Hidden Kingdoms is an innovative new series from the BBC's Natural History Unit. For the first time it takes the viewer into a unique and unexplored miniature world, immersing you into the action-packed lives of the planet's smaller animals Based in six of the planet’s most iconic landscapes: the open plains of Africa’s savannah, Arizona’s desert, the forests of Borneo, the woodlands of North America and the urban jungles of Rio and Tokyo. We’ll experience and see these habitats from a new visual perspective, pushing between blades of grass will feel like journeying deep into the densest jungle, while running from a hunting lizard will feel like a visit to Jurassic Park. This is a different approach to a traditional wildlife series. Based entirely on biologically accurate behaviour, it employs a unique range of filming techniques and constructed storytelling to recreate these animals' own distinctive perspectives and to illustrate the dynamism of their lives. Journey behind the scenes with Hidden Kingdoms to explore some of the techniques used to create this unique viewpoint, and why they were so important when revealing behaviour never before filmed.
The team looked to Hollywood to immerse the audience in the dramatic lives of the world’s smallest creatures. By using 4K cameras and the same cutting-edge techniques used in blockbuster films like The Hobbit, the truly extraordinary lives of these miniature heroes was captured – a feat that was impossible to do any other way.
Slow-motion filming
Slow-motion filming is a favourite of the Natural History Unit, but the technique was raised to new heights in order to give viewers an insight into how tiny creatures perceive their world. Using new HD slow-motion cameras to play out split-second events over several minutes, viewers can experience the world as perceived by these tiny creatures – from a fly avoiding that fateful swat, to a grasshopper mouse dodging the deadly strike of a scorpion.
Time-lapse photography
Thanks to time-lapse techniques, the team was able to speed up the slowest of events, such as toadstools sprouting in autumn from the forest floor, hoar frost encrusting a dragonfly, and stars rotating in the moonlit skies of the Sonoran Desert in America’s Wild West.
Purpose-built sets
It was only by earning the trust of a wild sengi in purpose-built filming territories that the team were able to film the fastidious nature of this super speedy creature in such detail. Low-level tracking and ultra-high-speed cameras revealed not only their extraordinary speed but that, compared to a reptile, a sengi has greater ability to change direction – negotiating the twists and turns in the track with barely a break in speed.
Trackside cameras
Using miniature tracking cameras alongside a zebra-tailed lizard and a collard lizard revealed the power and athleticism of these tiny creatures. These mini marvels accelerate so fast that they end up running on two legs – an adaptation that allows for greater speed. And thanks to their highly developed extensor muscles in their rear legs, they also have the ability to leap many times their own body length.
Blue-screen technology
Ever wondered what’s it like to be a dung beetle caught in an earth-shaking wildebeest stampede? Or a mouse facing a tsunami-like flash flood, which to us would be nothing more than a gentle trickle? Well thanks to blue-screen filming techniques, the team was able to recreate real-life events as experienced by the animal stars, giving viewers a unique new perspective on these dramatic worlds within worlds.
The power of 3D
For the first time ever, the Natural History Unit ran 3D cameras alongside the 2D ones. Multiple Oscar-winning British film engineer Peter Parks, a pioneer of filming small objects, helped develop not one, but two 3D filming systems. The '3D snorkel' lens allowed the team to film creatures as small as an ant, and a second 3D system was able to reveal the slow-motion worlds that these creatures inhabit – at 1,500 frames per second.
