Monkeyin around at Trentham
1 year ago
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8. Monkeyin around at Trentham
1 year ago
A bit of a rush job this, from leaving Trentham Monkey Forest to uploading within 6.5 hours, there's a lot of cuttings on the floor, but a whole lot more to be compiled, including the juvenile tree jumping and swinging which took place when the visitors thinned out.
It was a very busy day at the Monkey Forest in Trentham Stoke-on-Trent, so the use of a tripod was definitely a non-starter due to the narrow pathways. Apart from that, setting up a tripod could well spook the animals, after all, they wouldn't see a tripod, they would probably see a potential threat.
So, this video is a little shaky in some places and very shaky in others.
Apologies for the mess at the beginning, that's just me monkeyin about with Sony Vegas 8 (discovering the features within the software).
It was a very busy day at the Monkey Forest in Trentham Stoke-on-Trent, so the use of a tripod was definitely a non-starter due to the narrow pathways. Apart from that, setting up a tripod could well spook the animals, after all, they wouldn't see a tripod, they would probably see a potential threat.
So, this video is a little shaky in some places and very shaky in others.
Apologies for the mess at the beginning, that's just me monkeyin about with Sony Vegas 8 (discovering the features within the software).
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The monkeys probably think: "why are all those other passing apes covered in coloured cloth, carrying and pushing all sorts of assorted hardware? We don't need any of that stuff..."
We were the last to leave the forest, and discovered that the inhabitants reverted back to something like more natural behaviour after the crowd of visitors dispersed.
In the later shots (not shown here) the Macaques are jumping, swinging and generally having a jolly good frolic, I hope that the final edit will be able to do justice to their efforts.
I am a little concerned that I inadvertently spooked the pair with the nine-day old baby by pointing the camera at them in close quarters, they didn't look too happy as they came towards me. I had to take hasty steps aside to allow them to cross. They're not used to XH-A1's, If I had taken the XL1s I could have caused a right commotion
This makes my point about a tripod, can you imagine the stress that could possibly cause? So wherever possible I was holding the camera on any available solid structure, unfortunately the wooden rails are not flat topped, which caused further problems.
Ah well! such is the dilemma of the participant of this 'sport' of ours.
Don't get me wrong, this version is great and if you do re-edit it, adding more footage (maybe including some of my suggestions) then I will most certainly be looking forward to seeing it.
I will endeavour to implement your suggestions in the next edit. On the other footage there were less people around, so the sounds of the monkeys is relatively undisturbed by human chatter, so I will have a mini library of macaques voices available.
Perhaps, in these restricted filming situations it would be advantageous to use a smaller (not so intrusive) camera on a short monopod that could be clamped onto some vertical or horizontal structure such as a hand-rail perhaps.
In the meantime, I trust that the next video I post on these macaques will reflect your input.
Having said that, I am starting a private project on Monday 4th August, although I have most of the groundwork completed, there is the narration to capture and insert and some extra footage to collect. So my time for Vimeo will be restricted for around the next 2 weeks. I mention this so that you don't get any false impression about my inactivity on Vimeo.
Thanks Fourmoors, your input is just what I need.