Via Wiki, which is a a fairly cogent and succinct definition: "Found footage is a cinematic technique and film genre in which all or a substantial part of the work is presented as if it were film or video recordings recorded by characters in the story, and later “found” and presented to the audience. "
The movie that got the ball rolling on the modern take on the genre is 1999’s The Blair Witch Project, though older examples exist. There’s been a pretty solid stream of such films since.
Via Wiki, which is a a fairly cogent and succinct definition: "Found footage is a cinematic technique and film genre in which all or a substantial part of the work is presented as if it were film or video recordings recorded by characters in the story, and later “found” and presented to the audience. "
The movie that got the ball rolling on the modern take on the genre is 1999’s The Blair Witch Project, though older examples exist. There’s been a pretty solid stream of such films since.