Think of finding a diary or old photos. You the viewer weren’t there at the time, but someone else was and this is their “eyewitness account” that you are viewing at a later date. It can presented as evidence from an investigation or found by a different party to add to back story
It’s to aid in suspension of disbelief and make it seem like someone actually filmed it in the moment, not a movie camera crew
A part of the viewer knows that they’re not really in the world of a movie, that it’s all intentional storytelling. But making it seem like what you are seeing was recorded by a normal person plays into your current situation, watching a film in front of a screen as a third party
A movie premise where someone finds a lost camera or footage and you get to see what happened to the original owner
Cloverfield and Apollo 18 are good examples of this
What is the implication of integrating found footage in that light? Is it usually a continuation or extrapolation on the “unfinished work”?
Think of finding a diary or old photos. You the viewer weren’t there at the time, but someone else was and this is their “eyewitness account” that you are viewing at a later date. It can presented as evidence from an investigation or found by a different party to add to back story
It’s to aid in suspension of disbelief and make it seem like someone actually filmed it in the moment, not a movie camera crew
Can you talk more about suspension of belief?
A part of the viewer knows that they’re not really in the world of a movie, that it’s all intentional storytelling. But making it seem like what you are seeing was recorded by a normal person plays into your current situation, watching a film in front of a screen as a third party
You have such a wonderful way of explaining these filmstuffs