Microcosmos

Alternative title: Microcosmos: Le Peuple en Herbe
Synopsis: Uses cinemicrography, flying cameras and time-lapse cinematography to present a insect’s-eye view of the wildlife found in a meadow in southern France in summertime. Shows a bee gathering pollen; a climbing caterpillar; a swallow-tail butterfly; ladybirds copulating; a tiger-striped spider wrapping grasshoppers in its sticky tissue; stag beetles fighting on a blade of grass; a dung beetle moving a ball of earth uphill; raindrops falling on an ant colony.
The narration is spoken by Kristin Scott-Thomas. Extra features for the 2008 DVD Special Edition include ‘The World of Microcosmos’, ‘The Making of Microcosmos’ and ‘The Story of 5 Cesa
Language: English
Country: France
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of production: 1996
Subjects: Biology
Keywords: insects; microbiology; time-lapse photography

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