docudrama
Fictionalized true story
A docudrama is a film or television program that dramatizes real events, blending documentary elements with fictional techniques.
Actors portray actual people, and scenes are reconstructed or imagined to fill gaps in the historical record.
The genre occupies middle ground between documentary and drama: The docudrama about Chernobyl took some liberties with the timeline.
Those playing roles
- reenactmentStaged reproduction of events
- costumesClothes for assuming roles
- scriptWritten words for performance
- setArrange in position
props · portrayal · impersonation · casting · makeup · transformation · likeness · embodiment
Film about real life
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- docufictionBlended factual-fictional storytelling
- biographicalAbout a person's history
- dramatizedRendered for stage
Of documented times
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- biographyWritten life account
- eventsThings that take place
- truthAccordance with reality
evidence · sources · research · testimony · archives · chronicle · facts · verification
One who leads
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
- cinematographyMotion picture visual craft
- castingShaping through liquid form
- shootingDischarging a weapon
editing · filming · producer · location · studio · filmmaker · budget · premiere
Recounting events aloud
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- protagonistStory's central figure
- arcCurved line segment
climax · conflict · exposition · resolution · narrator · perspective · flashback · dialogue
actors
Those playing roles
- reenactmentStaged reproduction of events
- costumesClothes for assuming roles
- scriptWritten words for performance
set · props · portrayal · impersonation · casting · makeup · transformation · likeness · embodiment
biopic
Film about real life
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- docufictionBlended factual-fictional storytelling
- biographicalAbout a person's history
historical
Of documented times
truth · evidence · sources · research · testimony · archives · chronicle · facts · verification · authenticity
director
One who leads
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
- cinematographyMotion picture visual craft
- castingShaping through liquid form
shooting · editing · filming · producer · location · studio · filmmaker · budget · premiere · scriptwriter
storytelling
Recounting events aloud
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- protagonistStory's central figure
arc · climax · conflict · exposition · resolution · narrator · perspective · flashback · dialogue · voiceover
- genresaction, comedy, detective fiction, fantasy, horror
- documentariestrue crime docs, crime docs, nature doc, docuseries, propaganda films
- film genreshorror, comedy, action, romance, animation
- dramatizationsenactment, reenactment, recreation, stage play, theatrical production
- portmanteausbrunch, smog, motel, spork, chortle
- TV moviesTV movie, TV movies, telefilms, made-for-TV, telefilm
docudramascience fiction
Speculative fiction with technological themes
fairy tale · fictional narrative · make-believe · tall tale · fantasy
docudramaraw footage
Unprocessed recorded material
archival footage · newsreel · surveillance footage · home video · live broadcast