semidocumentary
Fact-fiction film blend
A semidocumentary blends documentary techniques with fictional narrative.
The style uses real locations, non-actors, and factual frameworks while dramatizing events or inventing characters: The film takes a semidocumentary approach to the bank heist.
Common in crime films and docudramas that reconstruct actual events with dramatic license.
Blended factual-fictional storytelling
- docudramaDramatized account of actual events
- mockumentarySatirical fake nonfiction film
- factionGroup within group
- dramatizationConverting events to performance
reenactment · fact-based · reality-based · dramatized · pseudodocumentary · infotainment · staged · reconstruction
Dramatized account of actual events
- biopicFilm about real life
- investigativeDevoted to examination
- exposéInvestigative journalism piece
- propagandaBiased information for influence
neorealism · reportage · behind-the-scenes · profile · whistleblower
Motion picture visual craft
- voiceoverOff-screen recorded speech
- footageRecorded video material
- mise-en-scèneVisual elements within frame
- editingRefining content for clarity
montage · lighting · score · soundtrack · handheld · casting · sequence · cutaway
Appearance of being factual
- authenticityQuality of being genuine
- believabilityCapacity to seem true
- plausibilitySeeming likely true
- naturalismWorldview excluding the supernatural
credibility · accuracy · actuality · real-life · improvisation · on-location
Recounting events aloud
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- protagonistStory's central figure
- arcCurved line segment
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
narrator · exposition · flashback · foreshadowing · perspective · theme · tone · chronology
docufiction
Blended factual-fictional storytelling
- docudramaDramatized account of actual events
- mockumentarySatirical fake nonfiction film
- factionGroup within group
dramatization · reenactment · fact-based · reality-based · dramatized · pseudodocumentary · infotainment · staged · reconstruction · fictionalized
docudrama
Dramatized account of actual events
- biopicFilm about real life
- investigativeDevoted to examination
- exposéInvestigative journalism piece
propaganda · neorealism · reportage · behind-the-scenes · profile · whistleblower
cinematography
Motion picture visual craft
- voiceoverOff-screen recorded speech
- footageRecorded video material
- mise-en-scèneVisual elements within frame
editing · montage · lighting · score · soundtrack · handheld · casting · sequence · cutaway · close-up
verisimilitude
Appearance of being factual
- authenticityQuality of being genuine
- believabilityCapacity to seem true
- plausibilitySeeming likely true
naturalism · credibility · accuracy · actuality · real-life · improvisation · on-location
storytelling
Recounting events aloud
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- protagonistStory's central figure
- arcCurved line segment
dialogue · narrator · exposition · flashback · foreshadowing · perspective · theme · tone · chronology · testimony
document, documentary, semicircle, documentation, semifinal, documentaries, semiconductor, documentarian, semiprofessional