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[–] incoming- [S] ago  (edited ago)

Well, we have all seen a PBS documentary. We also know that there are videos of people who have captured things going wrong. The Bear Man, if that was his nickname (I think it is) was dragged off and mauled all on camera, full audio, clear video.

Such incidents cross a blury line between documenting a past tragedy, to documenting a current tragedy while the crew supposedly filming is put in dire straights, or just a flat out failure on the crews part, like a bad expedition. To me, a mockumentary is something that if handed to an unsuspecting, gullible friend, he would believe it. (Unless it's about nuclear war, that's a dead giveaway)

I don't quite understand why more proper ones are made, not paranormal activity, but a truly dreadful situation is portrayed, grounded in reality or not. Not just "woooowowo spooky noises" but dread. Less of an immediate fight or flight, but questioning of 'just where... Where is this going? Oh god...'

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[–] Agedwithaview 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

neat thought, the scripted "reality" shows are the TV version of mockumentaries....I like it