Abstract
This thesis discusses the challenges inherent in the communication of science through wildlife films screened on television. The work is prefaced with a broad literature review that establishes why it is useful to communicate science through film on television. Drawing on research by BOUMAN (1999) a framework is developed which provides the basis for an analysis of four wildlife films for their scientific value.
One of the films, a 25-minute natural history documentary called 'The Wild Wet', is the creative component of this thesis and was co-produced with the author's film partner Joshua Mayo. The film portrays the unique strategies that animals and plants have evolved to survive in Australia's tropical rainforest.