Blair Witch Project
The Blair Witch Project is a low budged American Horror/Thriller film released in 1999. The film is entirely fictionally yet it is presented as a narrative documentary and pieced together from amateur footage.
The introduction initially shows us the production company logos, 'Atistan" "Hoxan Films" then in plain white text on a black background the movie title "The Blair Witch Project" is shown, the film them continues to show text telling the audience "In 1994 footage of students was found whilst travelling.. etc etc" The scene then allows the main character to be introduced via homemade film footage of her introducing herself and telling the camera she will be leaving her home to go on a trip to the forest with her college mates, all done in a humours sense of course.
Genre: Thriller/Horror. It is a very suspense filled piece, with lots of irregular jumps to get the audience scared, making it more of a thriller, as not much gore/action is presented in the film until the ending scene. Lot's of it is made of the viewers to interprete in their own way, allowing the scene to play in their mind.
Story: The initial story is about several college friends who choose to have a weekend in forest just outside the city, the main reason is to check out the rumours and ancient storys of a witch who lives in the forest. The story is slow, yet the students then start to realise the storys were no gimmick and scary, unexplainable things start happening to them while they sleep, objects move, people die and so fourth, so they use the book to further dwell into the forest and seek the witch.
Camera/Lighting: Being a low budget film, the main filming was carried out on a consumer camera, filmed in analogue non digital equipement, giving the movie a vintage feel making the story more believable as it was portrayed in a documentary form. The lighting in the forest was often dark and gloomy enchanting the mise en scene of the film, giving a scary edgey atmosphere to the film. Many camera shots were taken from first person, so thats were the filmed lacked yet this was to enhance the documented storyline. Much of then camera was distorted and blurry at the nighttime, filmed using night-mode, although the natural light of the forest provided more than enough light to give a clear image during filming.
Music/Sound: Lots of diagetic sound was used, such as ruffling of leaves, panting of breathing, screams and crackling of sticks and twigs. No music was used as it was presented in a documentary form.
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