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Meaning of "docudrama" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DOCUDRAMA

docudrama  [ˈdɒkjʊˌdrɑːmə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOCUDRAMA

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Docudrama is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DOCUDRAMA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Docudrama

A docudrama is a genre of radio and television programming, feature film, and staged theatre, which features dramatized re-enactments of actual events. On stage, it is sometimes known as documentary theatre. In the core elements of its story a docudrama strives to adhere to known historical facts, while allowing a greater or lesser degree of dramatic license in peripheral details, and where there are gaps in the historical record. Dialogue may include the actual words of real-life persons, as recorded in historical documents. Docudrama producers sometimes choose to film their reconstructed events in the actual locations in which the historical events occurred. A docudrama, in which historical fidelity is the keynote, is generally distinguished from a film merely "based on true events", a term which implies a greater degree of dramatic license; and from the concept of "historical drama", a broader category which may also encompass largely fictionalized action taking place in historical settings or against the backdrop of historical events. As a neologism, the term docudrama is sometimes confused with docufiction.

Definition of docudrama in the English dictionary

The definition of docudrama in the dictionary is a film or television programme based on true events, presented in a dramatized form.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DOCUDRAMA


Brahma
ˈbrɑːmə
cama
ˈkɑːmə
choreodrama
ˌkɒrɪəʊˈdrɑːmə
Cinerama
ˌsɪnəˈrɑːmə
Circlorama
ˌsɜːkləˈrɑːmə
cosmorama
ˌkɒzməˈrɑːmə
cyclorama
ˌsaɪkləʊˈrɑːmə
diorama
ˌdaɪəˈrɑːmə
drama
ˈdrɑːmə
grama
ˈɡrɑːmə
gramma
ˈɡrɑːmə
lama
ˈlɑːmə
melodrama
ˈmɛləˌdrɑːmə
monodrama
ˈmɒnəʊˌdrɑːmə
myriorama
ˌmɪrɪəˈrɑːmə
Nama
ˈnɑːmə
Obama
əʊˈbɑːmə
panorama
ˌpænəˈrɑːmə
psychodrama
ˈsaɪkəʊˌdrɑːmə
Rama
ˈrɑːmə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DOCUDRAMA

docu
docu-soap
document
document case
document imaging
document reader
documentable
documental
documentalist
documentarian
documentaries
documentarily
documentarise
documentarist
documentarize
documentary
documentary evidence
documentary film
documentary letter of credit
documentation

WORDS THAT END LIKE DOCUDRAMA

agama
Alabama
ashrama
asrama
closet drama
costume drama
Dalai Lama
Gama
Hama
hospital drama
jicama
Kama
kitchen-sink drama
mama
music drama
Panama
period drama
sama
tarama
Yokohama

Synonyms and antonyms of docudrama in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «docudrama» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DOCUDRAMA

Find out the translation of docudrama to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of docudrama from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «docudrama» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

实况戏剧
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

docudrama
570 millions of speakers

English

docudrama
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

डोकुड्रामा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دراما وثائقية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

докудрама
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

docudrama
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

docudrama
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

docu-fiction
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Docudrama
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Dokudrama
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

docudrama
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

다큐 드라마
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Docudrama
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

docudrama
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

docudrama
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डोकेरुममा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yarı belgesel film
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

docudrama
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

docudrama
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

докудрама
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

docudrama
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δραματοποιημένο ντοκιμαντέρ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

drama
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dramadokumentär
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

docudrama
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of docudrama

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DOCUDRAMA»

The term «docudrama» is regularly used and occupies the 83.488 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DOCUDRAMA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «docudrama» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «docudrama» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about docudrama

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOCUDRAMA»

