Would you like this film better if it weren't found footage? Or do you think it was necessary? Personally I don't
Mind the camera thing but i could have done without it
Guys it was the whole premise of the movie, ya know "chronicle"..... don't tear down a movie if you can't even grasp the base premise.
I am not tearing it down and I CAN grasp the concept. The movie could have still been made with a different title and that would have solved the annoying camera problem
sharei belive there is a hidden meaning only certian people get out of it... i loved this movie just saw it today. it fasinateded me so much i looked it up as u can tell lol
shareThe found footage thing made it unique. If they had done without it, too many people would have asked how the meteor gave them powers and everything. Making it found footage makes it easier to swallow without asking too many questions about the irrelevant meteor.
shareI believe the found footage aspect is critical to the plot. it is pretty normal for modern teens and young adults to have an imaginary camera on them at all times. the desire to have his life chronicled as the title suggest is a major part of Andrews psyche. this would be a different film and need a different title without the found footage.
shareYea I could've definitely done without it, but as far as found footage goes they did it well enough I didn't mind so much. I also like how towards the end they're able to get real angles because Andrew has the camera just floating with his powers.
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The found footage concept didn't bother me so much as just some of what happened in the movie itself. Found footage is tough to pull off and I liked some of the camera tricks they did, but the story was just meh.
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I enjoyed it. Same way I enjoyed Cloverfield and Rec which also use this.
I think it can give films a more intense and personal feel. Easier for the audience to get drawn into it.
The one thing that felt a little strange was in the final scenes when Andrew's cousin (Matt?) kept on recording the dramatic climax when there was no real need for it.
It's stupid. I don't know how found footage would make this *beep* better. It doesn't feel real. Cloverfield and Quarantine are the best found footage so far.
shareIt worked in this particular incarnation. I know it can be annoying for some people but in some ways it added to the appeal.
It's basically the modern version of journalistic entries to tell a story.
And that's how Dracula was written and it ended up being a classic.
Found footage? This isn't a "found footage" movie; this is just a style used to make the story more realistic, and give it a more personal feel. This is the first movie that I liked where they use they show events through a characters video camera; it was very well done here IMO..
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I totally agree, I didn't think of this movie as a "found footage" piece. When Stephen and Andrew are talking in the car about how filming everything creates a barrier between Andrew and everything around him, I was like "that's the point!" This is about a troubled kid who has this urge to film everything that happens to him, kind of like Mr. Brainwash - a real-life "artist" who compulsively films. They were able to do some really neat effects with the telekinesis, but I felt they were trying a little hard in the end with the security cameras, police cameras, etc.
It helped that the footage wasn't completely shaky a la Cloverfield.