Gouyon, JB;
(2018)
"As if eavesdropping on actual filming". The origins of the wildlife making-of documentary genre.
Journal of Science & Popular Culture
, 1
(2)
pp. 155-170.
10.1386/jspc.1.2.155_1.
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Abstract
The wildlife making-of documentary genre has become a routine appendage to most prestige natural history series. However, the genre is a fairly recent one. The first attempt at producing a wildlife MOD was in 1963 the half-hour long Unarmed Hunter. The first wildlife MOD accompanying a natural history programme was in 1984 The Making of the Living Planet. In between these two films, the televising of natural history became a profession revolving around the technical mastery of the filmmaking apparatus. The article examine this history, and suggests that the MOD helped filmmakers to secure credibility as producers of knowledge.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | "As if eavesdropping on actual filming". The origins of the wildlife making-of documentary genre |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1386/jspc.1.2.155_1 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1386/jspc.1.2.155_1 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Making-of documentary, wildlife filmmaking, Science television, BBC NHU |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Science and Technology Studies |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1472911 |
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