Mockumentary
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Documentaries catching on digital technology...growing popularity of documentary films in the country, Sinha said at the press conference for the Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation Films 2010 at IFFI Goa 2009 today. Commenting on commercial... In this article: Documentary, Mumbai International Film Festival, Satyajit Ray, India, Mumbai, and IFFI |
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Baltimore Sun | November 18, 2009
Owl Meat's (belated) Tipsy Tuesday: Music + movies = awesome
...some that are stuck in my gray matter ... "DiG!" (2004) - The Brian Jonestown Massacre and the Dandy Warhols implode and explode. Documentary of two promising bands, their friendship and rivalry, and their divergent paths. "This Is...
In this article: West Side Story, Todd Haynes, Superstar, Joy Division, Baltimore, Documentary, E mail, Barbie dolls, and The Baltimore Sun
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PR Newswire | November 04, 2009
NBC's The Office Star Rainn Wilson to Narrate Documentary About Different Kind of Company
See more news releases in: Entertainment, Film and Motion Picture, Domestic Policy NBC's The Office Star Rainn Wilson to Narrate Documentary About Different Kind of Company LOS ANGELES, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ironbound Films,...
In this article: Rainn Wilson, The Office, Documentary, Slumdog Millionaire, Emmy Award, Linguists, and Dwight Schrute
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Wikipedia | November 03, 2009
Mockumentary
...are often used to analyze or comment on current events and issues by using a fictitious setting. Mockumentaries are often presented as historical documentaries with b roll and talking heads discussing past events or as cinema verite...
In this article: Spinal Tap, Take the Money and Run, Christopher Guest, Woody Allen, April fool, Panorama, The War of the Worlds, and H. G. Wells
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Grierson Awards
...billionaires and global warming." Grierson Awards are presented annually in nine categories: Best Documentary on a Contemporary Issue Best Documentary on Science or the Natural World The Frontier Post Award for Most Entertaining...
In this article: Grierson Awards, Documentary, John Grierson, Climate change, Global warming, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Documentary film, Harry Watt, W.H. Auden, and Night Mail
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A Step Away
...Rico, from July 1 to July 15, 1979. It was produced by Roberto Ponce and directed by Marcos Zurinaga. English narrator was Orson Welles. Documentary focus on the performance of various athletes during the PanAmerican Games held in San...
In this article: A Step Away, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Documentary, Carlos Giron, Alberto Juantorena, Jesse Vassallo, and Orson Welles
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Zooped.com Social Networking blog | March 15, 2009
Documentary Features Mike Tyson with His Gloves Off
...yourself cheering for him again at movie's end. <full story Tags: Boxer, boxing, cannes, Cannes Film Festival, Cinema, Documentaries, Documentary, Documentary Features Mike Tyson with His Gloves Off, Documentary Film, Don King,...
In this article: Mike Tyson, Documentary, Documentary film, Don King, Robin Givens, Evander Holyfield, Cannes Film Festival, and James Toback
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Huffington Post | October 29, 2008
Hick Town Preview: Documentary On Denver Mayor (VIDEO)
"Hick" Town Preview: Documentary On Denver Mayor (VIDEO) What's the combination of "Spin City" and the "The Office?" According to producers RJ Cutler and George Hickenlooper, it's an upcoming documentary series on Denver Mayor John...
In this article: Denver, George Hickenlooper, Barack Obama, Documentary, RJ Cutler, and John Hickenlooper
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The Hindu - News | August 28, 2008
Documentary with big, very big Orson Welles link
By David Thomson The other week, I saw a film I can't get out of my head. I'm not sure that it's especially "good" in the sense of being flawlessly made. But it's a film about inescapable flaws. Sometimes a movie does the simplest thing...
In this article: Orson Welles, Rebecca Welles, Rita Hayworth, Touch of Evil, Citizen Kane, Montana, Documentary, and New York
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Soundtrack Album to Les Claypool's Jam Band Mockumentary 'National Lampoon Presents Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo' Features the Fictional Band Plus Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Gov't Mule, and More
'The greatest rock 'n' roll film since 'The Last Waltz'' (Matt Stone, 'South Park') SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Metal had "This Is Spinal Tap," folk had "A Mighty Wind," and now Jam Bands have "National Lampoon Presents...
In this article: Les Claypool, Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo, Jam band, National Lampoon, Bob Weir, Jerry Garcia, Gov't Mule, Primus, and UCLA
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'The Office' Ends As Documentary Crew Gets All The Footage It Needs
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In this article: Charlie Batch, Jerry Jones, Dennis Dixon, Bryant McFadden, Donovan McNabb, Documentary, Eric Wood, and Dallas Morning News
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Mockumentary or mock documentary is a genre of film and television, or a single work of the genre. Although a mockumentary may be one of the comedy genres, serious mockumentaries also exist. The mockumentary is presented as a documentary recording real life, but is actually fictional. It is a commonly used medium for parody and satire. They are often used to analyze current events and issues by using a fictitious setting around it.
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. 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. One of the earliest pioneers of the mockumentary format for television comedy is Victoria Wood, who regularly included them in her 1985 series Victoria Wood As Seen On TV.
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).
Mockumentaries are often partly or wholly improvised, as an unscripted style of acting helps to maintain the pretense of reality. 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.
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