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Mockumentary vs Pseudodocumentary - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between mockumentary and pseudodocumentary

is that mockumentary is a television programme/program or movie presented as if it were a documentary but that is not factual and often a parody or satire while pseudodocumentary is a film that mimics the style of a documentary but is not actually produced by filming real events.

mockumentary

English

Noun

(mockumentaries)
  • A television programme/program or movie presented as if it were a documentary but that is not factual and often a parody or satire.

    • Synonyms

    * false documentary * fictional documentary

    pseudodocumentary

    English

    Noun

    (pseudodocumentaries)
  • A film that mimics the style of a documentary but is not actually produced by filming real events
  • * {{quote-news, year=1988, date=May 20, author=Lawrence Bommer, title=Cardiff Giant's Comedy Sideshow, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=A sort of pseudodocumentary , "Kaleidoscope" takes a generic event--here, "Sally gets a second cat"--and describes it through rapid-fire testimony from "witnesses" (their roles are given them by the audience)--Sally, the second cat, a neighbor's dog, etc. }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=October 5, author=Dennis Lim, title=Young and Out to Redefine What’s Real, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=In 2004, while he was a film student at New York University , he made a pair of shorts — both called “Buy It Now,” one narrative, the other pseudodocumentary — about a 15-year-old girl who sells her virginity on eBay. Mr. Campos posted an actual auction on the site, eliciting nearly 4,000 responses that bid the price up to $2,000 before the ad was removed. }}

    See also

    *mockumentary