The Design of Television Reality in Nature Documentary:"El Hombre y la Tierra. Serie Venezolana" (Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente, 1974)
Abstract
This article will analyze both the audiovisual references that affect directly in the conception of documentary serie El Hombre y la Tierra (Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente, 1974-1981) and the film editing that have been done in Jaguar scenes along the 18 episodes in the Serie Venezolana. Study, analysis and classification of all predator images will prove the manipulative use of film editing in order to get a amusing and successful tv programme, but also informative. Through these episodes, Rodríguez de la Fuente discovered that reconstruction documentary was the best way to record wild animals life and get a fine and truly audiovisual product with it.
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