Found Footage

Background

Found-footage style uses diegetic cameras, imperfect framing, and vérité artifacts—without exploiting horror tropes. Think documentary urgency and handheld honesty. Keep it non-horrific and readable.

Prompt

Includes camera move matched to the title, plus lens triad extras: focal length, aperture/T-stop, ISO, shutter, white balance, and the story being filmed.

16:9 cinematic GENRE LOOK demo titled FOUND FOOTAGE (diegetic camera, non-horror).
Technique: FOUND FOOTAGE / diegetic camera look — imperfect handheld framing, date-stamp-free vérité artifacts, autofocus hunting vibe, documentary urgency; NOT a horror scream cam.
Camera motion: organic handheld operation as if character-operated; micro shake and reframes; vérité energy; keep subjects readable.
Lens & exposure: 28mm camcorder/DSLR diegetic feel, T2.8, ISO 1600, shutter 1/48, WB auto-ish 4500K mixed.
Scene: European-American backpacker filming friends arriving at a sunny hostel; imperfect tilt-up; travel vérité joy (no horror).
Look: photoreal found-footage-adjacent travel documentary drama, digital noise texture, naturalistic grade.
Forbidden: horror, gore, jump scares, scream cam, text overlays, watermarks, logos, vertical video.