{"id":26843,"date":"2016-11-13T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-13T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/planet-earth-ii-behind-the-scenes\/"},"modified":"2016-11-13T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-11-13T18:00:00","slug":"planet-earth-ii-behind-the-scenes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/culture\/planet-earth-ii-behind-the-scenes\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Planet Earth II’ Releases Stunning 360 Behind the Scenes Video"},"content":{"rendered":"

Planet Earth<\/span><\/em> returned to the BBC in grand fashion last Sunday, bringing the beauty and madness of this wondrous natural world into the homes of millions of UK viewers. Now, to give the rest of the world a taste of things to come, the BBC is releasing behind the scenes footage using spherical video.<\/p>\n

The acclaimed nature documentary series has always kept technology at the center of its effort to present the planet’s <\/span>most beautiful images<\/a> to viewers. The original Planet Earth<\/em> was filmed with 200 cameras by 40 teams across the planet over five years, and at the time was the most expensive nature documentary to be commissioned by the BBC and the first to be shot in high-definition.<\/div>\n
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Now, a decade later, the stakes are higher. For <\/em><\/span>Planet Earth II<\/em>, shooting took place in over 40 countries with 117 film trips over 2,089 days of nonstop filming. This will be the first BBC documentary shot in Ultra-high-definition, so if you’ve been waiting for a reason to get that 4K TV, this might be it. After all, Black Friday is right around the corner.<\/div>\n
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Capturing even more groundbreaking images required deployment of the <\/span>latest technologies<\/a>, notably: drone controlled cameras, automatically triggered remote recording and the latest UHD an HDR formats. David Attenborough, the series’ 90 year old presenter\/narrator, has said<\/a>, “The technology and shots are unparalleled. You couldn’t do these shots 10 years ago. It’s important television and should, every now and again, take an in-depth view of something.”<\/div>\n
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The arrival of 360º video has been one of the main technological advancements since 2006, and what better way to offer an in-depth view of something than immersing the viewer completely in it?<\/span><\/div>\n
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Keeping with the series’ tradition of pushing the visual envelope, the BBC has released behind the scenes videos shot in 360º to be viewed through Youtube on VR devices that takes viewers out of their bogus realities and slings them into the far-flung reaches of planet earth.<\/span><\/div>\n
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So far, two such videos have been released, the first for the first episode, “Islands.” If you missed it, then you missed the best chase sequence in the history of television: <\/span><\/div>\n
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