RECORDING ANIMAL SOUNDS
‘Are we still capable of listening to the faint, the subtle, the whispered? Can we hear that vibrating silence punctuated by the great pulsing of all that lives?
To help the spectator fathom this little-known world, which no commentary can truly convey, the film’s sound events had to carry the same weight as its visual aspects…’
Pierre Moinot
Animal sounds are not recorded at the same time as images – the two have to be recorded separately.
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The Ark and the Deluge / Falkland Islands
Separately recorded animal sounds are combined with sounds of nature and music during the editing stage.
Gentoo colony / Falkland Islands
Elephant seal / Falkland Islands
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The Ark and the Deluge / Falkland Islands
Elephant seal / Falkland Islands
Gannet colony
/ West Ireland
Sea lion
/ Falkland Islands
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The Ark and the Deluge / Falkland Islands
King cormorant colony
/ Falkland Islands
