'Morris: A Life with Bells on' Mockumentary

Morris: A Life with Bells On A life with bells on is a mockumentary style film, which did not receive any big distribution to big cinemas, at all, only straight to DVD. The film, aimed at a small niche audience, is a light hearted take on west-country Morris dancers. The film, funded and written by the director, was shown in portable cinemas (Moviola) which travelled around small rural towns and villages. The film was particularly low-budget and marketing was done via Facebook, Morris dancing communities, Twitter, radio, newspapers and cast interviews on GMTV. There were no billboards, posters on buses or banners. This is typical of a low budget film that does not receive sufficient backing. The mockumentary style, in my opinion, works particularly well. The past few years have seen a significant increase in using mockumentaries for a comedy film or TV series, such as 'The Office' on BBC2 and the film 'This is Spinal Tap'. I would like my trailer to follow the conventions of a mockumentary style film, because it is subtly amusing, instead of slap-stick, in-your-face comedy supplied by other films. Mockumentaries are usually aimed at an older, or more mature audience. This is the audience my trailer is aimed at.