Often, fictional filmsimitate this style in order to increase their authenticity, especially the mockumentary genre. In the dramatized and embellished pseudo-documentary filmF for Fake (1973), directorOrson Welles borrows all shots of main subjectElmyr de Hory from a BBC documentary,[1] rather than fabricating the footage himself.
Stuart Cooper'sOverlord uses stock footage of the landing on Normandy duringWorld War II to increase realism. The footage was obtained from theImperial War Museum in theUK.[2] Other parts of the film were shot by Cooper; however, he used old World War II-era film stock with World War II-eralenses.
A certain style ofmusic video makes extensive use of found footage, mostly found on TV, like news, documentaries, old (and odd) films etc. The forefather of found footage music videos was artistBruce Conner who screenedCosmic Ray in 1961.[3] Prominent examples are videos of bands such asPublic Enemy andColdcut. The latter also project video material during their stage show, which includes live mixing of video footage. Artists such as Vicki Bennett, also known asPeople Like Us, or the video artist Kasumi with the film Shockwaves, useCreative Commons archives such as thePrelinger Archives.[4]
