Line #38 Main/TheShadesOfFact


1	The real world sometimes intrudes into the world of storytelling. That's okay, though. Storytellers have got a fix for that. Several fixes, actually. This is usually known as "[[BlatantLies artistic license]]".
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3	Listed are some of the methods used to massage factual events into ... something interesting.
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5	See also the IgnoredIndex, InfauxmationDesk, InformationDesk, & TruthAndLies.
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8	[[index]]
9	!!Going from most-factual to most-fanciful:
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11	* RealLife
12	* As close to the truth as possible with available resources and information
13	** {{Documentary}}: An educational film about a real-life person or event where people familiar with the person or event are interviewed.
14	++ NewsBroadcast (in theory)
15	* Minor aspects have been changed[[note]] Usually due to [[RealLifeWritesThePlot budget constraints or for legal reasons]], to allow for the RuleOfPerception, or to add minor amounts of drama[[/note]] but the important facts are unaltered.
16	** RomanAClef: a dramatized depiction of events with changes to obscure specific identities
17	** BiographyAClef: a biography of someone in the RomanAClef style. Often used to depict particularly controversial figures or [[YouWannaGetSued for legal reasons]].
18	** {{Dramatization}} actual events are recreated in a way that minimizes creative liberties and/or acknowledges its own inaccuracy
19	** {{Docudrama}}: Actual events are depicted with Artistic License filling in gaps and spicing things up
20	++ TruthInTelevision
21	** SidelongGlanceBiopic: a real person's actions are witnessed through a fictionalized or invented SupportingProtagonist (or more than one). Often used to [[RashomonStyle present conflicting historical accounts]], combine [[CompositeCharacter many fragmentary accounts]], and/or provide a vehicle for pure storytelling while sticking close to the facts.
22	** FreakierThanFiction: the facts already stretch WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief enough that the need for a NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer leaves little room to exaggerate.
23	** ViewerFriendlyInterface: a real process is presented in an unrealistic way to better convey what that process is doing.
24	* Major aspects have been altered or invented, but the core events and situation are true.
25	** BasedOnATrueStory (the typical usage of the term)
26	** DocuSoap: Follows the lives of real people, but may exaggerate or invent drama to keep things interesting
27	** RippedFromTheHeadlines: The story was inspired by the news.
28	** PatchedTogetherFromTheHeadlines: Multiple aspects of this story were inspired by more than one real-life story.
29	* Possess passing connection to reality
30	** FictionalFanRealCelebrity: A fictional person is a fan of a real-life celebrity.
31	** VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The story is essentially an exaggerated account of real-life events.
32	** TwistingTheWords: Someone gets in trouble when an innocent statement they've made gets warped into an incriminating interpretation.
33	** ManipulativeEditing: Editing footage to make it look like something that didn't happen actually happened or that someone said something they actually didn't.
34	** WorkedShoot
35	* Not [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial completely]] untrue
36	** InspiredBy
37	** QuoteMine
38	** DocumentaryOfLies
39	* Completely made up story featuring true things
40	* [[BlatantLies Allegedly true]]
41	** BasedOnAGreatBigLie
42	** {{Mockumentary}}
43	** SecretHistory
44	[[/index]]

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