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Docudrama meaning
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.
Synonyms of Docudrama
Using Docudrama
- The main meaning on this page 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.
- Useful related words include: documentary, pic, picture show, motion-picture show.
- In the example corpus, docudrama often appears in combinations such as: docudrama about, this docudrama, the docudrama.
Context around Docudrama
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 6 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Docudrama
- In this selection, "docudrama" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, new, latest, 2018, filming, series and recounts stand out and add context to how "docudrama" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 45 minutes docudrama presented by and as 2006 docudrama world trade. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "docudrama" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with docudrama
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This is ambitious work by Greengrass, even by his docudrama standards. (11 words)
This docudrama delves into the difficult case of Eric Garner, a 2014 victim of police brutality. (16 words)
The 2007 docudrama Diana: Last Days of a Princess details the final two months of her life. (17 words)
Bakara has been interested in Bigfoot since a young age, spurred on by early news reports and the 1972 cult classic “The Legend of Boggy Creek,” a sort of docudrama about a Sasquatch-like creature supposedly hunkered down in Arkansas. (40 words)
The docudrama focuses on Jewell, who was initially hailed as a hero for finding a bomb at the event held at Centennial Olympic Park and clearing bystanders from the area. (30 words)
Immediately following The Distant Barking of Dogs is classified in the Festival program as a documentary but – despite the inclusion of some genuine wartime footage — feels more like a docudrama. (30 words)
Example sentences (15)
As its title implies, is a docudrama about the most famous African queen in the history of the world.
Albert Einstein's complicity in the creation of the world's first atomic bombs is explored in the new docudrama.
CBS TV docudrama filming: Portions of downtown Greenville were transformed into a 1949 setting when a CBS TV crew came to town.
Testament - The Story of Moses review: Curiously timed and entirely biased, Netflix's latest docudrama series is marginally superior to recent duds on Cleopatra and Alexander.
This 2018 docudrama recounts the true story of a library heist that took place at Transylvania University in Kentucky.
This docudrama delves into the difficult case of Eric Garner, a 2014 victim of police brutality.
Bakara has been interested in Bigfoot since a young age, spurred on by early news reports and the 1972 cult classic “The Legend of Boggy Creek,” a sort of docudrama about a Sasquatch-like creature supposedly hunkered down in Arkansas.
The docudrama focuses on Jewell, who was initially hailed as a hero for finding a bomb at the event held at Centennial Olympic Park and clearing bystanders from the area.
Immediately following The Distant Barking of Dogs is classified in the Festival program as a documentary but – despite the inclusion of some genuine wartime footage — feels more like a docudrama.
This is ambitious work by Greengrass, even by his docudrama standards.
Documentaries Six into One: The Prisoner File (1984, 45 minutes) docudrama presented by Channel 4 after a repeat of the series in the UK.
Films such as 2006 docudrama World Trade Center talked of two Marines who rescued two trapped police officers in the rubble.
In 2013, the BBC commissioned a docudrama about the early days of Doctor Who, as part of the programme's fiftieth anniversary celebrations.
In May/June 1967 Patterson began filming a docudrama or pseudo-documentary about cowboys being led by an old miner and a wise Indian tracker on a hunt for Bigfoot.
The 2007 docudrama Diana: Last Days of a Princess details the final two months of her life.
Common combinations with docudrama
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: