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PaperclipPerfector  15d ago (text post)   2182 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for December 20, 2024

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Our family has been watching wildlife documentaries ("Our Planet" and "Predators" on Netflix and "Raptors" on Kanopy) the past few weeks and the improvement in quality of the footage has been exceptional, relative to only a decade ago. The improvement in rugged audio/visual equipment that can be used in the remote wilderness, such as drones, action cameras, and trail cameras has allowed for some seriously good footage to make its way onto the screen in the last few years. This is not even mentioning all the improved post-processing techniques like slow motion or filming at nighttime. Compare this to a studio TV production from 2014, it's probably hard to tell the difference between that an something that came out a year ago.

If anyone has any other recommendations, do share below. Bonus points if they're on either of those streaming platforms listed above.

The BBC Natural History Unit is the best at these. They’re all over the place when it comes to who’s streaming each one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Studios_Natural_History_Unit_filmography

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll have to check it out. You're completely right in that they're all over different streaming platforms. Somewhat unrelated, but I ended up installing the PBS streaming app to my TV, a lot of the stuff requires a subscription but there's still a vast library to watch from. We just saw a nice nature documentary on Portugal and its island territories ("Portugal: Wild Land on the Edge"). Seems like it depends on your local PBS station, YMMV.

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