In that entire sweeping era of 2000's found footage, I think there are two projects that actually nailed the cinematic language by actually treating it as the reality of "people being filmed." The Office UK. And Chronicle. Maybe another?
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And you do it, for the cheap ass gag of having someone look at a camera or say something directly in an interview comment. (Harmon called this out directly in community).
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I'm sure filmmakers have their reasons for breaking the rules (hopefully). But your problem also illuminates something about the subgenre- it's incredibly difficult to tell a story this way without breaking the rules. If it weren't, we'd see more compliance with t visual language
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