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Mockumentary (also known as a pseudo-documentary)[1], a portmanteau of mock and documentary, is a film and TV genre, or a single work of the genre. Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality A genre (ˈʒɑːnrə also /ˈdʒɑːnrə/ from French "kind" or "sort" from Latin: genus (stem gener-) is a loose set A mockumentary is one of the comedy genres, although there are serious mockumentaries. Comedy may be divided into multiple Genres based on the source of humour the method of delivery and the context in which it is delivered The mockumentary is presented as a documentary recording real life, but is in fact fictional. Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality It is a commonly used medium for parody and satire. A parody (ˈpɛɹədiː US, [ˈpaɹədiː] UK) in contemporary usage is a work created to mock comment on or poke fun at an original work its subject Satire is often strictly defined as a literary genre or form; although in practice it is also found in the graphic and Performing arts In satire human They are often used to analyze current events and issues by using a fictional setting around it. Current events are contemporary happenings of significance The phrase may also refer to the following Current Events, a journal published by Weekly Reader Publishing Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real More specifically fiction is an imaginative form of Narrative, one of the four basic Rhetorical modes.

Mockumentaries are often presented as historical documentaries with b roll and talking heads discussing past events or as cinéma vérité pieces following people as they go through various events. B-roll or B roll is supplemental or alternate footage intercut with the main shot in an interview or documentary Cinéma Vérité is the first Album by an Alternative rock group Dramarama, released in November 1985 Examples of this type of satire date back at least to the 1950s (a very early example was a short piece on the "Swiss Spaghetti Harvest" that appeared as an April fool's joke on the British television program Panorama in 1957), though the term "mockumentary" is thought to have first appeared in the mid-1980s when This Is Spinal Tap director Rob Reiner used it in interviews to describe that film. Satire is often strictly defined as a literary genre or form; although in practice it is also found in the graphic and Performing arts In satire human The Spaghetti tree is a fictitious Tree and the subject of a 3-minute spoof report on the Swiss spaghetti harvest beside Lake Lugano broadcast by the BBC This article is about the informal holiday For other uses see April Fool. Panorama is the longest-running current affairs documentary series in the world This Is Spın̈al Tap (officially spelled with a non-functional umlaut over the letter 'n' and dotless 'i' is a 1984 mock Rockumentary Robert "Rob" Reiner (born March 6, 1947) is an American Actor, director, producer, Writer, and

The false documentary form has also been used for some dramatic productions (and precursors to this approach date back to the radio days and Orson Welles' production of H. G. Wells' novel, The War of the Worlds). George Orson Welles (May 6 1915 – October 10 1985 was an Academy Award -winning director, writer actor and producer for film stage radio and television Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 &ndash 13 August 1946 He was an outspoken socialist and a pacifist, his later works becoming increasingly political

Mockumentaries are often partly or wholly improvised, as an unscripted style of acting helps to maintain the pretense of reality. Improvisational theatre (also known as improv or impro) is a form of Theatre in which the Actors use Improvisational acting techniques Comedic mockumentaries rarely have laugh tracks, also to sustain the atmosphere, although there are exceptions - for example, Operation Good Guys had a laugh track from its second series onwards. Operation Good Guys ( OGG) is a 1997 British Mockumentary

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Comedic examples

Film

Television

Series

Specials & One-offs

Individual episodes

Sometimes an episode of an otherwise non-mockumentary series will be presented as a mockumentary.

Dramatic examples

Film

Television

Specials

Individual episodes

Other Mock Films and Television

Reality Shows

News Shows

Documentary look and style

Many shows take on a documentary look and style without actually pretending to be documentaries. Examples include:

Filmographies

Footnotes

  1. ^ http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/Mockumentary Websters Dictionary definition

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The Thick of It is a British comedy Television series which satirises the inner workings of modern British government. A Docudrama is a Dramatization of actual historical events Generalities Docudramas tend to demonstrate some or most of the following characteristics A false document is a form of Verisimilitude that attempts to create a sense of authenticity beyond the normal and expected Suspension of disbelief for a Work Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality Tout ça (ne nous rendra pas la Belgique was a Hoax perpetrated by the French speaking Belgian public TV station RTBF on Wednesday

Dictionary

mockumentary

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  1. A television programme/program or movie presented as if it were a documentary but that is not factual and often a parody or satire.
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