- 'Graphic Design for Dummies' book, making fun of really bad design, badly laid out pictures, use of comic sans and so on - ironic
- Londoners guid to the north
- Chill spots around Leeds that we found too late on in the year
- Funny documentary of a day in the life at uni - being late, not talking in crits, bringing food in the morning, printing credit, design boards etc - funny but also informative - sort of in the style of the Office or a mockumentary of David Attenborough
Definition:
mockumentary
mɒkjʊˈmɛnt(ə)ri/
noun
- a television programme or film which takes the form of a serious documentary in order to satirise its subject.
Famous examples:
- The Office (UK ad US)
- Trailer Park Boys
- Borat
- Ali G in the house
- Modern Family
Wikipedia:
A mockumentary (a portmanteau of mock and documentary) or docucomedy is a type of movie or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary. These productions are often used to analyse or comment on current events and issues by using a fictional setting, or to parody the documentary form itself. While not always comedic, comedic mockumentaries are common.
Mockumentaries are often presented as historical documentaries, with B roll and talking heads discussing past events, or as cinéma vérité pieces following people as they go through various events. Examples emerged during the 1950s when archival film footage became relatively easy to locate. A very early example was a short piece on the "Swiss Spaghetti Harvest" that appeared as an April fools' joke on the British television program Panorama in 1957.
The term "mockumentary", which originated in the 1960s, was popularised in the mid-1980s when This Is Spinal Tap director Rob Reiner used it in interviews to describe that film. Mockumentaries are often partly or wholly improvised, as an unscripted style of acting helps to maintain the pretense of reality. Comedic mockumentaries rarely have laugh tracks, also to sustain the atmosphere, although exceptions exist.
How to relevantly adapt it:
- be informative in a funny way (e.g. story board idea for not being late)
- interview people in the shot of each scene
- have improvised scenes and not a strict script
- could incorporate over-acting to express the fictional situations
After the group peer critique, our original idea was changed as others in the class had opted for a similar idea. The decision changed to focusing on one subject - deadline day. As such, the short film will follow two personas - one that is organised and on top of work, and the other that is cramming and stressed. This idea summaries the two types of people in this case, adding humour to the video and informing from experience what not to do, and how the day can pan out depending on a students approach.
The short film will capture the type students going through the evening before and day of submission, undergoing the same tasks but in the opposing ways.
- The night before
- Waking up
- Going into collage
- Blogging
- Printing / organising work
- Submission
Final Rationale:
‘Deadline Day’ is a short film that follows two students in opposite positions, on the lead-up to a hand in. The first character is ordered and has completed the work in good time, whilst the other is cramming and rushing to meet the deadline. The film captures the contrasting emotions, atmosphere and actions that take place during the course of the 18 hours. The scenes focus on sleep, printing, blogging and the actual handing-in, as these are the main focal points that we’ve found from experience can go either way depending on ones organisation. Covering both work and the essence of student life, the short film is both informative and comical, to ease the first years into their studies whilst teaching them a valuable lesson.
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