Thinking about television audiences: Entertainment and reconstruction in nature documentaries
Author
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Cabeza San Deogracias, José
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Mateos Pérez, Javier
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2014-03-20T14:32:21Z
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2014-03-20T14:32:21Z
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2013-10
Cita de ítem
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European Journal of Communication 28(5) 570– 583, 2013
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DOI: 10.1177/0267323113494075
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https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/123608
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Artículo de publicación ISI
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Abstract
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Documentary reconstruction is a creative production decision which involves reconstructing a
reality or event rather than filming it as it occurs spontaneously. This article studies the use of
the resource in the filming of nature documentaries for the series El Hombre y la Tierra. All of the
action scenes in the series were reconstructions, which required rehearsals and involved a large
amount of editing work. Without documentary reconstruction and the handling of animals it would
have been impossible to film the majority of the hunting sequences, and the series never would
have achieved the success that it did. Even today El Hombre y la Tierra is a point of reference in
entertainment in nature documentaries and continues to raise debate about how to communicate
the lives of wild animals in a respectful and truthful way to ever more demanding audiences, as
well as about the need for, and boundaries of, entertainment in scientific television programmes.