If experience has taught us anything it has taught us that the flapping motion of birds is more interesting and dramatic when they're alighting than it is when they're soaring. If you can catch the end of the approach in slow motion, or even just the shadow of it, and overlay it with exaggerated sounds of wings beating the air, you have yourself a very effective few seconds of footage that can add texture to many a movie or cop show.
If I made a gritty cop show about attractive detectives in New York who are very serious about justice and possibly attracted to one another, I'd intersperse inexplicable wildlife all throughout the show. The characters and extras would act as though the presence of this wildlife were perfectly normal and to be expected in New York. While Detectives Mulroney and Spitzer interview a Korean shopkeeper a Grizzly slowly saunters across the road behind them, a salmon still twitching in its mouth. Even surreal animal shots would abound. Giraffes would leap from rooftop to rooftop. Whales would drift by slowly in the sky. Cars would pass with chimps behind the wheel.
People would talk about it. "WTF is the deal with the animals? #NYJUSTICE." The network and the show would ignore all questions, refuse to comment.
There's drama in the takeoff of a bird as well. The right John Mayer music can accentuate this drama nicely. Blur the exposure and filter out bright colors. Why is life so sad? Why is justice so hard to find in the mean city? Why is romance so tragic? Acoustic guitar is especially effective.
Hello, friends. How are you today?
Later. Love.
