Really cute idea. Found footage, fill the obvious gaps with a narration from a survivor, and also use basically the text of the original source novel.
And that's it. Nothing else worked. The overall style is just a total mess. It doesn't emulate any documentary done by anyone, anywhere, with the weird titles flying across the screen, etc. All graphics look like they were done on an Amiga. Yes, in the 90s. had to look several times to confirm this is from 2012.
The fake found footage is hilariously bad. Even the stills are just atrocious, junior high project level bad. Newspapers with Comic Sans hastily over-printed for example. The film is... I can't tell. The conceit admits they have some re-enactments, but it's not clear which badly done bits are supposed to be re-enacted, which are supposed to be stock, and which are supposed to be the original footage.
And all the film is... weird. Like post-processed to reduce quality I /guess/ but it looks just strange instead.
Good idea, someone should do it. Just none of the people involved with this. Ever.
And that's it. Nothing else worked. The overall style is just a total mess. It doesn't emulate any documentary done by anyone, anywhere, with the weird titles flying across the screen, etc. All graphics look like they were done on an Amiga. Yes, in the 90s. had to look several times to confirm this is from 2012.
The fake found footage is hilariously bad. Even the stills are just atrocious, junior high project level bad. Newspapers with Comic Sans hastily over-printed for example. The film is... I can't tell. The conceit admits they have some re-enactments, but it's not clear which badly done bits are supposed to be re-enacted, which are supposed to be stock, and which are supposed to be the original footage.
And all the film is... weird. Like post-processed to reduce quality I /guess/ but it looks just strange instead.
Good idea, someone should do it. Just none of the people involved with this. Ever.