The Ballad of Big Al
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The Ballad of Big Al is a BBC Walking with Dinosaurs special that dramatizes the life and death of a male Allosaurus named "Big Al" using CGI and fossil evidence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Ballad of Big Al canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
paleontology documentary
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television documentary ⓘ television special ⓘ |
| aimsTo | educate about dinosaur life histories ⓘ |
| basedOn | life of the Allosaurus specimen Big Al ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
Allosaurus
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Late Jurassic period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | television broadcast ⓘ |
| features |
Morrison Formation fauna
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analysis of skeletal pathologies ⓘ paleontological reconstruction ⓘ |
| focusesOn | injuries and death of Big Al ⓘ |
| follows | life of a male Allosaurus ⓘ |
| genre |
docudrama
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documentary ⓘ nature documentary ⓘ science documentary ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
adult Allosaurus Big Al
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juvenile Allosaurus Big Al ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
dinosaur paleobiology
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fossil interpretation ⓘ prehistoric life ⓘ |
| includes | scientific commentary ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Big Al NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrationBy | Kenneth Branagh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | dramatized life story ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Walking with Dinosaurs franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
behavior of Allosaurus
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ecosystem of the Morrison Formation ⓘ growth of a theropod dinosaur ⓘ predator-prey relationships in the Jurassic ⓘ social interactions of dinosaurs ⓘ |
| productionCompany | BBC ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Walking with Dinosaurs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scientificBasis | Allosaurus fossil specimen MOR 693 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Late Jurassic ⓘ |
| spinOffFrom | Walking with Dinosaurs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general audience
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science enthusiasts ⓘ |
| title | The Ballad of Big Al NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| uses |
computer-generated imagery
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fossil evidence ⓘ |
| usesTechnique | live-action style CGI sequences ⓘ |
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