Found Footage

Posted by Neilrok on 2011/2/11 8:05:11

hey all,

I take we have all seen either BLAIR WITCH PROJECT,
CLOVERFIELD or either one (or both) of the PARANORMAL
ACTIVITY films. or maybe we saw all of them. anyway,
they are part of a horror subgenre know as "found
footage". several factors make one of these films.

1. it is shot documentary-style

2. there is a "less is more" approach to telling
the story, making the audience use their imagination
to fill in the blanks

3. it starts with something innocent, like a wedding
or someone showing off their new home, before things
take a turn for the worse.

4. as the title infers, the person or persons
who shoot the documentary winds up either dead
or missing

in fact, when the ending has something like "Katie
disappeared on the night of October 8th, 2008 and
hasn't been seen since (PARANORMAL ACTIVITY)",
that's a pretty good indication the studio is
thinking a sequel. whether the sequel(s) are good
or the movie warrants a sequel in the first place
is irrelevent. the studio feels the audience might
wonder "What happened to Katie?" "Is she alive or
dead?" such is the case of all "found footage" films.
did the person make it? did "pick-your-favorite-evil
entity" survive and is it still out there? I look
forward to hearing from folks about this. TTYL.