Sure, it can help smaller productions and can make some films visually spectacular. I think by now the 'handheld camera' trick in films is becoming a little stale.

If suppose paranormal activity and any super hero movie were to mate, their offspring would have been called 'Chronicle'. Well that thing doesn't change here either but the treatment is creative and thoroughly engaging.

They are often related to high octane action sequences and graphics and CGI. Never would you have imagined a super hero origins movie being shot with a hand-held camera. Reality based horror / thriller movies and Super Hero's. Chronicle is an engaging offspring of two very separate genres.