Narration, form and verisimilitude in "Found Footage" horror movies

Horror, which is one of the oldest genres of cinema, has appeared before the audience in many different styles in terms of subject and narrative technique throughout the history of cinema. "Found footage horror films", which are frequently presented in horror cinema in recent years and for some theorists turned into a sub-genre, proceed with the assumption that raw footage shot by the protagonists of the film for various purposes is subsequently discovered and presented to the audience. These images give the impression that they were shot amateurly and do not have a dramaturgical structure, and the unedited, raw image impression creates a different perception of reality in the viewer, contributing to identification. In the thesis, the analysis of how the perception of reality created by three of the examples of found-image horror films after The Blair Witch Project 1999 is created with the methods that are suitable with Neoformalist approach of David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson in the context of the narrative-form relationship, as well as revealing a new type of narrative with their unique language, At the end of the study, it is intended to determine the similarities and differences between traditional Hollywood horror films and found-image horror films in terms of narrative-form relationship and creating the impression of reality will be revealed. For this purpose, first of all, narrative in cinema, Neoformalism approach and methods and how it is used in film analysis will be defined, then found footage horror films will be defined together with their short history and subgenres or trends similar to these films will be mentioned. Afterwards, three prominent examples of found-image horror films will be analyzed with a neoformalist approach, and a conclusion will be reached by evaluating the findings.