The Field of Mars Reserve | Field of Mars EEC (0:57min) | YouTube
What is a nature documentary?
A nature documentary is a style of documentary that focuses on animals, plants, habitats, ecosystems and environments.
Some nature documentaries have a presenter while others just feature a voiceover. The voiceover is spoken information.
The information provided in a nature documentary is factual. This spoken information is supported by videos and images that show what is being said.
Activity
- View The Field of Mars Reserve video.
- Imagine you are creating a voiceover for this video. Describe some of the habitats found in the Field of Mars Reserve.
What makes a great nature documentary?
There are lots of elements needed to produce a great nature documentary.
Most importantly, a high quality nature documentary should include:
- factual information
- quality sound
- visuals that match the spoken information
- videos that use a range of camera techniques.
View the nature documentary checklist to identify more features of a high quality nature documentary.
Activity
- View the Water habitats video.
- As you view the video, use the nature documentary checklist to determine whether the documentary has the features of a high quality documentary.
- Provide feedback on the documentary in the form of 'two stars and a wish'.
