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Attenborough Catches a Large Python Zoo Quest for a Dragon BBC

Attenborough Catches a Large Python Zoo Quest for a Dragon BBC

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By asking the local villagers, David learns of a great place to go looking for pythons Jamie: In his 2006 autobiography _Life on Air, _ David Attenborough talks about how there was no way to record sound on the 16 mm film they used for _Zoo Quest_ and other programs filmed on location for early television, so all of the sound you hear everything from murmuring human chatter to the chopping of his machete to the chirping crickets was added post production. He talks about one woman at the BBC, Beryl Mortimer, (known in the industry as Beryl the Boot) who was particularly ingenious at producing the sound of footsteps in various situations; i. e. walking in snow (custard powder in a silk stocking, squeezed in sync with the footsteps on the screen. Very entertaining!
Date: 2020-08-24

Comments and reviews: 3


This is a fascinating look at Old School wildlife research. I'm assuming there was Attenborough, a guide, cameraman, and a truck. Not even a sound engineer, judging by the post-production addition of ambient sounds.
When Attenborough scampers up the tree after the python, that was so familiar. If today he were to be in the same situation, he'd do it differently. Besides having HD cameras with zoom lenses, these days there'd be no branch chopping!
Or, maybe he'd scamper up the tree, anyway. .. for sport.

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These were really magical programs! I know Sir David says looking at it now he feels a bit odd about capturing those wild animals for London Zoo, but still Zoo Quest shows the wilderness as seen through the eyes of early wildlife filmmakers. It's magic.
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A living legend Sir David is, man eating tiger? No Sir, just a big pussycat, i say let's film it. Jolly good I say, let's. the rest is motion picture history.
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