Reply #13: Uhhh, Titanic surely wasn't fact. Wasn't completely made up, either. [View All]

[nosillies]

So therefore, it could very validly be argued that it is a type of docudrama.

Your second definition is same as the AHD

AHD definition: A television or movie dramatization of events based on fact

My second definition: a fictionalized drama based primarily on actual events

The same? One contains the word fictionalized, one doesn't. My point was many other "textbook" definitions do a better job of stressing the fictionalized nature of a docudrama, so thanks for helping me prove my point.

And unless 9/11 never happened, and the Twin Towers are still standing, and all those people are alive, I think the ABC program is also based on facts. It is, most likely, highly dramatized and fictionalized (I say most likely, as I have not seen it, and, therefore, will not claim factual conclusions regarding its content). More fictionalized than any of us care for, but still based on facts. I have yet to see a definition that states a docudrama is X% facts versus X% fiction -- maybe after this incident, that will be discussed in film classes. As a writer and someone who works within the film industry, I believe I have a strong grasp on what a docudrama is and is not, and how it differs from a documentary.