Mockumentary

the help of the crew, he creates a set that is “primarily in an antiseptic office building full of fluorescent lighting, nondescript cubicles, and buzzing fax machines” (Birthsiel), much like a standard office. Additionally, the Office uses a “mockumentary” approach to their filming style. Rather than the standard recording format of shows, the filming style is designed to emulate a documentary. By doing this, the rather unconvincing idea of pointless daily recordings of an office becomes disguised

“The Office” is something of a comedic classic. It’s unlikely you’ll make it through your updated twitter timeline without seeing a gif or image of an “Office” quote. The show pretty much created the “mockumentary” style of television comedy, where the show is filmed as if it’s a day-in-the-life type documentary and includes things like the characters having camera awareness or the iconic talking head interview. It’s a style that many have adapted and is seen more often on television, but “The Office”

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The mockumentary style can be considered as a form of fiction that exists to appropriate nonfiction conventions that are normally considered to be the traits of the documentary form. The productions mentioned above had many aspects in common with respect to cinematography. They used shaky cam for most shots that included action. They would mix static shots with quick pan movements and quick zoom. They did this to make the action more interesting and so that they could focus on specific aspects in

Name Professor Name Class Number Date Witness Paper #3— The Office Season 2, Episode 20 “The Carpet” NBC’s hit comedy show The Office was a groundbreaking show in many ways— it was shot as a mock “documentary”, which had not been seen in American television since the early 1980’s, when Rob Reiner’s This Is Spinal Tap was released. As revolutionary as the style of The Office was, it was even more consequential because of the way it depicted something that many Americans can relate to: what life is

Documentary is a genre that has the ability to provide visual evidence of reality by means of filmic treatment of actuality. Intrinsically linked to the notion of ‘truth’, it relies on the mechanical capability of the camera to capture an image of likeness. In a dynamic and flexible genre, the possibilities are endless and as such, are constantly being redefined. Advances in technological factors have driven the genre’s complexity, expanding boundaries and allowing filmmakers the opportunity to create

very specific style of production and way of capturing scenes. This style is often referred to as the “Mockumentary” style and can be seen within examples like The Office and Park and Recreation. The popularity of these shows alone have inspired many other different spin-offs and takes on this specific style of comedy, but these shows shouldn’t be credited as the “founders” of the mockumentary style. In fact, for television shows the mockumentary’s history goes farther back by a couple of decades

Modern Mockumentary The average family: a married man and women, 2.5 children, with a beautiful home that has a white picket fence and a dog. However, this “average” family image has changed drastically over the past decade particularly with the acceptance of gay marriage and green cards that are easier to obtain; this has had a substantial influence not only on our society but leverage on social media. An example of this changed media dynamic is displayed through the comedic mockumentary, Modern

Introduction: The Australian produced show Summer Heights High, is created and written by Chris Lilley, it was directed by Stuart McDonald. It was a mockumentary which takes place at Summer Heights Heigh, it was filmed over a school term. The show was centered around three characters Jonah, Ja’mie and a drama teacher called Mr.G. The show followed these three characters around displaying what their every day life is like. Jonah is a 13 year old boy from Tongah who has disciplinary problems and does

The two films of documentary Educating Essex and mockumentary Summer Heights High both have troublesome teenagers as the centre of the text. Summer Heights High has Jonah, Jonah is from a Tongan background and is the main trouble maker in the school. Educating Essex is the documentary of Vinni, Vinni was a bright, likeable star pupil when he came to Passmore Academy school in year 7. Vinni was affected by the breakdown of his parents’ marriage, he was unable to emotionally cope and he went down