"Babysitting" (Babysitting) is a 2014 French comedy film directed by Philippe Lacheau and Nicolas Benamou, Philippe Lacheau and Tarek Starring by the golden trio of Tarek Boudali and Julien Arruti, it tells the story of the male protagonist dealing with the troubles of his boss’s son while dealing with his own friends who are partying; the film It adopts the method of "pseudo video film" to restore the story of the story from the angle of the camera in the hand of the character. It is also one of the rare "pseudo video comedy works".
"Pseudo-video" is a type of film, which means that most of the content of the film is mainly second-hand video, that is, documentaries or videos shot by the characters of the film. The usual form of expression is that these second-hand videos are being played. At the same time, it is accompanied by the comments and reactions of other characters when watching; and in order to increase the authenticity of the film, these second-hand videos are usually shot with handheld cameras and mobile phones, so they have a sense of shaking and the actors' performances are more natural.
"Pseudo-video" was originally a film genre completely independent of ordinary movies, but now it is more often compared with another film genre, "pseudo documentary", because both contain very similar shooting methods and features, including the first person Narrative, shot with a hand-cranked camera, the source of the film comes from news or surveillance cameras, etc.
The earliest "pseudo-video" forms of works actually appeared in the form of textual works, and the most common manifestation was epistemic works. This form of narrative in the form of letters or diaries, described the story from the perspective of the protagonist of the story as a starting point. The process is most often used as the field of science fiction horror novels, such as Dracula and Frankenstein, as well as the short story of the American horror novelist HP Lovecraft (HP Lovecraft). The Call of Cthulhu (The Call of Cthulhu).
In film history, the ancestor of the "pseudo video" is often considered to be the 1980 cult horror film "Cannibal Holocaust" (Cannibal Holocaust). The story is developed from the perspective of the filming crew of the Amazon native tribe documentary; then " The development of "pseudo video film" basically revolves around horror or thriller movies, such as "Guinea Pig Series 2: Flowers of Flesh" (ギニーピッグ 2 Flesh no Hua), "Macpherson Videotape" (UFO Abduction), "Human Bite" "The Dog" (C'est arrivé près de chez vous) and so on. Later, after the independent horror film "The Blair Witch Project" (The Blair Witch Project) hit the global box office, the film form of "pseudo video" began to be more and more popular. Filmmakers began to vie for adoption, and many well-known movies appeared in the history of filming, such as "Paranormal Activity" (Paranormal Activity), "Cloverfield" and "Chronicle )Wait.
Filmmakers generally believe that the reason for the rise of "pseudo video films" is that it requires extremely low cost, and the form of "pseudo video films" makes it easier for audiences to accept such cheap quality movies. With the maturity of the horror film field, horror film director Christopher Landon (Christopher Landon) believes that the form of "pseudo video" also has a great opportunity to shine outside the horror field.
Throughout the film history of "pseudo-videos", there are almost few movies that are not connected with horror and thriller elements, and comedy-themed movies that are opposite to horror elements are even rarer; the 2010 comedy "The Lost of Virtue" (The Virginity Hit uses the camera in the hands of the protagonist to record the teenagers’ ignorance and initial attempts at sex. Both the 2012 comedy "Project X" and the 2014 comedy "Best Night Ever" (Best Night Ever) are through the lens Record all the surprises and surprises of adults' one-night partying...and the "Nanny" series is one of the best attempts in the field of "pseudo-video" comedy.
At first glance, the structure of "Nanny" looks a bit similar to the "Hangover" and "The Hangover" series, but with the development of subsequent stories, its overall structure tends to be closer to the narrative characteristics of "pseudo-video", second-hand video works Cooperating with other characters to watch simultaneously, the natural performances of the actors and the "realism" created by cheap video tapes, and the most important thing is the talent of Philip Lashaw in comedy, which makes "Baby Sitter" perform well in the category of comedy. "Pseudo-video" is not too dazzling in the category of comedy attempts.
One year after "The Babysitter" was released, Philip Rashaw returned with "The Babysitter 2", and started a new round of stories based on the general framework of the previous work. From a point of view, it is still a good combination of this genre and comedy, but from a comedy point of view, if you still want to have "Baby Sitter 3", Philip Rashaw may have to think of some novel routines.
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