Mockumentaries subvert the traditional codes and conventions of documentaries to bring across its message. They take the documentary as style form, documentary practitioners and cultural, social, and political icons as objects of parody. Built on these principles, mockumentaries can be effectively used to express concern about current issues and to draw attention to the nature of media representation.
This essay explores the confusion that was ignited by the film I'm Still Here (2010) by analysing its form, purpose and content and comparing it to other forms of film.
This paper seeks to explore Instagram culture and how it shapes young minds. The inspiration for the paper comes from the second season of the Emmy-nominated mockumentary American Vandal.
As a bi-cultural mockumentary, Borat manages to parody, critique and deconstruct both American and Kazakh culture.
Orientalism is one of the dominant discourses of the West. Babakiueria manages to attack all three segments of Orientalism: material and historical, academic, and general.
