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* ''Film/BansheeChapter'' has many scenes where creepy footage is playbacked.

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* In ''The Adventures of the Road Runner" (a proposed 25-minutes series pilot), the Coyote shows us he keeps a photographic record of his activities in pursuing the Road Runner so he can isolate his mistakes and correct them. He has movie cameras strategically placed throughout the desert. (Some of the scenes were repurposed for the later cartoon "To Beep or Not To Beep"; the segment itself was re-edited in 1964 as "Road Runner A-Go-Go.")

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In ''The Adventures of the Road Runner" (a proposed 25-minutes series pilot), the Coyote shows us he keeps a photographic record of his activities in pursuing the Road Runner so he can isolate his mistakes and correct them. He has movie cameras strategically placed throughout the desert. (Some of the scenes were repurposed for the later cartoon "To Beep or Not To Beep"; the segment itself was re-edited in 1964 as "Road Runner A-Go-Go.")")
** "Prehysterical Hare" has Bugs discovering a reel of movie film from prehistoric days. It focuses on Elmer Fuddstone and his hunt for the sabertooth rabbit.
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* In ''The Adventures of the Road Runner" (a proposed 25-minutes series pilot), the Coyote shows us he keeps a photographic record of his activities in pursuing the Road Runner so he can isolate his mistakes and correct them. He has movie cameras strategically placed throughout the desert.

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* In ''The Adventures of the Road Runner" (a proposed 25-minutes series pilot), the Coyote shows us he keeps a photographic record of his activities in pursuing the Road Runner so he can isolate his mistakes and correct them. He has movie cameras strategically placed throughout the desert. (Some of the scenes were repurposed for the later cartoon "To Beep or Not To Beep"; the segment itself was re-edited in 1964 as "Road Runner A-Go-Go.")

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheScoobyDooProject'' (a DeconstructiveParody of the genre)

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* In ''The Adventures of the Road Runner" (a proposed 25-minutes series pilot), the Coyote shows us he keeps a photographic record of his activities in pursuing the Road Runner so he can isolate his mistakes and correct them. He has movie cameras strategically placed throughout the desert.
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-->--'''Joel Hodgeson''', ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E24ManosTheHandsOfFate Manos: The Hands of Fate]]"

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-->--'''Joel -->-- '''Joel Hodgeson''', ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E24ManosTheHandsOfFate Manos: The Hands of Fate]]"
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->''"Every frame of this movie looks like someone's last known photograph."''
-->--'''Joel Hodgeson''', ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', ''Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E24ManosTheHandsOfFate''

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->''"Every frame of [[Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate this movie movie]] looks like someone's last known photograph."''
-->--'''Joel Hodgeson''', ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', ''Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E24ManosTheHandsOfFate''
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* The 1949 ''Suspense'' episode "Ghost Hunt" features a similar premise involving an audio recording.
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* ''One Last Time'' by Music/ArianaGrande, whose music video was done by the writer of ''Film/{{Chronicle}}'' above.

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* ''One The video for "One Last Time'' Time" by Music/ArianaGrande, whose music video which was done by the writer of ''Film/{{Chronicle}}'' above.




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* ''2013'' (a Belgian TV series)

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* ''2013'' (a Belgian TV series)''Anime/{{Flag}}'' - not a live-action production, but uses the same presentation style
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* ''Webvideo/AlanLong'' (a web series shot with found footage)



* ''VideoGame/AmandaTheAdventurer''



* "Beauty and the Beat" by Music/JustinBieber in its music video, whose synopsis is that it is Bieber's "personal footage" that was stolen and illegally and distributed by an "anonymous blogger".



* ''VideoGame/BlackSnow'' – the game's entire story is what [[PlayerCharacter Jon Matsuda]]'s camera recorded before "you" find it.
* ''Film/BlairWitch'' (the direct sequel to ''The Blair Witch Project'', made by the team behind ''V/H/S'')



* ''Film/CannibalHolocaust'' - believed to be the first ever film of this particular genre, though only half of the movie is the actual found footage.

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** ''Film/BlairWitch'' (the direct sequel to ''The Blair Witch Project'', made by the team behind ''V/H/S'')
* ''Film/CannibalHolocaust'' - believed to be [[UrExample the first ever film of this particular genre, genre]], though only half of the movie is the actual found footage.



* ''WebVideo/ClearLakes44'' - although the in-story source of the footage is unclear, as it explicitly does things no "camera" should be able to.



* "WebVideo/EndTimes" switches between found footage from the survivors and vlog-style commentary from the Archivist.



* ''Anime/{{Flag}}'' (an anime, not a live-action production, but uses the same presentation style)



* ''WebVideo/TheFifteenExperience'' (A found-footage shortfilm presented as an online experience)



* ''WebVideo/HallowedWorldly''



* "WebVideo/HiImMaryMary"



* ''Literature/HouseOfLeaves'' is a book about a review of a movie that used this. Except it was all true. [[MindScrew Maybe.]]



