tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726917913952308047.post4828958934881177513..comments2024-03-01T01:26:32.015-08:00Comments on I Love That Film: Found Footage PhD Updateilovethatfilmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11882133059882238037noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726917913952308047.post-43744429947506105392012-06-08T10:48:49.465-07:002012-06-08T10:48:49.465-07:00Thanks Kristin, I'll need the luck! It's ...Thanks Kristin, I'll need the luck! It's going to pretty competitive!ilovethatfilmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11882133059882238037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726917913952308047.post-67801887161510271602012-06-08T10:45:44.262-07:002012-06-08T10:45:44.262-07:00Ahhh, that's so cool! I could see you definite...Ahhh, that's so cool! I could see you definitely enjoying that. If you ever write a book, I will be sure to read it! Best of luck on that. :)Kristinhttp://alleyesonscreen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726917913952308047.post-60221563469440509602012-06-07T08:33:49.527-07:002012-06-07T08:33:49.527-07:00Well it's likely I'll just be able to go i...Well it's likely I'll just be able to go into university lecturing but really I want to just get in contact with lots of publishers and try to make a living out of writing film related books, both popular and academic!ilovethatfilmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11882133059882238037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726917913952308047.post-31348377695041690072012-06-07T08:12:10.212-07:002012-06-07T08:12:10.212-07:00That's so cool, Pete! What kind of job are you...That's so cool, Pete! What kind of job are you hoping to get after you complete your studies?Kristinhttp://alleyesonscreen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726917913952308047.post-17131891809044780662012-06-05T02:42:56.226-07:002012-06-05T02:42:56.226-07:00Yep this is eventually going to be 100,000 words a...Yep this is eventually going to be 100,000 words and it will get me my PhD if all goes to plan and the powers that be deem me to have made a significant new contribution to film studies!ilovethatfilmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11882133059882238037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726917913952308047.post-13837105262805402752012-06-04T08:44:50.982-07:002012-06-04T08:44:50.982-07:00Dude, that sounds fascinating! I think it's aw...Dude, that sounds fascinating! I think it's awesome and not pretentious at all. I'm actually quite jealous of all your education - so this is a thesis to get your PhD? Impressive! I got a B.S. in Humanities because I didn't know what I wanted to do with my life in college. Now I know. One of these days I will have saved enough $ to go to film school. <br /><br />It sounds like a Kristinhttp://alleyesonscreen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726917913952308047.post-61323442089355975572012-05-25T07:06:14.755-07:002012-05-25T07:06:14.755-07:00Haha yeah my head hurts just reading that. Someti...Haha yeah my head hurts just reading that. Sometimes I just want to scream 'PUT IT IN SIMPLE BLOODY ENGLISH!'ilovethatfilmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11882133059882238037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726917913952308047.post-84646046887779099242012-05-25T01:45:01.839-07:002012-05-25T01:45:01.839-07:00Sounds like a post-modern thing, like Judith Butle...Sounds like a post-modern thing, like Judith Butler on performativity or something, where what is taken as reality is really constructed, so much so that natural breaks with that medium look fake to us. Kind of like what we think is real is the simulated copy of societally approved reality.<br /><br />Ok, that made my brain hurt. Hopefully you've got a lot of aspirin to get you through the NeverTooEarlyMPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06971628452385566511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726917913952308047.post-9727096727403780722012-05-24T00:59:24.969-07:002012-05-24T00:59:24.969-07:00Well I wouldn't quite go that far. A lot of t...Well I wouldn't quite go that far. A lot of them have no redeeming features and add absolutely nothing to my argument but yeah maybe there are a few more you might enjoy when thinking about this stuff. I just think they are the films of 'now'. So many of us have grown up on reality TV and with home video cameras that these films are the ultimate in realism. Which is odd seeing as ilovethatfilmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11882133059882238037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726917913952308047.post-9556446237016407962012-05-23T20:04:27.786-07:002012-05-23T20:04:27.786-07:00Wow, that sounds like a really cool Ph.D. program ...Wow, that sounds like a really cool Ph.D. program you are in. <br /><br />I've never been much of a fan of horror films or found footage, but I am actually really intrigued by your questions about understanding identification and how the camera works psychologically on the audience and actors. Maybe if I started watching these films with these questions in mind I would enjoy them more.