First Person Horror
Shot From The EyesFootage from a horror game that does not exist.
Shot from the eyes, on a camera strapped to the chest. Every frame is staged, lit and performed to look like a playthrough of something you half remember renting, down to the health bar in the corner, the inventory, the map and the LIVE in the top right.
There is no controller and no playthrough. Nobody is playing anything. The whole point is that it looks like they are.
The Episodes
Nine LiveClick any frame to watch it here.
Why These Exist
From JustinI always wanted to make a video game. I never made one, so I started filming one instead, a minute at a time.
My father used to play Resident Evil 1 and 2 on PlayStation when my brother and I were kids, around seven years old. We were too scared to play it ourselves, but watching him play was the best part of the whole thing. That is the first horror I remember.
My brother and I would play Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts on the Super Nintendo. Then as a teenager it was Halo and Gears of War like everybody else, but the horror ones that stuck with me were Manhunt, The Suffering, Doom, Resident Evil and a bit of Silent Hill.
I barely have time to play anything now, and building a real game is still sitting on the list where it has been for years. First Person Horror is the closest I have gotten to it, and it turns out that scratches the same itch. One minute, shot from the eyes, staged to look like footage from some random horror game.
So if you ever wanted to be a character in a horror game, this is the closest either of us is getting for now.
Be In One
Open CallUp to now these have been made with close friends. I want to open that up. If you have a costume, a mask, makeup you have been building, a prop, or a location that deserves better than sitting empty, bring it and we will build a minute of horror around it.
Get In TouchI am limited on time, so this only happens when it makes sense for both of us. Send a photo of the costume or the space rather than a description of it, a picture tells me more in a second than a paragraph does.
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You Bring Something
A costume, a mask, makeup you have been working on, a prop, a location. One good element is enough to build from.
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I Bring The Ideas
Usually two solid ones before the shoot day. Sometimes the better one shows up on the spot, once I can see the place and what the light is doing.
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We Shoot It
Almost anywhere, day or night. No crew, no call sheet, nobody to wait on, just us and a camera on a chest rig. They are simple and they are fun, which is most of the reason I keep making them.