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What are some common styles of mockumentaries?

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Common styles of mockumentaries include cinĂ©ma vĂ©ritĂ©, found footage, and fake news broadcasts. Examples of the cinĂ©ma vĂ©ritĂ© style include The Office and This Is Spinal Tap. The Blair Witch Project used found footage. Orson Welles’s radio adaptation of H.G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds was an example of a fake news broadcast style of mockumentary.