What does the world look like through the eyes of a bumblebee or a little mouse? What adventures are they living in this time of pollution and climate change? This is the premise of Apple’s nature series Tiny World. The second season begins today, with images produced by a team of 90 filmmakers, including Joris van Alphen.
The main role
It is one of the largest nature series produced recently, comparable to the BBC’s Planet Earth II. The first season kicked off in October of last year. What’s special, except all kinds of new technology has been used, is mainly the way of saying it. Each episode tells the story of an individual animal who faces all kinds of challenges from start to finish.
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For this series, Joris van Alphen traveled to England, France, Norway, the United States and Costa Rica. The first season was released in October and he mainly shot for Episode 2, Jungle. The protagonist is a colorful poison dart frog that climbs a tree to lay its eggs in a bromeliad. View here the behind-the-scenes movie.
Pasture landscape
The second season begins with an episode about a prairie landscape in northwestern Europe, in which he filmed spiders, butterflies and bumblebees. It is clear that it is not easy for them due to the intensification of agriculture. But even for a cameraman, it is not easy to get a clear image of a butterfly or a bumblebee flying in all directions. It requires good preparation, a lot of time, and a valuable high-speed camera (1000 fps) that you prefer not to trip over when you have to run after an insect.
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The Adventures of Small Animals are voiced by Paul Rudd, who played Ant-Man in the film of the same name. Tiny World can be seen on Apple’s streaming service. Watch the trailer below: