docufiction
Reality meets invention
Docufiction blends documentary and fictional techniques, presenting invented narratives within a framework of factual material or documentary style.
The term covers films, television, and literature that dramatize real events with fictional elements, or that use documentary aesthetics—handheld cameras, interviews, archival footage—to tell made-up stories.
The docufiction recreated the scandal using actors but real news footage.
Recounting events aloud
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- protagonistStory's central figure
- narratorOne who tells events
setting · dialogue · arc · dramatization · portrayal · depiction · scenario · backstory
Fictional work mimicking documentaries
- factionGroup within group
- reality-basedFounded on truth
- dramatizationConverting events to performance
- reenactmentStaged reproduction of events
One who leads
- cinematographyMotion picture visual craft
- editingRefining content for clarity
- soundtrackMusic accompanying visual media
- castingShaping through liquid form
performance · premiere · festival · indie · art-house · mise-en-scène · auteur · montage
Written life account
- warArmed struggle between groups
- politicsGovernmental power struggles
- celebrityWidely recognized public figure
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
disaster · conspiracy · investigation · exposé · testimony · oral-history
Quality of being genuine
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
- credibilityQuality inspiring trust
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
disclosure · transparency · fact-checking · misrepresentation · verification
storytelling
Recounting events aloud
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- protagonistStory's central figure
narrator · setting · dialogue · arc · dramatization · portrayal · depiction · scenario · backstory · point-of-view
pseudodocumentary
Fictional work mimicking documentaries
- factionGroup within group
- reality-basedFounded on truth
- dramatizationConverting events to performance
director
One who leads
- cinematographyMotion picture visual craft
- editingRefining content for clarity
- soundtrackMusic accompanying visual media
casting · performance · premiere · festival · indie · art-house · mise-en-scène · auteur · montage · voice-over
biography
Written life account
- warArmed struggle between groups
- politicsGovernmental power struggles
- celebrityWidely recognized public figure
scandal · disaster · conspiracy · investigation · exposé · testimony · oral-history
authenticity
Quality of being genuine
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
- credibilityQuality inspiring trust
deception · disclosure · transparency · fact-checking · misrepresentation · verification
docufictionfantasy
Imaginative mental wandering
science fiction · fictional narrative · speculative fiction · fairy tale · myth
fiction, fictional, documentary, nonfiction, fictionalized, documentaries, fictionalize, docudrama, mockumentary