Eye to eye with the UK’s peregrines 与英国游隼“眼对眼”


The team travelled to over 30 countries,filming an amazing array of species. But capturing some of the mostbreath-taking behavioural sequences of predation in the natural world didn’tmean the team always had to travel far. The Hunt reveals the challenges of theworld’s fastest predator, the peregrine falcon – a bird of prey found in ourown back yard here in the UK.
“There’s a sequence about peregrineshunting wading birds and the problems that they have,” says Fothergill.
摄制组的足迹遍布30多个国家，拍摄了众多物种。但自家门口也不乏美景，想拍摄些自然界中最惊心动魄的捕猎场景也不一定非得跑到很远的地方。《猎捕》中便介绍了这样一位掠食者所面临的挑战，它的速度无人能及，它就生活在英国我们自家后院里，它就是——游隼。
“其中有一个镜头便记录了游隼捕猎涉禽的场景，也揭示了它们面临的问题。”
“It’samazing footage of peregrines chasing redshanks, and the redshanks keep onbailing into the water
“那个游隼追逐着红脚鹬、后者不断钻入水中以摆脱困境的片段非常赞
“They try and go for knot, but knot formthese swirling flocks of black and white to confuse them. So then theperegrines try and go for individual waders like redshank or oystercatchers.
“Now what’s really interesting is that theredshanks have learnt that if they get into the water, the peregrines can’t getthem because peregrines can’t get wet – they don’t have very good oils likewading birds.
“It’s amazing footage of peregrines chasingredshanks, and the redshanks keep on bailing into the water, but finally a malemanaged to get below one redshank. The redshank then flies up and basicallythere’s this dogfight,” Fothergill says.
“它们本想去追一群鸟，但被这旋转的黑白云团弄得眼花缭乱。于是游隼们转而去抓单只的水禽，比如红脚鹬或蛎鹬。
“现在，有趣的是，红脚鹬知道了钻进水里就能躲开游隼的攻击。游隼不能把身体弄湿，它们的羽毛上没有水禽那样厚厚的油脂。
“那个游隼追逐着红脚鹬、后者不断钻入水中以摆脱困境的片段非常赞。不过最后一只雄游隼成功切断了一只红脚鹬的退路，迫使它向上飞去。这基本上就是它们的日常缠斗。”Fothergill说道。
“You needthe audience to emotionally engage with the challenge of the predator
“你需要让观众感知捕食者面临的挑战，获得情感的共鸣。
“Now, all of that was filmed in thewild...on the UK coastline, and we spent weeks and weeks and weeks doing that. Butyou are on the edge of a mudflat, you can’t go out there, the birds are a longway away, you know; they’re wide shots.
“So in order to make it cut [the sequencework], we took a falconry bird to exactly the same place and the cameraman shota handful of very specific little close-ups. There are probably six or sevenclose-ups in the whole sequence.”
“It’s completely natural behaviour, but sothe audience could enjoy it and actually see the eye of the bird – I didn’twant it to be distant to them – you need the audience to emotionally engagewith the challenge of the predator.”
到目前为止，这（个场景的）一切都是在英国海岸线上、在自然条件下拍摄的，我们为此耗费了数周时间。但你没法抽身——你就像在泥滩边缘，不能离开。鸟们在千里之外，毕竟它们是广袤天空上的猎手。
所以，为了减少点拍这个镜头的工作量，我们捉了一只游隼放在同样的位置，摄影师拍了几个特别清晰的特写。整个连续镜头里大概有六七个特写。
这完全是自然行为，但观众们能因此获得享受，并真切地看到鸟儿的眼睛——我不想让观众们对此漠不关心——你需要让观众感知捕食者面临的挑战，获得情感的共鸣。

结束语：
A fair fight 这是一场公平的战斗
I think you can feel emotionally attached to the prey in some of the sequences, but totally celebrate the endeavour of the predator
“我知道，在有些场景中你可能会同情被捕的猎物们，但同时也一定会为猎手的拼搏而喝彩。
Both Cordey and Fothergill are hopeful that they have managed to illustrate the truth of exactly how the natural worldworks for both the hunters and the hunted in this series.
“If the predator is always successful,there’s no prey. And if there’s no prey, there are no predators. It’s prettysimple,” says Cordey.
“As long as you elicit some kind of emotion– for me the important thing is that somebody feels an emotional connection tothe sequence – whether it’s the prey or the predator, I don’t think it reallymatters. Because I think you can feel emotionally attached to the prey in someof the sequences, but totally celebrate the endeavour of the predator.”
Cordey和Fothergill都希望他们成功地在这部剧中阐明了自然的真相，不论是对猎手还是猎物来说。
“如果捕食者永远是赢家，那么猎物早就消失了。如果没有猎物，捕食者也会随之消亡。就这么简单。”
“只要你激发出了某种情感，我们的目的就算达到了。对我来说，重要的是能有人对这些场景产生共鸣。至于究竟是对猎物还是猎手，那倒是次要的。因为我知道，在有些场景中你可能会同情被捕的猎物们，但同时也一定会为猎手的拼搏而喝彩。“

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第七集 与捕食者共生
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