The found footage style of filmaking is a genre in which all or a major portion of a movie is presented as an edit of "recoverd" footage, often left behind by the missing or dead protagonists. The events onscreen are seen through a camera of one or more of the characters involved, who often speak offscreen. The actors usually do the filming themselves as they recite their lines, and shaky camera work (handy cam) is often incorperated to maintain realism.
We are going to use this genre as a major point of inspiration, since it ties in perfectly with the shaky camera we are going to incorperate, and there has not been very many thrillers using this style, and therefore it is a fresher and more original approach to the film making. The conventions of a found footage film usually include major events in the film occuring off screen, awkward camera angles when action is going on to maintian realism (i.e, a person running would not run holding up a camera to maintain a perfect shot). Within the group we have not yet decided the detials of the film we are going to make, but probably we are going to make it clear to the audience that the film is found footage with a title saying so before the film begins proper.
Films which are a part of this genre include:
Blair witch project
cloverfield
REC
paranormal activity
diary of the dead
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