Expanded Mockuworlds. Mockumentary as a Transmedial Narrative Style

Cristina Formenti, Mediarep.Org
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Customarily, mockumentary tends to be discussed merely as a filmic and televisual form. Yet, on closer inspection, it proves to be a narrative style that not only can easily be employed in a variety of different medial contexts but is also suitable for delivering a single story across various platforms. In particular, the article seeks to demonstrate that it is not infrequent for the storyworld of a filmic or televisual mockumentary to be extended on one or more media through paratexts that are
more » ... in themselves self-contained mockumentaries, thus giving life to out-and-out expanded mockuworlds.
doi:10.25969/mediarep/16508 fatcat:oujisbiombedjpkqgja6j7qjhe