Mockumentaries ultimately exist to parody serious subject matters that are addressed in documentaries. Conventions and techniques are utilised by the composers and directors of mockumentaries in order to do this. In particular, the mockumentaries 'Babakuieria' (1986) directed by Don Featherstone and 'The Majestic Plastic Bag' (2010) directed by Jeremy Konner both attempt to mock prominent issues that exist in society. Despite the different purpose of both mockumentaries, many similarities also exist. They both essentially acknowledge the necessity for society to look at issues from different perspectives.
In 'Babakuieria' by Don Featherstone the subject matter being parodied is the misunderstanding and conflict between the white settlers and …show more content…
Konner does this through the form of a animal documentary, characterizing the plastic bag as an living creature throughout the mockumentary. He further exaggerates his point by personifying the plastic bag as "unsure of itself" through a close up shot as it gets blown by the wind across a car park. This portrays the fact that humans leave their rusbish carelessly and that it can not clean up after itself. Additionally, Konner uses long shot to demonstrate the plastic bag flowing towards the ocean. Through this, viewers can see that the humans standing in the scene did not care or glance at the plastic which describes the way we act about our environment. Also, as the plastic bag is floating in the ocean and towards the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch", a eye-level angle shot is used to focus on the sea lives as they devour the helpless plastic. By doing this, Konner proves to the viewers what the plastic is going through and has hope of making the viewers think about the animal's persective as well. Overall, 'The Majestic Plastic Bag' is a mockumentary which parodies the subject matter of how humans negatively act and treat their natural …show more content…
To begin with, 'Babakuieria' has a professionally dressed women as she takes part in narrating the white people's lives just like what a reporter would do. Featherstone does this to build up on the idea of realism dispite the fact that the mockumentary consist fully of staged archival footage. In addition, Featherstone uses interview with an expert which Konner have not used either. Featherstone directs the interview with an expert in his mockumentary to further build up on the realism, he believes by doing this, the viewers' attention may be directed into his persective of the subject matter. Meanwhile, 'The Majestic Plastic Bag' uses close ups along with the use of hyperbole to exggrate "nature's most deadly killers, the teacup yorkie". This makes Konner's text seem more humourous and since it's placed into simple terms, the younger viewers are allow to understand. Lastly, Konner's mockumentary ends in a unique way, he ends it with a caption that reveals the text type. Not many mockumentary have a statement that sums up its purpose but Konner has a caption, "Plastic bags are not indigenous to the Pacific". In conclusion, by contrasting 'Babakuieria' and 'The Majestic Plastic Bag' the main significants difference can be found between the two
In 'Babakuieria' by Don Featherstone the subject matter being parodied is the misunderstanding and conflict between the white settlers and …show more content…
Konner does this through the form of a animal documentary, characterizing the plastic bag as an living creature throughout the mockumentary. He further exaggerates his point by personifying the plastic bag as "unsure of itself" through a close up shot as it gets blown by the wind across a car park. This portrays the fact that humans leave their rusbish carelessly and that it can not clean up after itself. Additionally, Konner uses long shot to demonstrate the plastic bag flowing towards the ocean. Through this, viewers can see that the humans standing in the scene did not care or glance at the plastic which describes the way we act about our environment. Also, as the plastic bag is floating in the ocean and towards the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch", a eye-level angle shot is used to focus on the sea lives as they devour the helpless plastic. By doing this, Konner proves to the viewers what the plastic is going through and has hope of making the viewers think about the animal's persective as well. Overall, 'The Majestic Plastic Bag' is a mockumentary which parodies the subject matter of how humans negatively act and treat their natural …show more content…
To begin with, 'Babakuieria' has a professionally dressed women as she takes part in narrating the white people's lives just like what a reporter would do. Featherstone does this to build up on the idea of realism dispite the fact that the mockumentary consist fully of staged archival footage. In addition, Featherstone uses interview with an expert which Konner have not used either. Featherstone directs the interview with an expert in his mockumentary to further build up on the realism, he believes by doing this, the viewers' attention may be directed into his persective of the subject matter. Meanwhile, 'The Majestic Plastic Bag' uses close ups along with the use of hyperbole to exggrate "nature's most deadly killers, the teacup yorkie". This makes Konner's text seem more humourous and since it's placed into simple terms, the younger viewers are allow to understand. Lastly, Konner's mockumentary ends in a unique way, he ends it with a caption that reveals the text type. Not many mockumentary have a statement that sums up its purpose but Konner has a caption, "Plastic bags are not indigenous to the Pacific". In conclusion, by contrasting 'Babakuieria' and 'The Majestic Plastic Bag' the main significants difference can be found between the two