Docufictions: Essays on the Intersection of Documentary and Fictional Filmmaking

Docufictions: Essays on the Intersection of Documentary and Fictional Filmmaking
Format
Paperback
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc
Country
United States
Published
1 September 2005
Pages
304
ISBN
9780786421848

Docufictions: Essays on the Intersection of Documentary and Fictional Filmmaking

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These 18 essays examine the relationships between narrative fiction films and documentary filmmaking, focusing on how each influenced the other and how the two were merged in diverse films and shows. Topics include the docudrama in early cinema, the industrial film as faux documentary, the fear evoked in 1950s science fiction films, the selling of
reality
in mockumentaries, and reality TV and documentary forms.

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