Found footage is a

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and

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in which all or a substantial part of the work is presented as if it were

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or video recordings recorded by characters in the story, and later "found" and presented to the audience. The events on screen are typically seen through the camera of one or more of the characters involved, often accompanied by their

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off-camera commentary. For added realism, the

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may be done by the actors themselves as they perform, and shaky camera work,

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and naturalistic acting are routinely employed. The footage may be presented as if it were " raw" and complete or as if it had been edited into a

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by those who "found" it. The most common use of the technique is in

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s such as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Diary of the Dead'', '' Rec'', ''

Cloverfield ''Cloverfield'' is a 2008 American Found footage (film technique), found footage monster movie, monster horror film directed by Matt Reeves and written by Drew Goddard. It stars Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas, T.J. Miller (in his film debut), Mic ...

'', '' Trollhunter'', '' V/H/S,'' ''

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'' or '' Be My Cat: A Film for Anne'', in which the footage is purported to be the only surviving record of the events, with the participants now missing or dead. It has also been used in

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such as ''

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'', ''

Project Almanac ''Project Almanac'' is a 2015 American found footage science fiction film directed by Dean Israelite in his directorial debut, and written by Jason Harry Pagan and Andrew Deutschman. The film stars Jonny Weston, Sofia Black-D'Elia, Sam Lerner ...

'' or ''

Europa Report ''Europa Report'' is a 2013 American science fiction film directed by Sebastián Cordero and written by Philip Gelatt. It stars Christian Camargo, Anamaria Marinca, Michael Nyqvist, Daniel Wu, Karolina Wydra, and Sharlto Copley. A found ...

'',

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such as '' Zero Day'' and '' Exhibit A'', non-horror type such as '' Project X'',

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such as '' Earth to Echo'',

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such as '' The Connection'', '' The Outwaters'' or '' Masking Threshold'' and

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films such as '' 84C MoPic''. Some pseudo-documentary films such as ''Lake Mungo'' or ''Noroi: The Curse'', most screenlife films such as ''Searching'' or Profile, a few POV films such as ''Hardcore Henry'' or '' Presence,'' most

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and "

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" films such as '' Ghostwatch'', as well as films where the footage is presented as originating from

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or dashboard cameras such as ''Taxi'', are also often considered to fall under the found footage umbrella, despite the fact that technically the footage is not presented as "lost and found", but only as long as the camera is implied to be a part of the film and not a

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the way it is in traditional films.

History

As a storytelling technique, found footage has precedents in literature, particularly in the trope of found manuscript, as well as

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, which typically consists of either correspondence or

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entries, purportedly written by a character central to the events. Like found footage, the epistolary technique has often been employed in

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: both ''

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'' and ''

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'' are epistolary novels, as is ''

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'' by

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, the 1980 cult horror feature ''

'' is often claimed to be the first example of found footage. However, Shirley Clarke's arthouse film '' The Connection'' (1961) and the

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directed '' The Other Side of the Wind'', a found footage movie shot in the early 1970s but released in 2018, predate ''Cannibal Holocaust''. ''America's Deadliest Home Video'' (1991), remains a potent use of the format as well as an unsung groundbreaker in the found-footage field - an ahead-of-its-time application of the vérité-video form to the horror/crime genre. The device was popularised by ''

'' (1999). Found footage has since been used in other commercially successful films, including ''

'' (2007), '' REC'' (2007), ''

'' (2008), ''

'' (2012), ''Creep'' (2014) and ''Late Night with the Devil'' (2024). Reviewing '' V/H/S'' for ''

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'', Scott Tobias notes that the genre "has since become to the '00s and '10s what slasher movies were to the '80s." The genre appeals to some film producers because of its lower cost, as it is believed the illusion of

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documentary style allows lower production values than would be accepted on a conventional film. Other filmmakers choose it for creative reasons. Writer-director Christopher B. Landon, who has made several found footage horror films, as well as filmmaker Adrian Țofei in his found footage manifesto, posit that the genre is likely to successfully extend outside horror in the future.

