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Filming secrets

New technology

The team looked to Hollywood to immerse the audience in the dramatic lives of the world’s smallest creatures. By using 4K cameras and the same cutting-edge techniques used in blockbuster films like The Hobbit, the truly extraordinary lives of these miniature heroes was captured – a feat that was impossible to do any other way.

Slow-motion filming

Slow-motion filming is a favourite of the Natural History Unit, but the technique was raised to new heights in order to give viewers an insight into how tiny creatures perceive their world. Using new HD slow-motion cameras to play out split-second events over several minutes, viewers can experience the world as perceived by these tiny creatures – from a fly avoiding that fateful swat, to a grasshopper mouse dodging the deadly strike of a scorpion.

Time-lapse photography

Thanks to time-lapse techniques, the team was able to speed up the slowest of events, such as toadstools sprouting in autumn from the forest floor, hoar frost encrusting a dragonfly, and stars rotating in the moonlit skies of the Sonoran Desert in America’s Wild West.

Purpose-built sets

It was only by earning the trust of a wild sengi in purpose-built filming territories that the team were able to film the fastidious nature of this super speedy creature in such detail. Low-level tracking and ultra-high-speed cameras revealed not only their extraordinary speed but that, compared to a reptile, a sengi has greater ability to change direction – negotiating the twists and turns in the track with barely a break in speed.

Trackside cameras

Using miniature tracking cameras alongside a zebra-tailed lizard and a collard lizard revealed the power and athleticism of these tiny creatures. These mini marvels accelerate so fast that they end up running on two legs – an adaptation that allows for greater speed. And thanks to their highly developed extensor muscles in their rear legs, they also have the ability to leap many times their own body length.

Blue-screen technology

Ever wondered what’s it like to be a dung beetle caught in an earth-shaking wildebeest stampede? Or a mouse facing a tsunami-like flash flood, which to us would be nothing more than a gentle trickle? Well thanks to blue-screen filming techniques, the team was able to recreate real-life events as experienced by the animal stars, giving viewers a unique new perspective on these dramatic worlds within worlds.

The power of 3D

For the first time ever, the Natural History Unit ran 3D cameras alongside the 2D ones. Multiple Oscar-winning British film engineer Peter Parks, a pioneer of filming small objects, helped develop not one, but two 3D filming systems. The '3D snorkel' lens allowed the team to film creatures as small as an ant, and a second 3D system was able to reveal the slow-motion worlds that these creatures inhabit – at 1,500 frames per second.

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新技术

该团队希望好莱坞能让观众沉浸在世界上最小生物的戏剧性生活中。通过使用4K摄像机和《霍比特人》等轰动一时的电影中使用的同样尖端技术，这些微型英雄们的非凡生活被捕捉到了——这是一项不可能以任何其他方式实现的壮举。

慢动作拍摄

慢镜头拍摄是自然历史单元的最爱，但这项技术被提升到了一个新的高度，以便让观众了解微小生物是如何感知他们的世界的。使用新的高清慢镜头在几分钟内播放瞬间事件，观众可以体验到这些小生物所感知的世界——从一只苍蝇躲避那致命的特警，到一只蚱蜢老鼠躲避蝎子的致命一击。

延时摄影

多亏了延时技术，研究小组能够加快最慢的速度，比如秋天从森林地面上发芽的毒菌、覆盖着蜻蜓的白霜，以及美国西部荒野索诺兰沙漠月光下旋转的星星。

专用设备

只有在专门建立的拍摄区域里赢得了野生森吉人的信任，这个团队才能够如此详细地拍摄这种超高速生物的挑剔本性。低水平跟踪和超高速摄像机不仅显示了它们非凡的速度，而且与爬行动物相比，sengi具有更大的改变方向的能力——在赛道上以几乎不间断的速度通过弯弯曲曲。

轨旁摄像机

通过与斑马尾蜥蜴和领蜥蜴一起使用微型跟踪摄像机，揭示了这些微小生物的力量和运动能力。这些迷你奇迹加速如此之快，以至于他们最后只能用两条腿跑——这是一种适应，允许更大的速度。由于他们的后腿伸肌发达，他们也有能力跳跃许多倍于自己身体长度的肌肉。

蓝屏技术

有没有想过当一只粪甲虫被惊天动地的牛羚踩踏时是什么感觉？或者一只老鼠面对海啸般的山洪，对我们来说，那只不过是一条细流？多亏了蓝屏拍摄技术，该团队得以重现动物明星们所经历的真实事件，给观众一个独特的新视角来观察世界内部这些戏剧性的世界。

3D的力量

有史以来第一次，自然历史组在二维相机的同时运行三维相机。多次获得奥斯卡奖的英国电影工程师彼得·帕克斯是拍摄小物件的先驱，他帮助开发的不是一个，而是两个3D拍摄系统。“3D浮潜”镜头让研究小组拍摄了蚂蚁般小的生物，第二个3D系统能够以每秒1500帧的速度揭示这些生物所居住的慢动作世界。

chipmunk搜集栗子的样子太可爱了！捡起一颗栗子，放在和栗子差不多大小的小嘴里咬啊咬，确定质量过关以后，就塞到腮帮子里去，然后一边脸颊就突然鼓了起来。直到把两边脸塞得都膨胀的不行了，才终于回去把栗子储存起来。

还要grass hopper mouse的冒险经历，也很精彩。经历了暴雨，两只hawk的猎杀，还要python的追杀——特别是小老鼠跳起来，python嘴张得老大，紧跟在小老鼠尾巴后得画面，太让人紧张了。Hawk捕猎小老鼠时候，翻出来得两只蜥蜴追逐猎杀得插曲，也很有趣味。

第一季最后收尾脚本台词也很赞。大概就是小老鼠经历了一系列历险，终于来到家门口，看着熟睡得兄弟姐妹们得时候，解说是这样的：it is true that what we want in life is not always what we need

it is to say that there comes a time when every youngster faces a difficult choice An easy life or independence The world is full of danger but what would life be without a challenge！ Life will be hard but not even a two-headed monster will slow it down What doesn't kill u only makes u stronger.

For all the youngsters, the challenges are the same They'll face hardship. There will be twists and turns along the way. But at last they will live their extraordinary lives running free. Heroes come in all sizes.

央视纪录频道从2011年开播之初就成了我最爱的频道，没有之一。而每晚九点的《寰宇视野》是我印象最深的一个栏目，这个栏目播放了很多英国广播公司（BBC ）的纪录片。从《冰冻星球》到《猎捕》再到《隐秘王国》等等，每一次都被他们的纪录片水平深深折服。技术层面我也不懂，暂且不论，但是能感觉到水平的高超，只论他们的叙事，真的很吸引人。总能把本以千姿百态的自然界拍得像电影大片，扣人心弦，紧张刺激，触动心灵。

“你想要的往往不是你真正需要的。总有那么一个时刻，每个年轻人，都面临着重要的选择：是选择安逸的生活，还是独当一面？外面的世界充满了危险，然而，没有挑战的生命注定无人喝彩。”坠入纪录片的深坑，因为小象鼩的宣传片挖到了《隐秘王国》。看了第一集，把我感动的一把泪😭又被食蝗鼠教做人了😂小小的老鼠都如此拼搏，我也要努力加油哇！✊✊✊（本来写短评，无奈字数超纲，标题随便取的，勿喷）