Difference between Documentary and Docudrama

What is the difference between Documentary and Docudrama?

Documentary as a noun is a film, tv program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner. while Docudrama as a noun is a type of drama (a film, a television show, or a play) that combines elements of documentary and drama, to some extent showing real events and to some extent using actors performing recreations of documented events.

Documentary

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: of, related to, or based on documents. which serves to document (record and:or illustrate) a subject. presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter.

Example sentence: I didn't realize that, in doing a documentary, there is this process of discovery. It's not like a film or a play with a set script. It sort of reveals itself.

Docudrama

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A type of drama (a film, a television show, or a play) that combines elements of documentary and drama, to some extent showing real events and to some extent using actors performing recreations of documented events.

We hope you now know whether to use Documentary or Docudrama in your sentence.

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