Author(s)

Lei Xi, Zaining Wang

Corresponding Author

Zaining Wang

ABSTRACT

Mocumentary, also called “pseudo-documentary”, as a category born from the hybridization of documentary and drama, under the outer packaging of the documentary, actually carries the fictional plot of the drama. As a film mode between documentary and drama, the pseudo-documentary adopts the documentary packaging method, which further promotes and merges the confluence of documentary and drama since the “New Record” movement, and provides realist theme dramas. The most essential means of expression. Since the creation of the “new documentary film” movement, the mocumentary has further merged the confluence of drama and documentary. Under the expression of realism, it presents rich and diverse themes. The exotic orientation of form and content has created the unique aesthetic characteristics of mocumentary and also brought different ontological meanings. This dual orientation of form and content has caused the unique aesthetic characteristics and controversy of the topic of mocumentary. When exploring its ontological attributes, whether a mocumentary belongs to the unique category of documentary or the innovative paradigm of drama is still a matter of debate in academic circles.

KEYWORDS

Mocumentary, Aesthetic characteristics, Realism