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In 2019, BBC Earth launched a 6-episode documentary "Serengeti", which opened up the fascination of many friends to Africa and the world of wildlife.
This documentary won a high score of 9.4 on Douban.
After two years, this divine work finally returned - "Serengeti 2" landed on Youku Video on July 29.
The documentary follows the original team of the first season, with John Downer, the gold medal producer of the wildlife film who shot "The Wild Spy", as the director, and the Oscar-winning actress Lupita Niyongo, who has starred in films such as "Black Panther" and "Star Wars", as the English commentary.
The film consists of 6 episodes, each of which is about 50 minutes long.
A Here is the African savannah where the film version of The Lion King was filmed
Serengeti 2 still focuses on the inaccessible Plains of Tanzania, taking the audience deep into one of Africa's most pristine and unspoiled grasslands, reuniting with the most iconic African savannah animals. The prairie, which has been filmed in the film version of The Lion King, covers an area of more than 30,000 square kilometers and is known for its rich species resources and natural wonders, and is listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. It's a paradise for wildlife, with up to 70 species of large mammals and 500 endemic birds, as well as one of the world's top ten natural tourist wonders– the semi-annual migration of large animals. But this magical land is beautiful but full of dangers, and survival has never been easier. In "The Lion King", different species can live in harmony, but in the real Serengeti grassland, peace is too rare. Compared to The Lion King, this is a more real and cruel animal world. For the sake of survival and family, the love and hatred between various species is staged every moment in this land.
Lioness Carrie is undoubtedly the core heroine of this drama. From a human point of view, she can be called an independent woman in the new era, and she has four babies despite ethnic opposition and sweethearts. However, the consequences of advocating free love are serious. Losing her ethnic asylum, raising four children is difficult. One day, Kelly did everything in her power to hunt a zebra, only to be targeted by a hyena that was "crowded". The hyena soldiers divided into two groups, one group besieged Kelly, and the other group encircled the cubs. Zebra and child can not take care of each other, can only save one, Kelly can only give up food. If there is a family support, the hyena would dare to go crazy, but today is different from the past. The hungry Kelly chose the small and easy warthog to start, but the lion fell in Pingyang and was bullied by the pig, and Kelly was pushed by the warthog to "doubt life". Hungry to the point of fainting, Kelly could hardly produce milk, and she dragged her chest against her back, trying her last bit of strength to attack the zebra again. The lives of a family of five are here. But even with the strength of the upper body, Kelly still couldn't pull the zebra down. As long as the zebra does not fall to the ground, it cannot exert force to strangle the throat. At the moment of great emergency, the divine soldiers descended from heaven! It was my sister who came to help her... This ups and downs of the plot made the audience's blood boil.
B Here are the "stars" who attracted much attention in the first season, and many more new faces
The Serengeti series is known for its ingenious observational perspective and exquisite capture of real and dramatic moments between animals, while the second season follows the BBC documentary's grandiose filming, flowing editing, melodious soundtrack and moving commentary, presenting the joys and deaths of the animal kingdom's "mini human society".
Many of the "stars" in "Serengeti 2" who attracted much attention in the first season - baboon Bakali, female elephant Nala, male elephant Tambo, hyena Akina and so on will meet the audience again, and with the reincarnation of life in this magical land, more new faces will appear one by one. In addition to the affection of the lioness whose blood is thicker than water, there is also the love of the baboon tribe that meets the water, the PUBG of the novice cheetah mother and the three milk babies, and the Qi Bo in the elephant family who has a temper tantrum with her mother because of the birth of her brother, the zebra mother and son who are scattered by the turbulent water and the crocodile that are staring at the tiger during the migration, the mother who is the leader of the hyena family who sacrifices heroically to protect her daughter, and the cute and bold little leopard who constantly challenges the mother's patience.
"Serengeti 2" records the bumpy survival paths of multiple ethnic groups, there are strife, there are also warm and full of affection, love, ups and downs of the plot, there are reversals, the original their life course is so colorful.
Netizens who have seen it said that "in this African savannah, the story of each living creature is an epic that can be sung and wept." "It's so beautiful, the picture quality is full of marks, and every frame is a blockbuster of the computer desktop!" "A documentary with a strong sense of drama! Deep in love, each paragraph is deeply moving. ”
It is reported that although "Serengeti 2" is only 6 short episodes, the film crew filmed for two years. Due to the dry and rainy season and the cyclical nature of animal activities, many shots were also re-shot later. The latest gyroscope technology was used to stabilize the camera system, and drones and "spy" camera vehicles were also deployed to capture super close images and provide different perspectives of the animal world. Because of the long time together, the animals are immune to the camera, so the captured pictures are very vivid.
Tips: "Serengeti II" landed on the Youku Documentary Channel on July 29 and was updated every Thursday morning.
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