Amy King Wildlife

  Ramblings On Humans And Wildlife Under Lockdown was my first attempt at a video essay. Here, I explore how the coronavirus pandemic affected our relationships with the natural world.   For this video, I asked the people on the wonderful Warnham Reedbed Online Facebook group what their views on the temporary changes to the reserve were. I also asked Michael Blencowe of the Sussex Wildlife Trust and Tamara Jewell from the Gatwick Wildlife Trust about some of the digital media they created during the pandemic.   The highlight of this video for me was the letter I received from Sir David Attenborough. It is currently framed. Attenborough's handwriting is messier than mine! If I was to remake this video, I would put more emphasis on writing to and getting a reply from Attenborough. I don't think it is clear that the words written are by him specifically for this video. The bench for this video was filmed at Warnham LNR . I wrote the background music specifically for this v...