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The Found Footage Phenomenon

The Found Footage Phenomenon is an independent documentary charting the origins of the found footage sub-genre, tracking it through to the technique's current form, and asking what the future is.

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Sarah Appleton, Phillip Escott

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Caprisar Productions,Fractured Visions

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2 nominations

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https://www.caprisarproductions.com

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[Static crackling] - The Found Footage Phenomenon

[Static crackling]

-We've always told each other
stories that are, "This is real, - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-We've always told each other stories that are, "T...

-You're sucked into that
hyper realism of normal people - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-You're sucked into that hyper realism of normal people

You want to believe
that that's actually happening. - The Found Footage Phenomenon

You want to believe that that's actually happening.

-It's a movie that's supposed
to be made from footage - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-It's a movie that's supposed to be made from foot...

-What we are dealing with
is a film form of style - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-What we are dealing with is a film form of style

It's footage that was
discovered, - The Found Footage Phenomenon

It's footage that was discovered,

-It indicates that something
bad happened - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-It indicates that something bad happened

-So the major component
of that is the notion, - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-So the major component of that is the notion,

-It's a term that came up
after "Blair Witch." - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-It's a term that came up after "Blair Witch."...

-The footage that the audience
is watching - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-The footage that the audience is watching

-It's the idea of something
that you're seeing - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-It's the idea of something that you're seeing

-So let's say that while
you're filming me, - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-So let's say that while you're filming me,

A few days later,
when it should everything out - The Found Footage Phenomenon

A few days later, when it should everything out

-It delivers authenticity
and realism, - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-It delivers authenticity and realism,

-There's an expectation that
it's going to be - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-There's an expectation that it's going to be

-[Panting, screams] - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-[Panting, screams]

And it's kind of like
coming upon someone's journal - The Found Footage Phenomenon

And it's kind of like coming upon someone's journa...

-That sense of a reality
that hopefully draws you in, - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-That sense of a reality that hopefully draws you in,

-The mistakes that were
discovered on this journey - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-The mistakes that were discovered on this journey

Shoddy police work
and a judgmental video - The Found Footage Phenomenon

Shoddy police work and a judgmental video

-And I think a lot of people
have this mistaken belief - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-And I think a lot of people have this mistaken belief

-But to do it good
and to do it properly, - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-But to do it good and to do it properly,

-To do the funky chicken dance. - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-To do the funky chicken dance.

[Snarling, screaming] - The Found Footage Phenomenon

[Snarling, screaming]

And I think a lot of times
when you go looking for that, - The Found Footage Phenomenon

And I think a lot of times when you go looking for that,

-A lot of horror works best - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-A lot of horror works best

-Your goal always
as a horror filmmaker - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-Your goal always as a horror filmmaker

And I think a really good
found footage movie can do that - The Found Footage Phenomenon

And I think a really good found footage movie can do that

You know, the phone footage,
you know, back in the day, - The Found Footage Phenomenon

You know, the phone footage, you know, back in the day,

-The found footage film genre
came at a time - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-The found footage film genre came at a time

-[Snarling] - The Found Footage Phenomenon

They're the ones
like "Cloverfield" - The Found Footage Phenomenon

They're the ones like "Cloverfield"

And their goal is not really
to make you think - The Found Footage Phenomenon

And their goal is not really to make you think

But then there are ones
like "Blair Witch Project", - The Found Footage Phenomenon

But then there are ones like "Blair Witch Project"...

That to me is
when it's done well, - The Found Footage Phenomenon

That to me is when it's done well,

And I think that it lends itself
very much to the horror genre - The Found Footage Phenomenon

And I think that it lends itself very much to the horror gen...

-A lot of other types
of horror films, - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-A lot of other types of horror films,

There's always a sense of like, - The Found Footage Phenomenon

There's always a sense of like,

-Everything about this aesthetic
is telling you - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-Everything about this aesthetic is telling you

And so it doesn't feel like
when you see - The Found Footage Phenomenon

And so it doesn't feel like when you see

It feels like you're actually
witnessing a supernatural event. - The Found Footage Phenomenon

It feels like you're actually witnessing a supernatural...

-Micah! Micah! Micah! Micah! - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-Micah! Micah! Micah! Micah!

-Katie!
-[Screams] - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-Katie! -[Screams]

So if you look at "Dracula",
"Dracula", the novel is - The Found Footage Phenomenon

So if you look at "Dracula", "Dracula", ...

The entire book is written
in what you sort of - The Found Footage Phenomenon

The entire book is written in what you sort of

-"Frankenstein" starts in that
way, about someone - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-"Frankenstein" starts in that way, about someone

-I've read this over
and over again, - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-I've read this over and over again,

-"Dracula" certainly starts by
saying, "It will become apparent - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-"Dracula" certainly starts by saying, "It wi...

