10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOCKUMENTARIES»
Discover the use of
mockumentaries in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
mockumentaries and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mockumentaries: The War Game, Mockumentary, the Rutles, This ...
Chapters: The War Game, Mockumentary, The Rutles, This Is Spinal Tap, Otaku no Video, Man Bites Dog, Forgotten Silver, Sweet and Lowdown, The Office, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, The ...
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Too Bold for the Box Office: The Mockumentary from Big ...
But this is not to say that mockumentaries traffic entirely in sham objects. What
web mockumentaries presume to document can be as substantial and
meaningful as the objects of study featured in more seemingly authentic
investigations.
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Articles on
Mockumentaries, Including: Otaku No Video, the ...
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The Music Documentary: Acid Rock to Electropop
Chapter l0 The Circus is in Town Rock Mockumentaries and the Carnivalesque
jeffrey Roessner Interviewer: Are you a mod or a rocker? Ringo Starr: No, I'm a
mocker. A Hard Day's Night (1964) In terms of its appeal, rock music is a
curiously ...
Benjamin Halligan, Robert Edgar, Kirsty Fairclough-Isaacs, 2013
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Staging the Real: Factual TV Programming in the Age of Big ...
Just as with other parodic or satirical practices in art or literature, mockumentaries
poke fun at the strategies customarily employed by documentary makers to attract
and hold the attention of viewers. It goes without saying that, for their parodic ...
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Communicating Marginalized Masculinities: Identity Politics ...
This self-reflexive tone invites viewers to think critically about filmmaking and
spectatorship—an aim of most mockumentaries. As Leshu Torchin (2008) posits,
the “fake documentary” speaks in doubled voices that “simultaneously replicate
and ...
Ronald L. Jackson, Jamie E. Moshin, 2013
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The Aesthetics of Place and the Comedy of Discomfort: Six ...
These are dominant elements of a documentary that can be found in
mockumentaries as well (Roscoe & Hight 16-17). As War of the Worlds shows,
mockumentaries are not necessarily comedies. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
and Peter ...
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Directing the Documentary
... on one's expectations of and security in familiar activity in familiar surroundings
a very FIGURE 20-2 The documentary process as violation in No Lies. 332
DOCUMENTARY AESTHETICS FAKE DOCUMENTARIES OR
MOCKUMENTARIES.
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Issues in Contemporary Documentary
Spoof documentaries, or mockumentaries, tend to use recognized documentary
techniques to gain the trust of viewers, only to undercut this in order to amuse the
audience and also often to bring a critical pressure to bear on a topic and on the
...
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Articles on Political
Mockumentaries, Including: Death of a ...
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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOCKUMENTARIES»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
mockumentaries is used in the context of the following news items.
Blu-ray review: What We Do in the Shadows
In the finest traditions of Christopher Guest's famed mockumentaries, What We Do in the Shadows (Paramount Home Entertainment, Rated R, ... «Washington Times, Jul 15»
Just for Laughs: Jane Lynch is 'just keeping it light'
... Lynch appeared in — from my twisted perspective anyway — two of the funniest films ever: the Christopher Guest mockumentaries A Mighty ... «Montreal Gazette, Jul 15»
The Best Reviews on Review
There are actually a handful of great mockumentaries that I enjoy like Burning Love, Reno 911, and The Comeback, but my favorite right now is ... «moviepilot.com, Jul 15»
Mini movie reviews of 'Magic Mike XXL,' 'Paul Blart 2,' 'What We Do …
Tiresome as both vampire tales and comic mockumentaries have become, this Kiwi comedy finds a laugh goldmine merging the two. «Omaha World-Herald, Jul 15»
Saturday Sports Movie: 7 Days in Hell
If I were to list my 10 all-time favorite comedies, most of them would be mockumentaries so this was already in my wheelhouse. When you cast ... «Get More Sports, Jul 15»
Even if they don't seem real, participants in reality TV are most …
... been producing satire on the subject from light-hearted mockumentaries (from The Office to Modern Family) to blackhearted dystopias (Black ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
Film fest celebrates music videos with local artists
The evening will begin with local and international music videos, as well as short music documentaries and mockumentaries. But the second ... «Detroit Metro Times, Jul 15»
Saving the rain forest
Looking back over half-a-century of satires and mockumentaries, it's now possible to see That Man from Rio as a multi-targeted spoof with a ... «Bay Area Reporter, Jul 15»
Discovery's new science-based Shark Week is a monster hit
... was staying true to new president Rich Ross's vow to do away with mockumentaries about fake sharks and rededicate itself to science-based ... «Mashable, Jul 15»
7 Days in Hell: The Best Tennis Movie You've Ever Seen, Indubitably
Admittedly, as a huge fan of Andy Samberg, Kit Harington, and mockumentaries, in general, I was way too excited for 7 Days in Hell and my ... «Netflix Life, Jul 15»
