How did the Planet Earth II crew film animals without disturbing them?
Planet earth II has some incredible footage. One of the major differences I've noticed in the second series is that the footage appears to get much closer and follow the animals a lot more. That got me wondering, how did the camera crew manage to get all of these shots without disturbing or distracting the animals? For example:
Sloth swimming around:
Snakes hunting baby iguanas:
Best Answer
Here are a series of articles and video-links about some of the behind-the-scenes work:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/behind-scenes-secrets-david-attenboroughs-9291179
http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2016/11/15/a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-filming-planet-earth-ii
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3935556/Golden-eagle-star-Planet-Earth-II.html
https://www.youtube.com/user/EarthUnpluggedTV/videos
Also, after each episode, there is a brief segment showing how they captured one of the more intense scenes of the episode. They will likely all be contained, with probably more, on the DVD/BRD release for Planet Earth II.
The Blu-Ray UK release is scheduled for 2016-12-05, but there is no date for the 4K UHD US release: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Planet-Earth-II-BD-Blu-ray/dp/B01M629REH/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1479813140&sr=1-1&keywords=planet+earth+ii+4k
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Planet-Earth-II-4K-Blu-ray/168607/#News
In summary, it's a collection of new and old footage, and some captive/trained animals, but generally seems to be just a mix of persistence, technology, and sometimes just walking right-up to them.
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