Drama Doc/Docu Drama

1. Drama-Documentary and Docu-
Drama

2. Drama-
Documentary
✤ Dramatic Documentary
✤ Uses conventional documentary
techniques (interviews etc..)
✤ Combines these techniques with
narrative techniques, such as
reconstructions to engage and attract
its audience.
✤ These techniques can help the
documentary deliver its message
✤ Verisimilitude is incredibly important to
make the reconstructions look
authentic.
Docu-
Drama
✤ Documentary Style Drama
✤ Technically a narrative piece of cinema
but shot in the style of a documentary
✤ It uses the same conventions as a
documentary film (shaky camera work,
interviews etc…)
✤ Verisimilitude is key to create a
realistic environment for the film.

3. Docu-Drama vs Drama-
Documentary
Cathy Come Home (Ken Loach, 1966)
✤ Watch the clip of Cathy Come Home
✤ What category does this fit into?
✤ Why do you think this?
Touching the Void (Kevin MacDonald,
2003)
✤ Watch the clip of Touching the Void
✤ What category does it fit into?
✤ Why do you think this?
✤ Uses reconstruction and narrative cinema
devices to engage and attract its audience and
deliver its message.
✤ Consistently uses verisimilitude in the
reconstructions to create an authentic
environment
✤ Uses verisimilitude to create a realistic
atmosphere for the narrative
✤ Based on fictional events
✤ Uses documentary techniques (interviews,
hand held camera etc…)