▁Project , ▁Par an ormal ▁Activity , ▁RE C , ▁Clo ver field ), ▁where ▁the ▁foot age ▁is ▁pur port ed ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁only ▁surv iving ▁record ▁of ▁the ▁events , ▁with ▁the ▁participants ▁now ▁missing ▁or ▁dead . ▁It ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁used ▁in ▁science - f iction ▁( e . g ., ▁Chron icle , ▁Project ▁Al man ac , ▁Europa ▁Report ), ▁drama ▁( e . g ., ▁Zero ▁Day , ▁Ex hib it ▁A ), ▁comedy ▁( e . g ., ▁Project ▁X ) ▁and ▁family ▁( e . g ., ▁Earth ▁to ▁E cho ) ▁films . ▁ ▁Although ▁found ▁foot age ▁was ▁originally ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁an ▁entirely ▁different ▁genre , ▁it ▁is ▁now ▁frequently ▁used ▁to ▁describe ▁pseudo - document aries ▁craft ed ▁with ▁this ▁narr ative ▁technique . ▁The ▁film ▁magazine ▁Vari ety ▁has , ▁for ▁example , ▁used ▁the ▁term ▁" f aux ▁found - foot age ▁film " ▁to ▁describe ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁film ▁Gra ve ▁Enc oun ters ▁ 2 . ▁Film ▁scholar ▁David ▁B ord well ▁critic izes ▁this ▁recent ▁usage , ▁arg uing ▁that ▁it ▁s ows ▁confusion , ▁and ▁instead ▁pre fers ▁the ▁term ▁" dis cover ed ▁foot age " ▁for ▁the ▁narr ative ▁g imm ick . ▁ ▁Found - foot age ▁films ▁typically ▁employ ▁one ▁or ▁more ▁of ▁four ▁cin ematic ▁techniques — first - person ▁perspective , ▁pseudo - document ary ▁or ▁mock ument ary , ▁news ▁foot age ,