Cloverfield
Found-footage creature film
Cloverfield is a 2008 American monster film presented as found footage from a handheld camera during an attack on New York City.
The title has become shorthand for the found-footage horror genre and spawned a loose franchise of thematically connected films.
By extension, cloverfield sometimes describes any chaotic disaster scenario captured through amateur video: The hurricane footage was pure cloverfield.
Frightening imaginary creature
- found footageGenre mimicking discovered recordings
- kaijuJapanese giant monster
- ManhattanNYC's densest borough
- handheldDesigned for palm use
J.J. Abrams · 2008 · shaky cam · destruction · Statue of Liberty · creature · parasite · attack
Genre mimicking discovered recordings
- shaky camIntentionally unsteady filming style
- handheldDesigned for palm use
- POVPerspective, for short
- documentary styleRealistic, unscripted filmmaking method
guerrilla · viral marketing · ARG · realistic · immersive · first-person · amateur · verite
Collected literary works volume
- sequelContinuation of prior work
- bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
- MichelleFrench-origin feminine name
- HowardEnglish given name
John Goodman · Bad Robot · shared universe · mystery box · prequel · connected · space station · dimension
monster
Frightening imaginary creature
- found footageGenre mimicking discovered recordings
- kaijuJapanese giant monster
- ManhattanNYC's densest borough
J.J. Abrams · handheld · 2008 · shaky cam · destruction · Statue of Liberty · creature · parasite · attack · disaster
found footage
Genre mimicking discovered recordings
documentary style · guerrilla · viral marketing · ARG · realistic · immersive · first-person · amateur · verite · raw
anthology
Collected literary works volume
- sequelContinuation of prior work
- bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
- MichelleFrench-origin feminine name
Howard · John Goodman · Bad Robot · shared universe · mystery box · prequel · connected · space station · dimension · multiverse
- monster moviesGodzilla, King Kong, Frankenstein, Dracula, The Blob
- Disaster Films2012, Armageddon, Deep Impact, The Day After Tomorrow, The Towering Inferno
- Paramount FilmsThe Godfather, Titanic, Forrest Gump, Top Gun, Grease
- KaijuGodzilla, Mothra, Rodan, Gojira, Mechagodzilla
- MockumentariesThis Is Spinal Tap, The Office, Borat, mockumentary, Bruno
CloverfieldGravity
Named natural attraction
Avatar · Lawrence of Arabia · Pacific Rim · Titanic · Jurassic Park
Cloverfieldtraditional narrative
Established story structure
linear plot · War and Peace · three-act structure · Casablanca · The Godfather