title: Science and film-making.
abstract: The essay reviews the literature, mostly historical, on the relationship between science and film-making, with a focus on the science documentary. It then discusses the circumstances of the emergence of the wildlife making-of documentary genre. The thesis examined here is that since the early days of cinema, film-making has evolved from being subordinate to science, to being an equal partner in the production of knowledge, controlled by non-scientists.
authors.affiliation: University College London (UCL), UK j.gouyon@ucl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Jean-Baptiste
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Gouyon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D032882:Comprehension; D033181:Information Dissemination; D009040:Motion Pictures; D012586:Science
keywords: film-making; formalism; science TV; science and film; science documentary; wildlife making-of documentary