大多数纪录片都关注于记录历史事件并尝试留下影像,计算机影像和模拟形成的虚拟纪录片则是与“能成为什么”、“将成为什么”、“或许已经成为了什么”有关;这类纪录片可以归类为虚拟纪录片(Subjunctive Documentary),但使用这一术语又显得语义不当。乍一看这个术语有些修辞上的矛盾,其实它的矛盾是少于其它种类纪录片的。还有一点,计算机影像与模拟应用于所有的纪录片、纪录视频之中,呈现“也许已经完成了什么”(what might have been),因为所有虚拟纪录片都是主观化、片段化 Most documentaries focus on documenting historical events and attempt to leave behind images. Computer graphics and simulated virtual documentaries are related to what “to be”, “what will be” and “what may have become” ; Such documentaries can be classified as Subjunctive Documentary, but the use of this term again appears to be semantically inappropriate. At first glance, there are some rhetorical contradictions in this term. In fact, its contradictions are less than those of other kinds of documentaries. Another point is that computer graphics and simulations are applied to all documentary and video recordings to show what might have been because all virtual documentaries are subjective and fragmented