Mockumentary, a genre that not a lot of the series makers would opt to make! Why, did you ask, the answer is very simple actually, not everyone can make people laugh just by plain dialogue deliveries and natural comedy! Yes it's the genre that's quite different from the other genre, and the TV series to follow this genre and get extremely popular is 'The office' (US and UK)

Although mockumentary is a fictional documentary and might sound simple to make to, it isn't piece of cake though. In this genre, it's important that you make sure you behave normally unlike in other genre where you need to enact several expressions which makes it funnier. In this genre, however the audience are also extremely important, cause not everyone can get the dry humour and subtle comedy that you're trying to convey. I've recommended the TV series ' The office's to a couple of my friends and they didn't like it one bit, I know it sounds weird and not so interesting. So, audience also play a major role in getting it.

The success rate of such genre is positive yet for obvious reasons, people tend not to make shows in this genre, few notable series in this genre is The office, Park and recreations, Brooklyn 99, Modern family. Series creator Michael Schur is a pioneer in making such shows, and it keeps getting better and better. I'd highly recommend the above mentioned shows if you'd be interested in giving this genre a try.

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