Documentary Assignment

Introduction

A factual programme is a genre of television, which documents events and real people.   There are several sub genres of documentary; some examples of the sub genres are fly on the wall, docudrama, and mockumentary. A mockumentary is often a comedic version of a documentary and usually gets presented in a less serious way to a normal documentary.  Another subgenre of documentary is a docudrama. A docudrama is a type of documentary, which is presented and set as more of a drama, and there is often more of a story line to the documentary. A docudrama often uses actors in the documentary and also uses staged events.  A fly on the wall documentary is another subgenre. Another subgenre is a fly on the wall documentary. In this documentary it is often made so the audience feels like they’re with people being viewed, also it involves the audience much more compared to a normal documentary. The purpose of a documentary is firstly to inform the viewer about the topic and also educate the audience about this. Another purpose of documentary is to entertain the audience and keep them interested in the documentary.

Summer Heights High - a example of a mockumentary which was successful.