Found Footage Festival coming to Wilmington at end of January
Michael Zulauf | Staff Writer
Issue date: 1/13/10 Section: Lifestyles
Nick Prueher never thought a high school job at McDonald's would be the inspiration to launch an international film festival. The Found Footage Festival is an up-and-coming film festival that takes everyday videos made with every intention of being serious and features the funny side of them.
Corny health class videos, videos encouraging kids not to do drugs, and more along the likes all contribute to the film festival. From bad acting to even worse directing, these videos are everywhere, and Prueher and Joe Pickett have set out to find them all.
The first video, from Prueher's high school job at McDonald's, was an instructional video for custodians. Prueher watched the video and proceeded to take it home to show his best friend, Pickett. The two began collecting these types of videos, scrounging thrift stores and getting help from friends. 15 years later, they had gathered quite a collection of videos and decided to do something with them. This is where the Found Footage Festival began.
The duo set out to put on live shows across the U.S. showing these videos to anyone who wanted to watch. The group's fan page on Facebook already has 1,797 fans and continues to grow.
Prueher and Pickett launched a Web site, www.foundfootagefest.com, and quickly became popular on the Internet, putting up videos regularly from their collection. According to Prueher, even though "we keep the best videos for the live shows," there are still plenty of funny videos on their site.
"We usually receive two to three videos a day in the mail," said Prueher, adding to their already extensive collection of video oddities.
"I have seen a few of these videos in some of my classes, and I find them pretty funny because they are meant to be so serious, but when I watch them I just end up laughing," said sophomore Jordan Beam.
With such a strong fan support in Wilmington, the duo has decided to make a stop here for a show, Jan. 29 at 8 p.m. at The Brown Coat Theatre. The theatre is located at 111 Grace Street in downtown Wilmington.
Corny health class videos, videos encouraging kids not to do drugs, and more along the likes all contribute to the film festival. From bad acting to even worse directing, these videos are everywhere, and Prueher and Joe Pickett have set out to find them all.
The first video, from Prueher's high school job at McDonald's, was an instructional video for custodians. Prueher watched the video and proceeded to take it home to show his best friend, Pickett. The two began collecting these types of videos, scrounging thrift stores and getting help from friends. 15 years later, they had gathered quite a collection of videos and decided to do something with them. This is where the Found Footage Festival began.
The duo set out to put on live shows across the U.S. showing these videos to anyone who wanted to watch. The group's fan page on Facebook already has 1,797 fans and continues to grow.
Prueher and Pickett launched a Web site, www.foundfootagefest.com, and quickly became popular on the Internet, putting up videos regularly from their collection. According to Prueher, even though "we keep the best videos for the live shows," there are still plenty of funny videos on their site.
"We usually receive two to three videos a day in the mail," said Prueher, adding to their already extensive collection of video oddities.
"I have seen a few of these videos in some of my classes, and I find them pretty funny because they are meant to be so serious, but when I watch them I just end up laughing," said sophomore Jordan Beam.
With such a strong fan support in Wilmington, the duo has decided to make a stop here for a show, Jan. 29 at 8 p.m. at The Brown Coat Theatre. The theatre is located at 111 Grace Street in downtown Wilmington.
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