The migration of birds is a story of promise, a promise of return

"Migrating Birds" is an excellent and highly rated nature documentary directed by the famous French director Jacques Behan. It directly defines the world's top documentary film before and after obtaining the true standard, a total of more than 600 people participated in the shooting, which lasted more than 3 years, cost more than 40 million US dollars, sceneries in more than 50 countries and regions around the world, the record film is more than 460 kilometers long. The elegance of the red-crowned crane, the intelligence of the parrot, the patience of the geese, the swan's silk, the penguin's mother-child love, the strange black child of the white falcon, and the funny red-eyed water bird running on the water with its short wings are all in this film. The performance is vivid and impressive.

The film was filmed with an ultra-tech aerial filming system, chasing the feat of migratory birds migrating north and south, leading the audience to experience the arduous process of migratory birds' migration, and at the same time capturing the strange ecology of all kinds of migratory birds, which is both intellectual and vivid. The camera crew incubates the eggs under the lens, so that the newly born birds are not afraid of the lens. When they migrate, they will soar with the camera, making the shooting more real and natural.

The director has ingeniously conceived and arranged in terms of time, space, and story structure. He selected a corner from thousands of migratory birds, and focused on the promise to complete the return. Migration is the theme of a struggle for life. From crisis stories and promises Two aspects of the story tell about the migratory birds encountered by migrating in the warp and weft woven in time and space.

The music record of this documentary also won Oscars nominations for the 2003 Oscar for Best Documentary Award, the French Film Caesar Award for Best Editing, Best Music and many other awards. The opening part is a warm and slightly sentimental love song contributed by the Australian music ghost Nick Cave, mixed with the sound of birds spreading their wings. The director asked the audiovisualist to use a mini microphone and a portable sound collector to record the flying sounds of different birds as a base for the film. The music in, unmodified but seamlessly integrated with the sound of the piano. There is also the grand and solemn master of the earth brought by the art rock master Robert Wyatt. In subsequent instrumental works, the clear and distant temperament of Nordic folk songs is sometimes used to deepen the elegant image of migratory birds returning, and sometimes a tense orchestral ensemble depicts the lost Migratory birds in the smog of industrial pollution used the gospel chorus to praise the magnificent sight of birds flying over ocean deserts, forests, rivers, and glacial valleys.

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