* ''WebVideo/TheIndianaJonesInterrogations''



* The Australian TV series ''Jeopardy'' (not to be confused with [[Series/{{Jeopardy}} that one]]) made heavy use of found-footage early on, when it was more ''Blair Witch''-esque.
* ''WebVideo/TheJokerBlogs'' - mostly the first season, much less so in the second.
* ''WebVideo/KanePixelsTheBackrooms''



* ''Series/LostTapes'' (a TV series)



* ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion3'' has a brief segment with found footage. Professor E. Gadd had sent a Toad to retrieve an important gadget to help Luigi and had the Toad record himself during his search. The Toad gets ambushed by ghosts and had to flee, dropping the gadget and the camera in the process. Luigi has to use the recording to figure out where Toad and the gadget are.



* ''WebVideo/MarbleHornets'' (A web series). By extension, most video series set in ''Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos''.



* ''VideoGame/MichiganReportFromHell'' is essentially a playable found footage movie, with the player controlling the cameraman of a news crew in a horror setting. What's strange is that the identity of your cameraman [[SchrodingersPlayerCharacter changes depending on what ending you get]].



* ''One Last Time'' (a song by Music/ArianaGrande with the music video done by the writer of ''Film/{{Chronicle}}'' above)
* ''VideoGame/{{Outlast}}'' (stylistically invoked with the video camera you use for night vision)
* ''VideoGame/{{Paranormal}}'' (a haunted-house investigation video game)



* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7Biohazard'' features this in some moments, where you can watch videos left behind by people who'd gone through the house before you, all of which are fully playable.
* ''Series/TheRiver'' (another TV series)



* ''WesternAnimation/TheScoobyDooProject'' (a DeconstructiveParody of the genre)



* ''Series/{{Siberia}}'' (framed as a RealityTV series)



* "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E9SleepNoMore Sleep No More]]," an episode of ''Series/DoctorWho''



* ''WebVideo/TruthInJournalism''



* ''WebVideo/TheWestRecords''



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* ''Literature/HouseOfLeaves'' is a book about a review of a movie that used this. Except it was all true. [[MindScrew Maybe.]]
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* ''2013'' (a Belgian TV series)
* The ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E9SleepNoMore Sleep No More]]"




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* The Australian TV series ''Jeopardy'' (not to be confused with [[Series/{{Jeopardy}} that one]]) made heavy use of found-footage early on, when it was more ''Blair Witch''-esque.
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* ''Series/LostTapes''
* ''Series/TheRiver''
* ''Series/{{Siberia}}'' (framed as a RealityTV series)
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* ''One Last Time'' by Music/ArianaGrande, whose music video was done by the writer of ''Film/{{Chronicle}}'' above.
* The video for "Beauty and a Beat" by Music/JustinBieber, whose synopsis is that it is Bieber's "personal footage" that was stolen and illegally and distributed by an "anonymous blogger".
* The video for Music/{{Ludacris}}' "How Low", in which a trio of teenage girls film themselves summoning Ludacris in the mirror, Bloody Mary-style, by dancing in front of it.
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* ''VideoGame/AmandaTheAdventurer''
* ''VideoGame/BlackSnow'' – the game's entire story is what [[PlayerCharacter Jon Matsuda]]'s camera recorded before "you" find it.
* ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion3'' has a brief segment with found footage. Professor E. Gadd had sent a Toad to retrieve an important gadget to help Luigi and had the Toad record himself during his search. The Toad gets ambushed by ghosts and had to flee, dropping the gadget and the camera in the process. Luigi has to use the recording to figure out where Toad and the gadget are.
* ''VideoGame/MichiganReportFromHell'' is essentially a playable found footage movie, with the player controlling the cameraman of a news crew in a horror setting. What's strange is that the identity of your cameraman [[SchrodingersPlayerCharacter changes depending on what ending you get]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Outlast}}'' (stylistically invoked with the video camera you use for night vision)
* ''VideoGame/{{Paranormal}}'' (a haunted-house investigation video game)
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7Biohazard'' features this in some moments, where you can watch videos left behind by people who'd gone through the house before you, all of which are fully playable.
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* ''WebVideo/AlanLong''
* ''WebVideo/ClearLakes44'' - although the in-story source of the footage is unclear, as it explicitly does things no "camera" should be able to.
* ''WebVideo/EndTimes'' switches between found footage from the survivors and vlog-style commentary from the Archivist.
* ''WebVideo/TheFifteenExperience'' (a found-footage short film presented as an online experience)
* ''WebVideo/HallowedWorldly''
* ''WebVideo/HiImMaryMary''
* ''WebVideo/TheIndianaJonesInterrogations''
* ''WebVideo/TheJokerBlogs'' - mostly the first season, much less so in the second.
* ''WebVideo/KanePixelsTheBackrooms''
* ''WebVideo/MarbleHornets'', and by extension, most video series set in Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos.
* ''WebVideo/TruthInJournalism''
* ''WebVideo/TheWestRecords''
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheScoobyDooProject'' (a DeconstructiveParody of the genre)
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* ''Film/GraveEncounters2''

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* ''Film/ParanormalPrison''
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* ''Film/Deadstream''

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* ''Film/Deadstream''''Film/{{Deadstream}}''
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* ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'' (The TropeCodifier for much of the genre.)
* ''Film/CannibalHolocaust''

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* ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'' (The - the TropeCodifier for much of the genre.)
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* ''Film/CannibalHolocaust''''Film/CannibalHolocaust'' - believed to be the first ever film of this particular genre, though only half of the movie is the actual found footage.
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* ''Film/ExhibitA''
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* ''WebVideo/KanePixelsTheBackrooms''

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