这是一部有剧情，视角独特，主角萌哭，各种惊险镜头拍的和好莱坞大片一样的纪录片，和这部记录片一比，很多电影顿时和屎一样难看了……
第一集的主角是幼年丧母生世坎坷的小象鼩和离家出走的小食蝗鼠，还有推着粪球不断前进的蜣螂，前两位主角都颜值惊人，乌黑滚圆的大眼睛，敏捷的身手，毛茸茸的身体，完全可以萌杀所有人啊~~
纪录片采用各种镜头对两位主角实行了跟拍，定点拍摄，航拍，慢镜头，特写等镜头，其中很多镜头完全不能想象是如何拍摄出来的，其中食蝗鼠偶遇响尾蛇和被老鹰追逐的镜头简直堪称好莱坞大片，镜头帅人一脸啊！！！其间穿插的各种类似西部片的配乐，更是让人有种看大片的感觉，看的人紧张又揪心，期间两只蜥蜴的赛跑简直炫酷~~
纪录片新鲜的视角为我们带来不同以往的沙漠美景，各种广角镜头的运用，使沙漠有一种别样的美丽，连雨滴摔碎的镜头都显得震撼十足，草原起火的镜头更是展现了一场大自然的残酷，而新生的嫩芽则又体现了生命的不息。
这部纪录片的讲视角集中在平时很难注意的各种小生命上，从食蝗鼠的视角观看美国的沙漠，从小象鼩的角度看非洲草原，视角新鲜又有趣，连屎壳郎都显得萌萌的，屎壳郎推粪便的镜头都拍的帅帅的，将小动物坚韧不拔的一面表现的淋漓尽致，小象鼩最开始面对所有的生物都显得好奇，还和蝴蝶嬉戏，作为一个处女座的小象鼩最爱做家务，每天都在小径上打扫卫生，还有讨厌的大象和斑马群来捣乱，简直揪心，小象鼩都气的对大象嚎叫了，小象鼩真是可爱的不要不要的~~食蝗鼠的冒险经历更是精彩纷呈，先遇上响尾蛇，又遇大雨泥石流，连长相帅哭的老鹰也来咬它，简直悲伤，最后食蝗鼠终于来到家门口，看着洞里熟睡的弟弟和妈妈，他毅然决定独自踏上未知的旅程，最后食蝗鼠站在石头上嚎叫道别的镜头，简直和独狼对月嚎叫的镜头一样，让人为这些小生命的坚韧不拔而感动，尽管他们十分的渺小，尽管他们的生活处处都是危机，尽管他们的生命充满了艰难，但他们的顽强不息让人敬佩！
非常精彩的纪录片，值得观看~~
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Filming secrets
New technology
The team looked to Hollywood to immerse the audience in the dramatic lives of the world’s smallest creatures. By using 4K cameras and the same cutting-edge techniques used in blockbuster films like The Hobbit, the truly extraordinary lives of these miniature heroes was captured – a feat that was impossible to do any other way.
Slow-motion filming
Slow-motion filming is a favourite of the Natural History Unit, but the technique was raised to new heights in order to give viewers an insight into how tiny creatures perceive their world. Using new HD slow-motion cameras to play out split-second events over several minutes, viewers can experience the world as perceived by these tiny creatures – from a fly avoiding that fateful swat, to a grasshopper mouse dodging the deadly strike of a scorpion.
Time-lapse photography
Thanks to time-lapse techniques, the team was able to speed up the slowest of events, such as toadstools sprouting in autumn from the forest floor, hoar frost encrusting a dragonfly, and stars rotating in the moonlit skies of the Sonoran Desert in America’s Wild West.
Purpose-built sets
It was only by earning the trust of a wild sengi in purpose-built filming territories that the team were able to film the fastidious nature of this super speedy creature in such detail. Low-level tracking and ultra-high-speed cameras revealed not only their extraordinary speed but that, compared to a reptile, a sengi has greater ability to change direction – negotiating the twists and turns in the track with barely a break in speed.
Trackside cameras
Using miniature tracking cameras alongside a zebra-tailed lizard and a collard lizard revealed the power and athleticism of these tiny creatures. These mini marvels accelerate so fast that they end up running on two legs – an adaptation that allows for greater speed. And thanks to their highly developed extensor muscles in their rear legs, they also have the ability to leap many times their own body length.
