"Found footage" films are more common nowadays. Since the very first tweak of the 'Paranormal Activity' drift, more and more films, made with the orientation, manner and composition of shots with the use of hand held cameras, are hitting up the big screens.
The latest found footage film, Area 51, produced and directed by (of course) the Paranormal Activity director Oren Peli, was released for the theatres in the past few days. It got an R rating with its horrific, scifi, thriller genre.
These types of films are made mostly due to a very tight budget. Of course, you couldn't expect blockbuster movies such as the Avengers to be viewed from a hand held perspective. But since the beginning of the Paranormal Activity (2007), which has made an undeniable 107 million dollars out of a 15 million dollar budget, a lot of fans have been searching for films with the same cinematic style.
Movies such as the Blair Witch Project (1999), REC (2007), V/H/S (2012), Grave Encounters (2011), As Above So Below (2014), The Last Exorcism (2010), Chronicle (2012), The Bay (2012) and The Last Broadcast (1998) are only few of the many films with the same found footage orientation.
The film Area 51 has had a budget of only 5 million dollars. It was set on a secret location that was rumored of alien existence. It was written by Christopher Denham and Peli, and it was starred by Sandra Staggs, Suze Lanier-Bramlett, Glenn Campbell, Jelena Nik, Jennefer Ludwigsen, Reid Warner, Ben Rovner, Roy Abramsohn, Nikka Far and many else.
The film was produced by Aramid Entertainment Fund, Blumhouse Productions and IM Global, who has been known for horror films such as Insidious, Sinister, and the Purge.
While many are being quite skeptical of the over-all aesthetic factor of the films, many are also loving the effects and the over-all feels of the films.
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