horror films using found footage gained popularity in the twenty-first century, in large part due to the way the genre supports indie filmmaking. In this particular package, a film's appearance as though it were made with standard technology is not only acceptable but essential to its success, and the best examples of this subgenre are among the most financially successful movies ever made. Infrared will probably feel familiar because it requires some real innovation to dish up a new take on the premise horror that audiences haven't seen before.
Robert Livings and Randy Nundlall Jr.'s film Infrared, which they both wrote and directed, claims to combine footage from three different sources. The first is a segment from the unaired pilot episode of Infrared, a reality series centered on Wes (Jesse Janzen), a paranormal investigator, in which the host exorcises a purportedly possessed woman at her home. The following two are from cameras found in the basement of an abandoned school that was due to be torn down. They show two independent attempts to record the alleged hauntings of the building, the last of which was by the Infrared team.
Since genuine individuals wouldn't merely record the aspects of their lives that happen to be the most interesting to an audience, most of the movie must be unremarkable if found footage horror is to succeed in making the scares feel uncomfortably real. The main obstacle is to keep the audience engaged until the major, horrifying finale, and Infrared generally succeeds in this endeavor thanks to two original choices. Allowing the in-world camera crew to film a reality show with a specific goal in mind encourages the audience to feel immersed in the difficult production process.
Robert Livings and Randy Nundlall Jr.'s film Infrared, which they both wrote and directed, claims to combine footage from three different sources. The first is a segment from the unaired pilot episode of Infrared, a reality series centered on Wes (Jesse Janzen), a paranormal investigator, in which the host exorcises a purportedly possessed woman at her home. The following two are from cameras found in the basement of an abandoned school that was due to be torn down. They show two independent attempts to record the alleged hauntings of the building, the last of which was by the Infrared team.
Since genuine individuals wouldn't merely record the aspects of their lives that happen to be the most interesting to an audience, most of the movie must be unremarkable if found footage horror is to succeed in making the scares feel uncomfortably real. The main obstacle is to keep the audience engaged until the major, horrifying finale, and Infrared generally succeeds in this endeavor thanks to two original choices. Allowing the in-world camera crew to film a reality show with a specific goal in mind encourages the audience to feel immersed in the difficult production process.
