5/23/2025 at 1:24:33 PM
This was a fun read. I appreciate a journalist willing to dive into something obscure and reveal a lot of interesting process details and anecdotes as they go.Before I knew anything about the film and TV industry I would have assumed the process was rather straightforward from concept to script to filming and then editing, almost waterfall style.
But no, it typically evolves and lives and changes through the process. Dialog and storylines are tweaked at every stage as the end product is incrementally manifested. Not unlike software development.
by Aurornis
5/23/2025 at 1:31:18 PM
When they talked about how the first draft had the correct bird from the correct place making the correct sound, but what made it into production was the wrong bird from the wrong place making the wrong sound, I felt that in my software engineering soul.The reasons were relatable too - real-world constraints got in the way, and ultimately this bug was way too minor to be fixed, in the face of all the big problems the movie faced.
by yen223
5/23/2025 at 3:01:56 PM
> you are always birdingAmen, Brother.
I think a large part of the blame for this state of affairs belongs to people like the BBC's Natural History Unit who licence their material to film and TV companies far and wide. So, for example, in many a scene you can thrill to the song of Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilis) or Eurasian Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs), which would be knee-deep in twitchers if the birds were actually there.
by smackay