From BBC News:
The world’s first film shot entirely by chimpanzees is to be broadcast by the BBC as part of a natural history documentary.(via Cynical-C Blog)
The apes created the movie using a specially designed chimp-proof camera given to them by primatologists.
The film-making exercise is part of a scientific study into how chimpanzees perceive the world and each other.
It will be screened within the Natural World programme “Chimpcam” shown on BBC Two at 2000GMT on Wednesday 27 January.
Making the movie was the brainchild of primatologist Ms Betsy Herrelko, who is studying for a PhD in primate behaviour at the University of Stirling, UK.
Over 18 months, she introduced video technology to a group of 11 chimpanzees living in a newly built enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo, UK.
The enclosure, which contains three large interlinked outdoor arenas, as well as a series of smaller rooms in which the apes can be studied by researchers, is the largest of its kind in the world.
Looks like the chimps can shoot better than the cameraman in Cloverfield.
ReplyDeleteThis is better than Hollywood.
ReplyDeleteVery cool.
ReplyDeleteMaking movies is so easy even a chimp can do it!
ReplyDeleteLooks like the new Yu Bowl movie! lol
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