Presenting The Juniors: An Imagine Fantastic Film Festival Podcast which will dive into the world of fantastic media, behind the scenes titbits and controversial film opinions. Hosted by the junior programmers, Seth Verhaart (@sethverhaart) & Elina Meinerte (@eliina.mein). During this episode we talk about the Horror subgenre of Found Footage and its origins, tropes and subgenres of found footage, some of the essential watches, like The Blair Witch Project, [REC] and Creep.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:45 - What Did We Watch Recently?
9:50 – The Origins of Found Footage: Cannibal Holocaust, The Blair Witch Project & Orson Welles
14:40 - The Difference Between Found Footage & Mockumentaries
18:10 – Cloverfield
19:45 – The Screen Recording Subgenre: Unfriended, Host & Spree
26:22 – The Ghost Hunter Subgenre: Grave Encounters, Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum & Hell House LLC
34:26 - [REC] & the Motivation to Keep Filming
Films Mentioned:
Cannibal Holocaust (1980) by Ruggero Deodato
The Blair Witch Project (1999) by Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sánchez
The Other Side of the Wind (2018) by Orson Welles
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) by Rob Reiner
What We Do in the Shadows (2014) by Jemaine Clement & Taika Watiti
Megan is Missing (2011) by Michael Goi
Cloverfield (2008) by Matt Reeves
Unfriended (2014) by Levan Gabriadze
Unfriended: Dark Web (2018) by Stephen Susco
Host (2020) by Rob Savage
Mayhem (2017) by Joe Lynch
Spree (2020) by Eugene Kotlyarenko
Grave Encounters (2011) by Stuart Ortiz & Colin Minihan
Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (2018) by Jung Bum-shik
Hell House LLC (2015) by Stephen Cognetti
[REC] (2007) by Pasco Plaza
As Above, So Below (2014) by John Erick Dowdie
Creep (2014) by Patrick Brice
Mentioned in 'What Did We Watch Recently':
Mamma Mia! (2008) by Phyllida Lloyd
Shaun of the Dead (2004) by Edgar Wright
There Are Monsters (2013) by Jay Dahl
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Credits:
Hosts: Seth Verhaart & Elina Meinerte
Editor: Seth Verhaart
Producer: Seth Verhaart
Executive Producer: Rabia Sitabi Stigter
Artwork: Anna Kallos
Music: Benjamin De Murashkin - Can You Imagine (The Juniors Theme)