Tarnation is filtered by a discursive mode that is the visuality and the aura of the film. It has established what autobiographical documentary can be like even though fact and fiction do not unify on the visual perception in every documentary, it relies on the act of writing creatively. Regarding how fact and fiction in Tarnation affect autobiographical documentary, Tarnation was filmed as a fact, while it may be justified as fiction. The film presents a truthful value of his life, family, depression, sexuality, trauma, and pain. However, fact and fiction are a subgenre of autobiographical documentary as the filmmaker is identical with its subject. Tarnation is a film with more fact than fiction, more realistic event than imaginary. Personally,
