If you’ve chosen to spend your year out taking part in the Wildlife Film Academy gap year projects, then this article from the BBC News might well be worth a read.
During your time at the Wildlife Film Academy, you won’t just take part in a run-of-the-mill film making project, but you’ll be out in the wild collecting footage of animals right from the word go. However, new research is suggesting that similarly to humans, animals are able to distinguish between behaviour that should be public, and that which should be kept private. This raises the questions, is it an invasion of their privacy to be filmed?
The film-makers running the gap year projects here at Shamwari have so much experience and are always careful to respect the animals that they’re filming. As a member of the animal population from the Game Reserve, I can honestly say that the people filming on gap year projects have never intruded on my privacy, and I bet most of the animals here would agree. After all, secretly we love the idea of being on TV as much as you humans do!
So, I was just wondering if any of you had taken part in one of the Wildlife Film Academy gap year projects, and if you have, what do you make of this article?
