BBCIf there’s one thing I can count on to make me feel better, it’s a good ol’ nature documentary (ideally narrated by David Attenborough). The visuals are astounding; the voiceovers are reassuring; and yes, the sounds of a tiny warbler gently crunching over faraway grounds are mesmerising, too. Because having found out about how nature documentary sounds really work, I’m not sure I can even fully lose myself in an episode again. At an event to promote Sky’s Secret World of Sound, Sky Nature’s Director of Documentaries and Factual Poppy Dixon told Metro that when we think we’re hearing exotic nature sounds in docs, we’re actually listening to the common or garden LIE. The sound is added in post“Not a lot of people know that many natural history programmes don’t actually record sound on location.

Source: Huffington Post February 21, 2024 11:24 UTC