Arte Entdeckungen

Editorial tone

Immersive, sensory, narrative. The viewer should BE THERE, not have something EXPLAINED. Television language that creates images in the mind. Short sentences. Active verbs. Wondering, but not naive. Scientifically grounded, but never academic. Show the world as wonder, without kitsch.

What this format covers

• ●Nature and ecosystems that surprise (the unexpected in the familiar)
• ●Expeditions and journeys of discovery with scientific core
• ●Indigenous cultures and their relationship to nature
• ●Animal behavior and ecology in unusual places
• ●Geology, geography, climate systems — made experiential
• ●Human-nature relationships that surprise or challenge
• ●European and international locations (often both combined)

What this format does NOT want

• ●Pure wildlife films without human dimension
• ●Historical documentaries without present-day connection or nature anchor
• ●Investigative formats or political reportage
• ●Current-affairs reportage without discovery/wonder moment
• ●Cultural formats without nature or science connection
• ●Purely academic or didactic approaches
• ●Topics with no visual potential

Visual expectations

Cinema look, 4K UHD. Drones, macro shots, slow motion, time-lapse, underwater footage. Spectacular landscapes, extreme close-ups of animals/plants. Contrasts: macro vs. wide shot, stillness vs. action. The film must be visually distinctive. Reference: BBC Natural History, but with European narrative stance (less spectacle, more poetry).

Expected exposé structure

1. Title + subtitle (evocative, not descriptive)
2. Logline (2–3 sentences: Who, Where, What is surprising)
3. Exposé body text as immersive narrative — the reader should SEE the film
4. Protagonist(s) with concrete biography
5. Visual execution / Technical execution
6. Production company, author, contact

Example productions

• Im Reich der Koguis — Der magische Río Buritaca
• Von Menschen und Kuhfladen
• Der unbekannte Atlantik — Buckelwale vor Westafrika
• Expedition Himalaya
• Kirgisistan von Oben
• Die Kraft der Nüsse und Kerne