MOCKUMENTARIES AS A VARIETY OF DOCUMENTARY FILM

Abstract

The article discusses the genre of mockumentary film as a kind of screen documentary. The authors propose their own species classification of mockumentaries and reinforce it with concrete examples. The developed species model is based on the results of a study of the content of several popular online movie theaters (“Kinopoisk”, “Ivi”, “Kino Mail.ru”). In addition, the article formulates criteria reflecting the specifics of the technology for creating undocumentary films: the use of archived video materials, the involvement of real people and specialists of a particular field in the film, the use of reporting style, mainly satirical sound, the use of upsound. The presented material allows us to conclude that mockumentary is one of the most popular genres of modern documentary filmmaking, which has a rather extensive typology.Among the noted types of undocumentary: autobiography, comedy, drama, science fiction, horror.