Screenwriting : Mockumentaries — Script Format & Genre Preferences by Dwayne Williams

Dwayne Williams

Mockumentaries — Script Format & Genre Preferences

Hello creators,

I'm looking to explore mockumentaries and would love your feedback. I have a couple of questions:

Is there a different way mockumentaries are written compared to standard scripts? If so, what are the key differences?

What genres do you find work best for the mockumentary format, and why?

Maurice Vaughan

Hey, @Dwayne. I haven't written a mockumentary, but reading some scripts might help. I think I've only seen Comedy mockumentaries.

Göran Johansson

What do you mean with written differently? Because I see two alternatives for creating a mockumentary. Either one treats it as fiction, and then one writes an ordinary screenplay, write in such a way that finished film will look like a documentary. Or one improvises as much as people do when they film real documentaries.

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