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The Found Footage Phenomenon

As a director,doing a found footage film, one of the big learningexperiences for me was...

As a director,
doing a found footage film, one of the big learning
experiences for me was the fact
that I had to step back

Full Transcript

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As a director, doing a found footage film,
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one of the big learning experiences for me
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was the fact that I had to step back.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
01:11:55
Uploaded
May 08, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Caprisar Productions,Fractured Visions

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Movie Summary

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.
I'm used to, in my regular story telling methods, - The Found Footage Phenomenon 00:19
I'm used to, in my regular story telling methods,
And on a found footage film or a documentary style film, - The Found Footage Phenomenon 00:16
And on a found footage film or a documentary style film,
Now you kind of have to say the same things, - The Found Footage Phenomenon 00:06
Now you kind of have to say the same things,
That's a really tricky thing for an actor to hear - The Found Footage Phenomenon 00:06
That's a really tricky thing for an actor to hear
-[Roaring] - The Found Footage Phenomenon 00:20
-[Roaring]
And it was very, very difficult and complex, - The Found Footage Phenomenon 00:06
And it was very, very difficult and complex,
But at the same time, pretending it was natural - The Found Footage Phenomenon 00:08
But at the same time, pretending it was natural
-[Screaming] - The Found Footage Phenomenon 00:08
-[Screaming]
-Doing practical special effects as we did it - The Found Footage Phenomenon 00:10
-Doing practical special effects as we did it
And frankly, I underestimated it - The Found Footage Phenomenon 00:11
And frankly, I underestimated it
And so everything you have to carefully place before you shoot - The Found Footage Phenomenon 00:13
And so everything you have to carefully place before you sho...
And so it's already looking back at a take - The Found Footage Phenomenon 00:10
And so it's already looking back at a take
And so you can only do three takes per day for one shot. - The Found Footage Phenomenon 00:07
And so you can only do three takes per day for one shot.
And that's really, really a big challenge also - The Found Footage Phenomenon 00:08
And that's really, really a big challenge also
-Doing long takes is definitely a big thing in - The Found Footage Phenomenon 00:15
-Doing long takes is definitely a big thing in
It's not -- editing is always like a fakery of story telling. - The Found Footage Phenomenon 00:06
It's not -- editing is always like a fakery of story te...
-The idea of found footage, by definition, - The Found Footage Phenomenon 00:09
-The idea of found footage, by definition,
And when you start to see high budget stuff - The Found Footage Phenomenon 00:09
And when you start to see high budget stuff
-I think the other problem is that found footage movies, - The Found Footage Phenomenon 00:06
-I think the other problem is that found footage movies,
And the number of scenarios where that seems plausible - The Found Footage Phenomenon 00:07
And the number of scenarios where that seems plausible