How to make a wildlife documentary...with no wildlife

Wildlife documentaries are some solid pieces of entertainment. David Attenborough is a king. So I wanted to see if I have what it takes to become a wildlife filmmaker like him and create something like Planet Earth on BBC or Our Planet on Netflix. One problem: I don't have any wildlife near me.

So here's how I made a wildlife film...without any wildlife 🦎

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► Time Stamps

00:00 - Intro
01:34 - Sponsor Segment
02:42 - The Challenge (What I'm Doing)
04:16 - Making A Fake Wildlife Film
08:36 - The Fake Film
09:36 - The Results
10:51 - Outro

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[TommoCarroll]

Honestly, I say honestly A LOT.

Taking better names for the fake documentary here, best one wins a cookie 👇

[Corporis]

“I’m pretty impressed by my ability to make elephant noises” - Tom

[StefanMilo]

That elephant through the bog roll was legit fantastic

[zacharyt.]

I used entirely just stock footage for this 5 minute film on a project for school a couple years ago; got an A+

[Quango]

This is a fantastic video Tom!!! Glad to have taken part in it - For anyone who hasn't, join the discord!

[TristanSharman]

Tom if you don't have a future in nature documentaries you've at least got a future in ASMR, the sound design was sweeeet

[harryithink]

It breaks my heart that these videos aren’t getting the exposure they deserve…

Your videos are just the highlight of my day!

Keep it up

[johnlime]

God damnit I missed a lot of his videos after he changed the channel name. I mistook his name for Tom Scott, making me think that I've already watched the suggested videos of his coming up on my feed lol.
He's come a very long way since the Austin McConnell thing.

I thought for a second that he was going to use vfx or something. Walking with Dinosaurs, WW Beasts, and WW Monsters has a really good narrator as well. And some cool and sometimes iconic handheld shots of extinct creatures.

[Squishydew]

I think the lead up to the trailer had a massive impact on my reaction to it. I feel like i would've felt more emotional if i wasn't in a mode where i was "Ready to judge this thing"
Awesome work though :D fun video too.

[skebu]

Man I love your videos, always brightening up my day ;)

[wariareworld]

bruh...only 17 hundred views???

you should have got atleast 50k in the first day...you are so underrated!

[CorneliusQuiring]

I'm gonna say at least a 6 / 5 on the final result for the mere fact you used just stock footage.

I think you should post the just the trailer with no context and see what the result is.

[slyfox]

Wait was that a David Attenborough deepfake or impersonator?

[davidianhowe]

Tom, this was awesome man! Super impressed with the sounds.

[rowan-paul]

Okay so I didn't even notice anything weird except the title when participating in the survey😂GG, great vid

[DJDavid]

So either whoever did the narration was an impersonator from some place like Fiverr or there was shockingly little respect and credit given to the actual David Attenborough who you seem to have on speed dial

[AnyZee]

We need a full behind-the-scenes video of your foley process 🥺

[ghaamidabdulbasat]

Haha, this is amazing. You just made my indoor Climate Video series that i founded in 2018 become a reality. Im getting back to business!!

[huonghayley]

Did u really talk to Sir Attenborough? 🥺

[legoworks-cghk]

Did i just watch… a 10 minute ad for stock footage?