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Episode 95 Dolby Creator Talks

Telling the Emotional Story of Sir David Attenborough's "Life on Our Planet" Through Sound and Editing

August 17, 2021
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As we continue our coverage of the 2021 Emmy Awards, we recently sat down with the Emmy-nominated editor and sound team for the fantastic nature program / retrospective biography / urgent and dire warning for humanity, "David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet." The film pulled material from over 50 years of Sir David's career to create what many believed to be his final big documentary. And working on the film was an understandably emotional experience.

The way David likes to do his narration records is — we'll do a complete run through. So that first run through is like watching the film, sometimes. And I have to say, there were several points — and I'm sitting there just recording it, pressing record and sort of watching it through — that I was really choked up, as it's David telling his story. And it was lovely. Afterwards, I came out into the room and he just said, 'thank you.' You know he was obviously moved and touched by the film and just basically said, thank you for making such a great film, which told what he wanted to say, so eloquently. And he was obviously moved by it as, as we all were.

Graham Wild, Dubbing Mixer, "David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet"

  • 5 Emmy nominations
  • check out "David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet" on Netflix
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