BBC Wildlife Documentaries in the Age of Attenborough

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Gouyon, Jean-Baptiste (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Palgrave Studies in Science and Popular Culture
• Θέματα: Culture-Study and teaching.; Documentary films.; Ethnology-Europe.; Motion pictures.; Animal ecology.; Popular Science in Cultural and Media Studies.; Documentary.; British Culture.; Film/TV Industry.; Animal Ecology.

This book explores the history of wildlife television in post-war Britain. It revolves around the role of David Attenborough, whose career as a broadcaster and natural history filmmaker has shaped British wildlife television. The book discusses aspects of Attenborough's professional biography a...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Live from Alexandra Palace, wildlife comes to television
• 3. David Attenborough: the early years. Fashioning zoological expertise on screen
• 4. Wildlife television, empathy and the end of the British Empire
• 5. Wildlife television and progressivism in 1960s Britain. Rise of the professional broadcaster and downfall of the amateur naturalist filmmaker
• 6. Showcasing science, showcasing nature on BBC2
• 7. From Oxford to Bristol and back. the invention of scientific wildlife television
• 8. Oxford Scientific Films. From fieldcraft to filmcraft
• 9. Life on Earth and beyond. Producing the wildlife blockbuster
• 10. Afterword.