John Downer — 导演 (11)
北极熊:冰上侦探 (2010) [电影] 豆瓣
Polar Bears: Spy on the Ice
9.0 (8 个评分) 导演: John Downer 演员: 大卫·田纳特
其它标题: Polar Bears: Spy on the Ice / 北极熊:冰上间谍(台)
这部名为《北极熊:冰上侦探(Polar Bear: Spy On The Ice)》的纪录片将于29日在英国BBC1电视台播放。
北京时间12月28日消息,野生动物纪录片拍摄人员往往需要绞尽脑汁,不断增加拍摄方法的隐秘性,才能悄悄潜入到他们想要拍摄的动物世界里,窥探它们的一举一动,但是不要认为这些动物都很愚笨,下面的图片就是很好的证明。
获奖导演约翰·唐纳最近把他的遥控间谍相机装扮成一个大雪球,用来追踪一只北极熊母亲带着它的小幼仔穿过挪威斯瓦尔巴特群岛的海冰,寻找海豹的过程。但没想到的是,这种伪装并没能骗过附近的一只成年雄性北极熊的眼睛。它快速追上移动照相机,用大而有力的爪子对眼前的“雪球”进行一番摸索,让唐纳和他的制片人拍了一些特写后,很快把相机砸得粉碎。
但它并没就此罢休,它想都没想,又开始追赶唐纳的另一个价值10万英镑(15.45万美元)的暴风雪相机。这个相机上带有轮子,可以遥控操作,尽管吃了一惊的纪录片拍摄者设法遥控这个昂贵的设备逃跑,但是被激怒的北极熊一直穷追不舍,最后这只体重超过半吨的北极熊把第二个相机也砸得粉碎。
不过幸运的是,唐纳还有另一个相机,它记录了摄影设备遭袭的整个过程。北极熊毁掉两个相机后,慢慢变得平静下来。唐纳说:“好奇心得到满足后,这些动物开始表现正常起来。最终我们的间谍相机显示,北极熊的‘智慧和好奇心’是它们在海冰不断缩小的情况下继续幸存下来的关键。”
宠物:内心狂野 (2015) [剧集] 豆瓣
Pets - Wild at Heart
9.8 (16 个评分) 导演: John Downer 演员: 大卫·田纳特 David Tennant
以隐藏拍摄的方式展示萌宠调皮行为背后的秘密,探索我们可爱宠物狂野的一面。展示某些动物的撕逼大战。不止有萌萌的喵星人和汪星人,仓鼠为何爱跑轮子、狗狗如何学会群居、猫咪怎样成为孤独的猎手。有跳水的狗、当保姆的猫、身手了得的仓鼠、被猎物戏耍的猫,相思鹦鹉为何说话、猫如何用特殊的爪子在墙上直上直下、仓鼠为什么把吃不下的东西塞一脸、和兔子究竟为啥跳。后面还介绍了秘鲁“放养的宠物狗”、挖洞打洞的宠物兔、日本猫岛上的野猫等等。
应召男郎 第二季 (2011) [剧集] 豆瓣
Gigolos Season 2 所属 电视剧集: 应召男郎
导演: John Downer 演员: Vin Armani / Jimmy Clabots
Gigolos is an American reality television series about the lives of five male escorts in Las Vegas. The series follows the men, all employee s of the same escort agency, through their daily lives and interactions with each other. Cameras also follow the escorts on their appointments with women, including their sexual activity. The series debuted on the premium cable channel Showtime on April 7, 2011.
Gigolos has been met with critical confusion regarding the legality of the activities it portrays and amazement that women would consent to being filmed purchasing sexual services. Critics have largely been sharply negative, although a few have offered the series guarded praise.
Showtime ordered a second season of eight episodes, and it debuted October 20, 2011.
