Kudos to the filmmaker for the effort and patience to film our planet's smaller creatures. He lets our eyes peer into a fascinating world. Our ears are another matter. When an underwater spider grabs a bubble of air from above the surface, does it really make a popping sound? I think not.
I'm amazed in the contrast between what an audience demands visually in a movie and what it tolerates aurally, even in a documentary, which is supposedly about real life. I once attended a lecture from David Attenborough who was promoting a documentary on plants. He got rather melodramatic in answering a question about the sounds used in making his work. Their creed seems to be if it's moving, some sort of sound has to accompany it.
Explosions in space, bird songs from the wrong continent, squealing tires on dirt; common examples of glaring errors that viewers simply ignore because they are heard and not seen.
I'm amazed in the contrast between what an audience demands visually in a movie and what it tolerates aurally, even in a documentary, which is supposedly about real life. I once attended a lecture from David Attenborough who was promoting a documentary on plants. He got rather melodramatic in answering a question about the sounds used in making his work. Their creed seems to be if it's moving, some sort of sound has to accompany it.
Explosions in space, bird songs from the wrong continent, squealing tires on dirt; common examples of glaring errors that viewers simply ignore because they are heard and not seen.