science documentary
Factual nature program
A science documentary is a nonfiction film or program that explores scientific topics—nature, space, medicine, technology, or research.
The genre ranges from classroom educational films to prestige productions with cinematic visuals and celebrity narration: We watched a science documentary about black holes.
The best ones make complex subjects accessible without dumbing them down.
- natureInherent quality or disposition
- natural worldNon-artificial environment and organisms
- narratorOne who tells events
- footageRecorded video material
- discoveryAct of finding something
exploration · universe · wildlife · nature film · research · laboratory · microscope · species · evolution · deep sea · cosmos · big bang · telescope · expedition · field work · curiosity · hypothesis · phenomenon
- documentariestrue crime docs, crime docs, nature doc, docuseries, docudramas
- science mediaDiscovery Channel, National Geographic, Bill Nye, MythBusters, nature documentaries
- public scienceplanetarium, public lecture, STEM education, eclipse viewing
- educational dramadocudrama, after school special, training film, safety video, instructional video
- narrationfirst person, second person, third person, voice-over, narrator
- Science Biographies
science documentaryhorror film
Cinema designed to frighten
fictional narrative · action movie · fairy tale · reality TV · romantic comedy
science documentarypropaganda film
Movie promoting ideology
pseudodocumentary · misinformation · tabloid journalism · infomercial
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