Mockumentary

My Slideshow on the success of Mockumentaries...

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Mockumentaries

2. Whatare
Mock ??
umentaries
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Mockumentariesareagenreoffilmandtelevisioninwhich
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fictitiouseventsarepresentedinadocumentform asiftobe
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realistictoaviewer
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1950’ ,
Examplesofthissatiredatebacktothe s althoughthe
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actualterm
Mockumentary’
isthoughttohaveappearedinthe
1980’ ,
mid swhenRobReiner thedirectorof
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ThisisSpinal
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Tap
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useditintheinterviewwhendescribingthisfilm
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80 ,
Sincethe s theMockumentaryformathasenjoyedmuch
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attention
Borat ,
wasasuccess thoughwriterandstarSacha

BaronCohenreceivedmuchcriticismforhisallegedracismand
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disparagementoftheKazakhpeople
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2000
Themostnotablemockumentaryinthe shasbeenthe

Britishsitcom

TheOffice
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withRickyGervaisandStephen
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Merchant

3. The
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Office
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TheOffice

isaclassicexampleofamodern
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mockumentary Theshowwasfirstbroadcastinthe
2001, 2.
UKin onBBC
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Created writtenanddirectedbyRickyGervaisand
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StephenMerchant theprogrammeobservestheday
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todaylivesofofficeemployeesinSlough Berkshirein

theBranchofthefictitiousWernhamHoggPaper
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Company
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Althoughitisscriptedandfictious theprogramme

takestheformofadocumentaryasthecamerais
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acknowledgedbytheactors

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Borat
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Borat Cultural Learning s of America for Make Benefit Glorious

Nation
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of Kazakhstan
2006 , ,
is a mockumentary comedy film directed by Larry
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Charles
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The satire was a commercial but highly criticised success winning The
: , 2007.
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Musical or Comedy in
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There was mass controversy surrounding the films success even two years
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before its release It was denounced for having a protagonist who is
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homophobic sexist and anti Semitic even though both Larry Charles and
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Sasha Baron Cohen are Jewish
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All Arab Countries except from Lebanon banned the Mockumentary and
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the Russia Government discouraged it from being shown in cinemas

5. …
VictoriaWood
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She is a British Comedian actress singer and writer who stars in her own sketches
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Most of her humour is grounded around everyday life she is regarded for observing
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cultures and satirising social classes
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She is known for her collaborations with actors such as Julie Walters Duncan
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Preston and Celia Imrie
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Victoria Wood As Seen On TV Her mini documentary was a part of the BBC
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Television comedy sketch series
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It was filmed more naturalistically than other comedy shows acknowledging the
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camera s presence and therefore falling into the category of a Mockumentary
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The episodes were only around five minutes long dealing with humorous topics such
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as A man played by Jim Broadbent who runs a telephone deodorising business
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as well as being a door to door Christian He has been engaged to the same woman
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for sixteen years
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And A new student arrives at a University and quickly gains popularity by
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bullying her overweight roommate into an attempted suicide

6. …
WeCanBeHeroes
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We Can Be Heroes Finding The Australian Of The Year is an
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Australian Mockumentary The first series behind Summer Heights High
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written and starring Chris Lilley
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It follows the story of five unique Australians who have each made a

large achievement and been nominated by their friends and family for the
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Australian of the Year award Each character is played by Chris Lilley
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all battling it out to win the achievement award

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Daniel Sims Lives in Dunt South Australia He is and has a twin
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brother Nathan who has a hearing impediment Daniel was nominated
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for giving his eardrum to his brother this will be the first ever ear drum
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transplant

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Ja mie King is a year old girl who has been
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nominated for sponsoring Sudanese Children for
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Global Vision giving her the national record She is
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a popular girl from Hilford Girl s Grammar
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School who is rather egotistic and self absorbed
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Her character was carried on into Chris Lilley s next
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series Summer Heights High
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Pat Mullins A year old who lives in Perth She has one leg shorter than the
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other and because of this has taken up the sport of Rolling Her husband Terry is
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her coach and she has rolled marathons and is training towards rolling to Ayres

Rock in her episodes
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Phil Olivetti self obsessed
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year old from Brisbane He

used to work for the police
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force until he saved children

from an unsecured Jumping

Castle that was about to crash
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into power lines After that he

quit his job and tried to start a

career in motivational
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speaking
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Ricky Wong A year old
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Chinese Physics Student He has

achieved fame for his work in solar
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energy but his passion lies in
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acting Ricky s dream is to become
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a professional actor but his father
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doesn t agree and says that he

should complete his physics degree
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after he finishes Indigeridoo a

musical about indigenous

Australians in which Ricky plays
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the main role

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SummerHeightsHigh
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Summer Heights High is a classic Australian Mockumentary series written and starring
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Chris Lilley
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It covers the lives of three protagonists at a typical Australian High School There is
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Mr G
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is the school s Director of Performing He is a gay narcissistic self centred
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character who is being followed by cameras whilst he directs his new school show Mr G
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The Musical It follows the tragic death of a student who took an overdose and he
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wanted to make a musical out of her story playing the hero who warned her of the
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consequences He has done other musicals such as Ikea the Musical and Tsunamarama
2004 .
based on the disaster to the music of Bananarama
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Ja mie

is a private school exchange student who immediately makes friends with the
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most popular girls at Summer Heights High It becomes obvious however that her
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friendship is not genuine when her so called friends discover a poster she has made of
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them calling them povo skanks
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Jonah Takalua
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is a year old school boy of Tongan descent in year at Summer
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Heights High which is his third school after being expelled from two others for setting fire
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to a student s locker and drawing indecent drawings on the principal s car The
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mockumentary films his struggle in lessons and with his friends

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StarStories
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ABritishtelevisioncomedyprogrammethattakesasatirical
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lookatcelebritiesandtheirlives
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Thereareanumberofactorsandactresseswhoimpersonate
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celebrities playinguptothecameras soitseemsgenuineasa
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documentary
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ItwonbestcomedyintheBritishComedyAwardsand
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KevinBishopwasnominatedforbestactor leadinghiminto
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hisnextcareerwith TheKevinBishopShow

10. Whyarethey
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successful
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Mockumentariesusetheironicjuxtapositionofrealityand
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thecharacters skewedperceptionsofthatreality Ina
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mockumentary thecharacters interviewsand

observationsrarelyagreewiththechaoticrealitycaptured
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bythecameras Suchasin TheHeadBoy film whenhe
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talksoftheschoolssuccessesto preventbullying however

theaudiencecanseeachildoutsidethewindowbeing
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beatenup
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InaMockumentary theaudienceknowstheworkasa
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wholeisfictional buttraditionalcomedyisn tused such
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aspunchlines Thehumourinamockumentaryoften
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arisesfromincidentalbitsofdialogueorvisuals
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accompaniedbyatalentedactorsrealisticdeliveryof
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improvisedlines

11. Whatagegroupsdothey
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attract
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Iwouldsaythattheyattractyounger
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audiences sayperhapsteenagerstoyoung
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adults
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Thehumourisaimedatyoungeraudiences
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especiallyfilmssuchasBoratandBruno which
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donotnecessarilyappealtoolder more
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traditionalviewers
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AlsoTVshowssuchasSummerHeightsHigh

andStarStoriesareusuallyaimedatyounger
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viewers however TheOfficetypicallyappealed
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toalargeraudiencefromteenagersupwards