Analysis

Found-footage films typically employ one or more of six

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— first-person perspective, pseudo-documentary,

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footage, surveillance footage, or screenlife—according to an analysis of 500 found-footage films conducted by Found Footage Critic. The film magazine '' Variety'' has used the term "faux found-footage" to describe the technique. Film scholar

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criticizes the usage, arguing that it sows confusion, and instead prefers the term "discovered footage" for the narrative

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. According to filmmaker Adrian Țofei in his found footage manifesto, a found footage film is technically a pseudo-documentary or fake documentary film, in which all or a substantial part of the picture is presented as being composed of recordings of real life events, seen through cameras that are part of the events. He defines found footage as a "filmmaking concept" with the goal of giving audiences the illusion that they're not watching a movie made by filmmakers and actors, but genuine life events recorded by people like them who were part of the events, which would allow audiences to be fully immersed in the movie experience. In a 2016 article for ''Cinema Journal'', Cecilia Sayad explores the relationship between the found footage genre and reality. She asserts that the genre’s metaphorical framing, convincing audiences that films contain true unscripted footage, and its technical framing, mimicking amateur home videos and security footage, are key to what creates fear in the audience, dissolving the traditional boundaries between what is part of the film and real life. Sayad highlights how the found footage genre invites the audience to “to anxiously scan the image for threatening presences”, blurring the boundary between what is on screen and what is real. For example, The ''

'' series’ inclusion of the timestamps on each clip of footage “empowers the audience”, encouraging watchers to analyze evidence in real time. Typical found footage techniques, like shaky handheld sequences and sudden zooms, create the illusion that the camera frame is unable to contain the evil of any film’s antagonist to the screen. The selective choice to not center major action sequences on camera, like during the climax of the

(2007), also contributes to this effect. Sayad notes that “the sense of lurking danger is enhanced as much by our fear about seeing things as by our anxiety about what we do not see”. Importantly, Sayad notes that there is an important distinction between found footage horror films and other “self-aware” horror films, like 1996’s '' Scream''. She writes,

“Scream is pastiche of classics packages the film as artifice, keeping the relationship between movies and reality safely locked in the realm of fiction. The found-footage movie, in contrast, presents itself as real, whereas its characteristically unstable camera work suggests that the film can neither lock things in nor keep them out.

Examples

Films

The following entries are notable films in the found footage genre, though some were only partially made in that style.

TV series, made-for-TV specials and TV episodes

* '' Alternative 3'' (1977) * '' Alien Autopsy: (Fact or Fiction?)'' (1995) * '' Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County'' (1998) –

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aired a 60-minute version with more interviews * '' Godzilla: The Series'', episode: "S.C.A.L.E." (2000). Though animated, the episode has no background music and alternates between footage from various security cameras. * '' Jeopardy'' (2002) (BBC series) * ''

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'', episode: "An Ed is Born". In this episode where Eddy decides to make a home movie of himself to show his brother how 'grown up' he has become by using Ed's

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. (2002) * '' The Comeback'' (2003) (series) * ''

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'' (2006) * '' Lost Tapes'' (2008–2010) (series) * '' Marble Hornets'' (2009–2014) (

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series) * '' The River'' (2012) (series) * ''

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'', episode: Treehouse of Horror XXIII (2012). The 2nd segment "Unnormal Activity" is a parody of the ''

'' franchise. * ''

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'', episode: "Exclusive" (2012) * ''Lassie Jerky'', an episode of ''

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'' that was partially filmed as found footage (2013) * '' Sleep No More'', the ninth episode of ''

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'' Series 9 (2015) * '' American Horror Story: Roanoke'' (2016) ( FX series) * ''

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'', episode: "The Big Show" (2018) * ''

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'', episode: "Cold Comfort". A story about a call centre, told through the CCTV camera. (2018) * '' Clarence'', episode: "Clarence The Movie" (2018) * ''

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Music videos

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(2012) * " I Need Your Love" by

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(2015) * " Run Away with Me" by

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(2015) * " All Night" by The Vamps (2016) * " All We Know" by

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(2016) * " Galway Girl" by

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(2019) * " Nobody's Love" by

(2020) * " Glimpse of Us" by Joji (2022)

Web series

* '' Backrooms'' (2022–present) * '' Ben Drowned'' (2010–2012; 2020) * '' Gemini Home Entertainment'' (2019–present) * ''GREYLOCK'' (2023–present) * '' Local 58'' (2015–present) * '' Petscop'' (2017–2019) * '' No Through Road'' (2009–2012) * '' Marble Hornets'' (2009–2014) * '' The Mandela Catalogue'' (2021–present)

Notes

References

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History

Analysis

Examples

Films

TV series, made-for-TV specials and TV episodes

Music videos

Web series

See also

Notes

References

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