{"id":11185,"date":"2024-02-08T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/?p=11185"},"modified":"2024-01-24T05:55:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T05:55:40","slug":"the-animal-sounds-in-most-nature-documentaries-are-made-by-humans-heres-how-they-do-it-and-why-it-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/the-animal-sounds-in-most-nature-documentaries-are-made-by-humans-heres-how-they-do-it-and-why-it-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"The animal sounds in most nature documentaries are made by humans \u2013 here\u2019s how they do it and why it\u00a0matters"},"content":{"rendered":"\nDamien Pollard<\/a>, Northumbria University, Newcastle<\/a><\/em><\/span>\n\n

Wildlife documentaries like the BBC\u2019s recent series, Planet Earth III, are renowned for offering breathtaking images of animals in their natural habitats. You\u2019d be forgiven for thinking these shows offer an unmediated portrayal of these animals \u2013 an objective window into their lives as they hunt, rest and rear their young. But this isn\u2019t quite the case.<\/p>\n\n

While the images we see are filmed on location, many of the sounds are recorded and added to the programmes later. The sounds of animals walking, chewing food and panting, for example, are almost always recorded by human \u201cFoley artists<\/a>\u201d in a sound studio far away from the filming location, often weeks or months later. Foley artists are specialists who produce bespoke sounds for film and television soundtracks.<\/p>\n\n

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