象:兽群中的窥探 (2003) [电影] 豆瓣
Elephants: Spy in the Herd
导演: John Downer 演员: 大卫·爱登堡
其它标题: Elephants: Spy in the Herd
The sensational Bouldercam that took us to within a whisker of lions in ‘Spy in the Den’ applies its revolutionary brand of photography to perhaps the most popular of all animals – the African Elephant. Like its predecessor, ‘Elephants’ is an action-packed ride full of natural humour. This time, the film uses an army of mobile cameras – all of them disguised as piles of elephant dung! In TV-shaking proximity, they reveal what it is really like to be part of an elephant family.
狮:兽穴中的窥探 (2002) [电影] 豆瓣
Lions: Spy In The Den
导演: John Downer 演员: 大卫·爱登堡
其它标题: Lions: Spy In The Den
Introducing ‘Bouldercam’ – a revolutionary remote camera device that boldly goes where no camera has gone before – right into the heart of a lion pride. Looking deceptively like a mobile rock, but carrying a hidden digital camera, ‘Bouldercam’ gets up close and personal as it unravels the story of how cubs learn to become adult lions. Bouldercam was often just a whisker away as the cubs were watched, for over 3000 hours, growing up and learning to be lions. As David Attenborough says ‘This is no ordinary film about lions.’
熊:树林中的窥探 (2004) [电影] 豆瓣
Bears: Spy in the Woods
导演: John Downer 演员: 大卫·爱登堡
其它标题: Bears: Spy in the Woods
This film uses an army of camouflaged roving cameras to unravel the lives of one of the world’s most popular groups of animals. It is the most intimate portrayal ever of life amongst these engaging creatures. Using an array of almost magically camouflaged cameras the film take us to within paw’s reach of the most charismatic of the world’s bears. The Giant panda (filmed exclusively in the wild) is the star of the film. The programme shows how this popular creature fits into the great bear family. It contrasts its lifestyle with the American brown bear – the archetypal bear – as well as its arctic cousin the Polar bear. This far-reaching investigation also highlights the less well-known spectacled bear – the only bear to inhabit South America and the inspiration for Paddington bear. The roving cameras take us closer to these enchanting subjects than ever before.
大迁徙 角马群里的间谍 [电影] 豆瓣
Trek: Spy on the Wildebeest
其它标题: Trek: Spy on the Wildebeest / 大迁徙之角马群里的间谍
广袤无垠的非洲大草原,数百万头角马的迁徙可谓生物史最令人叹为观止的壮观奇景之一。每一年的6月到9月期间,生活在肯尼亚马赛马拉国家公园的角马以及斑马、瞪羚组成的迁徙大军便浩浩荡荡地上路,从坦桑尼亚的塞伦盖蒂草原逶迤来至水草植被茂盛的肯尼亚的马赛马拉草原。虽然拥有数量上的绝对优势,但是沿途的残酷自然环境以及鳄鱼、狮子、鬣狗等肉食性掠食者将给这群逆来顺受的食草动物构成最大的生命威胁。
此次BBC摄制组调动大规模的拍摄阵容,试图近距离地记录下角马群迁徙过程中每一个珍贵瞬间。为了不惊扰这些胆小的动物,摄制组采用各种伪装术接近角马,比如将摄像机藏在遥控乌龟、鳄鱼、蜻蜓体内,或者放在沿途的石头、动物头骨中。功夫不负有心人,这些“间谍”记录下从前从未有过的罕见而惊人的珍贵画面……
塞伦盖蒂 (2019) [剧集] TMDB
Serengeti
8.7 (14 个评分) 导演: Simon Fuller / John Downer 演员: Lupita Nyong'o
其它标题: Serengeti
  本系列纪录片深入塞伦盖蒂内人迹罕至的角落,追踪最具代表性的非洲草原动物,成功捕捉到戏剧般的动物生活日常和情感时刻。雌狮被逐出家族后孤立无援,热情的狒狒渴望赢回被首领抢走的爱人,厚脸皮且贪玩的猫鼬在寻找免费的午餐… 充满幽默与悬念的故事情节让人大呼过瘾。《塞伦盖蒂》采用突破性的拍摄技术和充满创造力的音乐,为观众呈现一场身临其境般的视听盛宴。通过讲述非洲草原上动物家族们的传奇成长故事,带你走进真实又富含戏剧性的动物世界。