Found Footage/Mockumentary Horror

Short films of this genre: The website Short of the Week (https://www.shortoftheweek.com/) has many different genres of short films; here I watched multiple short films in the sub-genre of found footage/mockumentary.

Found Footage example: 

'Timelike' - Richard Boylan

• handheld camera - provides a homemade feel to the film - it is shaky so the audience feel distorted with the characters and story-line
• direct address with camera by the actors -  more of a personal connection with the audience - evokes the realistic qualities of the plot and characters - helps the audience connect with the characters and makes the plot more effective and easily related to - humanises the characters 
• quick cuts of scenes - moves plot forward - more realistic as a home movie as it doesn't convey every single detail of the plot - the audience are left to interpret aspects 
• the continuous flashbacks of the beginning clips towards the end with the suspenseful, minor key, non-diegetic music evokes the tone of fear among the audience 

Mockumentary example:

'Lovely Monster' - Francesco Calabrese 

• Documentary style short film - interviews - some handheld shots - not cinematic - no experimental editing etc - realistic to the audience - a sense of their own reality/a documentary they would consume
• leaves the audience with questions - open ended - the main plot of the creature horror aspect is only revealed at the end of the film where it then cuts to black - jump scare - by being open ended it creates intrigue for the audience consuming the film