Blog 3: The Blair Witch Project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmYsRcLMvO8&t=3s
The film scene I have decided to write about is the ending scene of, ”The Blair Witch Project”. It starts out facing the fire place of the house. Everything is shot in black and white through Kate’s camera and everything is in a color through Mike’s camera. The shots are all of Mike and Kate’s cameras walking around the house they are searching. They are thrown together as a bunch of jump cuts to make one big horror piece. The shots are all in different rooms and are cut depending on where Mike and Kate are within the house. They set up a scene of extreme tension because the cameras motions are very shaky and there is a lot of action and cuts happening. They continue to change camera perspectives as Josh and Kate are trying to search for their friend in this creepy, abandoned house. The shots become hard to distinct what's going on as Josh and Kate begin to sprint upstairs. They are filming the walls with dents and weird writings and kids hand prints all over them. The shots are thrown together in a montage style of footage and do a very good job and setting a horror tone to the film. After this the shots go back to being sporadic and blurry and they run down from the top floor to the basement. Setting a scene of confusion and disorientation. The loud screaming in this scene continues to emphasize the true horror of the scene. When Mikes in the basement the last thing we see is the camera dropped to the floor. Then it cuts to Kates camera as she is screaming going down the staircase. She is walking slowly in the basement and then her camera drops to the floor. It seems to have broken on the floor and then stops recording. The editing technique in this movie set this scene up to be an intense horrifying scene.
The film scene I have decided to write about is the ending scene of, ”The Blair Witch Project”. It starts out facing the fire place of the house. Everything is shot in black and white through Kate’s camera and everything is in a color through Mike’s camera. The shots are all of Mike and Kate’s cameras walking around the house they are searching. They are thrown together as a bunch of jump cuts to make one big horror piece. The shots are all in different rooms and are cut depending on where Mike and Kate are within the house. They set up a scene of extreme tension because the cameras motions are very shaky and there is a lot of action and cuts happening. They continue to change camera perspectives as Josh and Kate are trying to search for their friend in this creepy, abandoned house. The shots become hard to distinct what's going on as Josh and Kate begin to sprint upstairs. They are filming the walls with dents and weird writings and kids hand prints all over them. The shots are thrown together in a montage style of footage and do a very good job and setting a horror tone to the film. After this the shots go back to being sporadic and blurry and they run down from the top floor to the basement. Setting a scene of confusion and disorientation. The loud screaming in this scene continues to emphasize the true horror of the scene. When Mikes in the basement the last thing we see is the camera dropped to the floor. Then it cuts to Kates camera as she is screaming going down the staircase. She is walking slowly in the basement and then her camera drops to the floor. It seems to have broken on the floor and then stops recording. The editing technique in this movie set this scene up to be an intense horrifying scene.
Nice job, Dan.
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