<br /><NeverTooEarlyMPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06971628452385566511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726917913952308047.post-2903266697799579062012-05-23T02:35:49.918-07:002012-05-23T02:35:49.918-07:00Thanks Jaina, it is an interesting subject but unf...Thanks Jaina, it is an interesting subject but unfortunately it does involve me watching a lot of really stinkty films!ilovethatfilmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11882133059882238037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726917913952308047.post-9486589116406923462012-05-23T01:30:10.463-07:002012-05-23T01:30:10.463-07:00Echoing Scott's thoughts from above! Sounds li...Echoing Scott's thoughts from above! Sounds like a great subject for your thesis, hope it goes as you planned :)<br /><br />And Skyfall? Can't bloody wait.Jainahttp://time-wellspent.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726917913952308047.post-80051741505414204352012-05-22T06:33:17.697-07:002012-05-22T06:33:17.697-07:00Yep it's a good way to make some cash if they ...Yep it's a good way to make some cash if they get it right! Cheap as you like to film and the potential for ridiculous profits if you market it right and make a half decent movie! <br /><br />Thanks for mentioning Lovely Molly. Hadn't heard of that. Will definitely go and have research of that!ilovethatfilmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11882133059882238037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726917913952308047.post-84543307415068758752012-05-22T06:28:36.634-07:002012-05-22T06:28:36.634-07:00Thesis sounds awesome! It's been an interestin...Thesis sounds awesome! It's been an interesting road from Blair Witch to now. It seems like the majority of found footage flicks are just using the gimmick to get some cash, but there are a few exceptions as I'm sure you know. REC and Paranormal Activity being two. Hopefully Oren Peli eventually makes his Area 51 flick. <br /><br />I've heard that the upcoming flick Lovely Molly - Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394045103473759585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726917913952308047.post-15654504391167620842012-05-22T05:40:35.250-07:002012-05-22T05:40:35.250-07:00Yeah lot of work! I hope it somehow becomes usefu...Yeah lot of work! I hope it somehow becomes useful and gets me where I want to be!ilovethatfilmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11882133059882238037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726917913952308047.post-77715945948809849542012-05-22T01:01:56.650-07:002012-05-22T01:01:56.650-07:00Sounds cool, but a lot of work matey!! Rather you ...Sounds cool, but a lot of work matey!! Rather you than I!<br /><br />:-)Scott Lawlorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494245383368638698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726917913952308047.post-23296790438964416512012-05-21T23:21:15.793-07:002012-05-21T23:21:15.793-07:00Oooh freaky... I wonder which one? Trollhunter? ...Oooh freaky... I wonder which one? Trollhunter? I'll check it out later!ilovethatfilmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11882133059882238037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726917913952308047.post-29710171987705060262012-05-21T15:12:20.829-07:002012-05-21T15:12:20.829-07:00This is uncanny, Pete. My next review is in the fo...This is uncanny, Pete. My next review is in the found-footage genre :) <br /><br />Well you already know I LOVE that Skyfall trailer. Can't wait!ruthhttp://flixchatter.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726917913952308047.post-67095385661336988812012-05-21T14:13:07.945-07:002012-05-21T14:13:07.945-07:00I completely agree. I do enjoy a lot of them but ...I completely agree. I do enjoy a lot of them but my God is there also a lot of awful, awful crap to wade through. Still yet to see The McPherson Tapes. Hadn't heard of it but have heard of the bigger budget remake 'Alien Abduction'.ilovethatfilmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11882133059882238037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726917913952308047.post-52113463226383573962012-05-21T13:46:16.203-07:002012-05-21T13:46:16.203-07:00Sounds very interesting. I've always been fasc...Sounds very interesting. I've always been fascinated by found footage films since first seeing The Blair Witch Project then going back to these those films that influenced such as The McPherson Tapes. Although found footage films often fluctuate in quality I always find something to enjoy in them.Danhttp://www.top10films.co.uknoreply@blogger.com