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Filming a glacier in Norway

Filming a glacier in Norway
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  • Filming a glacier in Norway
  • Duration: 03:00
  • Jeff Wilson describes his assignment to the island of Svalbard, with photographs of the sea and frozen landscape of huge ice cliffs. The eerie sounds are recordings of a glacier moving and creaking. Finally, Jeff's timelapse film of the glacier shows the actual movement of the ice clearly. This clip is published as part of the BBC Wildlife Finder: bbc.co.uk/wildlifefinder/, where you can find further clips and resources on this subject. Please note these clips are only available in Flash and run at a higher bit rate than other videos on Class Clips - they may require a higher broadband connection speed to play correctly.
  • Subject:

    Media Studies

       Topic:

    Production and Evaluation

  • Keywords: photography, timelapse, Norway, Svalbard, arctic, glacier, ice, geography
Ideas for use in class
  • An example of an audio-visual slideshow - assess the effectiveness of the production in telling a story and inspire students to producer their own slideshow. Introduces the concept of timelapse photography - assess the use of it here and how effective it is. Further details on the assignment to Svalbard and information about the photographer can be found on the Wildlife Finder website: bbc.co.uk/expeditions/svalbard/stories/glacier.
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  • Clip language : English
  • Aspect ratio : 16x9
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