BBC - Adélie penguins Flying!

我對BBC的生態影片一向毫無招架之力,
而在四月初揭露的這個作品更是把我嚇傻了.

Camera crews discovered a colony of Adélie penguins while filming on King George Island,
some 750 miles south of the Falkland Islands.

The programme is being presented by ex-Monty Python star Terry Jones, who said:
"We'd been watching the penguins and filming them for days,
without a hint of what was to come."

"But then the weather took a turn for the worse.
It was quite amazing.
Rather than getting together in a huddle to protect themselves from the cold,
they did something quite unexpected,
that no other penguins can do."

BBC1 viewers will see the penguins not only take flight from the Antarctic wastes,
but fly thousands of miles to the Amazonian rainforest to find winter sun.
"The film reveals nature's stunning glory in exciting and unexpected ways,
so much so that it defies belief," said Mr Jones.

"Not only does it create a vivid and emotional experience for the viewer,
it also illustrates just how bold and simple Darwin's idea of natural selection was."







這部影片是在2008年的4月1日公開,
驚人的攝影與恢宏的運鏡一如BBC應有的水準,
但在阿德利企鵝們群起而飛時,
光是扶下巴就來不及了,
誰還有空去管你的打光和構圖.

回過神來了嗎?
讓我們來冷靜思考一下.

第一,
企鵝的前肢已經完全沒有飛羽了,
似乎不太可能拍動那麼大量的空氣托起自己的體重.

第二,
就算不管羽毛的種類,
光看面積與體積的比例也很難接受他們飛得起來的事實.

第三,
不覺得發表的日期有些玄機嗎?



謎底揭曉,
這其實是BBC為了宣傳他們新推出的服務iplayer而作的宣傳短片,
選在愚人節當天公開,
也同時意味著影片內容並不是百分之百真實.
底下這段就是該影片的製作過程:





不過,
會選阿德利企鵝當主角也不是沒有原因,
當他們在冰與海之間跳上跳下時,
真的很像是在飛啊!!