In the episode “Ice Worlds,” a family of Antarctopelta return to their forest den. Prehistoric Planet uses this support strategy in the sequences where Attenborough describes the dinosaurs using human traits. The most evident strategy is that of voiceover narration. Though recognizable narratives are the basis for animal personification, multiple cinematic strategies are used to support their presentation. Both examples share more similarities than centering two dinosaurs with exceptionally tiny arms stories about relationships, whether familial or romantic, are immediately recognizable to viewers and require far less exposition for understanding animal behavior. The scene offers a hopeful romance between the two animals. “Forests,” the fifth episode, features a male Carnotaurus trying to impress a female with a display of his colorful arms. The T- rex is depicted as a father figure parenting his young offspring. Prehistoric Planet’s first episode, “Coasts,” features a Tyrannosaurus guiding its children through the ocean toward a shore to look for food. Audiences can then instantly recognize the dynamic on screen and relate to it. To center empathetic responses, nature-docs appeal to “universal” relationships, like those between mates or families. As with any documentary, the selection and arrangement of shots determines what stories are actually offered by the series. Prehistoric Planet is no exception in deploying the trope of personification. Others, like those of BBC’s Planet collection, are more subtle, but still assign human stories to the observed animals, many of which centering on mating and parenting. Some nature-docs wear their personification on their sleeves, like the catalog of Disney nature films, which are predominately organized around triumphant stories of nicknamed animal subjects. Nature documentary personification serves to turn its animal subjects into empathetic characters and organize nonhuman behavior into understandable stories for human viewers. Nature-docs are non-fiction, after all, and are intended to present the realities of the world in an informative way. Now, it is important to note that “personification” here does not refer to the same type of personification one would find in an animated fiction film, like Zootopia or The Bad Guys. This device is used as form of cinematic translation, interpreting the instinctual, habitual behaviors of animals for human viewers. Nature documentaries have a long history of personifying their animal subjects. And yet, even though the show uses one of the oldest rhetorical strategies for the genre, its personified animals feel vividly novel. Though the visual effects are cutting edge, the series invokes the enduring nature documentary trope of personifying its animal subjects. Prehistoric Planet renders its primeval creatures using the latest advancements in photorealist technology (like those used in The Lion King remake), creating the closest version of prehistoric “reality” ever put to screen. Now, this series offers an especially unique foray into nature documentaries because, spoiler alert, dinosaurs are extinct. Each episode of Prehistoric Planet explores various dinosaur species scattered across a variety of landscapes. Narrated by David Attenborough, the series follows in the footsteps of other BBC Planet series ( Blue Planet, Planet Earth, etc.), in using groundbreaking cinematic technologies to capture the images of the Earth’s most magnificent creatures. Pteranodon longiceps (?) or maybe P.Prehistoric Planet, BBC Studios Natural History Unit’s breathtaking nature documentary, premiered on Apple TV+ in 2022, and is returning for a second season starting May 22. This is a list I've compiled for an earlier tread. *(EDIT: I've put the animals in alphabetical order to make it easier to spot your favorite prehistoric animalsĮDIT: included Dinopithecus and GigantopethicusĮDIT: added more animals thanks to SkaarsmashKikou and link provided by (DLG) Gojiratheking106. Varanus priscus (also known as Megalania) sternbergi (?)īelow an older list (2014) of animals which the developers have said to want to include, but are not confirmed as of yet or are based on older kickstarter concept art and rumors:ĪVIAN DINOSAURS (or also known as birds ) ): populator (alt.skin)īelow a list of animals which are confirmed but will be released after early access at a later date: Yangchuanosaurus shangyouensis (replaced with Carnotaurus ?) Edmontosaurus regalis & Ugrunaaluk kuukpikensis (alt. Carnotaurus sastrei (replaces Yangchuanosaurus ?) This is a list I've compiled for an earlier thread.
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