research and planning. Planet Earth II

1. Planet Earth II
DavidAttenborough - http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p048sflc/planet-earth-ii-1-islands
The narrator ison-screenbutnotthroughoutthe documentary.Through beingon-screenatthe
beingof the documentary,wasusedthe setthe scene andgain relationshipwithwhoisspeaking
overthe documentary.Thisparticularepisode showshispositioninthe documentary,amongstthe
otherdocumentaryparticipants.The beginningscene showsthe airballoonsecluded inthe sky,
whichisa creative image the audience ashe doesa voice overthe restof the footage.
Althoughthere aren’tanyformal andinformal interviewsthe waythe backgroundfootage provides
ideaswe can recreate forour documentary. Forexample,the areal shotof the animals,we could
reconstructto a lowangle of the school or the publicandtheyalsousedfootage thatdoesn’t
necessarilyanchorwiththe topicorwhat wasbeingsaid.
Theyalsousedthe ‘flyon the wall’techniquetofilmsubject.Sowe couldinclude thistechnique in
followingsomeone’slifeonhowmuchtheyuse theirphone ina day as if we are notaround.This
couldworkwiththe narrator fora narrative drivendocumentary.