Ping Pong Mockumentary

The Ping pong Mockumentary follows generic conventions of a mockumentary by making it look real but also showing that it is fake at the same time, this adds a comedic value to the short film.

The mockumentary starts with classic non-diegetic sound playing in the background with the man "Joe" talking about his career in ping pong. This music creates a sense of immaturity of the clip. While the music is playing the man "Joe" is telling us about his life and characteristics about him this allows the audience to become familiar with "Joes" story line this will later be used in the short film to go against him, by this I mean there would be a clip later on in the movie showing him doing this activity wrong that would add comedic value to the clip acting as a binary opposite.
When the clip cuts back to the interview it uses a sound bridge to link the two clips together by having him start the interview speech before it has visually come up. This makes the film seem smoother and can help to speed up the pace of the short film. Non-diegetic music has also been used on the short film for example this happens when there is an action being done by the character "Joe" the music used is very harsh and intimidating and as the character doesn't look like that kind of person it adds comedy to the clip.


The Mise-en-scene of the clip has had the proxemics of the characters perfectly placed out throughout the clip, one example would be when the main character is talking in front of the camera they have used the Rule of thirds to keep him to the right and not directly in the center of the video, this makes the video less unnatural for an audience for watch which is what makes it seem like a real documentary. Eye-Line matches have also been used in the clip to help show the level of frustration on peoples faces once they have played ping pong against "Joe". This can help create a sense of dominance between the two people by seeing facial expressions.

The short film ping pong uses lots of handheld camera footage, this is conventional for a short budget film as it is a lot more expensive to use stands and more professional equipment.  Even though it has been filmed through a hand held camera it still adds a lot of effect to the video. A medium shot is used while talking to the character called "Joe" it is also a bit tilted towards his face and the camera is at a lower angle, showing that he is important and seen as better.