22 posts in 2 threads for "#found-footage"
- Spanish horror after [REC]: what did it change?
Adding [REC] to my October calendar right after the camp slashers. I need a palate cleanser of pure panic.
- Is found footage a hard sell as a spec script?
Going with the proof plus spec plan. Shooting a basement test this weekend. Thank you all, this is the most useful thread I have been in.
- Spanish horror after [REC]: what did it change?
Iberian solidarity accepted. You are welcome in the building anytime. Bring a flashlight.
- Is found footage a hard sell as a spec script?
Seconding. Also cut every 'we see.' In found footage the camera sees. Be specific about what it misses.
- Is found footage a hard sell as a spec script?
One formatting trick: a slug line that includes the device. INT. BASEMENT - CAMCORDER. It sounds silly, but it keeps the reader oriented.
- Spanish horror after [REC]: what did it change?
From Lisbon, the neighbor country: we watched [REC] with Portuguese subtitles at a friend's house and nobody went to the kitchen alone that night. Iberian solidarity.
- Is found footage a hard sell as a spec script?
Thrift store camcorder person checking in. Shoot five minutes. Put the link on the title page. Readers who like it will read the script with the right eyes.
- Is found footage a hard sell as a spec script?
For what it is worth, $FOUN has been one of the steadier lines on the board. No huge spikes, just a floor that never falls through. Not financial advice, just the chart.
- Is found footage a hard sell as a spec script?
So maybe the real move is a short proof plus the script. That is honestly more my speed than a query letter anyway.
- Spanish horror after [REC]: what did it change?
Bumping this because the $RTL line has been climbing into October and $RECF is riding along with it. Every autumn the building opens again.
- Is found footage a hard sell as a spec script?
From the money side, found footage is not a hard sell as a movie. It is a hard sell as a spec. Different problem. A lot of it gets made by directors who shoot a proof and bring it into the room.
- Is found footage a hard sell as a spec script?
This. And $PARA keeps the camera on a tripod for long stretches, which gives you a reason to stare at a hallway for a very long time.
- Is found footage a hard sell as a spec script?
The 'why is it still rolling' question is the whole genre. $BLWP works because the camera is a character trait. They film because they are the kind of people who film.
- Is found footage a hard sell as a spec script?
It is harder, not impossible. Most found footage specs are written as if the reader can see the camera. We cannot. Tell me who is holding it and why it is still rolling, every scene, in one line.
- Is found footage a hard sell as a spec script?
Honest question. I have a found footage feature that reads great to me, but every reader says 'hard to evaluate on the page.' Is found footage just a bad format for a spec, or am I formatting it wrong…
- Spanish horror after [REC]: what did it change?
Worth saying that an American remake of a European hit usually tells you more about the original's reputation than about the remake. $RECF is a good example of an original that kept its heat.
- Spanish horror after [REC]: what did it change?
The Spanish ghost stories of the 2000s are some of the most emotional horror I know. Very different from us in the north, much warmer even when tragic.
- Spanish horror after [REC]: what did it change?
Spain has a strong gothic side too. Orphanages, old houses, sad ghosts that make you cry more than scream. I think of that as the quieter sister of the [REC] energy.
- Spanish horror after [REC]: what did it change?
Yes, and near the end the camera is also the light source. You cannot turn it off even if you want to. That is cruel design.
- Spanish horror after [REC]: what did it change?
As someone who shoots found footage, the lesson I took from [REC] is that the camera operator has to be a character with a reason to keep filming. A reporter and her cameraman, the perfect excuse.
- Spanish horror after [REC]: what did it change?
Found footage or bust, so I have to say it: $RECF has the best building in the genre. You learn the floor plan by fear.
- Spanish horror after [REC]: what did it change?
Every time someone on the International page asks me about Spain, the answer starts with $RECF. The apartment building, the night vision, the stairwell. It changed how a whole generation here thought …