What is the difference between Documentary, Docudrama, and fiction (feature) films?
A Documentary film provides factual events and documents of some aspects of reality on a particular subject. Using pictures or interviews with people involved in real events to provide a solid report on a particular subject.
A Docudrama is a genre of film in which the performers play factual facts.
A Feature film is generally fictional and aims to entertain people. It may be connected to reality but the Facts/Ground Level Interviews etc are missing to keep the entertainment alive.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DOCUMENTARY AND FEATURE FILM
DOCUMENTARY FILM DOCUDRAMA/DOCUFICTION FEATURE FILM
Aims to educate, inform, inspire the audience... Aims to educate, inform, inspire the audience... Aims to entertain the audience
Always has written the idea and made clear about the character of interviewee (s) Partly has scripted (the part that the performers should play the factual story) Always has scripted dialogues and actions
Deals with reality and facts Deals with reality and facts Deals with fiction
Use real people and locations Partly real people and partly performer (s) Use actors and sets