The popularity of the Found Footage premise has continued to
increase since the film “The Blair Witch Project” showed how cheap and
effective the method could be. All you need is one camera, someone to hold the
camera, and film. The more cameras that are involved only means that the viewer
gets to watch more than one point of view. A point a view, I should add, that
is usually bouncy and at times sporadic…usually as the cameraman is running for
their life. Because of this chaotic nature of the film, people who suffer
motion sickness are often times unable to watch these films.
Besides being a possibly cheaper way to film a horror movie,
the other advantage of a Found Footage film usually means that you are watching
the movie from a Point Of View (POV) perspective. If you see what the cameraman
sees, then it can feel as if you are there with them. And typically these films
feel more like home movies where the characters that are being filmed and are
filming are regular people experiencing irregular events. Overall, I’ve enjoyed
the Found Footage movies that I’ve seen and have been impressed with the
quality; just because it can be done cheaply doesn’t mean that everyone is made
so.
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