Olivia is a model who wants to grow her following and her brand. So she starts vlogging in hopes of becoming an influencer and winning a big modeling contract. She goes on auditions, talks about herself a lot, and trains to keep in shape - although I can’t take anyone seriously who trains while wearing lingerie as a top.
Life is good for Olivia. She books a prestigious event that gets her tons of press, starts getting good shoots, her boyfriend Jules arrives from the UK, and the two start looking for an apartment together. What could possibly go wrong?
The couple decides to take an apartment that comes with a creepy manikin. They also decide to start filming everything, you know, for the fans. “If it’s happening in my life, it’s probably on my channel….My channel is very raw and real….Good night, I’ll see you guys in the morning”
Oh Olivia, you’re channel is the opposite of real. It’s all manufactured. She and Jules relate to the camera rather than each other. They aren’t capturing memories or daily life. They think about what they can film to increase their fan base or what their fans want to see. There is nothing real about that. At one point, Jules apologizes to Olivia for being inconsiderate which would be great other than the camera he’s pointing in Olivia’s face, which makes his concern disingenuous.
With Olivia’s career on the rise, she starts acting strange. Is she unable to take the pressure of her new modeling career? Is it the need to always be on camera to show her fans her every move? Or could it be the creepy manikin and the ghost that reportedly haunts the new apartment? And why doesn’t Jules notice how her demeanor has changed? She was a fairly sweet, happy person before they moved in, but now she’s negative, mean and often tired.
After being a jerk and stomping off a job for an important photographer, Olivia loses her important gig and their only source of income becomes their channel. This is unfortunate since Olivia is hoping to revive her modeling career, but no one is going to want to hire her after seeing the videos they’re posting. Since this is a found footage film, we go into it knowing things aren’t going to go well for poor Olivia.
There’s not a lot going on in this movie. It’s mostly people talking to the camera, rather than each other. The scares only occur in the latter part of the movie and they’re what you expect in a found footage movie.
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