Discover the use of docudrama in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to docudrama and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Why Docudrama?: Fact-fiction on Film and TV
" This three-part collection of diverse and provocative essays addresses the dominant questions and controversies the genre poses.
Alan Rosenthal, 1999
2
No Other Way To Tell It: Dramadoc/Docudrama on Television
No Other Way to Tell It is an introductory book which defines the form, and reviews its history and development on British and American television.
Derek Paget, 1998
3
Writing Docudrama: Dramatizing Reality for Film and TV
This book offers a thorough, down-to-earth grasp of all the ins and outs of writing the fact-fiction film, from concept to completion.
Alan Rosenthal, 1995
4
Mississippi Burning: The Perceived Reality of a Docudrama ...
This study was designed to discover how viewers' perceptions of credibility, believability, historical accuracy, and portrayal of African American characters would differ based on the use of documentary versus docudrama techniques.
Cortney L. Smith, 2008
5
How Blue Can You Get? a Teleplay: Docudrama Based on ...
In 1966 blues singer and guitarist B.B. King suffered a series of setbacks that would cause most performers to consider quitting life on the road and finding another way to make a living.
Charles Sawyer, Bistra Lankova, 2010
6
Docudrama Performs the Past: Arenas of Argument in Films ...
Docudramas, films and movies-of-the-week based on true stories, offer their audiences performance as persuasion. As docudramas re-create actual people and events, these works perform their material.
Steven N. Lipkin, 2011
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Trauma and Mastery in Life and Art: With an Original New ...
Therefore, the book is as suitable for a survey course as for in-depth study, depending on a reader's inclination or a teacher's intent.
Gilbert J. Rose, 1996
8
Real Emotional Logic: Film and Television Docudrama as ...
"Lipkin provides further insight into the genre by identifying and describing the commonalities connecting ostensibly different docudramas through their shared themes and narrative techniques.
Steven N. Lipkin, 2002
9
Terrorism, Government and Post-9/11 Docudrama
This thesis examines the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the resulting "War on Terror" as catalysts for the resurgence in the West of political docudrama, which uses real-life events as a means for exploring and criticizing the ...
Timothy James Hamilton, 2008
10
Frames and Fictions on Television: The Politics of Identity ...
Fact,. Fiction. and. the. Ideology. of. Identity. Docudrama. as. Melodrama: Representing. Princess. Diana. and. Margaret. Thatcher. Jonathan Bignell Introduction This chapter analyses the blending of documentary re-construction and ...
Bruce Carson, Margaret Llewellyn-Jones, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOCUDRAMA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term docudrama is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Everest to open the Venice film festival
In 2003, Touching the Void, a docudrama about Joe Simpson and Simon Yates's grisly trip to the Andes, won the best documentary Bafta, while ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Prince George's County community calendar, July 9-15, 2015
“Ruby Bridges ” A screening of the docudrama about the 6-year-old girl who was one of the first African American students to integrate the New ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
3
"My Dream Is to Support and Develop the Gambia Film Industry"
Apart from the 'Young Africans' Dream' project, my production company is walking on one of Gambia's finest docudrama, titled, My story' which ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
4
Docudrama features local settings, actors
Imagine yourself in a church service and the preacher explains Ecclesiastes 3, “To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under ... «Cuero Record, Jul 15»
5
Have a hootenanny in Inverkeithing!
The docudrama, presented by Inverkeithing Community Initiative in partnership with Tiny Fragments Theatre and Fife Council Community ... «Dunfermline Press, Jul 15»
6
Photo Flash: Zawe Ashton, Michelle Fairley & More in Rehearsal for …
On television, Genevieve has recently appeared in Banished,The Honourable Woman and has played Princess Diana in a docudrama Diana: ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
7
I'll be slack: Terminator Genisys flops as Magic Mike's pulling power …
Joining them, with a $4.2m take putting it in 14th spot globally, was I Am Somebody, Derek Yee's docudrama-ish peek at fame-hungry ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
8
I've been in Britain's grimmest prisons, but Pentonville's the worst
... of Pentonville have become over-dramatised, as though I had combined my real-life experience with fantasy learned from an ITV docudrama. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
9
Jasmine Murray headlines cast of 10th Anniversary Katrina Project
According to playwright and director of the docudrama Michael Marks, the interest in the production from local actors, technicians and ... «WDAM-TV, Jul 15»
10
Man Strips Naked Before Court Then Sings 'Born Free' To Judge
It is most certainly not advisable when you finally reach court, you proceed to sing the title song of the 1966 docudrama 'Born Free'…to the ... «Yahoo News UK, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Docudrama [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/docudrama>. Apr 2024 ».
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