Film Analysis for Blair Witch Project:

The Blair Witch Project is about three students who go into the woods to film evidence of the urban myth; Blair Witch, but are never found. Their footage although is found a year later. The Blair witch project is similar to our main task plan as it involves similar camera work of what we want to do such as handheld camerawork, jump cuts etc. The Blair Witch Project is a thriller film, and seems very realistic as the majority or the movie is filmed with a handheld camera which gives the effect of shakiness to the characters and adds to the frightening nature of the film. As it is handheld, there is limited amount of the scene that the viewer will see which gives the film a mysterious element. This adds mystery to the film, as the viewer cannot see properly what is taking place in the scene although they can hear it . An example of this is when the students are filming in a derelict house: in one of the shots the camera focuses on the stairs, yet you can still hear the voices and noises so you are still interested in what is happening within the movie. As the viewer can only see the bottom of the stairs due to the way the camera is being held, they are unable to see any activity taking place in the room or to the top of the stairs.

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