well known films in the found footage genre
The found footage genre is a cinematic technique where the film is presented as a video recording. The word" found " signigies if someone found the lost footage and decided to show this to us, the audience. It is mainly used in horror films to evoque feelings of unnverignes with how the camera is filmed in matter of realism.
Even though horror is mainly used for found footage, there are other film genres too.For the action genre, there is a End of watch, a buddy cop film that uses bodycam footage since this what police officers use on the job. For the sci-fi genre, there is chronicle, a film where a group of teenagers film themselves messing around with superpowers. Finally comedy, project X, a film where couple of friends decided to film the greatest birthday party ever.