Full Disclosure

Outside/In

NHPR

Documentary, Society & Culture, Natural Sciences, Nature, Science

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2017

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Nature documentaries and wildlife films transport us to places in the world that still feel wild, but what if the wilderness they present is staged? What if, in order to capture nature’s unvarnished beauty and conflict, filmmakers have to engage in a bit of fakery? In this episode we examine how deception is used to enhance the drama of nature documentaries, from Disney’s Oscar-winning film White Wilderness, to the incredible footage featured in the BBC’s Planet Earth II. Plus, we own up to some of the production tricks we use to make this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So a few weeks ago I invited the outside in crew over to my house.
0:05.0	Producer Taylor Quimby and his son brought Girl Scout cookies.
0:08.0	Tech-alongs or the...
0:10.0	I made some popcorn which of course makes for great radio sound effects and we
0:16.7	hooked up my laptop to a projector the thing that we were there for the debut
0:21.3	episode of the BBC's landmark nature documentary, Planet Earth 2.
0:26.0	A snake's eyes aren't very good, but they can detect movement.
0:31.0	If you haven't seen it, the footage is amazing. It is
0:35.4	sometimes hard to believe. I kind of feel like maybe we'll be on a hike
0:39.0	someday in some endangered species territory and you'll just be like what's that BBC cameras.
0:46.0	That's my wife Aubrey we actually used to have planet Earth parties back in college when the series first came out.
0:52.3	And there's actually like a BBC cameraman
0:54.0	who's been like living in a cave on that cliff side
0:56.7	for like three years.
0:57.9	Just guys as a rock.
1:01.0	So on this first episode of the new series, Islands, there's this one scene that you might have seen on YouTube.
1:07.0	There's a beach where little baby marine iguanas are hatching under the sand and poking their heads up.
1:13.6	More babies are hatching.
1:15.4	They'll think they're little mohawks.
1:17.3	But as soon as they do, they've got to run for it.
1:20.3	Oh my God!
1:21.8	Oh my God, they're coming from everywhere.
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