The features of Mockumentaries

Mockumentaries are used to depict things such as human behavior and social and political aspects. Compared to documentaries which are non-fiction films and videos that unscripted. However mockumentaries are loosely scripted  and largely ad-libbed.

Within mockumentaries there are 3 main features these are:

1. Parody/Satire
2. Critique
3. Deconstruction

Parody/Satire: Mockumentaries as parody deliberately copy another work in a comic or satirical way. It implicitly reinforces an aspect of popular culture: Sometimes so well that it is hard to determine that it is fictional or sometimes it is so extreme that it seems ridiculous.

Critique: Mockumentaries as a critique can parody or satire an aspect of popular culture.

Deconstruction: Mockumentaries as deconstruction subvert and deconstruct the conventions and aspects of the documentary.