clip is part of a series of
what is, quite possibly the most
exquisite series of nature
cinematography that I have ever
seen, set to the music of composer,
Rachel Portman's "One Day" Suite.
The sheer amount of work that
The sheer amount of work that
was put into each and every set-up
and their impeccable quality;
keeping in mind that the camera
rig was composed of two, in order
to mimic the stereoscopic effect of
the experience of human eyesight
("3D"), with immaculate camera
moves, using everything from
Skycam, where the rig is mounted
on wires, flying above and through
the treetops; to "hothead" cranes,
where the ability to manipulate the
rig in an up-and-down, side-to-side
and every-which-way of rotation,
going straight from the tree canopy
to the forest floor, to a shot produced
by an incomprehensibly small crane,
which takes us from underwater, in
the teeniest, pristinely-clear, little
sylvan streamlet, to follow the
footsteps of a brightly polka-dotted
salamander, which looks, for all the
world like a living piece of jewelry.
There is also the adept use of every
kind of lens and focal length, from
the intense depth-of-field, compressing
herds of animals within their majestic
landscpes, offered by the longest of
long lenses, down to the widest
possible macroscopic angles, achieved
from fiberoptic lenses, giving us the
sense of intimacy that would come
from being the same size as the
smallest of amphibians and insects
and of living inside a fox den with a
vixen, nursing her skulk of the most
adorable kits...
ALL of this is shot with an extreme
perfection of exposure and focus,
shooting at every frame rate imaginable
- from mind-boggling photo-sonics to
stunning time-lapses - WHILE also
incorporating all of the above
cinematographic techniques...it is truly
a splendid feast for the eyes, which
evokes within us the sacredness of
Creation in that is PRESENT in nature
and an appreciation for human creativity
and our inherent LOVE for the natural
world, of which many of us are deprived
and for which we yearn.
Enjoy!
Comments
Amazing photography!