Mockumentary

swells when family conflict or resolution was present. Lavecchia points out some of the new concepts of Modern Family. For example, instead of laughing tracks, studio audiences, and punch lines uses by traditional sitcoms Modern Family uses mockumentary style to get the point across to viewers. Meaning that the sitcom uses documentary camera angles and reality TV style confessionals. Also, Modern Family uses and embraces the use of technology throughout the show. For the new sitcom to…

Pressed play and immediately it thrusts its audience into the mass hysteria of 1964 with The Beatles reaching the pinnacle of their much desired fame, little by little isolating them away from their humbling roots in Liverpool. Director, Richard Lester, shoots the opening scene with rapid precision, immediately immersing the audience through the repeated screams and cries of the band’s devoted fans, and the four members themselves at their most desperate, where a potential stumble could leave…

of dullness and a much less interesting world, linguistically. In Australia, we differentiate ourselves through our look, our status and most importantly through the way we speak. Our need to be unique can be seen in Chris Lilley’s television mockumentary ‘Ja’mie: Private School Girl’. In the TV series, Ja’mie, creates a made up word ‘quiche’ to show her difference and maintains and strengthens her friendship with the ‘in-group’ who speaks in a similar manner. This allows Ja’mie to be perceived…

The show I evaluated is Modern Family, it premiers on ABC. This series is told from the viewpoint of a documentary filmmaker who is always unseen throughout the show. Modern Family is presented in a mockumentary style with fictional characters. The series demonstrations an authentic yet comical outlook of family life. Modern family revolves around three suburban families that live in Los Angeles. The first two parents introduced, Phil, who sees himself as the ‘cool’ dad and Claire, the worried…

In Erich Fromm's book, Sigmund Freud's Mission, he expresses that people repress their true thoughts because they worry that they will be cast out by others for being different. Leonard Zelig (Woody Allen), the main character of Woody Allen's mockumentary, Zelig, takes this repression to another level because he has the ability to change his physical and mental characteristics to match those around him. Dr. Eudora Fletcher, a female psychiatrist, was the only person who truly cared about…

by Lemmon and Curtis, flee after witnessing a horrific massacre. In order to disguise, they decide to dress up as female. Unfortunately, one of them falls for the seductive singer Sugar (Monroe) and chaos ensues. 4. This Is Spinal Tap (1984) Mockumentaries are a big thing these days, but this Rob Reiner movie is the ultimate grandfather of them all. The story follows the three main members of the fictional heavy metal band. The band is making the documentary, as they try to promote their new…

The latest PG-13 “horror” flick recently released in theatres, The Visit by M. Night Shyamalan, opens with a girl, Rebecca, filming her mom as she tells the story of how she ran away from home. A typical cliché’ love story- girl falls in love, her parents are against the relationship and in an act of rebellion she runs away from home and gets married(of course the marriage ends up failing when her husband decides to pursue a younger woman). She goes on to set-up an important plot point as she…

“When you have a bad day, a really bad day, try and treat the world better than it treated you.” Role models are people who are always enthusiastic, optimistic, calm, and self-assured in themselves. You don't want someone who is always down or tries to bring you down. Everyone likes someone who is happy with their achievements but continues to strive for bigger and better objectives in their life. Many people look to someone to serve as a model or motivator for their life. Mine happens to be J.K…

On September 22, 2009 the American broadcasting company introduced us to the Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker family when it premiered Modern Family for the first time. Filmed as a mockumentary style, the characters regularly talk into the camera. Patriarch Jay Pritchett (Ed O 'Neill) oversees the unusual family of misfit. Jay’s family includes his younger wife Gloria, daughter Claire and her husband Phil, sons Mitchell, Joe and step son Manny (Rico Rodriguez). Together these three families give us an…

"The Office" is effectively a standout amongst the most well known shows on TV. Some portion of its fame is because of the occasionally uncomfortable jokes and circumstances that emerge out of Michael Scott's ineptitude and obtuseness. These unbalanced minutes regularly include sexual introduction or race, yet gender is additionally a subject that is investigated by Michael and his staff. "The Office" does its part to propagate sexual orientation generalizations, yet it likewise demonstrates to…