Dramatisation in these factual documentaries, or factual content plus dramatisation ergo docu-drama is a recent innovation in my opinion.
or more to the point something that has evolved over the years.
Let me make my point. Factual documentaries would often contain dramatised clips with no dialogue; the narrator would provide the dialogue with the actors invariably dressed in period costume acting out some scenario silently. These types of actors, I seem to recall, are known as mummers and the reason they were so heavily used in past documentaries is that they cost less money.
In these days of swingeing auserity measure perhaps we can all expect to see more mummers in our television documentaries.
or more to the point something that has evolved over the years.
Let me make my point. Factual documentaries would often contain dramatised clips with no dialogue; the narrator would provide the dialogue with the actors invariably dressed in period costume acting out some scenario silently. These types of actors, I seem to recall, are known as mummers and the reason they were so heavily used in past documentaries is that they cost less money.
In these days of swingeing auserity measure perhaps we can all expect to see more mummers in our television documentaries.
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