This is the publicity text for the BBC programme:-
Roar!
10.30-11.00am BBC RADIO 4
20th March 2004
In a programme filled with extraordinary noises, Simon Fanshawe and
BBC Radio 4 crash into the surprising world of the wildlife
documentary and reveal the fakery often found in one of the most
respectable areas of broadcasting.
More than half of all the sounds heard on a wildlife documentary are
generated artificially, although such programmes have managed to
capture some of the most incredible images ever seen on the small
screen.Although advanced camera work can make it look as though the
lions are in the living room, so far, despite advances in sound
recording technology, there is no audio equivalent of the telephoto
lens.
The creation of the animal noises that form a vital part of the
viewers' experience involves some bizarre and surprising practices,
including the occasional use of human impersonators. Other ways in
which sounds are made artificially might include stamping on a
pillowcase full of custard powder to create the sound of a polar bear
walking across snow, or scratching two sticks together to make the
noise of a squirrel eating a nut.
Presenter/Simon Fanshawe, Producer/Alison Ayres
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>From Tue Mar 8 18:26:36 2005
Message: 6
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 10:16:50 -0500
From: Marty Michener <>
Subject: Re: Re: BBC Radio Wildlife Sound by Foley Programme
At 03:05 PM 3/22/2004 +0000, Chris B. wrote:
>More than half of all the sounds heard on a wildlife documentary are
>generated artificially, although such programmes have managed to
>capture some of the most incredible images ever seen on the small
>screen.Although advanced camera work can make it look as though the
>lions are in the living room, so far, despite advances in sound
>recording technology, there is no audio equivalent of the telephoto
>lens.
No wonder we are all broke and Hewlett-Packard (first and only product the=
audio oscillator) got so big!
When I got to Cornell in 1957 and talked with Peter Paul Kellogg, I was
raving one day about the National Geographic photos, and he said an NGS
author had recently told him that every photo in his recent article had
been faked except for one - which PPK said was obviously the poorest in
apparent quality, but, he said, the NGS were sticklers - at least ONE had
to be real.
People in any birding group always think I am NOT recording THEM because my=
shotguns are POINTED at a bird. I try, early on in the trip, to make them=
listen to themselves - foot shuffles, stupid jokes, etc. So they
understand better. I would record alone except that I am deaf, so I need
other listeners along. Where is Maxwell Smart's "cone of silence" when we=
need it??
I send my best regards,
Marty Michener
MIST Software Assoc. Inc.
P. O. Box 269,
Hollis, NH 03049
Graminoids - a new book for naturalists who have never been able to
identify sedges and grasses.
http://www.enjoybirds.com/HomePublishing/PubHome.htm#gram
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