I consider FF to be an exceptionally muscular A-G media, like hand painted animation or originally shot footage. Craig Baldwin (ugh) uses it sometimes in an Essay film, narrative film, or documentary. Stan Brakhage uses it in a powerful personal essay film, "23rd Psalm Branch." And of course, Bill Morrison uses it as the malleable clay for his beautiful Visual Music works. A case could be made that it's the foundation of a structural film like Martin Arnold's "Alone Life Wastes Andy Hardy." S. Fruhauf uses FF poetically in "La Sortie." So yes, it's used broadly, but probably because it's primarily media rather than a classification.
I once read an article in, I think CinemaScope, in which the young putative critic used "Found Footage" films to refer to films such as, "The Blair Witch Project." Mon Dieu!
I consider FF to be an exceptionally muscular A-G media, like hand painted animation or originally shot footage. Craig Baldwin (ugh) uses it sometimes in an Essay film, narrative film, or documentary. Stan Brakhage uses it in a powerful personal essay film, "23rd Psalm Branch." And of course, Bill Morrison uses it as the malleable clay for his beautiful Visual Music works. A case could be made that it's the foundation of a structural film like Martin Arnold's "Alone Life Wastes Andy Hardy." S. Fruhauf uses FF poetically in "La Sortie." So yes, it's used broadly, but probably because it's primarily media rather than a classification.
I once read an article in, I think CinemaScope, in which the young putative critic used "Found Footage" films to refer to films such as, "The Blair Witch Project." Mon Dieu!