1. BLAIR WITCH PROJECT
1999
This presentation will evaluate the trailer for the horror
film Blair Witch Project (1999) and the remake the my
group and I created.

2.  This is the first title that appears in the trailer. The title brings in the
audience by stating the narrative of the film. The key themes that is
noted in the title is ‘disappearance,’ ‘woods’ and ‘students.’ These are
typical themes and locations that are associated in horror
films, therefore it lets the audience know straight away what are the
themes that will be explored in the film and that it is all shot by
them, therefore we are watching it through their eyes rather then in
third person.

3.  We recreated certain scenes
from the original trailer.
 This is the first scene where the
audience is introduced to one of
the characters that we can
deduce will be one of the victims
in the horror film.
 Ellie played the role of the girl.
The similarities in both clips is the
colour of the top as we tried to
keep it as similar and effective as
the original.
 This was a mid shot as it shows
Ellie’s body language and facial
expression as she is excited
about going on the investigation.

4.  We also did shot our teacher who played the role of an old lady in the
footage who is describing the day she saw the Blair Witch. This was
effective because Ms Silver put on a creepy old lady voice.
 We also edited the clip using imovie and made the clip effect black
and white to make it more vintage and dated to capture the essence
of the past, as we are aware from watching the original trailer the
Blair Witch is something that has happened in the past and has been
around for a very long time.

5.  Being lost is a iconic horror
scene, therefore we thought it
would be relevant to add this
scene into our remake. A
horror scenes draws the
audience closer and makes it
clear that the horror is about to
commence .
 In this scene we shot in
Hampstead Heath and used a
rucksack for our prop to make
it seem like we have really
been camping.
 The body language in the this
scene is also similar to the
original trailer.

6.  The effectiveness of the extreme close-up of the protagonist face is
that the audience cannot see what is behind her, therefore it brings in
the fear of the unknown. In our remake the we had to shoot in
daylight, therefore we had to cover our hands over the flip camera in
order to block any sunlight coming through. This was successful done
as it seems like our protagonist is in the woods alone and in the dark,
which makes it frightening for the audience to endure.
 The use of the flip camera is that it makes the trailer seem like it is a
real horror that has happened. This makes the audience feel uneasy
the fear of horror is presented in real life, which is something most
people would not like to confront.