Thursday, 8 October 2009

More Research
Saturday 20th June
I have been doing more research on specific topics of the documentary for example the animal conservation that we will be involved in in Kenya.
http://www.campsinternational.com/gap/mwaluganje-project.php
This paragraph about the elephants show that there is much conflict between the humans and elephants;
If it were not for humans, elephants would rate among the most successful species on earth. Thirty years ago, the elephant population stood at a healthy 3 million. Today less than 250,000 individuals remain, with numbers expected to decline further due to human pressures.
The loss of habitat and the ivory trade have been the two biggest factors contributing to the decline in elephant populations. During the 1980's over half of Africa 's elephants had been killed, and the population was reduced by 700,000. This is due to the human and elephant conflict within Kenya.

Tuesday 23rd June
I have watched a few different clips of how the documentaries are filmed and the different camera shots, angles and movements are used within them. I analysed a selection off youtube http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Kenya&search_type=&aq=f and found that the main camera angles and shots and midshots or longshots and the movements are either pans or zoom in and out when focusing on the people and animals. I also analysed a clip from one of David Attenboroughs documentaries to see how he presents himself on the documentary and to listen to the voiceover on it; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0icoUFdxhQM I found that David Attenborough gets completely involved in the footage.

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