Filming the animal world

The movie The Emperor's Footstep has been a huge success worldwide. But the recording of actors with scales, hairs or cold blood is extremely . not simple.

To get all the grandiose of nature, animal film directors must be very persistent and intelligent. Their efforts have been rewarded, bringing their products to the heights of classic fantasy movies. Spectacular ambushes, unprecedented camcorders, modern techniques, giant machines, strange tricks . All were brought to the test to attack the secret world. Nature's danger.

However, all require a passion and a deep understanding of the animal world. Cinematographers must understand their habits and personality, and must also be persistent and know how to listen.

Practice them getting used to people

Do you think the person holding the camcorder for the movie Dan migrates, following the swan flying from the speedboat? Wrong completely. The bird followed the camera ! It follows the boat closely, because it wants to follow its mother! Accustomed to them since they hatched from the egg, the goose has seen humans as its mother. During filming, the film makers lived day and night beside the birds. They wear clothes of the same color so they are easy to recognize, and equipped with whistles to communicate with them at the time of birth. Result: 2.7 million viewers crowded together to watch the movie Migrant People.

Recreate the environment

In order to film within a circle with countless horrible warriors, director Philippe Calderon, who made the film Fortress of the Siege, had to set up a fake scene . He recounted: 'After creating the same material, engineers had to resort to the termites themselves to build the nest! They use scent to attract them. Experts helped us locate the lord, who never got out of the fortress, and predicted other insects' attacks by listening to sound signals. The scene is just like a giant laboratory '.

Camouflage

This camcorder is hidden in a fake rock, with a remote control wheel attached, to reach the young lions without frightening them. It was built to film the Lion documentary in the middle of a British director John Downer's pasture. It then turned into a pile of cow dung to turn the elephant into another animal movie. Sound, movement, taste . that is what must be hidden so that animals do not detect their presence. Must be observant and persistent, but the first requirement is to know animals well in order to predict their reaction.

Northern

In a balloon, parachute experts are following an eagle to film the film The Ultimate Assassins produced by the BBC . This is a typical technique. Journalist Allain Bougrain - Dubourg recounts a film shoot in Antarctica: they pour concrete on the ice and stay there for weeks to just shoot a single scene: the seal emerges from the water!

Modern technology

The giant camera specially made to work on the seabed, built by Canadian Imax Company for a $ 3 million Deep Sea 3 D film, weighs 500kg and requires two divers . It can shoot two movies at once: one in the left eye and one in the right eye, then the two movies can be overlapped.

Animals are like real actors

In the micro-movie Universe, two directors Claude Nuridsany and Marie Pérennou have forced insects to act as actors. Without the wind and other disturbances at the set, the beetle species flourish. To limit the presence of humans and obtain the most spectacular scenes, a unique robot in the world has been built that can capture unique scenes like the love of two snails!

Actors wear cameras

This 'phoenix' bird is the main role of the Eagle movie produced by BBC . Wearing a very small camera, it provides extremely attractive scenery while flying and plunging to grab prey. In one movie, it was found to smash a tortoise with a slap down from above, then fly up and throw the turtle to the ground to break the hard shell!

DINH CONG THANH