A MUST READ, by Adam Ravetch | Shooting in the Wild: An Insider's Account of Making Movies in the Animal...

Shooting in the Wild | Shooting in the Wild: An Insider's Account of Making Movies in the Animal Kingdom | Chris Palmer

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	• Shooting in the Wild: An Insider's Account of Making Movies in the Animal Kingdom Chris Palmer Sierra Club/Counterpoint, 2010 - 272 pages average customer review:based on 48 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A rare behind-the-scenes view of wildlife and nature films and how they are made

Shooting in the Wild: An Insider's Account of Making Movies in the Animal Kingdom belongs in any science, nature or film library, offering a rare behind-the-scenes view of wildlife and nature films and how they are made. It comes from a veteran producer who reveals the wildlife film business, from its pros and cons to the trend toward sensationalism and animal abuse. General collections, too, will appreciate this unique focus!

A MUST READ, by Adam Ravetch

My full Blurb about Chris Palmer's pioneering book, Shooting In The Wild.

When I entered the wildlife film industry, there certainly was no road map or guide to navigate its internal complexities.

NOW THERE IS!

Chris Palmer is to be congratulated for his pioneering and honest book, SHOOTING IN THE WILD. This is an insider's account of the high adventure--and ethical challenges--of filmmaking in the animal kingdom.

Palmer takes on the very serious challenges of wildlife filmmaking. He chronicles the history, the celebrities, and the business side of this demanding activity. But he does more then that. Palmer confronts the burning philosophical questions of ethics, morality, and the film maker's obligation to the natural world. -- serious issues that wildlife filmmakers wrestle with everyday.

If you are considering the field of wildlife films, or if you are already eking out a living in this industry, then this is a must read that will inspire you stop and examine the way you make films. Equally, if you are devoted viewer of wildlife documentaries, then this is an essential expose' of the internal workings of an obscure and elusive world.

As you read SHOOTING IN THE WILD, you will find yourself devouring the pages so fast that you will be in danger of become wild yourself.

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Shooting in the Wild

This is a great book. Anyone who cares about the fate of imperiled animal species should have a copy. As a lifelong (and pragmatic) environmental/endangered species acivist myself, I was shocked to read Palmer's accounts of "staged" shark-feeding frenzies, chimpanzee fights, and the like. This kind of sensationalism, disguised by claims of 'authenticity,' can only harm species already in trouble by conveying a false impression that such is normal behavior. This sort of "documentary" is just plain wrong, and is harmful to all our efforts to rescue these species, because they create, not sympathy and understanding of the living creatures who share this planet with us, but just the opposite. Mr. Palmer has conveyed a basically sympathetic account of an important industry whose product can have a huge impact on wildlife protection in the future, while at the same time blowing the whistle on practices which can only hurt that effort. This a great service to the cause, and for that I (and I bet the wild critters out there too)thank him.

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A Whole New Take on Wildlife Filmmaking

This book is like no other that has been written on the subject of filming in the wild. It is a compelling, pull-no-punches look at this fascinating field, from the perspective one of its greatest living authorities. Chris Palmer has devoted his life to telling great stories via film, and in the process he has made some of the most inspirational and revealing documentaries about conservation and the environment. Long known and respected as one of the most ethical practitioners of wildlife film production, Chris brings the same principled approach to the Shooting in the Wild. I strongly recommend this book anyone looking for a factual, thought-provoking insider view of wildlife film making.
Robert SanGeorge
Washington, DC

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Wildlife and nature films are a hugely popular entertainment genre: networks such as Animal Planet and Discovery are stars in the cable television universe, viewers flock to IMAX theaters to see jaw-dropping footage from the wild, and the venerable BBC still scores triumphs with series such as Planet Earth. As cinematic technology brings ever more breathtaking images to the screen, and as our direct contact with nature diminishes, an ever-expanding audience craves the indirect experience of wild nature that these films provide.
But this success has a dark side, as Chris Palmer reveals in his authoritative and engrossing report on the wildlife film business. A veteran producer and film educator, Palmer looks past the headlines about TV host Steve Irwin?s death by stingray and filmmaker Timothy Treadwell falling prey to his beloved grizzlies, to uncover a more pervasive and troubling trend toward sensationalism, extreme risk-taking, and even abuse in wildlife films. He tracks the roots of this trend to the early days of the genre, and he profiles a new breed of skilled, ethical filmmakers whose work enlightens as well as entertains, and who represent the future that Palmer envisions for the industry he loves.

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