Blue-screen technology
Ever wondered what’s it like to be a dung beetle caught in an earth-shaking wildebeest stampede? Or a mouse facing a tsunami-like flash flood, which to us would be nothing more than a gentle trickle? Well thanks to blue-screen filming techniques, the team was able to recreate real-life events as experienced by the animal stars, giving viewers a unique new perspective on these dramatic worlds within worlds.
The power of 3D
For the first time ever, the Natural History Unit ran 3D cameras alongside the 2D ones. Multiple Oscar-winning British film engineer Peter Parks, a pioneer of filming small objects, helped develop not one, but two 3D filming systems. The '3D snorkel' lens allowed the team to film creatures as small as an ant, and a second 3D system was able to reveal the slow-motion worlds that these creatures inhabit – at 1,500 frames per second.
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新技术
该团队希望好莱坞能让观众沉浸在世界上最小生物的戏剧性生活中。通过使用4K摄像机和《霍比特人》等轰动一时的电影中使用的同样尖端技术，这些微型英雄们的非凡生活被捕捉到了——这是一项不可能以任何其他方式实现的壮举。
慢动作拍摄
慢镜头拍摄是自然历史单元的最爱，但这项技术被提升到了一个新的高度，以便让观众了解微小生物是如何感知他们的世界的。使用新的高清慢镜头在几分钟内播放瞬间事件，观众可以体验到这些小生物所感知的世界——从一只苍蝇躲避那致命的特警，到一只蚱蜢老鼠躲避蝎子的致命一击。
延时摄影
多亏了延时技术，研究小组能够加快最慢的速度，比如秋天从森林地面上发芽的毒菌、覆盖着蜻蜓的白霜，以及美国西部荒野索诺兰沙漠月光下旋转的星星。
专用设备
只有在专门建立的拍摄区域里赢得了野生森吉人的信任，这个团队才能够如此详细地拍摄这种超高速生物的挑剔本性。低水平跟踪和超高速摄像机不仅显示了它们非凡的速度，而且与爬行动物相比，sengi具有更大的改变方向的能力——在赛道上以几乎不间断的速度通过弯弯曲曲。
轨旁摄像机
通过与斑马尾蜥蜴和领蜥蜴一起使用微型跟踪摄像机，揭示了这些微小生物的力量和运动能力。这些迷你奇迹加速如此之快，以至于他们最后只能用两条腿跑——这是一种适应，允许更大的速度。由于他们的后腿伸肌发达，他们也有能力跳跃许多倍于自己身体长度的肌肉。
蓝屏技术
有没有想过当一只粪甲虫被惊天动地的牛羚踩踏时是什么感觉？或者一只老鼠面对海啸般的山洪，对我们来说，那只不过是一条细流？多亏了蓝屏拍摄技术，该团队得以重现动物明星们所经历的真实事件，给观众一个独特的新视角来观察世界内部这些戏剧性的世界。