And that's part
of the selling of "Dracula" - The Found Footage Phenomenon

And that's part of the selling of "Dracula"

It was kind of right up to date - The Found Footage Phenomenon

It was kind of right up to date

I think you see it in definitely - The Found Footage Phenomenon

I think you see it in definitely

-We know now that in the early
years of the 20th century, - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-We know now that in the early years of the 20th century,

-That whole radio broadcast and
that idea that we're going to, - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-That whole radio broadcast and that idea that we're go...

-It's really quite astonishing
and brilliant the way - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-It's really quite astonishing and brilliant the way

-Cars headlights throw
an enormous spotlight on the pit - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-Cars headlights throw an enormous spotlight on the pit

Now, some of the more
daring fellas now are - The Found Footage Phenomenon

Now, some of the more daring fellas now are

-People have a kind of
false memory - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-People have a kind of false memory

-That's the way that
found footage also works. - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-That's the way that found footage also works.

-It's all about creating a fake
reality in a more realistic way. - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-It's all about creating a fake reality in a more reali...

-It's presenting
as a fictional story - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-It's presenting as a fictional story

And by doing so, both
the "War of the Worlds" - The Found Footage Phenomenon

And by doing so, both the "War of the Worlds"

-There are various kinds
of found footage movies, - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-There are various kinds of found footage movies,

-The first many found footage
horror film - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-The first many found footage horror film

So you have a man
following women with a camera. - The Found Footage Phenomenon

So you have a man following women with a camera.

He's looking through the camera,
so the audience are, too. - The Found Footage Phenomenon

He's looking through the camera, so the audience are, t...

And that kind of implicates
the audience - The Found Footage Phenomenon

And that kind of implicates the audience

-So much of this story
hinges around - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-So much of this story hinges around

The camera is present
in a way that is overwhelming, - The Found Footage Phenomenon

The camera is present in a way that is overwhelming,

The camera is rendered literally
dangerous in "Peeping Tom", - The Found Footage Phenomenon

The camera is rendered literally dangerous in "Peeping ...

-I came to found footage through
watching these kind of - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-I came to found footage through watching these kind of

And so we ended up watching this
film "David Holzman's Diary", - The Found Footage Phenomenon

And so we ended up watching this film "David Holzman�...

That's Penny. That's Penny. - The Found Footage Phenomenon

That's Penny. That's Penny.

That's Penny. That's --
All those. - The Found Footage Phenomenon

That's Penny. That's -- All those.

-That movie was probably
the first movie - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-That movie was probably the first movie

-That was the first film
that I saw - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-That was the first film that I saw

-Cinéma vérité in the late '60s,
all of a sudden, - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-Cinéma vérité in the late '60s, all of a sudden,

So there's a natural inclination
to want to experiment with that. - The Found Footage Phenomenon

So there's a natural inclination to want to experiment ...

-One of my first introductions,
I guess, - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-One of my first introductions, I guess,

"Mondo" is the Italian
word for "world." - The Found Footage Phenomenon

"Mondo" is the Italian word for "world."

Now that this, we hope,
belongs to the past, it is time - The Found Footage Phenomenon

Now that this, we hope, belongs to the past, it is time

-These films were being done
about world travel, - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-These films were being done about world travel,

At that stage, people were
making these kind of films - The Found Footage Phenomenon

At that stage, people were making these kind of films

-The maimed, mutilated by
the voracious fish, - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-The maimed, mutilated by the voracious fish,

They'll sell them to the rich
Chinese communities inland, - The Found Footage Phenomenon

They'll sell them to the rich Chinese communities inlan...

Each day, some fisherman leaves
the village and doesn't return. - The Found Footage Phenomenon

Each day, some fisherman leaves the village and doesn't...

-Fantastic elements,
as people call them, - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-Fantastic elements, as people call them,

-"Cannibal Holocaust" is often
considered really - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-"Cannibal Holocaust" is often considered really

-"Cannibal Holocaust" was
the first attempt - The Found Footage Phenomenon

-"Cannibal Holocaust" was the first attempt

Our only means of communication
with the outside world - The Found Footage Phenomenon

Our only means of communication with the outside world

The Found Footage Phenomenon poster

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The Found Footage Phenomenon is an independent documentary charting the origins of the found footage sub-genre, tracking it through to the technique's current form, and asking what the future is.

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Director: Sarah Appleton, Phillip Escott

Writer: Sarah Appleton, Phillip Escott

Production: Caprisar Productions,Fractured Visions

Genre: documentary

Year: 2021

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.5

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 19 May 2022

Awards: 2 nominations

Homepage: https://www.caprisarproductions.com