The Richmond Park Deer
A look at the deer of Richmond Park.
BB Films
Duration: 3:00
Views: 97
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The Richmond Park DeerThis was originally made for a SciCast-inspired film competition held amongst schools in Richmond. The competition culminated in a grand awards ceremony in early December 2007, at which this wildlife documentary deservedly won Best Biology Film. Still, it must have been nerve-wracking for the makers to have their film played to the night’s special guest, none other than Sir David Attenborough.
Richmond Park is one of the larger Royal Parks of London, boasting some fine oak trees but, perhaps, most famous for its deer. Long gone are the days when they were hunted for sport.
The film describes the life-cycle of the deer, and how they’re managed.
SciCast’s first wildlife documentary?
This is a technically stunning film, with lots of wonderful photography. Even though the deer in Richmond are used to humans, getting so many of these shots must have involved substantial patience, not to mention some early-morning starts.
The voice-over is also extremely well-written. I heard on the grapevine that the film-makers arm-twisted their teacher into recording it because they wanted the film to look and sound as much like an Attenborough documentary as possible. It worked!
Great job, all — particularly for avoiding the classic problem of this sort of documentary, which is having lots of wonderful photography but not finding a way to use it to tell a story.
— Jonathan.
Stunning in its simplicity; entertaining in its communication. I give it a TEN!
Marion, 20 Feb 2008
Very professional!
Keith, 21 Jan 2008
Prior to seeing this presentation my knowledge of deer was restricted to the fact that the males had antlers, that deer were multilplying at a comparitively high rate, and they were sport for hunters. Through personal experience I knew of the tick that deers carried, and that was it. The documentary film was professionally developed and broadened my knowledge of deer considerably. I think this three-minute film should be acclaimed.
Tiger Tom, 16 Jan 2008
The visual imagery is stunning and the film deservedly won its award at Richmond. Seeing the deer made my day!
Anonymous, 15 Jan 2008
top stuff!
Ben Dory, 15 Jan 2008
A highly informative, easily understood narration supports appropriate and engaging photography. I was impressed with the amount of knowledge imparted in a short time. When next I see the deer in Richmond Park, I will appreciate them more based on facts delivered effortlessly in this excellent film. It is a winner!
Rita Bleasdale, 14 Jan 2008