Searching for mockumentary texts and more information
- Box Office Mojo (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=mockumentary.htm): for a listing of the official box office figures for mockumentary films
- The Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com): Detailed production information on an enormous number of films and television programmes can be obtained from the IMDb. Information here is maintained by online users, including production personnel from the film or programme itself. If you are looking for a
more general listing of mockumentaries, use a number of keywords such as 'mockumentary',
mock-documentary', 'fake documentary', 'faux documentary', 'pseudo documentary',
'fictional documentary', or even 'docudrama'. Keep in mind that while the
site is generally very reliable as a source of production information,
aspects such as keywords are part of the site's folksonomy,
meaning that keywords are not consistently defined and applied.
- Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page): See Wikipedia's entry on Mockumentary, which offers a good introduction to mockumentary, but from a different
approach to that considered here. Mockumentary has a large fan base, and they take care of a range of individual entries for specific films and television programmes.
- The BBC Comedy Archive (http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/archive/index.shtml):
This is the online version of Mark Lewisohn's (2003) Radio Times Guide
to TV Comedy, London, BBC Worldwide Ltd, an invaluable resource on television comedy. The website provides a large range
of insightful commentaries on television programmes and series - including
any number of more obscure mockumentaries that aren't always mentioned elswhere.
- Movie Review Query Engine (http://www.mrqe.com/): This site collates film reviews from a variety of online and print publications.
- Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com): Use this more specialised search from Google to trawl through academic sources.
- Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com): Many of the films and television programmes listed on this site are readily available from online sources such as Amazon, although sometimes only from the second-hand dealers listed on the site. There are plenty of other online dealers in rare videos that you can also
try if you are looking for more obscure material (such as http://www.revengeismydestiny.com/).
Searching for online mockumentaries
The following are some sites for searching for online mockumentaries (outside of direct searches for titles through search engines). This is just an introductory list, and the links are set to search just for the keyword 'mockumentary' - you are recommended to also try other keywords.
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