The Mockumentary triology is a riveting set of 3 short films created by Ryz Drogon, starring the character of Dave Crampton. Drogon himself wrote, starred, directed and edited these short films, however he did have significant assisstance filming. All 3 of them are primarily comedies, although they become progressively more serious. In many ways this is a deconstruction of a self-destructive character. No matter what happens to Dave Crampton, his life will spin out of control, as he never addressed the root cause of his issues. Drogon has stated a desire to return and finish the series someday.
The first inclusion in the Mockumentary series is the Mockumentary itself. This is the only one of the series that actually is a Mockumentary. The rest get their namesake from this one however. We're introduced to Dave Crampton, an aspiring entertainer, who is remarkably bad at his job. The primary focus of this Mockumentary is aiming to answer the question 'Why modern men can't pull'. In turn this Mockumentary takes a humourous look at many different reasons modern men can't pull, from incel culture, to not eating enough red meat. Everything is approached with comedy first and foremost.Â
After being fired as a result of the epic failure of his Mockumentary, Dave Crampton is left completely crushed and demotivated. The Mockumentary addresses Dave's state after this, through a more narrative lense than the first. The Mockumentary 2 is presented as jumping between past and present. In the present Dave is seemingly hyping himself up, yet equally stressed, before some sort of big performance. In the past we see what Dave goes through after his failure. This is equally comedy focused, and we see a reoccurence from two main characters from the first Mockumentary.
Now finally achieving massive success and global stardom, Dave has a whole new slew of issues to deal with. The fame and money has led to a massive increase in his arrogance, and how will that fare when faced with a serial killer with a grudge. The Mockumentary 2.5 takes a fully narrative approach, and compared to the previous 2, is much more serious. We are introduced to Dave killing it at a comedy set at the start, and immediately getting black-out drunk after. We see his life gradually start to spin out of control, and his agent Toby is only making things worse. When looking for something new, interesting, original, Dave hears of a serial killer, whom the police lack evidence to convict, that has asked specifically to talk to Dave. Not heeding Toby's warning, Dave takes up this opportunity, and things go very, very wrong.