3D的力量
有史以来第一次，自然历史组在二维相机的同时运行三维相机。多次获得奥斯卡奖的英国电影工程师彼得·帕克斯是拍摄小物件的先驱，他帮助开发的不是一个，而是两个3D拍摄系统。“3D浮潜”镜头让研究小组拍摄了蚂蚁般小的生物，第二个3D系统能够以每秒1500帧的速度揭示这些生物所居住的慢动作世界。
象鼩宝宝萌萌哒！
虽然年幼丧母，象鼩宝宝已坚强地四处闯荡，小象鼩嘴边长着一颗痣，翘着尖尖的小鼻纸好奇地到处嗅，一开始一只小蝴蝶，一只小蝗虫也吓得胆战心惊，但是渐渐地，饥饿战胜恐惧~他们小小的身躯，睁着有脸一半大的眼睛，无时无刻不是一副很激动很认真并且受到惊吓的模样，终于知道激萌激萌是神马样子了 >0<
屎壳郎们专注滚屎的模样也萌萌哒！
不论什么事，只要有一口气，他们干的永远是滚屎球，好不容易滚好的屎球被大象瞬间踩扁了，它就重新再堆一个，大火烧完了一片原野，熄灭以后它继续滚屎球~~如此专注的屎壳郎君绝对是phd的榜样！！！=3=（不过还是别么的好。。。）
勤劳勇敢的花栗鼠君也萌萌哒！
勤劳采集松果的小花栗鼠遭遇窃贼，仓库洗劫一空，眼看就要入冬，看着空空如也的仓库，他该怎么办呢？！
还有最后在拥挤的东京丢失饭碗面临死亡却从未放弃生的希望、最终寻得爱情与绿洲的独角仙，以及从小离家出走闯荡江湖差点被鹰吃掉的会对月嗷嗷叫的食蝎鼠~~
我们常常关注的是中型大型动物们的世界，当视角变换到这些被忽略的角落时，突然发现这些身形娇小却藏着巨大正能量，积极向上，努力尝试与学习的小动物们，也是自然界中的英雄。
他们不止会卖萌，还告诉我们励志的人生靠自己打拼创造~~
嗷嗷嗷 还是最喜欢激萌激萌的小象鼩了 么么哒~~
这是一部有剧情，视角独特，主角萌哭，各种惊险镜头拍的和好莱坞大片一样的纪录片，和这部记录片一比，很多电影顿时和屎一样难看了……
第一集的主角是幼年丧母生世坎坷的小象鼩和离家出走的小食蝗鼠，还有推着粪球不断前进的蜣螂，前两位主角都颜值惊人，乌黑滚圆的大眼睛，敏捷的身手，毛茸茸的身体，完全可以萌杀所有人啊~~
纪录片采用各种镜头对两位主角实行了跟拍，定点拍摄，航拍，慢镜头，特写等镜头，其中很多镜头完全不能想象是如何拍摄出来的，其中食蝗鼠偶遇响尾蛇和被老鹰追逐的镜头简直堪称好莱坞大片，镜头帅人一脸啊！！！其间穿插的各种类似西部片的配乐，更是让人有种看大片的感觉，看的人紧张又揪心，期间两只蜥蜴的赛跑简直炫酷~~
纪录片新鲜的视角为我们带来不同以往的沙漠美景，各种广角镜头的运用，使沙漠有一种别样的美丽，连雨滴摔碎的镜头都显得震撼十足，草原起火的镜头更是展现了一场大自然的残酷，而新生的嫩芽则又体现了生命的不息。
这部纪录片的讲视角集中在平时很难注意的各种小生命上，从食蝗鼠的视角观看美国的沙漠，从小象鼩的角度看非洲草原，视角新鲜又有趣，连屎壳郎都显得萌萌的，屎壳郎推粪便的镜头都拍的帅帅的，将小动物坚韧不拔的一面表现的淋漓尽致，小象鼩最开始面对所有的生物都显得好奇，还和蝴蝶嬉戏，作为一个处女座的小象鼩最爱做家务，每天都在小径上打扫卫生，还有讨厌的大象和斑马群来捣乱，简直揪心，小象鼩都气的对大象嚎叫了，小象鼩真是可爱的不要不要的~~食蝗鼠的冒险经历更是精彩纷呈，先遇上响尾蛇，又遇大雨泥石流，连长相帅哭的老鹰也来咬它，简直悲伤，最后食蝗鼠终于来到家门口，看着洞里熟睡的弟弟和妈妈，他毅然决定独自踏上未知的旅程，最后食蝗鼠站在石头上嚎叫道别的镜头，简直和独狼对月嚎叫的镜头一样，让人为这些小生命的坚韧不拔而感动，尽管他们十分的渺小，尽管他们的生活处处都是危机，尽管他们的生命充满了艰难，但他们的顽强不息让人敬佩！
非常精彩的纪录片，值得观看~~