History Main / InUniverseCamera

* ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'': The camera is an actual robot, "Cambot", and we see the show through his perspective. We only see him in the opening "Robot Roll Call", and he's actually looking into a mirror to show himself.

* ''ParanormalActivity'' and its sequel.
** There is also the straight-to-video Asylum ripoff, ''Paranormal Entity''.

See also ShowWithinAShow.

* The ''{{Supernatural}}'' episode "Ghostfacers" was seen almost entirely through the lens of a few cheap cameras, carried by the Ghostfacers themselves.
* ''ArrestedDevelopment'' is on the fence. While it's never explicitly stated to be a mockumentary, the camera acts like it's a person carrying a camera- it jumps, shudders, looks through keyholes and under doors. So while it doesn't say so, it does this quite a lot.

It's also a favorite device of the DocumentaryEpisode, where another character is assigned a role of operating the camera.

* ''MarbleHornets''
** ...and, by extension, ''TribeTwelve'' and ''EverymanHYBRID''

* The kinos in ''StargateUniverse'' are floating, remote control camera balls. They frequently are the camera for parts of most episodes and are the only cameras in the kino webisodes, as the name might suggest.
* The {{Supernatural}} episode "Ghostfacers" was seen almost entirely through the lens of a few cheap cameras, carried by the Ghostfacers themselves.
* {{ArrestedDevelopment}} is on the fence. While it's never explicitly stated to be a mockumentary, the camera acts like it's a person carrying a camera- it jumps, shudders, looks through keyholes and under doors. So while it doesn't say so, it does this quite a lot.

* ''Rent'' uses this as a framing device, complete with its camera man, Mark Cohen.

* ''[=~[REC]~=]'', its sequels, and the American remake ''Film/{{Quarantine}}''

* Billy's webcam in ''[=~Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog ~=]'' serves as the camera during the blog segments of the episodes.

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* YuYuHakusho is revealed to be composed of the case footage from Yusuke's time as a spirit detective. Considering some of the things we're shown throughout the series, including internal monologues, flashbacks, everyone's life before Yusuke even died, musical scores, and multiple camera angles, this footage must have been put through a ''lot'' of post-production.

* The new ''OuterLimits'' episode "Manifest Destiny" was filmed almost entirely from this point of view.

* ''[=~[REC]~=]'', its sequels, and the American remake ''{{Quarantine}}''

* ''[=~[REC]~=]'' and its sequels.
** Also ''Quarantine'', the American remake.

* ''WaynesWorld'' has Wayne and Garth talking to the camera as if it were a person, introducing it to people and places, sharing opinions, etc. One of the other characters talk to the camera at one point, but they are quickly interrupted by Wayne who says only he (Wayne) and Garth can talk to the camera.
** At one point, the camera starts to walk away from Wayne after he rants about how he feels 'shit on'. Wayne quickly re-assures the camera that he will figure something out.

* All of ''[=~$la$her$~=]'' was shot from the view of a single cameraman on a murder game show. The camera ''was'' a character, one who followed the action for the studio and broadcast audience, but couldn't be harmed due to electrical collars on all the contestants and slashers.
* The film ''84 Charlie MoPic'' is explained in-world as the contents of a can of undeveloped film that came back from aN LRRP (Long Range Recon Patrol) mission that had a combat cameraman attached.

* ''TheBlairWitchProject'' is a famous example, and almost epitomizes the trope.

* ''[=~[REC]~=]''

* ''ParanormalActivity'' and its sequel

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