Re: Making nature natural

[P3D Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxx>]

Marvin Jones wrote:

> but every single moment of
> every single nature show you watch is entirely manipulated by the filmmakers.


This is simply not true. There are true documentary-style filmmakers who
set up cameras in blinds for months, even years, and shoot in
unspeakably high ratios so that they might capture action as a true
observer. In fact, some of them are conducting and documenting
scientific research as well, and any "entire" manipulation of reality
would not be tolerated by the scientific community.

If you are being Hysenburgian in your definition of "manipulation" to
mean that the simple act of observation changes the outcome, then by
this definition no documentary, photojournalistic or candid work (stereo
or plano) is possible. This is so non-functional a definition as to stop
any discussion dead in it's tracks.


Eric G.


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